Aug 13, 2025The Hacker NewsArtificial Intelligence / Identity Security The AI revolution isn’t coming. It’s already here. From copilots that write our emails to autonomous agents that can take action without us lifting a finger,…
Microsoft on Tuesday rolled out fixes for a massive set of 111 security flaws across its software portfolio, including one flaw that has been disclosed as publicly known at the time of the release. Of…
Aug 13, 2025Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Cybercrime Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new campaign that employs a previously undocumented ransomware family called Charon to target the Middle East’s public sector and aviation industry. The threat…
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has echoed other reports that Apple is expected to use a new chip packaging technology in the A20 chip, which will debut in the iPhone 18 next year. His report focuses on…
The Russian government is allegedly behind the data breach affecting the U.S. court filing system known as PACER, according to The New York Times. Citing anonymous sources, the newspaper said Russia “is at least in…
The randomness inherent in AI text generation compounds this problem. Even with identical prompts, an AI model might give slightly different responses about its own capabilities each time you ask. Other layers also shape AI…
Aug 12, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Container Security New research has uncovered Docker images on Docker Hub that contain the infamous XZ Utils backdoor, more than a year after the discovery of the incident. More troubling…
As a federal antitrust investigation into Google’s Chrome browser wraps up, rivals are striking: Perplexity has launched an unsolicited bid to buy Chrome for a whopping $34.5 billion, according to reports. Bloomberg reported the proposed…
Hackers claim to have compromised the computer of a North Korean government hacker and leaked its contents online, offering a rare window into a hacking operation by the notoriously secretive nation. The two hackers, who…
Aug 12, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Enterprise Security Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a “significant spike” in brute-force traffic aimed at Fortinet SSL VPN devices. The coordinated activity, per threat intelligence firm GreyNoise, was observed…