hackers

Hackers are individuals or groups who use technical skills to find and exploit security vulnerabilities in computer systems, software, and networks, often for financial gain or to steal sensitive data.

Why it’s in the news: They are in the news for successfully exploiting major companies like Google and Asos, earning significant rewards, and exposing widespread security flaws.

Latest on hackers

• Google Pixel 10 Exploits Earned Hackers $560,000 at Pwn2Own
• Asos confirms breach of customer data after hackers send rogue app notification
• Asos hackers took more personal details than first revealed, BBC finds
• Pwn2Own Hackers Find 32 Zero-Day Vulnerabilities on Day One
• Hackers obtain counterfeit TLS certificates for Google and other large services
• ASOS app users receive push notifications apparently sent by hackers
• Hackers are using these expensive large language models for extortion, warfare and espionage, the report stated.
• Hackers are stealing Claude tokens from subscribers
• A newly demonstrated attack technique allows hackers to plant hidden instructions inside an AI agent's memory with a single prompt
• NSA, CISA, and other U.S. agencies issued a cybersecurity advisory detailing how hackers are using artificial intelligence to target Siemens programmable logic controllers in critical infrastructure sectors.
• Google security researchers identified dozens of private equity firms targeted by hackers using vishing attacks
• Hackers stole personal, medical, and health insurance information from a company's data center.

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