[ad_1] US artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic says its technology has been “weaponised” by hackers to carry out sophisticated cyber attacks. Anthropic, which makes the chatbot Claude, says its tools were used by hackers “to commit large-scale theft and extortion of personal data”. The firm said its AI was used to help write code which...Read More

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[ad_1] The FBI and Dutch police today said that they seized two domains and a blog tied to VerifTools, an international criminal marketplace that sold identity documents for as little as $9. VerifTools was one of the largest online shops for fake driver’s licenses, passports, and other forms of ID. With these documents, criminals can...Read More

[ad_1] Our deep appreciation to Security BSides – San Francisco and the Creators, Authors and Presenters for publishing their BSidesSF 2025 video content on YouTube. Originating from the conference’s events held at the lauded CityView / AMC Metreon – certainly a venue like no other; and via the organization’s YouTube channel. Additionally, the organization is...Read More

[ad_1] Nevada state officials confirmed Wednesday night that the “security incident” that was detected on Sunday was a ransomware attack, and that while the investigation is still ongoing, it appears the perpetrators stole state data. During a press conference Wednesday evening, Nevada Chief Information Officer Timothy Galluzi shared more details about the cyberattack. While the...Read More

[ad_1] County officials say cyber criminals stole data held by the Department of Public Safety, which may have included driver’s license numbers. LYCOMING COUNTY, Pa. — An investigation is underway after a ransomware attack in Lycoming County. County officials say ransomware was detected on their computer system on August 12. Investigators later determined cyber criminals...Read More

[ad_1] Credit scoring and monitoring biz TransUnion says that it recently suffered a breach affecting nearly 4.5 million individuals. Readers may notice the irony of a credit monitoring company, whose services are so often given “free of charge” to victims of data breaches in order to “secure” their identity and credit score, being popped itself....Read More

[ad_1] Anthropic’s Claude Code large language model has been abused by threat actors who used it in data extortion campaigns and to develop ransomware packages. The company says that its tool has also been used in fraudulent North Korean IT worker schemes and to distribute lures for Contagious Interview campaigns, in Chinese APT campaigns, and...Read More

[ad_1] Summary Rival AI labs OpenAI and Anthropic have put each other’s security systems to the test in a rare show of collaboration. The goal: to identify blind spots in their own security processes and set a new standard for cooperation on AI safety. OpenAI evaluated Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4 and Sonnet 4 models, while...Read More

[ad_1] The credit bureau has said the July breach was brought on by an unidentified third party and was quickly contained. Published On 28 Aug 202528 Aug 2025 The credit reporting company TransUnion has confirmed that more than 4 million people’s data was exposed in a recent hack involving an unidentified third party. In a...Read More