Right on cue, petulant hacktivists attempt to disrupt yet another global sporting event Italy’s foreign minister says the country has already started swatting away cyberattacks from Russia targeting the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.… READ MORE HERE…

LLMs automated most phases of the attack UPDATED  A digital intruder broke into an AWS cloud environment and in just under 10 minutes went from initial access to administrative privileges, thanks to an AI speed assist.… READ MORE HERE…

Gang walks away with nothing, victims are left with irreparable hypervisors Cybersecurity experts usually advise victims against paying ransomware crooks, but that advice goes double for those who have been targeted by the Nitrogen group. There’s no way to get your data back from them!… READ MORE HERE…

Don’t relax: This is a ‘when, not if’ scenario AI agents and other systems can’t yet conduct cyberattacks fully on their own – but they can help criminals in many stages of the attack chain, according to the International AI Safety report.… READ MORE HERE…