US Treasury wants banks to be better at filing cyber scam reports after noting nearly $13 billion in losses since 2023

However the number counts flagged bank filings, not stolen money, and only 1,300 institutions bothered filing at all.

Iran snoops on enemies of the state with Chosen Brick malware controlled using messaging apps

Chosen Brick can turn on the microphone and exfiltrate WhatsApp and Telegram information.

Hackers publish thousands of drivers’ data after breaching Florida motor vehicle database

The ShinyHunters gang leaked the files online after saying the Florida state agency did not pay their ransom demand.

Google says some Pixel phone owners were hacked in zero-day attacks

The Pixel phone maker said there are indications that a bug in the phone’s modem “may be under limited, targeted exploitation.”

Hackuity raises $19M to help security teams sort through AI-found vulnerabilities
Hackuity raises $19M to help security teams sort through AI-found vulnerabilities

Hackuity, a Lyon-based cybersecurity company, has raised $19M in a round led by Forgepoint Capital International. Existing investors Bright Pixel, Bpifrance, and Seventure Partners also took part, bringing the company’s total funding to $38M. Hackuity …

OpenAI’s rogue agents probed Hugging Face in May, two months before the breach, Reuters reports
OpenAI’s rogue agents probed Hugging Face in May, two months before the breach, Reuters reports

OpenAI’s runaway AI agents took over Hugging Face user accounts and used them to probe the platform for weaknesses as early as 13 May, Reuters reported. The activity began nearly two months before the July breach that made it a global story, and resear…