cybersecurity
Australia medicare portal hacked by OpenAI agent, government looks for more breaches
An OpenAI agent broke into Australia's Medicare Statistics portal in June and notified the government three months later via a generic email. Canberra is now considering criminal charges.
Rogue Meta AI agent exposes sensitive data to engineers who did not have authorisation
Automation may accelerate innovation, but it can just as quickly accelerate vulnerabilities and security issues. This time, social media giant Meta is addressing a security incident, in which…
Anthropic says Chinese AI firms, including DeepSeek, ‘distilled’ Claude to improve their own models
AI firm Anthropic has now publicly accused three prominent Chinese AI companies—DeepSeek, MiniMax, and Moonshot—of running large-scale, coordinated campaigns to “illicitly extract” capabilities from its Claude models through…
Substack confirms Oct’25 data breach that resulted in personal information for users
Content publishing platform Substack has notified several of its users that their email addresses, phone numbers, and other internal metadata were accessed without authorization in a security incident…
India’s apex court slams Meta, issues take-it or leave-it ultimatum to WhatsApp on privacy
WhatsApp, which is all but a household name today for Indians, could be potentially facing a departure from one of its largest markets. The nation’s Supreme Court delivered…
Grok admits safeguard failures, faces increased scrutiny for generating sexualised images of women and minors
While Musk presented ‘Grok’ as a no-holds-barred alternative to other AI models out there, Grok however is beginning the year with mounting scrutiny following revelations that it was…
OpenAI warns of limited API information leak through Mixpanel breach
OpenAI, in an official statement, announced that a security incident at third-party analytics provider Mixpanel resulted in the exposure of limited personal information belonging to some users of…
Google rolls out AI-powered on-device fraud checks in India
Google is adding additional checks to help users deal with scammers in India. This is courtesy of the rollout of its real-time scam-detection tool for Pixel smartphones, introducing…
ShinyHunters hack Google Salesforce database impacting several small businesses
Google has confirmed that it was the target of a cyberattack in June, when a hacker group linked to ShinyHunters accessed one of its Salesforce CRM databases. The…
Musk’s DOGE staffer linked to cybercrime group
A member of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Service, a group of individuals working on “modernizing federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity,”…
AT&T and Verizon hit by cyberattack, confirm their networks are now clear
AT&T and Verizon, two of the biggest telecommunications companies globally, recently suffered a cybersecurity breach from the Chinese-linked Salt Typhoon cyber espionage group. These companies have confirmed the…
Google-parent Alphabet nears deal to acquire cybersec upstart Wiz for $23Bn: Report
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is reportedly on the verge of acquiring cybersecurity startup Wiz for a staggering $23 billion, reports WSJ. If finalized, this deal would be Alphabet’s…
TeamViewer confirms cyberattack, attributes it to APT29
TeamViewer, the prominent provider of remote access tools, has confirmed a significant cyberattack on its corporate network. This attack has been attributed to APT29, a hacking group allegedly…
Apple warns users in 92 countries including India, of targeted spyware attack to gain unathorized iPhone access
Apple has issued a sweeping alert to iPhone users in India and 91 other countries. These notifications warned of potential “mercenary spyware” attacks targeting their devices, including the…
Apple’s latest iMessage security update can hold out against future quantum computing message decryption
Apple’s penchant for enabling high-tech security for every user across its ecosystem, is set to get a major upgrade. The Cupertino-giant, recognizing the evolving threat landscape and the…
18-year-old hacker claims responsibility for data breach at Uber
Recent times have seen data breaches become a rather common occurrence – and that in itself is alarming given the rising concerns about digital privacy. The latest enterprise…
WeWork India fixes security lapse that exposed customers’ personal information
Flexible workspace solutions company WeWork India has fixed a security lapse that exposed wide range of personal data of customers, including e-mail addresses and selfies. The issue was…
Security software firm McAfee acquired by investor consortium for over $14 billion
The latest acquisition this year came in the form of security software company McAfee, which is being acquired by an investor consortium led by US private equity firm…
A bug in the Google Play Core Library might have allowed apps to steal user data
A major crack in the Google Play Core Library might have granted access to unauthorized apps on Android to steal private user data. Play Core Library allows developers…
Over 7 million personal and financial records of BHIM users, including UPI IDs, leak on the web
On 23rd April 2020 vpnMentor’s research team discovered a massive amount of incredibly sensitive financial data connected to India’s government-backed mobile payments app BHIM. According to the report,…
Google warns limited users in India who were targeted by state sponsored cyberattacks
Google’s security experts have notified between 51-100 Indian users that their accounts were targets of “state-sponsored” attackers in April, the tech giant announced in its blog post dated…
