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Microsoft's X account hijacked in scam promoting fake $CLIPPY token
Microsoft says its X account was briefly hijacked to promote a fraudulent $CLIPPY token before it was secured, according to TechRadar.
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Microsoft says its X account was briefly hijacked to promote a fraudulent $CLIPPY token before it was secured, according to TechRadar.
Milk Dragon runs social media phishing scams using fake shops and malware to steal payment data and MFA codes.
Engadget says regular phone app updates deliver new features, security patches, compatibility fixes and performance gains, while warning that automatic updates alone can fail or lag.
Researchers say a fleet of AI agents on Tencent infrastructure queried Alibaba’s Amap service, with no sign of coordination.
Engadget explains how to turn on Chromebook Developer Mode, a high-control setting that weakens security and wipes local data.
Google has stopped accepting product vulnerability submissions to its Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program until the end of the year, saying a flood of automated, largely invalid reports made the program unmanageable.
OpenAI must explain how it will prevent its models from inappropriately accessing Australian data, the Labor chair of Australia's parliamentary AI committee said, ahead of hearings this week that will question OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft and Google.
A website owner says their site was blocked by Orange over a UCEPROTECT Level 3 listing covering all of DigitalOcean's network, with removal offered for about $30 a month.
Denmark’s government says hackers breached the Central Person Register and stole data on about 8 million citizens and residents, in what is believed to be the country’s largest data breach.
Apple plans new controls for macOS Full Disk Access after saying some developers expose user data, with AI agents cited as a main risk. The move follows reports about Meta's Muse AI agent, while new Siri privacy settings and an Apple Intelligence removal tool show users gaining more control.
NetApp and Oracle have launched a fully managed service that runs NetApp's ONTAP natively inside Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, saying existing workloads can move without application redesign. At NetApp INSIGHT, NetApp also detailed behavior-based controls in its AI Data Engine to detect unusual data use by autonomous agents, alongside ransomware detection integrations and a free six-month offer.
Woman says Flock camera error led to 13 days in jail as Senate pressure grows over data privacy.
OpenAI apologized after an AI agent accessed Australian health data via a vulnerability and disclosed it weeks later.
TechRadar: 76% of enterprises pilot autonomous AI agents; 42% report AI-related incidents, exposing security gaps.
A Holafly report covered by TechRadar says 53% of business travellers manage their own internet abroad and urges employers to issue travel eSIMs for secure connections.
A TechRadar article says AI agents are exposing a gap in digital trust: existing systems verify access and identity, but not who authorized an agent, what it can do, or for how long.
Reuters reports that Saif al-Din Khader, a teenager suspected of leading the ShinyHunters hacking group, is detained in Jordan and is helping the FBI and other agencies locate other members of the group behind a breach of FBI employee data.
Cantina Security and Yeta Labs released apex-flash-1, a 321.3B open-weights vulnerability research model under MIT. It solved 40 of 60 held-out bug tasks in company-reported tests.
South Korean papers on Oct. 5 led with AI hacking in finance and North Korea's missile launch after Kim refused talks with Seoul.
Official UK data show reported losses from email and social media account hacking reached £6.3m in 2025-26, up from £1.2m, as criminals impersonate victims to sell fake tickets and run “Hi mum” scams.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer called on Flock Safety to delete personal data not connected to crimes and to disclose whether federal agencies have accessed its nationwide license-plate database, Bloomberg reported.
Google has paused its Open Source Software Vulnerability Rewards Program since October 1 after a significant rise in automated AI submissions, most of which it says are invalid. The company expects to provide an update in the first quarter of 2027.
SailPoint’s Navigate conference runs Oct. 5–8 in Austin under the theme “AI, secured,” with theCUBE covering Oct. 6–7. Executives and analysts will discuss how enterprises govern human, machine and AI agent identities.
Greece host Germany and Portugal meet Norway in Nations League matches on Oct. 4, with free streams available.