The Active Adversary Report: Safety in numbers
What a long, strange trip it’s been Categories: Security Operations Tags: Active Adversary
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QEMU abused to evade detection and enable ransomware delivery
The use of hidden virtual machines (VMs) enables long-term access, credential harvesting, data exfiltration, and PayoutsKing ransomware deployment Categories: Threat Research Tags: virtual machine, QEMU, PayoutsKing, GOLD ENCOUNTER, CitrixBleed2
HUB Cyber Security Signs Deal to Acquire BlackSwan Technologies, Eyes Data Security Leadership
HUB Cyber Security advances its strategic expansion with BlackSwan Technologies acquisition, aiming to dominate secured data fabric solutions with enhanced cross-selling opportunities.
Threat Intelligence Executive Report – Volume 2025, Number 6
This issue of the Counter Threat Unit’s high-level bimonthly report discusses noteworthy updates in the threat landscape during September and October Categories: Threat Research Tags: EDR killer, infostealer, Ransomware
Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
On a recent immigration raid, a Border Patrol agent wore a pair of Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses, with the privacy light clearly on signaling he was recording the encounter, which agents are not permitted to do, according to photos and videos of the incident shared with 404 Media. Previously when 404 Media covered Customs and…
OpenAI debuts ChatGPT Gov, a new version of the chatbot for US government agencies
OpenAI has announced ChatGPT Gov, a new version of their premiere AI models that the company hopes will be used securely by U.S. government agencies.
Viral AI-Generated Summer Guide Printed by Chicago Sun-Times Was Made by Magazine Giant Hearst
The “Heat Index” summer guide newspaper insert published by the Chicago Sun-Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer that contained AI-generated misinformation and reading lists full of books that don’t exist was created by a subsidiary of the magazine giant Hearst, 404 Media has learned. Victor Lim, the vice president of marketing and communications at Chicago Public…
Elon Musk’s Grok AI Will ‘Remove Her Clothes’ In Public, On X
Elon Musk’s Grok, an AI chatbot that people can interact with via X, is being used to undress photos women are posting to the social media platform. All a user has to do is reply to an image someone has posted to X with a request to Grok to “remove her clothes.” Grok will then…
Nowhere, man: The 2026 Active Adversary Report
AI headline hype didn’t deliver a sea change for practical defense — but one below-the-radar development should Categories: Security Operations, Threat Research Tags: Active Adversary, Active Adversary Report
AI-Generated Slop Is Already In Your Public Library
Low quality books that appear to be AI generated are making their way into public libraries via their digital catalogs, forcing librarians who are already understaffed to either sort through a functionally infinite number of books to determine what is written by humans and what is generated by AI, or to spend taxpayer dollars to…