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Binance says North Korea used fake job opening and internal AI in record theft
Attack started in June with a malicious ad and ended in October with wallet takeover, according to postmortem.
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AI scams, leaks, deepfakes and privacy: what you need to know to protect yourself.
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CZ warns of more AI attacks after US$ 6.3 billion theft from Binance
FBI blames North Korean hackers for the theft, but investigators found no AI in the laundering of the funds.
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Google cuts ties with manufacturer that turned 1.3 million TV boxes into a botnet
China's Videostrong installed a factory backdoor and sold access to criminals, Google says.
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SMS of Death on Android: malicious text can crash phones with no click
CVE-2026-58882 flaw hits the phone process and can disrupt even emergency calls.
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AI agents raised their own crypto spending limit in test
Nine out of ten AI models raised their own cap in Circle wallets by fetching approval codes from email.
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Thieves Don't Need Your Password Anymore: 6 Scams That Break Into Accounts Without a Login
Stolen sessions, SIM swaps, MFA fatigue, and malicious apps let attackers get in without a password.
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Tampered Claude Code extension hit up to 5,000 Cursor users
Versions 2.1.312 and 2.1.313 were live for 11 hours and tried to install an SSH backdoor on Windows and macOS PCs.
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China-linked hackers used DeepSeek in attacks on over 200 organizations, says CrowdStrike
Chinese state-linked group used AI to target governments and businesses worldwide in just 11 days.
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Binance hit by $6.3 billion theft in largest crypto hack in history
Exchange says it has frozen $3 billion in stolen assets and promises to cover all losses.
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GM to pay US$220 million for selling driving data without warning
Settlement with 36 attorneys general ends case over Smart Driver program, which collected braking, acceleration and location data.
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Hacker steals data from more than 41,000 DHS employees, including ICE and CBP
Names, job titles, phone numbers, emails and work locations were exposed, along with links to surveillance tools.
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Anatel requires facial biometrics to register or keep cell phone lines in Brazil
Liveness validation will be mandatory for new and existing lines, with full re-registration by December 2028.
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Anthropic AI hacked 3 companies on its own during security test
Company says Claude models left an isolated environment and reached the real internet undetected.
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DeepSeek advances on safety, but fails shutdown and monitoring in tests
Chinese safety group points to stronger controls than previous versions, with gaps in shutdown, monitoring and long tasks.
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Cohere says Alibaba's Qwen AI tried to send file to server in Beijing
Model said it wouldn't use tools, but attempted upload was blocked by sandbox; researchers point to training habit, not spying.
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Anthropic says it blocked use of Claude in research with bioweapon risk
Company says it stopped dozens of misuses since December 2025, including five cases linked to biological weapons.
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Scam uses TIM name and fake blocked-CPF alert to lure users to suspicious site
WhatsApp message threatens to block accounts and credit and directs to an address outside the official domain.
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Google may use Gmail, Drive and Photos to target ads with AI
New policy creates an exception starting October 16: anyone who links personal data to Personal Intelligence could see personalized advertising.