August 21, 2025
Anthropic scanning Claude chats for queries about DIY nukes for some reason
Because savvy terrorists always use public internet services to plan their mischief, right? Anthropic says it has scanned an undisclosed portion of conversations with its Claude AI model to catch concerning inquiries about nuclear weapons.…
Orange Belgium mega-breach exposes 850K customers to serious fraud
Everything a criminal needs for targeted attacks exposed, but telco insists 'no critical data compromised' A significant data theft at Orange Belgium has opened hundreds of thousands of its customers to serious cybersecurity risks.…
US cops wrap up RapperBot, one of world’s biggest DDoS-for-hire rackets
Feds say Mirai-spawned botnet blasted 370K attacks before AWS and pals helped yank its servers RapperBot, a botnet-for-hire blamed for hundreds of thousands of DDoS attacks, has been yanked offline by the Feds, who also hauled in its alleged Oregon-based mastermind.…
Apple rushes out fix for active zero-day in iOS and macOS
Another 'extremely sophisticated' exploit chewing at Cupertino's walled garden Apple has shipped emergency updates to fix an actively exploited zero-day in its ImageIO framework, warning that the flaw has already been abused in targeted attacks.…
Colt changes tune, admits data theft as Warlock gang begins auction
Worried about your data? No probs, says firm, we'll check the dark web crims' list for you! Yes really A week after its services were disrupted by a cyberattack, UK telco Colt Technology Services has gone back on its initial statement to confirm that data has indeed been…
Google yet to take down ‘screenshot-grabbing’ Chrome VPN extension
Researcher claims extension didn't start out by exfiltrating info... while dev says its actions are 'compliant' Security boffins at Koi Security have warned of a shift in behavior of a popular Chrome VPN extension, FreeVPN.One, which recently appears to have begun snaffling screenshots of users' page activity and…