Jordan Sollof reports: Pathology supplier Synnovis is contacting NHS organisations which had data stolen and published online following a major cyber attack last year. The ransomware attack on 4 June 2024, which led to a patient death, caused widespread disruption to NHS services in London including thousands of delayed appointments at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Guy’s…
Divya reports: A cybercriminal group has allegedly infiltrated Nokia’s internal network through a vulnerable third-party contractor, potentially exposing sensitive information belonging to more than 94,500 employees in what security experts are calling one of the most extensive corporate data breaches affecting the telecommunications giant in recent years. The threat actor, identifying as Tsar0Byte, made claims about the…
The home page of Oxford City Council displays an alert: “Disruption to ICT systems and services: We have been experiencing issues with some of our services following a cyber security incident. Most systems are now back online. Thank you for your patience as we work through any backlogs.” The full notice indicates that they experienced…
Cybersecurity researchers have demonstrated a new prompt injection technique called PromptFix that tricks a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) model into carrying out intended actions by embedding the malicious instruction inside a fake CAPTCHA check on a web page. Described by Guardio Labs an “AI-era take on the ClickFix scam,” the attack technique demonstrates how AI-driven…
Ransomware remains the biggest threat, but old and misconfigured network devices are making it too easy
The AI revolution isn’t coming. It’s already here. From copilots that write our emails to autonomous agents that can take action without us lifting a finger, AI is transforming how we work. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: Attackers are evolving just as fast. Every leap forward in AI gives bad actors new tools — deepfake…
OpenAI on Friday revealed that it banned a set of accounts that used its ChatGPT tool to develop a suspected artificial intelligence (AI)-powered surveillance tool. The social media listening tool is said to likely originate from China and is powered by one of Meta’s Llama models, with the accounts in question using the AI company’s…
