Hacker used Anthropic’s Claude to steal sensitive Mexican data

The unknown Claude user wrote Spanish-language prompts for the chatbot to act as an elite hacker, finding vulnerabilities in government networks, writing computer scripts to exploit them and ...

Amazon: AI-assisted hacker breached 600 FortiGate firewalls in 5 weeks

Amazon is warning that a Russian-speaking hacker used multiple generative AI services as part of a campaign that breached more than 600 FortiGate firewalls across 55 countries in five weeks.
Fox News

Hacker exploits AI chatbot in cybercrime spree

A hacker has pulled off one of the most alarming AI-powered cyberattacks ever documented. According to Anthropic, the company behind Claude, a hacker used its artificial intelligence chatbot to ...
The Next Web

Hacker (Computer Security)

In the computer security context, a hacker is someone who seeks and exploits weaknesses in a computer system or computer network. Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, such as profit, ...
CNN

Hacker stole sensitive FEMA and border patrol data in months-long breach

An unidentified hacker stole sensitive data from Customs and Border Protection and Federal Emergency Management Agency employees in a “widespread” breach this summer that lasted several weeks, ...
MIT Technology Review

Hackers made death threats against this security researcher. Big mistake.

Allison Nixon had helped arrest dozens of members of The Com — a loose affiliation of online groups responsible for violence ...

Microsoft says hackers are exploiting critical zero-day bugs to target Windows and Office users

Critical security flaws targeting Windows and Office users allow hackers to take complete control of a victim's computer by ...
Forbes

Microsoft Windows Security Bypass — Hello Hackers Use Own Faces

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. This story has been updated on August 59with a statement from ...
PC Magazine

Hackers Can Take Over Your Security Cameras—and It’s Easier Than You Think

Government agencies, schools, and hospitals install security cameras to protect their clients and their own integrity. But as one research team discovered at the Black Hat security conference this ...
TechSpot

Hackers are embracing AI-powered malware as security teams counter with their own AI

The AI arms race: The explosive growth of chatbots, large language models, and other AI technologies is reshaping cybersecurity on both sides of the fence. While hackers are already exploiting AI to ...
Computer Weekly

Would you hire a hacker?

In the wake of four young people being arrested over suspected involvement in the recent Marks & Spencer, Co-op and Harrods ransomware attacks, it is easy to rush to censure those responsible for the ...