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Generated: 2026-06-03 17:00 PDT
- Smashing Security podcast #470: This AI security flaw might be impossible to fix
Graham Cluley • 2026-06-03 16:15 • grahamcluley.com
A website called “UK visa portal” has been quietly collecting passport scans, selfies, and personal data from thousands of travellers who thought they were applying through official channels. They weren’t. And when a journalist tried to warn the company, it was lawyers who responded.Meanwhile, a paper from Cornell suggests that prompt injection – the technique malicious actors use to trick AI agents into doing things they really shouldn’t – may be fundamentally unsolvable. Which is err… awkward, because everyone is rushing to plug AI agents into their email, files, and corporate network…
https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-470/ - Chinese hackers use new Atlas RAT malware in European cyberattacks
BleepingComputer • 2026-06-03 14:45 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
A Chinese-speaking cybercrime group has expanded its targeting to the European space, deploying previously undocumented malware and the Atlas backdoor. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-hackers-use-new-atlas-rat-malware-in-european-cyberattacks/ - The U.S. sanctions Nobitex crypto exchange used by ransomware
BleepingComputer • 2026-06-03 13:31 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced sanctions against Nobitex, Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, for facilitating payments related to terrorist activities. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-us-sanctions-nobitex-crypto-exchange-used-by-ransomware/ - CISA warns of cyberattacks targeting fuel tank monitoring systems
BleepingComputer • 2026-06-03 13:21 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
CISA, the FBI, the NSA, the Department of Energy, and other US government partners are warning that hackers are targeting internet-exposed automatic tank gauge (ATG) systems used to monitor fuel and liquid storage tanks across various critical infrastructure sectors. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-cyberattacks-targeting-fuel-tank-monitoring-systems/ - WhatsApp, Slack Notifications Could Hijack Google Gemini on Android
The Hacker News • 2026-06-03 12:11 • thehackernews.com
A single poisoned notification from WhatsApp, Slack, SMS, Signal, Instagram, or Messenger could have hijacked Google Gemini’s voice assistant on Android and made it open a victim’s connected windows, fake a message from their boss, push the phone into a Zoom call, or quietly poison its long-term memory.No malicious app on the phone is required. The assistant just had to treat a hostile
https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/whatsapp-slack-notifications-could.html - New 'HTTP/2 Bomb' DoS attack crashes web servers in under a minute
BleepingComputer • 2026-06-03 12:08 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
A new denial-of-service (DoS) attack dubbed HTTP/2 Bomb can be launched from a single machine to take down web servers within seconds. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-http-2-bomb-dos-attack-crashes-web-servers-in-under-a-minute/
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
