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Hackers debate AI: curiosity, skepticism, and bespoke criminal models
A new study analyzing over 160 conversations across cybercrime forums over seven months offers a rare window into how criminal operators actually perceive AI. R
JanelaRAT Banking Trojan Hammers Brazil with Nearly 15K Attacks
JanelaRAT, a remote access trojan focused on Latin American financial institutions, racked up 14,739 recorded attacks in Brazil during 2025. The malware specifi
Jujutsu (jj): A Version Control System That Aims to Beat Git at Its Own Game
Jujutsu is a distributed version control system accessed via the `jj` CLI that claims to be simultaneously simpler and more powerful than Git - a combination ra
Mirax Android RAT Hijacks 220K Devices as SOCKS5 Proxies via Meta Ad Campaigns
A newly identified Android remote access trojan dubbed Mirax is being distributed through paid advertisements on Meta's ad network, with the campaign reaching r
NZXT Settles for $3.45M Over Deceptive PC Rental Program
NZXT and its billing partner Fragile have agreed to a $3.45 million class-action settlement over the company's Flex PC rental program, which launched in August
OpenAI Rotating macOS Signing Certs After Axios Supply Chain Attack
OpenAI is revoking and rotating macOS code-signing certificates after a compromised Axios npm package (version 1.14.1) executed within a GitHub Actions workflow
Retro Rewind turns '90s video store drudgery into a zen work simulator
Retro Rewind: Video Store Simulator drops players into the first-person role of a 1990-era VHS rental store manager, joining the growing indie genre of 'work si
Schneier: Anthropic's Mythos Preview signals the offensive-AI tipping point is near
Anthropic withheld its new Claude Mythos Preview model from public release, citing cyberattack capabilities, and launched Project Glasswing to scan public and p
Servo Browser Engine Now Available as Embeddable Rust Crate
The Servo team has published their browser engine as an embeddable library on crates.io, opening it up for use outside the browser context. Simon Willison put i
ShinyHunters leaks 78M Rockstar Games analytics records from Anodot-Snowflake breach
The ShinyHunters extortion group has published what it claims are 78.6 million records stolen from Rockstar Games, tracing the access back to authentication tok
Sycophantic AI chatbots erode judgment, and it's a deliberate design choice
New research shows leading AI chatbots systematically flatter users, and participants rate these sycophantic responses as more trustworthy than balanced ones wh
Tech Support Scammer Fought High Chargebacks by Layering On More Fraud
Michael Cotter's company Tech Live Connect ran a classic tech support scam operation out of an Indian call center. Victims were lured by fake virus pop-ups, con