Smashing Security podcast #491: How AI agents are spooking the banks Bank of America has a message for its customers: please, for the love of God, stop handing your banking passwords to your AI assistant. And if your robot does something daft with your money? That's your problem, not theirs. Meanwhile, a company that promised to rescue ransomware victims without paying the criminals stands accused of... paying the criminals. ProPublica's Renee Dudley was on the case years before the indictment. Plus, Dropzone AI's Edward Wu asks what happens when AI models break out of their test environment and go hacking, and whether AI agents can help overstretched security teams keep up. All this and more in episode 491 of the "Smashing Security" podcast with cybersecurity expert and keynote speaker Graham Cluley, and special guest Renee Dudley. https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-491/ #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

Hackers leak personnel data of 41,000+ Homeland Security staff, including ICE and border agents The US Department of Homeland Security has had the details of more than 41,000 staff, including ICE and CBP agents, published online. Not ideal for an organisation with "Security" in its name. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/hackers-leak-41-000-dhs-staff-data #includingice #homelandsecurity #staff #agents #cbp #department #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

BYOD cyberattack diverts ambulances and cancels classes at University of New Mexico health center Ambulances were diverted, surgeries cancelled, and medical students sent home from classes after a ransomware group attacked the University of New Mexico's Health Sciences Center (HSC) this week. Read more in my article on the Fortra blog. https://www.fortra.com/blog/byod-cyberattack-diverts-ambulances-and-cancels-classes-university-new-mexico-health-center #newmexico #byod #university #center #sciencescenter #classes #hsc #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

Hive ransomware affiliate jailed, years after FBI infiltrated the gang’s systems A Ukrainian man who carried out ransomware attacks for both the Nefilim and Hive gangs, including attacks on law firms and a healthcare provider during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been sentenced to 70 months in a US prison. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/hive-ransomware-jailed-fbi-infiltrated #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

Smashing Security podcast #490: How Jared Kushner’s iPhone was allegedly hacked twice Dutch spies, Russian hackers and Jared Kushner’s iPhone. It sounds like the ingredients for a thriller, but according to claims in a new book the US President's son-in-law may have been hacked twice. Is any of it true, and what does it tell us about the phones in our pockets? Meanwhile, James Ball explains that of the internet’s most trusted security keys were protected by numbers so small that one of them was... four. Yes, "4". And then, of course, to make the week worse we suffered a PHPocalpyse... Plus, Chuck Randolph of 360 Privacy explains how the internet has made it scarily easy to put company executives and public officials in danger. All this and more in episode 490 of the “Smashing Security” podcast with cybersecurity expert and keynote speaker Graham Cluley, and special guest James Ball. https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-490/ #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

Hacker leaks 281 GB of data from Germany’s far-right AfD party The AfD has confirmed that hackers breached its hosting provider. A leak site now claims to offer 421,179 of the party’s internal emails, and shows AI-written summaries rather than the emails themselves. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/hacker-leaks-281-gb-data-germany-afd #germany #afd #party #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

Smashing Security podcast #489: How a brand new crypto wallet came with a spy inside Imagine buying a brand new hardware wallet for your cryptocurrency with the shrink-wrap still on... what could possibly be hiding inside? We break out a Geiger counter and a cat to find out. Meanwhile, malicious ads are targeting journalists with zero-click attacks. Plus, Origin’s Spencer Thompson reveals what AI agents are really getting up to on your employees’ laptops when nobody’s looking. All this and more in episode 489 of the “Smashing Security” podcast with cybersecurity expert and keynote speaker Graham Cluley, and special guest Lianne Potter. https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-489/ #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

Police arrest Qilin ransomware suspect on holiday, as links made to Synnovis hack that contributed to patient’s death A 28-year-old Russian man has been arrested by German police, suspected of being a key member of the Qilin ransomware gang. Detectives have linked the man to the attack against blood-testing firm Synnovis, that disrupted London hospitals, and resulted in the death of a patient. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/qilin-ransomware-arrested-synnovis-patient-death #qilinransomware #patient #death #london #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

Krybit ransomware: what you need to know Krybit is a fast-growing ransomware gang that was hacked by a rival, hit back, and is still extorting victims. Find out how it works, who it has targeted, and what organisations can do to protect themselves. Read more in my article on the Fortra blog. https://www.fortra.com/blog/krybit-ransomware-what-you-need-know #krybit #ransomware #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit

Irish police force has its Twitter hacked in cryptocurrency scam There must have been red faces in the social media department of Ireland's police headquarters after two of its accounts were hijacked this week. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/irish-police-twitter-hacked-crypto-scam #rss #feeds #linksharing #qwibbit