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Open Microsoft database with 17 trillion total rows and 25,000 user accounts hacked by a bored teenager — but he's been well-paid for his actions

By Rahim Amir Published

A 16-year-old set one login field to "admin," and an estimated 17.3 trillion Microsoft rows became accessible.

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Nearly 40,000 phishing attacks hit US financial firms in H1 2026 — automated AI agents and a new Seychelles bulletproof host fuel aggressive new campaigns

By Efosa Udinmwen Published

US financial services faced nearly 40,000 phishing URLs in just six months as free hosting, AI tools, and Omegatech expanded attackers' infrastructure options.

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Hackers hijacked Microsoft's X account for a scam featuring everyone's least-favorite tech mascot Clippy

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Microsoft's X account was used to promote a meme coin scam, and possibly even to distribute malware.

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These social media posts promise big online discounts on Lego, Calvin Klein and more — but really they're just phishing scams

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

There's an elaborate scheme making rounds on Facebook and TikTok to get people to websites laden with infostealers.

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Google benches open source bug bounty program following ‘significant rise’ in AI submissions

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Google says it will reassess in Q1 2027.

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AI giants targeted by scraping bots — ChatGPT and Perplexity enter the most-scraped websites list for the first time

By Craig Hale Published

ChatGPT and Perplexity are now being scraped as businesses attempt to monitor brand mentions and citations.

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'The agent itself has become its own entity to secure': Bitdefender's new free Mac tool goes after flaws that let attackers fool AI models

By Efosa Udinmwen Published

Bitdefender launches AI Guardian for AI agents with real-time control over tools, files, and credentials.

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Beware the smartphone security threat — new report claims most banking scam attempts now take place on mobile devices

By Christian Cawley Published

90% of scams are taking place via mobile phone, with banking scams increasing of 35% over the previous year

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This popular AI agent could be hacked by a single email — with potentially disastrous consequences

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Researchers found a way around Manus' guardrails and got it to execute a simple email prompt injection attack.

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AI agents aggressively tried to hack US and Canadian government websites

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Luckily, the attempts failed.

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