OpenAI is in and Anthropic is out as a supplier of AI technology for the US defense department. This news caps a week of bluster by the highest officials in the US government towards some of the wealthiest titans of the big tech industry, and the overhanging specter of theRead More »Anthropic and the Pentagon
The company will accelerate platform development, expand go-to-market efforts, and invest in product innovation. The post ArmorCode Raises $16 Million for Exposure Management Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Avira antivirus vulnerabilities, Transport for London data breach affects 10 million, Gaming cheat exposes North Korean hacker. The post In Other News: FBI Hacked, US Security Pro Killed in Iran War, Hijacked Cameras Used in Khamenei Strike appeared first onRead More »In Other News: FBI Hacked, US Security Pro Killed in Iran War, Hijacked Cameras Used in Khamenei Strike
The Pakistan-aligned threat actor known as Transparent Tribe has become the latest hacking group to embrace artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding tools to strike targets with various implants. The activity is designed to produce a “high-volume, mediocre mass of implants” that are developed using lesser-known programming languages like Nim, Zig, andRead More »Transparent Tribe Uses AI to Mass-Produce Malware Implants in Campaign Targeting India
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a multi-stage malware campaign that uses batch scripts as a pathway to deliver various encrypted remote access trojan (RATs) payloads that correspond to XWorm, AsyncRAT, and Xeno RAT. The stealthy attack chain has been codenamed VOID#GEIST by Securonix Threat Research. At a high level,Read More »Multi-Stage VOID#GEIST Malware Delivering XWorm, AsyncRAT, and Xeno RAT
The nation-state-grade iOS exploit kit targets 23 vulnerabilities affecting iOS 13 to 17.2.1. The post CISA Adds iOS Flaws From Coruna Exploit Kit to KEV List appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The vulnerability was disclosed and mitigated in 2021 but its in-the-wild exploitation has only now come to light. The post Rockwell Vulnerability Allowing Remote ICS Hacking Exploited in Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.
An unknown hacker used Anthropic’s LLM to hack the Mexican government: The unknown Claude user wrote Spanish-language prompts for the chatbot to act as an elite hacker, finding vulnerabilities in government networks, writing computer scripts to exploit them and determining ways to automate data theft, Israeli cybersecurity startup Gambit SecurityRead More »Claude Used to Hack Mexican Government
Bishop replaces David McKeown, who will take on a role in the private sector after 40 years of government service. The post James ‘Aaron’ Bishop Tapped to Serve as New Pentagon CISO appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The attacks, observed since February, show that Iranian hackers already have a presence in the networks of US organizations. The post Iranian APT Hacked US Airport, Bank, Software Company appeared first on SecurityWeek.
