2025
China’s asteroid-and-comet hunter probe unfurls a ‘solar wing’
Plus: Hitachi turns graybeards into AI agents, Tiananmen anniversary censorship, AWS in Taiwan, and more! Asia in brief China's space agency has revealed its Tianwen 2 probe has unfurled a "solar wing."…
Enterprises are getting stuck in AI pilot hell, say Chatterbox Labs execs
Security, not model performance, is what's stalling adoption Interview Before AI becomes commonplace in enterprises, corporate leaders have to commit to an ongoing security testing regime tuned to the nuances of AI models.…
ChatGPT used for evil: Fake IT worker resumes, misinfo, and cyber-op assist
OpenAI boots accounts linked to 10 malicious campaigns Fake IT workers possibly linked to North Korea, Beijing-backed cyber operatives, and Russian malware slingers are among the baddies using ChatGPT for evil, according to OpenAI's latest threat report.…
Fresh strain of pro-Russian wiper flushes Ukrainian critical infrastructure
Destructive malware has been a hallmark of Putin's multi-modal war A new strain of wiper malware targeting Ukrainian infrastructure is being linked to pro-Russian hackers, in the latest sign of Moscow's evolving cyber tactics.…
Uncle Sam moves to seize $7.7M laundered by North Korean IT worker ring
The cash has been frozen for more than two years The US is looking to finally capture the $7.74 million it froze over two years ago after indicting alleged money launderers it claims are behind North Korean IT worker schemes.…
Your ransomware nightmare just came true – now what?
Don't negotiate unless you must, and if so, drag it out as long as you can Feature So, the worst has happened. Computer screens all over your org are flashing up a warning that you've been infected by ransomware, or you've got a message that someone's been stealing…
Uncle Sam puts $10M bounty on RedLine dev and Russia-backed cronies
Any info on Maxim Rudometov and his associates? There's $$$ in it for you The US government is offering up to $10 million for information on foreign government-backed threat actors linked to the RedLine malware, including its suspected developer, Maxim Alexandrovich Rudometov.…
AT&T not sure if new customer data dump is déjà vu
Re-selling info from an earlier breach? Probably. But which one? AT&T is investigating claims that millions of its customers' data are listed for sale on a cybercrime forum in what appears to be a re-release from an earlier hack.…
BidenCash busted as Feds nuke stolen credit card bazaar
Dark web crime platform raked in $17M+ over three years of operation Uncle Sam has seized 145 domains tied to BidenCash, the notorious dark web market that trafficked in more than 15 million stolen credit cards.…
More than a hundred backdoored malware repos traced to single GitHub user
Someone went to great lengths to prey on the next generation of cybercrooks Sophos thinks a single person or group called "ischhfd83" is behind more than a hundred backdoored malware variants targeting novice cybercriminals and video game cheaters looking to get their hands on malicious code.…