At least eight people have been killed and more than 2,700 people have been injured in Lebanon by exploding pagers. Experts say the blasts point toward a supply chain compromise, not a cyberattack.
Plus: New evidence emerges about who may have helped 9/11 hijackers, UK police arrest a teen in connection with an attack on Londonβs transit system, and Polandβs spyware scandal enters a new phase.
The Vision Pro uses 3D avatars on calls and for streaming. These researchers used eye tracking to work out the passwords and PINs people typed with their avatars.
Unit 29155 of Russiaβs GRU military intelligence agencyβa team responsible for coup attempts, assassinations, and bombingsβhas branched out into brazen hacking operations with targets across the world.
Plus: China-linked hackers infiltrate US internet providers, authorities crack down on a major piracy operation, and a ransomware gang claims attacks during the Paris Olympics.
Suspected Russian hackers have compromised a series of websites to utilize sophisticated spyware exploits that are eerily similar to those created by NSO Group and Intellexa.
In addition to its long-standing password spraying attacks, Microsoft says Iran-backed hacker group Peach Sandstormβor APT 33βhas developed custom malware dubbed βTickler.β
Plus: The US intelligence community formally blames Iran for Trump campaign hack, aircraft-tracking platform FlightAware says a βconfiguration errorβ exposed sensitive user data, and more.
The AI ethics nonprofit Humane Intelligence and the US National Institute of Standards and Technology are launching a series of contests to get more people probing for problems in generative AI systems.