Latest cybersecurity stories, updates and analysis from The Real News Journal.
WhatsApp has started a limited beta rollout of "Scam Alert", a feature that uses an on-device machine learning model to warn users about potential scam messages, without sending message content off the device.
Security researchers have unveiled new "Plug and Pwn" attacks that abuse the Windows Plug and Play feature to compel the operating system into installing insecure or vulnerable vendor software, ultimately granting attackers SYSTEM privileges. These exploits, demonstrated at DEF CON 34, can occur with no user interaction, without a logged-in user, and even remotely without physical USB hardware.
The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence tools is shining a spotlight on longstanding, yet often overlooked, security vulnerabilities within enterprise browsers, prompting a re-evaluation of data protection strategies.
Comparitech recorded 799 ransomware incidents in July, making it the second-busiest month of the year, with finance, technology, pharmaceutical and education organisations seeing sharp increases.
Security researchers claim to have documented the first ransomware operation conducted by a large language model agent, which exploited vulnerabilities, adapted to failures and encrypted data without direct human control.
