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Spooky New Infostealer Malware Uses AI to ‘Autodox’ Victims

Kernel Panic

Spooky New Infostealer Malware Uses AI to ‘Autodox’ Victims

Named “Volta-Autodoxer,” the recently uncovered malware uses AI tools to collect troves of data about victims, from login credentials and credit card numbers to Discord sessions and UberEats receipts.

By Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

A Supply Chain Attack Put Malicious Anthropic Claude Extensions on Thousands of Devices

Near Misses

A Supply Chain Attack Put Malicious Anthropic Claude Extensions on Thousands of Devices

By Lily Hay Newman

The $6.3 Billion Binance Hack Was Pulled Off in Just 20 Minutes

Quick Take

The $6.3 Billion Binance Hack Was Pulled Off in Just 20 Minutes

By Matt Burgess

A Hacker Targeted High-Stakes Poker Players With Malware That Exposed Their Cards

Tables Turned

A Hacker Targeted High-Stakes Poker Players With Malware That Exposed Their Cards

By Ben Dowsett

Bluesky Is Blocking Links to a Major Leak of DHS Employee Records

ICE’d Out

Bluesky Is Blocking Links to a Major Leak of DHS Employee Records

By Dhruv Mehrotra, Maddy Varner, and Dell Cameron

Most Servers on the Planet Are Vulnerable to This Firmware Code-Execution Flaw

Bet Your Boots

Most Servers on the Planet Are Vulnerable to This Firmware Code-Execution Flaw

By Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

Massive Leak Exposes 41,000 Homeland Security Workers—Including Undercover ICE Agents

Going Public

Massive Leak Exposes 41,000 Homeland Security Workers—Including Undercover ICE Agents

By Dhruv Mehrotra, Maddy Varner, and Dell Cameron

The PHP Meltdown Shows How AI Makes Bugs More Exploitable

Kernel Panic

The PHP Meltdown Shows How AI Makes Bugs More Exploitable

By Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

Hackers Exploited the PHP Vulnerabilities Days Before They Were Patched

Early Access

Hackers Exploited the PHP Vulnerabilities Days Before They Were Patched

By Lily Hay Newman

‘This Is Not a Drill’: Critical PHP Vulnerabilities Are Setting the Internet on Fire

Update Now

‘This Is Not a Drill’: Critical PHP Vulnerabilities Are Setting the Internet on Fire

By Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

AI Guardrails Aren’t Stopping Criminal Hackers

Acting Dodgy

AI Guardrails Aren’t Stopping Criminal Hackers

By Lily Hay Newman

A Design Flaw in Share Links Exposes Users’ Personal Conversations With Meta’s Muse

Sharing Is Caring

A Design Flaw in Share Links Exposes Users’ Personal Conversations With Meta’s Muse

By Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

‘Nightmare Scenario’: Zero-Click Spyware Is Infecting Phones via Targeted Ads

Nowhere’s Safe

‘Nightmare Scenario’: Zero-Click Spyware Is Infecting Phones via Targeted Ads

By Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

AI Is Getting Really Good at Messing With Cybercriminals

Kernel Panic

AI Is Getting Really Good at Messing With Cybercriminals

By Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

Shaq Got Hacked. Now He’s Pitching for a VPN

(S)haq’d

Shaq Got Hacked. Now He’s Pitching for a VPN

By Lily Hay Newman

A Flaw in ChatGPT’s Mac App Could Have Let Hackers Grab Sensitive Data

Be Careful

A Flaw in ChatGPT’s Mac App Could Have Let Hackers Grab Sensitive Data

By Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

OpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face Hack

Agent of Change

OpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face Hack

By Lily Hay Newman

OpenAI Pauses Training Its Most Powerful Models After Rogue Agents Target Government

Panic Stations

OpenAI Pauses Training Its Most Powerful Models After Rogue Agents Target Government

By Isabella Ward

Old-School Credit Card Scams Are Far From Dead

Kernel Panic

Old-School Credit Card Scams Are Far From Dead

By Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

An OpenAI Agent Hacked Australia’s Health Service. Their Government Found Out Months Later

Delayed Notification

An OpenAI Agent Hacked Australia’s Health Service. Their Government Found Out Months Later

By Isabella Ward

Meta’s Muse AI Assistant Rolled Out With a Serious Security Flaw

All Access

Meta’s Muse AI Assistant Rolled Out With a Serious Security Flaw

By Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

A New Tool Found Malware That’s Guided by an AI Hive Mind—No Humans in Sight

Spot the Bot

A New Tool Found Malware That’s Guided by an AI Hive Mind—No Humans in Sight

By Lily Hay Newman

US and China Discuss Alerting Each Other to AI National Security Threats

Mutual Benefits

US and China Discuss Alerting Each Other to AI National Security Threats

By Isabella Ward