Claude Opus 5 Vending Test Shows Profit-Driven AI Risks
Claude Opus 5 has turned a vending machine simulation into a warning for companies planning to hand more business decisions...
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Google Password Manager Attacks Could Let Malware Hijack Passkey-Protected Accounts
Malware running as an ordinary user on a Windows machine can sign into a victim's passkey-protected accounts without a fingerprint,...
One Password Mistake Helped Hackers Access Chick-fil-A Account
Reused passwords have once again given cybercriminals an easy way into customer accounts. Chick-fil-A has disclosed that attackers used a...
Proofpoint Research Finds 65% of Organizations Affected by Ransomware Say AI Made Attacks More Effective
Global study reveals that AI is amplifying phishing, impersonation and credential theft, transforming ransomware into a human-centric extortion problem SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 22, 2026 – Proofpoint, Inc., a global leader...
148 npm Packages Disguised as Student Proxies Turned Browsers Into a DDoS Botnet
A campaign of 148 npm packages disguised as student web proxies turned visitors' browsers into a distributed denial-of-service botnet for...
Fake Job Offers Impersonate Netflix, OpenAI, and FIFA to Steal Google Credentials
What seems to be a job opportunity can turn into a credential theft scam. Cybercriminals weaponize the names of over...
Public GitHub Issue Could Trick GitHub Agentic Workflows Into Leaking Private Repo Data
A public issue can trick GitHub Agentic Workflows into leaking the contents of an organization's private repositories, researchers at Noma...
Microsoft Uncovers Widespread Hotel Phishing Campaign in Japan
Fake guest complaints are turning into a security trap for hotels in Japan. Microsoft found phishing emails using room complaints...
Researcher Analyzes 3,000 Live ClickFix Payloads, Exposing API-Driven Malware Delivery
ClickFix, the trick that fools people into running malware by hand, has quietly grown a back office. New research shows...
Meta Adds WhatsApp Usernames: Here’s What You Need to Know
WhatsApp is finally cutting one of the biggest privacy trade-offs baked into its messaging app: having to hand over your...
A double-edged bleeding edge: Classifying AI threats
Conversations about ‘AI threats’ typically collapse into one of two extremes. On the one hand, hype: unverified claims that don’t...
Smashing Security podcast #472: AI gets hacked, and BitLocker gets bypassed
What if your AI coding assistant could be tricked into stealing your own company’s secrets – by reading a single...
Smashing Security podcast #472: AI gets hacked, and BitLocker gets bypassed
What if your AI coding assistant could be tricked into stealing your own company’s secrets – by reading a single...
Smashing Security podcast #472: AI gets hacked, and BitLocker gets bypassed
What if your AI coding assistant could be tricked into stealing your own company’s secrets – by reading a single...
Smashing Security podcast #472: AI gets hacked, and BitLocker gets bypassed
What if your AI coding assistant could be tricked into stealing your own company’s secrets – by reading a single...
