What we know about the alleged Iranian hacks on U.S. water utilities

Over the last couple of weeks, hackers have targeted and broken into the systems of several water plants in the United States. Here’s what we know and don’t know about this wave of attacks allegedly carried out by the Iranian government.

FBI says cybercriminals are hacking into victims’ online accounts to steal their intimate pictures

In a new alert, the FBI said cybercriminals are targeting adults and minors in an attempt to steal their personal and intimate pictures in extortion campaigns.

Google says hackers are calling financial firm employees to hack and extort victims

Groups of hackers are breaking into large U.S. financial firms to steal sensitive data and extort victims, Google’s security researchers report.

OpenAI’s AI models secretly built a message board to coordinate hacking

OpenAI’s AI models quietly swapped hacking tips through an internal message board weeks before two of them broke into Hugging Face, researchers revealed at Black Hat this week.

How AI guardrails are impeding the work of offensive cybersecurity researchers

We spoke with several cybersecurity researchers, who look for unknown vulnerabilities and develop tools to exploit them, about how OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s guardrails affect their work.

Hackers are exploiting recently patched WordPress bugs, putting millions of websites at risk

Two critical security flaws in WordPress’ software have given hackers the chance to remotely take over tens of millions of websites, according to an estimate by a cybersecurity researcher.

A hacker’s arrest just revealed how Microsoft can track your Windows device

A hacker used a VPN to stay anonymous. Microsoft’s Windows Global Device Identifier logged his activity anyway and handed it to the FBI.

Polymarket says hackers stole users’ funds

The prediction market giant Polymarket said it’s refunding users who had funds stolen due to a third-party breach.

A new unpatchable flaw in Apple chips opens the door to an iPhone jailbreak 

European offensive cybersecurity company Paradigm Shift released details of a flaw and a technique to exploit it that opens the door for hackers to unlock and break into older iPhones.

Hackers leak facial recognition records tied to millions of Madison Square Garden visitors

A cybercriminal group has published what it claims are millions of records stolen from Madison Square Garden Entertainment. The leak is drawing attention not just because of its size, but because it includes facial recognition data, internal threat ass…