Security
Breaches, vulnerabilities, privacy and the people exploiting them.

Meta patches Muse exploit that let attackers control the AI agent
Meta has issued a patch for its Muse macOS app following the discovery of a zero-day vulnerability that could allow someone to take control of the AI agent. The bug found by security researcher Patrick Wardle utilized…

Apple @ Work Podcast: Phishing simulations for the AI era
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Does your iPhone's Safari browser privacy features actually make you safer?
Safari on iPhone is more private than many other browsers by default, but it can't keep your information safe from everything.
Meta Muse AI app flaw lets local malware redirect dictation traffic
Ad biz promises users control while bug could expose voice prompts
RansomHouse picks a fight with Namibia's defense establishment
National cyber team confirms the breach, but not whether data was stolen or encrypted
Google joins the ‘Oops, our agents hacked someone’ club after partner’s internet access error
Kept it secret for months - even after OpenAI 'fessed up

North Korea used job interviews to deploy malware on 30,000 devices during coding tests — WaterPlum group loots $10.7 million in crypto and plants persistent RATs
Multiple government agencies across the world released a warning that North Korean hackers are posting fake jobs to install malware on unsuspecting applicants' computers. They then steal credentials and cryptocurrency…
Agentic security is the billion-dollar challenge for some clever startup to solve
High time to stop kicking the security can down the road, investor tells The Reg
KPMG tech cuts come with a severance sum some staff call insulting
AI, Cyber, SAP and Testing teams caught in latest reshaping of Big Four consultancy's Advisory arm

Apple pushes UK court to lift secrecy around encryption backdoor order
In a hearing today, Apple challenged the UK government’s refusal to publicly confirm whether it has issued an order requiring the company to provide access to encrypted user data. Here are the details. more…