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Soldier who exploded Tesla Cybertruck outside Trump hotel ‘used generative AI to plan attack’ | US News
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A soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI – including ChatGPT – to help plan the attack, police have said. Matthew Livelsberger, 37, a US Army Green Beret, fatally shot himself just before the truck blew up outside the hotel on New Year’s Day. Police in…
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Iran, Russia and North Korea changed cyber attack tactics in the last year, says Microsoft | Science & Tech News
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Microsoft users face more than 600 million cyber attacks every day, partly fuelled by a growing trend of cyber crime gangs working with nation states, according to a new report by the company. In this year’s Digital Defence report, Microsoft said countries like Russia, Iran and North Korea have changed how they worked in the…
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Train passengers receive Islamophobic messages after cyber attack | UK News
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Train passengers at some of the country’s biggest rail stations have been hit by a “cyber security incident” which saw them exposed to Islamophobic messages. Manchester Piccadilly, Birmingham New Street and 11 stations in London were affected by the cyber attack on Wednesday. Passengers trying to log on to public wifi at the Network Railway-managed…
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UK and allies issue cyber attack warning over China-backed ‘botnet’ of 260,000 compromised devices | UK News
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The UK and its Five Eyes allies have issued a cyber attack warning over a China-backed “botnet” of more than 260,000 compromised devices. Businesses have been urged by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and its allies in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand to protect their devices from possible attacks. It says a…
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17-year-old arrested in connection with cyber attack on TfL | UK News
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A 17-year-old male has been arrested as part of the investigation into a cyber security incident affecting Transport for London (TfL). The teenager was detained in Walsall on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences in relation to the attack, which was launched on TfL on 1 September. He has been questioned by officers from the…
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Paris Hilton and CNN among accounts targeted in TikTok cyber attack | US News
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TikTok has taken measures to stop a cyber attack targeting several brand and celebrity accounts, including news network CNN. A spokesperson for the company said: “We have been collaborating closely with CNN to restore account access and implement enhanced security measures to safeguard their account moving forward.” TikTok said the number of accounts compromised is…
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Procedures cancelled after cyber attack affects major London hospitals | UK News
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A number of procedures have been cancelled or redirected to other NHS providers after a ransomware attack struck major hospitals in the capital. King’s College Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’, including the Royal Brompton and the Evelina London Children’s Hospital, and primary care services were hit by the attack on pathology partner Synnovis on Monday.…
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Being obese for a decade boosts risk of heart attack or stroke, study finds | US News
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People under 50 who have been obese for a decade are at greater risk of heart attack or stroke, early research suggests. Findings presented at Endo 2024 – the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts – suggest women younger than 50 who have been obese for 10 years increased their risk of developing these…
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Ticketmaster hit by cyber attack – with hackers ‘offering to sell customer data on dark web’ | Science & Tech News
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Concert promoter Live Nation says it is investigating a cyber attack at its Ticketmaster unit, days after experts urged customers to change their passwords. Hackers are allegedly offering to sell customer data on the dark web. The US entertainment giant said it had discovered “unauthorised activity” on 20 May in a third-party cloud database that…
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Fake videos and images flooded X in hours after Iran’s attack on Israel | Science & Tech News
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Fake videos and images flooded social media in the hours after Iran launched missiles and drones towards Israel on 13 April. Within seven hours of the drones being launched, 34 fake images and videos claiming to show the conflict had received 37 million views on X, according to a report by the Institute for Strategic…