Most attempts were pranks, but some could fool unwary AI agents

They tried to sound the alarm in August

Israeli adtech outfit allegedly helped spyware vendors infect phones while enjoying Google's seal of approval

CEO said the workers were hired in Q2 and are still helping today

Platform points to Iran, Russia, and China but provides no public evidence for attribution

Nearly 50 years of data caught up in breach, with probation service records also among the haul

The term military intelligence seems like an oxymoron in this case

Officials say amendments remain under consideration despite minister's pledge to act

Officers unlawfully uploaded 179 people's details to Auror without required privacy checks or corporate approval

Never making type errors does not mean never making errors

Both Switchzilla and CISA sound the alarm

Xbow earned a $250K bug bounty and all the AI model got was a lousy t-shirt

Vendor promises fix for separate privilege-escalation flaw in the coming weeks

FBI alleges covert recorder was plugged into a TV, with a second device later discovered in the employee's bag

37% of ransomware attacks involve psychological or physical threats, global survey found

Anthropic took more than two months to alert cops

Self-replicating AI botnets could become feasible on IoT hardware within months, claims the Claude maker, if smaller models get smarter

Stock spoiled at hundreds of stores as manufacturer says affected equipment ran outdated firmware

Local media reports three weakly protected accounts at small IT biz whose access to national register was abused

Several IT systems remain offline and orders face delays as TFG London becomes latest retailer to suffer cyberattack

It's 2026 and Virtzilla reckons it's OK to pay for MFA

Pew Research Center finds 51% of Americans say no, cite lack of interest - not know-how - as the top reason

Techies at 'Russia's Google' work around the clock as users await access to funds and network connectivity falls to 30% of normal

This week on The Kettle, we discuss some arrests and how Mythos' mathematical expertise has led to a second exploited bug that no human would have found

Meanwhile, AI agents move robotic arms, 'make OT device operator screens lie'

Attackers abusing rare Cyrillic and Latin letters to impersonate popular websites

Tokens transmitted in metadata, weak VM isolation, and expansive permissions make hacking a lot easier

No word on exploitation status, but a 9.5 severity score suggests time is of the essence

Infecting devices from 2021 until the FBI stepped in

The GPU giant released a fix for the flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-47483

Credential-stealing malware detected within minutes of npm release, but impact remains unknown

SPONSORED FEATURE: Old attack, new protections

Security pact promises information-sharing and coordinated disruption, but offers little detail on agencies or funding

The owner knew a guy...

Feds claim he charged clients more than ransoms, paid up, pocketed the difference

Trusted brand impersonation without the usual browser certificate warnings spells trouble

Strands Box is the latest open source AI control tool from the cloud giant; like its predecessors, it promises tighter reins on autonomous agents

Router maker rejects allegations it misled buyers about protection and its reliance on Chinese suppliers

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