Some pinpointed software nasties but were suspicious of printer drivers too Researchers from the Universities of Guelph and Waterloo have discovered exactly how users decide whether an application is legitimate or malware before installing it – and the good news…
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Scams Using Malicious Smart Contracts, YouTube videos to Steal Crypto
SentinelOne researchers found multiple ongoing crypto scams that use AI-generated videos on aged YouTube accounts to market trading bots that hide malicious smart contracts that are designed to empty victim crypto wallets of Ethereum. The post Scams Using Malicious Smart…
ClickFix Malware Campaign Exploits CAPTCHAs to Spread Cross-Platform Infections
A combination of propagation methods, narrative sophistication, and evasion techniques enabled the social engineering tactic known as ClickFix to take off the way it did over the past year, according to new findings from Guardio Labs. “Like a real-world virus…
Microsoft Launches Zero-Day Quest Hacking Contest with Rewards Up to $5 Million
Microsoft has unveiled the return of its groundbreaking Zero Day Quest initiative, escalating the stakes in cybersecurity research with a staggering total bounty pool of up to $5 million. Building on the success of last year’s inaugural event, which offered…
Watch AI models compete right now in Google’s new Game Arena
As AI models increasingly ace conventional tests, researchers are looking for new benchmarking methods. Google is betting on games. This article has been indexed from Latest news Read the original article: Watch AI models compete right now in Google’s new…
AI security: Top experts weigh in on the why and how
<p>AI is rapidly transforming business operations, bringing with it unprecedented security challenges that traditional cybersecurity approaches are not equipped to deal with. But securing the unique vulnerabilities that AI brings is essential.</p> <div class=”ad-wrapper ad-embedded”> <div id=”halfpage” class=”ad ad-hp”> <script>GPT.display(‘halfpage’)</script>…
Microsoft’s Project Ire Autonomously Reverse Engineers Software to Find Malware
Microsoft has unveiled Project Ire, a prototype autonomous AI agent that can analyze any software file to determine if it’s malicious. The post Microsoft’s Project Ire Autonomously Reverse Engineers Software to Find Malware appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has…
St. Paul Extends State of Emergency After Devastating Cyberattack
August 5, 2025 | St. Paul, Minnesota The City of St. Paul is in the midst of one of the most disruptive cyber incidents in its history, prompting officials to extend a local state of emergency by 90 days as…
Elevate your protection with expanded Microsoft Defender Experts coverage
Defender Experts now offers 24/7, expert-driven protection for cloud workloads, beginning with hybrid and multicloud servers in Microsoft Defender for Cloud. Additionally, third-party network signals can be used in Microsoft Defender Experts for XDR to enhance incidents for faster and…
Project Ire: Microsoft’s autonomous malware detection AI agent
Microsoft is working on a AI agent whose main goal is autonomous malware detection and the prototype – dubbed Project Ire – is showing great potential, the company has announced on Tuesday. Tested on a dataset of known malicious and…