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Decades-old pre-Stuxnet cyber sabotage tool breaks cover, NSA listed it as 'nothing to see here' " fast16 targeted nuclear reactors, dam design, and other high-precision civil engineering software years before Stuxnet broke cover
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (400+ words) Fast16 appears to be at least half a decade older than Stuxnet. The security researchers, including Vitaly Kamluk & Juan Andr's Guerrero-Saade, found fast16 based on an architectural hunch. As a number of high-tier threats in this category were built on an embedded…...
Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds " backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes rogue
17+ hour, 58+ min ago (439+ words) Tom's Hardware Premium equips you with world-class coverage and detailed insights into the evolving hardware landscape. Pocket OS founder blames "Cursor running Anthropic's flagship Claude Opus 4. 6" plus Railway"s infrastructure for data disaster. Pocket OS is a Saa S platform…...
Linux kernel's "second-in-command" uses local AI bot to hunt bugs, powered by 'clanker' system with AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ " Framework Desktop has resulted in close to two dozen patches
22+ hour, 44+ min ago (231+ words) Greg Kroah-Hartman's "Clanker T1000" runs entirely on AMD Ryzen AI Max+ hardware. The setup, which Kroah-Hartman has dubbed "gkh_clanker_t1000," is a Framework Desktop powered by AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ "Strix Halo" processor, running a local large language model to hunt down kernel…...
Chernobyl virus turned 27 today, and it could brick your PC in ways modern malware can't by overwriting BIOS firmware
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (210+ words) CIH was one of the first viruses capable of destroying hardware by overwriting BIOS firmware. 27 years ago today, on April 26, 1999, a 1 KB virus called CIH detonated its payload on hundreds of thousands of Windows 9x machines worldwide, zeroing out hard drives…...
How a cavalcade of blunders gave unauthorized users access to Claude Mythos " restricted model accessed by third parties, thanks to knowledge from data breach
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (405+ words) It's hard for AI tools to prevent social engineering and third-party hacks. Unfortunately, as capable as any AI model is at finding code bugs that raise security concerns, it can't do much to prevent bugs in third-party provider tools that…...
Amazon Eero and Leo routers gain FCC Conditional Approval for US sales " Eero products can skirt router ban for the next 18 months, firm joins Netgear on approval list
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (200+ words) Amazon's Conditional Approval comes hot on the heels of Netgear's announcement last week For customers inquiring what this means for the Eero products that they currently own or wish to purchase in the near future, the Eero team continues, "Your…...
UK spy agency releases malware-blocking gadget for HDMI and Display Port cables " Silent Glass blocks malicious traffic traveling between display and computer
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (448+ words) Tom's Hardware - Get deeper insights with deeper News Analysis posts You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful The UK's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), a counterpart to the U. S.'s National Security Agency (NSA), just launched Silent Glass through the…...
Google Cloud customer wakes up to $18, 000+ bill despite $7 budget, thanks to forgotten API key in published project " attacker put in 60, 000+ requests and blasted through $1, 400 spending cap
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (294+ words) Google Cloud customer wakes up to $18, 000+ bill despite $7 budget, thanks to forgotten public API key " attacker put in 60, 000+ requests and blasted through $1, 400 spending cap'Tom's Hardware - Get deeper insights with deeper News Analysis posts You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up…...
Ransomware negotiator pleads guilty after leaking victims' insurance details to 'Black Cat' hackers " perp gave attackers a precise picture of exactly how much each target could afford to pay
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (238+ words) Insider scheme extracted over $75 million in ransom payments from U. S. companies. Angelo Martino, a 41-year-old former ransomware negotiator at the incident response firm Digital Mint, has pleaded guilty to conspiring with the ALPHV/Black Cat ransomware gang to extort five U. S. companies…...
Anthropic's Model Context Protocol includes a critical remote code execution vulnerability " newly discovered exploit puts 200, 000 AI servers at risk
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (350+ words) A design choice in the MCP SDKs allows remote code execution across the AI supply chain. MCP is the open standard Anthropic created in late 2024 to let AI models connect to external tools, databases, and APIs. It was donated to…...