Anthropic has been ordered by the US government to cut off its newest Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for fear of abuse by adversaries. Reuters reports that Anthropic said it will “abruptly ​disable” its most advanced AI models for all users after the US government ordered it to suspend access to the models […]

During our recent threat hunting activities, we found EtherRAT malware being distributed by a website with a strange homepage. This homepage allowed us to discover a vast malicious infrastructure distributing malware, malicious documents, remote desktop software, and phishing pages.  EtherRAT is a RAT developed in Node.js which allows an attacker to gain complete control over the machine and execute arbitrary code returned by the Command and Control […]

Online gamers should watch out for a convincing scam that aims to steal your Steam account. The scam uses fake FACEIT verification pages that look legitimate, complete with official branding, working links, and what appears to be a real Steam login window. By the time it asks for your password, many victims are convinced they’re […]

The UK’s Metropolitan Police has reached an agreement with Apple designed to make stolen iPhones harder to resell and less attractive to thieves. The approach combines stronger technical protections with direct data sharing between Apple and law enforcement. In 2023, about 1.4 million mobile phones were stolen in the US alone. London is reportedly one of the […]

A German court has ruled that Google can be held directly responsible for defamatory claims produced by its AI Overviews. Basically, the court said that telling people they should double-check AI search results is not enough to deny liability for what those results say. This kind of warning may not be enough The Munich Regional […]

Build something that doesn’t exist. Don’t collect any data while you do it. Get it wrong and the CEO could face criminal charges. That’s close to the ultimatum the UK government handed Apple and Google on June 8. The two companies have three months to introduce device-level protections blocking nudity across every smartphone and tablet […]

A data breach notice has been filed with the Maine Attorney General, saying more than 2.4 million users of VRChat have had their data breached. The question is, was it VRChat who filed the breach notice, or did someone pretending to represent the company post it instead? On Reddit, a VRChat representative posted: VRChat did […]

Short-form video platforms like TikTok and Instagram Reels have become the latest way cybercriminals spread malware. We’ve already seen attackers move away from traditional phishing emails and toward tactics that trick people into installing malware themselves. Now they’re being lured with slick social media videos that promise free Spotify Premium, free Windows activation, or free […]

This month’s Patch Tuesday fixes 206 security flaws in Microsoft software, making it the biggest Patch Tuesday release ever. The update includes 32 critical vulnerabilities, as well as three publicly disclosed zero-days. Microsoft classifies these as zero-days because information about the vulnerabilities became public before patches were available. None are known to have been actively exploited […]

What would you trade for a technology that can do almost anything? For many people, the answer is clear: Everything they thought they could trust. In a few, short years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools have granted people unfettered access to easier writing, faster image generation, quicker coding, and near-instantaneous answers, advice, and information—advantages they value […]