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Scammers use fake Sumbangan Tunai Rahmah site to hijack Telegram accounts

The website displays the logos of the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) and the Malaysia Madani initiative, which may lead some users to believe it is legitimate.

AI bots are ignoring their programming and giving hackers superpowers

Hackers recently used mainstream AI chatbots to steal data on 195 million Mexican citizens, battering Claude and ChatGPT with prompts until the systems helped them break in. How long before even tougher breaches — or autonomous AI-driven hacks — become impossible to stop?

Millions had data stolen in 2024 London transport hack: BBC

Around 10 million people had their data stolen in a cyberattack on London's public transport operator in 2024, making it one of Britain's largest breaches, the BBC reported on Friday.

Global operation dismantles major cybercrime data leak forum

An international operation involving authorities from 14 countries including Malaysia has dismantled LeakBase, a major online forum for compromised data.

CIMB refutes claims of data breach involving 1.2 million records

The financial services provider said its security teams have verified that all systems are secure and that customer data remains fully safeguarded.

Are password managers safe? Not as much as you think, research shows

Keeping track of password requirements such as a mix of upper and lower case letters, numbers, special characters and more – not only to be remembered but to be changed every few months – is a tall order, not least as platforms urge users to ensure each password is unique.

French programmer says accidentally hacked 7,000 robot vacuums

All he wanted was to move his robot vacuum cleaner around with a PlayStation controller. But programmer Sammy Azdoufal claims he unwittingly gained remote access to 7,000 other devices.

Hacker used Anthropic’s Claude to steal Mexican data trove

A hacker exploited Anthropic PBC's artificial intelligence chatbot to carry out a series of attacks against Mexican government agencies, resulting in the theft of a huge trove of sensitive tax and voter information, according to cybersecurity researchers.

Anthropic drops hallmark safety pledge in race with AI peers

Anthropic PBC, which for years billed itself as a safer alternative to artificial intelligence rivals, has loosened its commitment to maintaining its guardrails, one of the most dramatic policy shifts in the AI industry yet as startups once focused on helping humanity turn their attention to profit and success.

Hackers used AI to breach 600 firewalls in weeks, Amazon says

Over the last five weeks, a limited number of hackers broke into more than 600 firewalls across dozens of countries with the help of widely available artificial intelligence tools, according to security research from Amazon.com Inc.