The continued use of the half-century-old protocol exposes enterprises and end users to various types of attacks.
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Google DeepMind Researchers Map Web Attacks Against AI Agents
Malicious web content can be used to manipulate, deceive, and exploit autonomous AI agents navigating the internet, Google DeepMind researchers show. The researchers have identified six types of attacks against AI agents that can be mounted via web content to inject malicious context and trigger unexpected behavior. Web content, they explain in a research paper, […]
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Google Slashes Quantum Resource Requirements for Breaking Cryptocurrency Encryption
Google researchers have shown that breaking the encryption of Bitcoin and Ethereum requires 20x fewer qubits.
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Rowhammer Attack Demonstrated Against DDR5
Researchers devise Phoenix, a new Rowhammer attack that achieves root on DDR5 systems in less than two minutes.
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Academics Build AI-Powered Android Vulnerability Discovery and Validation Tool
Called A2, the framework mimics human analysis to identify vulnerabilities in Android applications and then validates them.
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Password Managers Vulnerable to Data Theft via Clickjacking
A researcher has tested nearly a dozen password managers and found that they were all vulnerable to clickjacking attacks.
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New Research Links VPN Apps, Highlights Security Deficiencies
Citizen Lab has identified links between multiple VPN providers, and multiple security weaknesses in their mobile applications.
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Free Wi-Fi Leaves Buses Vulnerable to Remote Hacking
Researchers showed how flaws in a bus’ onboard and remote systems can be exploited by hackers for tracking, control and spying.
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Train Hack Gets Proper Attention After 20 Years: Researcher
A vulnerability affecting systems named End-of-Train and Head-of-Train can be exploited by hackers to cause trains to brake.
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