Episode 209

Episode #209: Cybercrime Forums Selling Personal Information of Hackers; Follow up to AI Red Team Hacking at Defcon; Zero-day in File Transfer Software Leaves Health Data Exposed; LinkedIn Compromised with Account Takeover Campaign

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Cybercrime Forums Selling Personal Information of Hackers

🇦🇺 Edwin Kwan, Sydney, Australia ↗

 Info-stealing malware does not discriminate when stealing personal information. Hackers are humans too, and some of them fell prey and installed info-stealing malware.

Follow up to AI Red Team Hacking at Defcon

🇺🇸 Katy Craig, San Diego, California ↗

People are becoming increasingly worried about AI. A recent report from LLM-attacks.org shows that even super smart AIs from Google and OpenAI can mess up if you ask them the right leading questions.

Zero-day in File Transfer Software Leaves Health Data Exposed

🇺🇸 Ian Garrett, Arlington, Virginia ↗

That awkward moment when your data transfer solution is transferring a little too well... In this case, a zero-day in the file transfer software, MOVEit, allowed hackers to breach millions of records of sensitive health information.


LinkedIn Compromised with Account Takeover Campaign

🇺🇸 Mark Miller, New York City↗

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... hackers using a Russian internet portal and email provider Rambler.ru are using brute force attacks to compromise LinkedIn accounts.

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