Almost 150 politicians across Europe have been included on harmful deepfake pornography websites over the last few years, according to new research seen by WIRED. Some of the politicians, who are overwhelmingly women, have had their likeness included in explicit… Read More "Sexually Explicit Deepfake Sites Target 100-Plus Politicians in Europe"
Chrome, Firefox Updates Patch Over 100 Vulnerabilities
Google and Mozilla on Tuesday announced fresh Chrome and Firefox updates that address over 100 vulnerabilities. The latest Chrome release was rolled out with fixes for 32 security defects, including a critical-severity buffer overflow issue in ANGLE tracked as CVE-2026-102331… Read More "Chrome, Firefox Updates Patch Over 100 Vulnerabilities"
AI Coding Agents Exposed 13,000 Internal Images, Including Billing Records, on GitHub
AI coding agents asked to share screenshots of code changes for review have put internal company images in public GitHub repositories, security company Glow said. Its researchers found more than 13,000 internal images from developers at over 300 organizations, including… Read More "AI Coding Agents Exposed 13,000 Internal Images, Including Billing Records, on GitHub"
Attackers Combine ChatGPT Feature Abuse With ClickFix to Deliver RAT
Cybercriminals have combined a legitimate function of ChatGPT with ClickFix attacks to infect victims with malware, researcher have found. Uncovered by cybersecurity firm Huntress, the malware campaign, which has been active since September, abuses the CustomGPT feature of ChatGPT. CustomGPTs… Read More "Attackers Combine ChatGPT Feature Abuse With ClickFix to Deliver RAT"
New York Seizes a Dozen Celebrity Deepfake Websites
For the best part of a decade, abusive deepfake “pornography” websites have published thousands of nonconsensual videos depicting women, including high-profile celebrities, politicians, and public figures, into sexual situations. Now, in what is likely the largest takedown of explicit deepfake… Read More "New York Seizes a Dozen Celebrity Deepfake Websites"
Anthropic Flags AI Agent Liability Risks as OpenAI Faces Hacking Lawsuit
Anthropic has warned prospective investors that it could face claims from customers and users over the actions of rogue AI agents. The warning comes as OpenAI is being sued over agents that hacked Hugging Face during internal testing. Anthropic says… Read More "Anthropic Flags AI Agent Liability Risks as OpenAI Faces Hacking Lawsuit"
OpenSSL Fixes High-Severity DTLS Flaw That Can Leak Heap Memory Unencrypted
A High-severity OpenSSL flaw can leak heap memory to the other side of a DTLS connection or crash the program, OpenSSL said on September 29 as it released fixes. DTLS, the TLS variant used for UDP traffic, resends a handshake… Read More "OpenSSL Fixes High-Severity DTLS Flaw That Can Leak Heap Memory Unencrypted"
The MFA you have isn’t the MFA you think you have
For nearly a decade, multi-factor authentication has been the control every security leader points to when asked how they’ve reduced account takeover risk. It sits on almost every compliance checklist and nearly every cyber insurance questionnaire, and for good reason… Read More "The MFA you have isn’t the MFA you think you have"
Defense Cyber Spending Set to Surge Amid Rising Attacks on Military Sy
Cybersecurity spending in the defense industry is set to surge amid growing cyber threats to military systems and demand for offensive capabilities. A new report by MarketsandMarkets published on September 14 has projected the cyber warfare market to double in… Read More "Defense Cyber Spending Set to Surge Amid Rising Attacks on Military Sy"
How Israeli Checkpoints Choke Palestinian Life in the Occupied West Bank
Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Our joint investigation reveals the system that has divided the West Bank and measures what it cost people to move through it. longreads,palestine,israel Source link Read More "How Israeli Checkpoints Choke Palestinian Life in the Occupied West Bank"