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Cyber security

Hackers hit sensitive targets like finance ministries in over 37 nations in vast spying plot

Hackers used access to spy on e-mails, financial dealings and communications about military and police operations, according to a new cybersecurity report.
Hackers used access to spy on e-mails, financial dealings and communications about military and police operations, according to a new cybersecurity report.

Forum: Banks offer alternative verification methods to medically vulnerable customers

Forum: Digital bank committed to improving the user experience

Inside Moltbook: The social network where AI agents talk to each other

The front page of the social media website Moltbook, where AI agents gather to chat.
The front page of the social media website Moltbook, where AI agents gather to chat.

‘Moltbook’ social media site for AI agents had big security hole, cyber firm Wiz says

Moltbook is a Reddit-like site advertised as a “social network built exclusively for AI agents” through which AI chatbots can "compare notes about their work".
Moltbook is a Reddit-like site advertised as a “social network built exclusively for AI agents” through which AI chatbots can "compare notes about their work".

Google starts rolling out age-verification safeguards for under-18s in Singapore

Users who are estimated to be under 18 will be notified via e-mail and while using Google products that their settings have been changed.
Users who are estimated to be under 18 will be notified via e-mail and while using Google products that their settings have been changed.

Bumble, Panera Bread, Crunchbase, Match hit by cyberattacks

Cybersecurity experts have warned about a social engineering campaign targeting American companies.
Cybersecurity experts have warned about a social engineering campaign targeting American companies.

Google disrupts large residential proxy network, reducing devices used by operators by ‘millions’

Google identified over 600 Android applications and 3,075 unique Windows files connected to the network’s command-and-control infrastructure.
Google identified over 600 Android applications and 3,075 unique Windows files connected to the network’s command-and-control infrastructure.

‘We have drones around the apartment’: India’s elderly falling prey to ‘digital arrest’ cases

Suspected scammers caught at a call centre in Noida in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh in 2018
Suspected scammers caught at a call centre in Noida in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh in 2018

Crooks are using AI to up their game in cyber crimes

As cyber crimes are on the rise, it pays to be more careful, especially in clicking links from unknown senders.
As cyber crimes are on the rise, it pays to be more careful, especially in clicking links from unknown senders.

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