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Sam Altman Offers Rs 5 Crore For High-Stakes AI Safety Role: "This Will Be A Stressful Job"
The Head of Preparedness is tasked with leading OpenAI's efforts to anticipate and mitigate "catastrophic" risks as AI models become more powerful.
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Pornhub User Data Reportedly Stolen by Hacker Group ShinyHunters, Threaten to Expose
Pornhub is reportedly facing an extortion attempt after hackers linked to the ShinyHunters group claimed to have stolen data of more than 200 million Premium users. The attackers have threatened to publish the data unless a Bitcoin ransom is paid. While samples shared with the media appear genuine, questions remain around how recent the data is and...
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Germany Accuses Russia Of Cyberattack On Air Safety, Election Interference
Germany on Friday accused Russia of a cyberattack targeting its air traffic control and spreading disinformation ahead of February's general election, charges dismissed by Russia as "absurd" and "baseless".
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Android Devices Vulnerable to New ‘Sturnus’ Malware That Attacks Bank Apps, Bypass E2E Encryption: Report
Android devices are vulnerable to a newly identified Android Banking Trojan, called Sturnus, according to a report. The malware was found by MTI Security researchers. It is said to be targeting Android users primarily in the Southern and Central European countries. It is designed to give remote access to attackers, replicate banking apps' login pag...
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Harvard University Database Hacked In Latest Ivy League Cyberattacks
US colleges have been a hacker target for years, though Ivy League schools have been especially hard-hit in recent months.
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Cloudflare Explains How Configuration Change Took Down 20 Percent of the Internet
Cloudflare suffered a major outage after an internal permissions change caused its Bot Management system to generate an oversized feature file that repeatedly broke proxy services. The faulty file was circulated across the network, triggering hours of failures that initially resembled a DDoS attack. Cloudflare halted the bad file, restored a stable...
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From Courtrooms to CBDCs: WazirX Founder Nischal Shetty on India’s Evolving Crypto Sector
In an exclusive conversation with Gadgets 360, WazirX founder Nischal Shetty discusses the exchange’s phased relaunch after its cyberattack, India’s recent legal clarity on cryptocurrency, and the potential role of an INR-backed stablecoin. He explains why the exchange restarted gradually, addresses user concerns about withdrawals, and offers i...
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US Firm Claims It Foiled Large-Scale AI Cyberattack By Chinese Hackers
Anthropic, the maker of the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Claude, said it has thwarted what can be described as "the first documented case of a large-scale AI cyberattack executed without substantial human intervention."
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Claude Jailbroken by Chinese Hackers to Orchestrate First-of-Its-Kind AI Cyberattack
Anthropic has confirmed that Claude was used in a large-scale agentic cyberattack in September, marking the first known incident where an AI system carried out most of an operation with minimal human input. The company says a Chinese state-sponsored group jailbroke Claude by disguising malicious tasks as harmless subtasks. Claude then autonomously ...
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Cyberattack In Nevada Started In May But Only Discovered In August: Report
State workers were put on paid administrative leave. Nevada residents couldn't receive their driver's licenses. Employers were unable to conduct background checks on new hires. These were all effects of a massive cyberattack in Nevada.
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WhatsApp Working on 'Strict Account Settings' Feature to Protect Users From Cyberattacks: Report
WhatsApp is said to be developing a new lockdown-style mode to enhance security for users at risk of targeted cyberattacks, according to feature tracker WABetaInfo. Spotted in the latest WhatsApp beta for Android 2.25.33.4 update on the Google Play Store, the feature will reportedly let users apply stricter privacy settings with one toggle. It incl...
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Tata Motors Reportedly Patched E-Dukaan, FleetEdge Flaws After Researcher Discovered AWS Key Leak
Tata Motors' two consumer-facing platforms, FleetEdge and E-Dukaan, were hacked in 2023 by a cybersecurity researcher, which were reportedly patched by the company in the same year. The flaws gave unauthorised access to bad actors to the platforms' Amazon Web Service (AWS) keys, allowing them to download Tata Motors' files, sensitive customer infor...
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TCS Denies UK Media Report On Losing $1 Billion Marks & Spencer Contract
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has denied a UK media report claiming that British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) ended a $1 billion contract with the Indian IT giant after cyberattack-related failures.
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Microsoft Warns Russia, China And Iran Using AI As Cyber Weapon Against US
Russia, China, Iran and North Korea have sharply increased their use of artificial intelligence to deceive people online and mount cyberattacks against the United States, according to new research from Microsoft.
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Australian Airline Says Stolen Customer Data Posted Online After Cyberattack
Qantas Airways Ltd. said customer data stolen during a cyber incident in July has been released online, and that it's working with security experts and Australian authorities to determine the extent of the exposure.
