Webcam-hacking Minecraft malware is disguising itself as mods, and it's infected thousands of PCs

The malware, built to look like Minecraft launchers and mods, gives hackers access to your screen, files, webcam, accounts, ...

Scientists Find Way to Supercharge Dangerous Computer ‘Worms’ With A.I.

Researchers at the University of Toronto showed how hackers could use artificial intelligence to create a program that could ...

Scammers are using a fake captcha hack to steal your personal information: 'Verify you're human.' Here's the big red flag to watch for

Hackers are using this insidious scam to get unwitting victims to install malware themselves.

Fed up with vibe coders, dev sneaks data-nuking prompt injection into their code

The controversy over vibe coding reached a new high this week after a developer added hidden instructions to his open source ...
The New York Times

Why A.I. Safety Controls Are Not Very Effective

Three years after the debut of ChatGPT, fooling A.I. systems into bad behavior is almost trivial. By Cade Metz and Tiffany Hsu Reporting from San Francisco When companies like Anthropic, Google and ...
Dark Reading

LatAm Vibe Hackers Generate Custom Hacking Tools on the Fly

Threat actors in Latin America have begun to use AI agents to facilitate their entire attack chains, from assisting with initial access to generating penetration tools on the fly — and organizations ...
Reuters

Hackers pushing innovation in AI-enabled hacking operations, Google says

May 11 (Reuters) - Hackers from a prominent cybercrime group used artificial intelligence to uncover a previously unknown software flaw and an exploit to take advantage of it for the first time, ...
The Washington Post

Canvas hack exposes schools’ vulnerability to cyberattacks

The vast data breach at education platform Canvas this week exposed the vulnerability of student information as hackers increasingly target school systems, colleges and the tech companies they rely on ...
KTLA

McDonald’s customers are using this hack to recreate In-N-Out’s Animal Style burger

Fast food fans may have found a way to satisfy their In-N-Out cravings without stepping foot inside the beloved California burger chain. According to a recent article from Food Republic, McDonald’s ...
Golf Digest

Use this little GPS hack to keep big numbers off your scorecard

Golf Digest senior writer Alex Myers is on a one-year mission to see how good he can get at golf through daily training, practice and playing. Read more from his “Late Scratch?” series here. From my ...
Seeking Alpha

Army pushes tech giants, defense firms to 'hack’ weapons into AI-ready network

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is bringing together major defense contractors and tech firms like Palantir (PLTR) and Anduril in an effort to make U.S. weapons systems communicate more seamlessly and ...
HHS

Trellix Discloses Source Code Hack

Privately-held, extended detection and response firm Trellix disclosed over the weekend that hackers found their way to its source-code repository. See Also: Know Thy Enemy: Threats to Cyber ...