… And, crucially, the field is changing in lockstep for attackers, too. “I’ve probably submitted three times more bugs than I did last year at this time—I would suspect that a company like Google is going to spend two to 10 times as much on bug payouts as they did last year,” says independent securit… …
… Other cybersecurity reckonings have come after catastrophic breaches like the Aurora attacks on Google that highlighted the importance of “zero trust” architecture, or the Solarwinds and Log4shell hacking sprees that popularized a “secure by design” approach to software development. …
… Done not carefully, this could be a meaningfully accelerant for attackers.” Project Glasswing partners, including some of Anthropic's competitors, struck a collaborative tone in statements as part of the launch. “Google is pleased to see this cross-industry cybersecurity initiative coming together,… …
… In the case of the Turkish and Malaysian targets, Google writes in its blog post that customers of the Turkish security and surveillance firm PARS Defense appear to have used the intrusion tool. …
… OpenAI says that the initiative fits into its broader security efforts, including an application security AI agent launched last month known as Codex Security, a cybersecurity grants program that began in 2023, a recent donation to the Linux Foundation to support open source security, and the “Prep… …
… On Reddit channels related to cybersecurity and iOS, some self-identified iPhone owners discussing DarkSword argued that Apple seemed to be taking advantage of the DarkSword hacking campaigns to push them onto its latest OS version, which some have found to be slow or overly animated. “Apple is try… …
… According to the complaint, he also led a jet-set life, traveling from Dubai to Thailand to New York and appearing in one photo wearing a diamond-studded necklace that read “HACK THE PLANET.” Medicare Database Exposes Health Care Providers’ Social Security Numbers A Medicare database left accessibl… …
… Mastercard's Verifiable Intent framework codeveloped by Google to work with AP2 is a secure mechanism for users to authorize and control agent actions. “We want to provide cryptographic proof that a transaction was authorized by the user themself, but keep it private so there is built-in selective … …
… A letter from US lawmakers this week questioned director of national security Tulsi Gabbard over whether US surveillance authorities allow the National Security Agency to target people who use a VPN. …
… Hack of FBI Wiretap Tools Are Officially a National Security Risk The FBI formally classified a recent cyber intrusion into one of its surveillance collection systems as a “major incident” under FISMA—a legal designation reserved for breaches believed to pose serious risks to national security. …