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Sam Altman Offers Rs 5 Crore For High-Stakes AI Safety Role: "This Will Be A Stressful Job"
The Head of Preparedness is tasked with leading OpenAI's efforts to anticipate and mitigate "catastrophic" risks as AI models become more powerful.
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Pornhub User Data Reportedly Stolen by Hacker Group ShinyHunters, Threaten to Expose
Pornhub is reportedly facing an extortion attempt after hackers linked to the ShinyHunters group claimed to have stolen data of more than 200 million Premium users. The attackers have threatened to publish the data unless a Bitcoin ransom is paid. While samples shared with the media appear genuine, questions remain around how recent the data is and...
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Germany Accuses Russia Of Cyberattack On Air Safety, Election Interference
Germany on Friday accused Russia of a cyberattack targeting its air traffic control and spreading disinformation ahead of February's general election, charges dismissed by Russia as "absurd" and "baseless".
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Android Devices Vulnerable to New ‘Sturnus’ Malware That Attacks Bank Apps, Bypass E2E Encryption: Report
Android devices are vulnerable to a newly identified Android Banking Trojan, called Sturnus, according to a report. The malware was found by MTI Security researchers. It is said to be targeting Android users primarily in the Southern and Central European countries. It is designed to give remote access to attackers, replicate banking apps' login pag...
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Harvard University Database Hacked In Latest Ivy League Cyberattacks
US colleges have been a hacker target for years, though Ivy League schools have been especially hard-hit in recent months.
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Cloudflare Explains How Configuration Change Took Down 20 Percent of the Internet
Cloudflare suffered a major outage after an internal permissions change caused its Bot Management system to generate an oversized feature file that repeatedly broke proxy services. The faulty file was circulated across the network, triggering hours of failures that initially resembled a DDoS attack. Cloudflare halted the bad file, restored a stable...
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From Courtrooms to CBDCs: WazirX Founder Nischal Shetty on India’s Evolving Crypto Sector
In an exclusive conversation with Gadgets 360, WazirX founder Nischal Shetty discusses the exchange’s phased relaunch after its cyberattack, India’s recent legal clarity on cryptocurrency, and the potential role of an INR-backed stablecoin. He explains why the exchange restarted gradually, addresses user concerns about withdrawals, and offers i...
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US Firm Claims It Foiled Large-Scale AI Cyberattack By Chinese Hackers
Anthropic, the maker of the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Claude, said it has thwarted what can be described as "the first documented case of a large-scale AI cyberattack executed without substantial human intervention."
-
Claude Jailbroken by Chinese Hackers to Orchestrate First-of-Its-Kind AI Cyberattack
Anthropic has confirmed that Claude was used in a large-scale agentic cyberattack in September, marking the first known incident where an AI system carried out most of an operation with minimal human input. The company says a Chinese state-sponsored group jailbroke Claude by disguising malicious tasks as harmless subtasks. Claude then autonomously ...
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Cyberattack In Nevada Started In May But Only Discovered In August: Report
State workers were put on paid administrative leave. Nevada residents couldn't receive their driver's licenses. Employers were unable to conduct background checks on new hires. These were all effects of a massive cyberattack in Nevada.
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WhatsApp Working on 'Strict Account Settings' Feature to Protect Users From Cyberattacks: Report
WhatsApp is said to be developing a new lockdown-style mode to enhance security for users at risk of targeted cyberattacks, according to feature tracker WABetaInfo. Spotted in the latest WhatsApp beta for Android 2.25.33.4 update on the Google Play Store, the feature will reportedly let users apply stricter privacy settings with one toggle. It incl...
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Tata Motors Reportedly Patched E-Dukaan, FleetEdge Flaws After Researcher Discovered AWS Key Leak
Tata Motors' two consumer-facing platforms, FleetEdge and E-Dukaan, were hacked in 2023 by a cybersecurity researcher, which were reportedly patched by the company in the same year. The flaws gave unauthorised access to bad actors to the platforms' Amazon Web Service (AWS) keys, allowing them to download Tata Motors' files, sensitive customer infor...
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TCS Denies UK Media Report On Losing $1 Billion Marks & Spencer Contract
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has denied a UK media report claiming that British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) ended a $1 billion contract with the Indian IT giant after cyberattack-related failures.
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Microsoft Warns Russia, China And Iran Using AI As Cyber Weapon Against US
Russia, China, Iran and North Korea have sharply increased their use of artificial intelligence to deceive people online and mount cyberattacks against the United States, according to new research from Microsoft.
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Australian Airline Says Stolen Customer Data Posted Online After Cyberattack
Qantas Airways Ltd. said customer data stolen during a cyber incident in July has been released online, and that it's working with security experts and Australian authorities to determine the extent of the exposure.
