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Online bots.

Bot armies cost pennies in US and UK as election interference drives up prices

Building a bot army to target audiences in the US or UK…
Election day.

Missing paperwork poses bigger threat to voting machines than cyberattacks

The biggest threat to election security is not a sophisticated cyberattack but…
AI Guardian Angel.

Researchers demand ‘Guardian Angel’ AI to police dangerous chatbots

Researchers are calling for a mandatory “Guardian Angel” AI system to police…
Crypto crash.

Indirect losses from crypto hacks dwarf stolen funds by nearly three to one

Investors in decentralised finance are losing nearly three times as much to…
Doorstep attack.

Sam Altman associate’s home targeted in violent $11m crypto heist

A San Francisco property owned by a venture capitalist with close ties…
Bahaa Eltahawy.

Society risks ‘Stone Age’ collapse within days if critical infrastructure fails

Modern society faces the risk of regressing to a “Stone Age” existence…
Couples and smartphones.

Cybersecurity models ignore ‘intimate threat’ as 70 per cent share phones

Global cybersecurity standards are failing to protect users because they ignore the…
CloudFlare

Cloudflare traffic spike knocks X and ChatGPT offline worldwide

A massive spike in unusual traffic has triggered a global infrastructure outage,…
Cyberattacks in China.

Anthropic claims disruption of first autonomous AI cyber spy attack

Anthropic claims to have disrupted a sophisticated cyber espionage operation allegedly conducted…
Whisper Leak

Microsoft finds ‘Whisper Leak’ attack can unmask encrypted AI chat topics

Microsoft researchers have discovered a new side-channel attack, known as “Whisper Leak,”…