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The threat actors behind the Golden Chickens malware-as-a-service (MaaS) ecosystem have resurfaced with four new malware families, indicating that the operators are showing no signs of stopping despite extensive public disclosures into their inner workings.

The malware families in question are: TinyEgg, ChonkyChicken, a modularized variant of ChonkyChicken, and a modified web browser credential

Someone installed a popular AI assistant on a rented server, switched off the setting that makes it ask permission before running risky commands, and pointed it at Thailand’s Ministry of Finance, which runs the country’s treasury and tax collection.

The agent then worked through the ministry’s network on its own, checking hosts for ways to gain root access, hunting through file systems, and

AI agent security is moving through a familiar maturity curve: adoption, then visibility, and finally, control. But what we’ve collectively discovered is that enforcing least privilege for AI agents is harder than we ever imagined. This is why there are so many approaches, from prompt filtering to identity-layer access controls. Where we’ve collectively landed is that understanding the intent of

A state-sponsored threat group, dubbed “Laundry Bear,” sends “half-click” phishing emails that require a victim only to open or preview the message.

The latest investment round brings the total raised by Abstract to nearly $50 million.

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Threat actors used credentials obtained from other companies to hack into Chick-fil-A One accounts.

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You cannot out-patch a machine that writes a working exploit from a vulnerability description in twenty hours. Stop trying to optimize a game you cannot win.

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AgentForger allows an attacker to create, insert and remotely control an invisible autonomous AI agent inside a victim organization.

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Origin Energy said it was working to figure out how many Australians were affected by a recent data breach.

Individuals connected to transnational cyber-scam operations face U.S. visa restrictions under a new policy announced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.