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Category: Cyber Security
A nightmare scenario for supermarkets: Hidden daily passwords and command injection flaws leave thousands of Danfoss supermarket systems open to remote takeover
Thousands of Danfoss refrigeration controllers were discoverable through public internet scanning A hidden daily code could bypass normal administrator password […]
‘Some agents exhibited unintended web-browsing behavior’: Tencent admits AI agents it was testing made more than 2,600 attempts in 11 days to slip past Alibaba’s map defenses, just to find out which zoo gate people use
(Image credit: VCG/VCG via Getty Images) Tencent says AI agents it used to evaluate third-party models showed “unintended” browsing behavior, […]
DeepSeek AI tools banned from US government agency systems as rift with China grows
(Image credit: Getty Images) US civilian agencies have been ordered to stop using DeepSeek and remove it from government systems […]
Millions of California students have sensitive data stolen — names, SSIDs, home addresses and more taken in attack on nonprofit
California Department of Education third-party partner falls victim to a data breach attack An estimated three years’ worth of students […]
Think social media protects your data? Platforms have racked up $26 billion in privacy penalties since 2020
Social platforms have incurred over $26 billion in privacy fines and settlements globally since 2020. Meta platforms (Facebook and Instagram) […]
Chinese hacker hits over 100 company websites using AI agents — Deere and SharkNinja among top brands affected in attack
(Image credit: Generated with Gemini) A hacker used AI agents to target more than 1,200 websites, compromising over 100 in […]
Microsoft admits ‘frontier models can’t be trusted’, unveils new security tools to treat AI agents as insider threats
(Image credit: Shutterstock) Microsoft unveils Guardian Agents to monitor, constrain, and manage risks posed by autonomous AI agents New controls […]
Kaspersky’s VPN and password manager went dark for days worldwide — and the timing has raised awkward questions about Russia’s drone-hit data centers
(Image credit: Future + Photo by Maksim Konstantinov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images + Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images) […]
Russian bot activity plunged 84% after Ukraine hit Yandex data centers, but the bots were back at full strength within two days
Ukraine’s CCD says suspected Russian bot posts in its sample fell 83.6% on October 8 after a strike shut Yandex’s […]