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fromSecurityWeek
2 days ago

Hundreds of FortiGate Firewalls Hacked in AI-Powered Attacks: AWS

Over 600 Fortinet FortiGate firewall instances were compromised in an AI-assisted, opportunistic campaign exploiting exposed management ports and weak, common credentials.
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fromTheregister
2 months ago

Spy turned startup CEO: 'The WannaCry of AI will happen'

AI has accelerated vulnerability weaponization so attackers exploit bugs faster than vendors patch them, producing a negative time-to-exploit and enabling widespread LLM-assisted weaponization.
fromNature
3 months ago

Cyberattacks' harm to universities is growing - and so are their effects on research

On 10 November, hackers gained access to a Princeton University database containing the personal information of those in the institution's community, including alumni, donors and students. In October, similar data breaches occurred at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. These incidents are part of a broader trend. Over the past few years, cyberattacks have been on the rise at academic institutions around the globe.
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