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McDonald's McHire bot exposed personal information of 64M people by using '123456' as a password in 2025
By Nathaniel Mott published
Paradox's chatbot-powered service is reportedly used by 90% of McDonald's franchises in the U.S.

Security vulnerability on U.S. trains that let anyone activate the brakes on the rear car, was known for 13 years — operators refused to fix the issue until now
By Jowi Morales published
A security researcher discovered that the wireless RF communication between the first and last car of American trains isn't encrypted.

Russian pro basketball player gets the cuffs for allegedly being a member of ransomware gang
By Jowi Morales published
Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin is suspected of acting as a ransomware negotiator for the ransomware gang behind some of the attacks in the U.S. between 2020 and 2022.

Czechia warns that DeepSeek can share all user information with the Chinese government
By Nathaniel Mott published
U.S. lawmakers issued similar warnings after the China-based AI company released its eponymous chatbot.

Bitcoin Depot tells 27,000 crypto ATM customers that it leaked their personal information, but waited a year to disclose due to an ongoing investigation
By Nathaniel Mott published
Bitcoin Depot is reportedly informing nearly 27,000 users of its crypto-dispensing ATMs that someone made off with their personal information in June 2024.

AI malware can now evade Microsoft Defender — open-source LLM outsmarts tool around 8% of the time after three months of training
By Nathaniel Mott published
Researchers spent three months and approximately $1,500 training the open-source Qwen 2.5 LLM to bypass Microsoft Defender

IBM's new Power11 server chips are focused on two things: AI and ransomware
By Nathaniel Mott published
The company says the new servers can detect ransomware attacks within a minute of their start.

Popular industry security tool repurposed by cybercriminals to deploy infostealer malware
By Nathaniel Mott published
The developers behind a popular industry security tool say it has been repurposed by hackers, but blame a research group for not disclosing a vulnerability months earlier.
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