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Turns out most cybercriminals are old enough to know better
Law enforcement data shows profit-driven cybercrime is dominated by 35- to 44-year-olds, not script kiddies Contrary to what some believe, cybercrime is not a kids' game. Middle-aged adults, not teenagers, now make up the biggest chunk of people getting busted.…
Until last month, attackers could’ve stolen info from Perplexity Comet users just by sending a calendar invite
AI browsing agent left local files open for the taking If you wanted to steal local files from someone using Perplexity's Comet browser, until last month you could just schedule the theft by sending your victim a calendar event.…
Chrome Gemini panel became privilege escalator for rogue extensions
High-severity flaw let malicious add-ons access system via browser's embedded AI feature Security boffins have discovered a high-severity bug in Google Chrome that allowed malicious extensions to hijack its Gemini Live AI panel and inherit privileges they were never meant to have.…
Cybercriminals swipe 15.8M medical records from French doctors ministry
Third-party software supplier breached leading to leak of notes Around 15.8 million administrative files were stolen after attackers breached a software supplier to France's health ministry.…
Gamers furious as Brit studio Cloud Imperium quietly admits to data breach
Slow disclosure and odd reassurance that exposing names and contact details won't be a problem isn't going down well Gamers are ready to unleash their mightiest virtual weapons and point them at British games studio Cloud Imperium, after it sat on news of a data breach and then…
Memory scalpers hunt scarce DRAM with bot blitz
We can remember it for you wholesale, and sell it back to you for big bucks Web scraping bots are increasing the pressure on the tech supply chain by scouring sites for DRAM, so their minders can snap up increasingly scarce inventory and resell it for a quick…
Scammers try to SIM-swap Dubai citizens hours after Iranian missile strikes
Vulnerable citizens targeted by criminals purporting to represent fake police crisis department Scammers targeted Dubai citizens mere hours after missiles struck the city, attempting to gain access to their bank accounts, police have warned.…
UK government’s Vulnerability Monitoring System is working – fixes flow far faster
PLUS: Firefox adds XSS protection; Leadership turnover at CISA; FTC exempts some data collection Infosec In Brief DNS vulnerabilities are being addressed 84 percent faster in the UK public sector thanks to an automated vulnerability scanning system established as part of a program kicked off early last year.…
South Korea’s tax office apologizes for leaking seed phrase to seized crypto
Went from triumph at having busted tax dodgers to embarrassment at losing the proceeds South Korea’s National Tax Service has apologized after it leaked passwords to a stash of stolen crypto, which parties unknown used to make off with the digi-cash.…
Denizens of DEF CON are ‘fed up with government’
Jake Braun thinks hackers need to create a 'Digital arsenal of democracy' to defend us all Interview Hackers – especially Jake Braun – are "fed up with government."…