Tag: Computing Security
Amazon security engineer hacks PC accessories with Claude Opus to make them work better — Asus, Insta360 and Elgato products reverse engineered in hours for ‘better control’, but engineer admits this also ‘scares me’
A security engineer at Amazon hacked a bunch of peripherals using AI Claude Opus did most of the legwork in applying modified firmware to a webcam, microphone and more The relative ease with which AI allows this kind of modification points to a worrying future of peripherals being compromised on…
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Even connected car head units are being targeted by hackers now — experts warn in-car systems are at risk of being hijacked into a botnet
Hackers exploited trusted software updates to deliver malware directly into car head units Kaspersky says this is the first campaign tailored specifically for vehicle head units The malware can run silently without showing drivers any visible interface Car head units are now being drawn into a growing wave of Android…
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Private equity giant Apollo confirms data breach saw personal info stolen
Apollo confirms July 2026 cyberattack via social engineering exposed PII in its cloud environment Data included names, DOB, contact info, addresses, and Social Security numbers Firm offers two years of identity protection; no evidence of dark web leaks yet Apollo, one of the biggest private equity firms in the world,…
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Why are ‘paranoid’ Claude agents launching a turf war and deploying self-replicating malware against each other? The experts weigh in
Three Claude agents set up to deliberately conflict with each other in Anthropic testing started behaving in a very strange way by essentially starting a ‘turf war’ over their tasks. Upon launching the experiment the agents began conflicting with each other, leading to some of the agents deliberately sabotaging their…
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Experts warn 2,000 hacked WordPress sites were secretly running a global crime ring
Researchers uncover vast cybercrime ring running on computers and infected domains where outdated versions of WordPress were installed The StopAndProtect investigation revealed the WordPress content management system was key to the ring’s success; both the core software and third-party plugins were subverted Around 2,000 WordPress sites were hijacked by the…
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Experts warn expired credit cards can be brought back from the dead to make contactless payments
Researchers show how an expired contactless card can still complete a real purchase because the expiry date the terminal reads is not covered by its signature The attack needs physical possession of the discarded card and two ordinary smartphones, and results vary per bank, with Visa cards being susceptible in…
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