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ChatGPT agent casually brushes aside ‘I am not a robot’ captcha
By Mark Tyson published
A Redditor has demonstrated the ability of the recently launched ChatGPT agent to casually swat away a captcha, so that it can complete its assigned task(s).

Microsoft says China-based hackers exploiting critical SharePoint vulnerabilities to deploy Warlock ransomware
By Nathaniel Mott published
Microsoft said that critical vulnerabilities in SharePoint are being exploited by a potentially China-linked threat actor, Storm-2603, to deploy ransomware.

Hacker injects malicious, potentially disk-wiping prompt into Amazon's AI coding assistant with a simple pull request
By Nathaniel Mott published
A hacker injected a malicious prompt into the Q extension for VS Code that instructed Amazon's coding assistant to delete files on a user's device.

This new SSD will literally self destruct if you push the big red button it comes with — Team Group posts video of data destruction in action
By Mark Tyson published
Team Group's new M.2 2280 SSD comes with a big red button. Hold it one second too long, and it destroys your NAND instead of just erasing the data.

Microsoft's youngest security researcher started collaboration with the company at just 13
By Mark Tyson published
Microsoft has published a blog about one of its youngest and most outstanding security researchers. Dylan started work for MSRC age 13.

Rogue IT worker gets seven months in prison over $200,000 digital rampage
By Mark Tyson published
A suspended IT worker who caused at least $200,000 of damage in an act of revenge upon his employer has been sentenced.

University researchers tout using smartwatches to steal data from air-gapped systems
By Stephen Warwick published
A new air-gap attack dubbed 'SmartAttack' theorizes using a smartwatch to capture covert signals and steal information.

Hacker who breached 5,000 accounts to mine crypto arrested
By Jowi Morales published
Ukrainian authorities nabbed a hacker who used over 5,000 compromised online hosting accounts for mining cryptocurrency.
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