Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-06-17 17:00 PDT
- Smashing Security podcast #472: AI gets hacked, and BitLocker gets bypassed
Graham Cluley • 2026-06-17 16:10 • grahamcluley.com
What if your AI coding assistant could be tricked into stealing your own company’s secrets – by reading a single booby-trapped bug report? No phishing email. No malware. No password ever stolen. Just an AI doing exactly what it was told.Meanwhile, someone themselves Nightmare Eclipse has decided to teach Microsoft a lesson. The result? Three zero-days dropped on the internet, one of which lets a thief with a USB stick walk straight past BitLocker. Microsoft is furious.
Plus don’t miss our featured interview with Son Nguyen Kim of Proton Pass, who explains why plugging AI agents into you…
https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-472/ - Google to use UK and EU user IP addresses for ad personalization
BleepingComputer • 2026-06-17 14:02 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
From August 3, 2026, Google will use IP addresses from UK, EEA and Switzerland users for ad measurement and personalization. It lands as the ICO weighs new consent rules, and years after Google itself called using such signals to identify devices “wrong.” […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-to-use-uk-and-eu-user-ip-addresses-for-ad-personalization/ - Crypto Clipper Campaign Abuses Fake Reviews, AI Narrators, and VirusTotal Comments
The Hacker News • 2026-06-17 11:14 • thehackernews.com
An unknown threat actor has been observed leveraging paid or promoted posts on legitimate news websites to drum up buzz for their warez, according to new findings from Check Point Research.The threat actor also has at their disposal a dedicated WordPress phishing page that acts as the central hub, alongside GitHub and SourceForge projects promoted by fake accounts, a YouTube channel, and a
https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/crypto-clipper-campaign-abuses-fake.html
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
