The GRU could be snooping on unsecured routers to intercept sensitive internet traffic, including credentials and authentication tokens that can be used to compromise personal and work accounts. In particular, GRU has been targeting routers belonging to workers in the military, government, and critical infrastructure industries.
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Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic’s Claude goes rogue | Tom’s Hardware
The AI agent was set to complete a routine task in the PocketOS staging environment. However, it came up against a barrier “and decided — entirely on its own initiative — to ‘fix’ the problem by deleting a Railway volume,” writes Crane, as he starts to describe the difficult-to-believe series of unfortunate events.
Hacker Uses Claude and ChatGPT to Breach Multiple Government Agencies
The integration of artificial intelligence allowed the attacker to turn unfamiliar networks into mapped targets in hours rather than days. Recovered materials showed the attacker possessed over 400 custom attack scripts.
Police used AI facial recognition to arrest a Tennessee woman for crimes committed in a state she says she’s never visited | CNN
Police in Fargo, North Dakota, have acknowledged “a few errors” in the case and pledged changes in their operations but stopped short of issuing a direct apology.
North Korean workers are taking remote U.S. jobs. This company set a trap to expose one.
The stakes are high. In one case, a North Korean worker stole sensitive information related to U.S. military technology, according to the Justice Department. In another, an American accomplice obtained an ID that enabled access to government facilities, networks and systems.
AI Hallucination Example
By now, you have been told that you cannot always trust AI. One reason is due to AI Hallucinations. This is where AI tools / chats completing alter or create…
Google Links China, Iran, Russia, North Korea to Coordinated Defense Sector Cyber Operations
Several state-sponsored actors, hacktivist entities, and criminal groups from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia have trained their sights on the defense industrial base (DIB) sector, according to findings from Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG).
The WIRED Guide to Digital Opsec for Teens | WIRED
Protecting your digital privacy isn’t a blanket prescription. Some people are more private by nature, and others prioritize putting themselves out there. But even if you’re a 24/7 streamer, you can still think about your operations security, commonly known as opsec. What can viewers see in your room while you’re streaming? Which people from your life have appeared onscreen? Could viewers figure out where you live from what they can see out your window?
Pentests once a year? Nope. It’s time to build an offensive SOC
In the real world, adversaries don’t operate in bursts. Their recon is continuous, their tools and tactics are always evolving, and new vulnerabilities are often reverse-engineered into working exploits within hours of a patch release.
So, if your offensive validation isn’t just as dynamic, you’re not just lagging, you’re exposed.