Microsoft

AI brands as bait: How threat actors are using the AI hype in social engineering

As threat actors operationalize AI to accelerate attacks, they are also leveraging the wider global interest around AI itself as a social engineering lure. In recent months, Microsoft Threat ...
Science Daily

Making virtual reality more accessible

Researchers have created a method that makes virtual reality (VR) more accessible to people with mobility limitations. A team of researchers from the University of Waterloo have created a method that ...
Android

Instagram Users Still Getting Hacked After Meta’s Promised AI Bot Exploit Fix

Despite official claims that a critical Meta AI support chatbot vulnerability had been resolved, reports confirm that hackers are still actively hijacking Instagram accounts. High-profile victims, ...
Ars Technica

Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users

Google on Wednesday published exploit code for an unfixed vulnerability in its Chromium browser codebase that threatens millions of people using Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and virtually all other ...
CoinTelegraph

THORChain pauses trading after suspected $10M exploit

THORChain paused trading after ZachXBT flagged a suspected $10 million exploit spanning Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Chain and Base. Decentralized liquidity protocol THORChain halted trading after ...
TechSpot

A security researcher says Microsoft secretly built a backdoor into BitLocker, releases an exploit to prove it

The Epitome of WTF: A researcher known as "Nightmare-Eclipse" recently released YellowKey, a security vulnerability that allegedly enables a full bypass of BitLocker's full-volume encryption. The ...
Ars Technica

Zero-day exploit completely defeats default Windows 11 BitLocker protections

A zero-day exploit circulating online allows people with physical access to a Windows 11 system to bypass default BitLocker protections and gain complete access to an encrypted drive within seconds.
TechRepublic

Google Says Hackers Used AI to Build Zero-Day Exploit

Google says hackers used AI to help build a zero-day exploit targeting 2FA, raising concerns about AI-assisted hacking. Google says hackers used AI to help build a zero-day exploit, then stopped it ...
Military.com

VA Expands Virtual Reality Therapy to Reach More Veterans

Chris Brickler explains in an interview how Mynd Immersive sees VR therapy’s potential to support veterans facing pain and mental health challenges. The Department of Veterans Affairs is significantly ...
CSOonline

‘Trivial’ exploit can give attackers root access to Linux kernel

Experts say until the distros release patches, CSOs have to beware of unauthorized privilege escalation; Kubernetes container escape is also a risk. CSOs must ensure their Linux-based systems block ...
The Verge

Attack of the killer script kiddies

Last August, some of the best cybersecurity teams in the business gathered in Las Vegas to demonstrate the strength of their AI bug-finding systems at DARPA’s Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge ...
PC World

Unpatched Microsoft Defender flaw lets hackers gain admin access

PCWorld reports on the ‘RedSun’ vulnerability in Microsoft Defender affecting Windows 10, 11, and Server systems that allows attackers to gain administrative privileges. Security researcher Chaotic ...