Show Notes
An OpenAI engineer faces charges over an alleged covert recording device. Attackers exploit a PAN-OS firewall flaw and an Ivanti zero-day. Aoki infostealer hunts AI credentials. Researchers uncover critical weaknesses in an AI gateway. CikaBika Bot turns Discord into a command center. Online ads deliver mercenary spyware without a click. Microsoft disrupts a massive Chinese-language phishing operation. And INTERPOL leads an international crackdown on child sexual abuse material. Character.ai runs out of tokens.
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Selected Reading
Office of Public Affairs | Saudi National Arrested for Installing Surreptitious Audio Recording Device at OpenAI (US Department of Justice)
Attackers exploit Palo Alto PAN-OS flaw for root access as CISA orders three-day fix (CSO Online)
CISA Warns of Hackers Exploiting Ivanti Connect Secure Zero-Day to Steal Credentials (Cyber Security News)
New Aoki Infostealer Targets AI Coding Assistant Credentials (Infosecurity Magazine)
Warning Over High-Risk Vulnerabilities in Widely Used LLM Gateway Tool (Infosecurity Magazine)
CikaBika Bot RAT Uses Discord for C&C (SecurityWeek)
AdFection: How mercenary spyware invades victims’ devices through targeted advertising (CyberScoop)
Police arrests 95 suspects in international CSAM crackdown action (Bleeping Computer)
Character.ai Bankruptcy Is First AI Bubble Domino to Fall (404 Media)
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