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Croatian research institute confirms ransomware attack via ToolShell vulnerabilities - Help Net Security

The Ruđer Bošković Institute is one of 9,000+ institutions worldwide attacked with ransomware via the SharePoint "ToolShell" vulnerabilities.

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Zeljka Zorz 6d ago

https://coindoo.com/violent-crypto-crimes-surge-in-2025-amid-massive-data-leaks/

"Victims have been targeted for as little as $6,000 in crypto, and some attacks have turned deadly over sums under $50,000."

Violent Crypto Crimes Surge in 2025 Amid Massive Data Leaks

Physical attacks on cryptocurrency holders are rising sharply this year, with security experts warning that 2025 could become the most dangerous year yet for investors.

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Zeljka Zorz 6d ago

https://www.tenable.com/blog/tenable-jailbreaks-gpt-5-gets-it-to-generate-dangerous-info-despite-openais-new-safety-tech

In full cynicism mode today, I posit that OpenAI and other LLM "providers" have never and will never care about making these tools "safe".

Researchers and attackers will always find a way around protections, and these companies will always assert that they added better protections. They will keep making money (well, getting funded), and society will keep getting the short end of the stick in a variety of ways.

#AI

Tenable Jailbreaks GPT-5, Gets It To Generate Dangerous Info Despite OpenAI’s New Safety Tech

Within just 24 hours of the release of OpenAI’s GPT-5, Tenable Research successfully managed to jailbreak the model by getting it to share detailed instructions for how to build an explosive. Our finding is concerning, given that OpenAI described GPT-5's prompt safety technology as significantly more sophisticated than the one used by its predecessors.

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Zeljka Zorz Aug 11

"In an unusual court document, 58 victims of Amuah's BEC crimes are listed with complete street address and the amount of money stolen. Victims are identified in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Wisconsin, the United Kingdom and Switzerland."

https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2025/08/ghanaian-fraudsters-arrested-for.html

#cybercrime #BEC

Ghanaian fraudsters arrested for BEC/Sakawa

A blog about cybercrime and fraud and the cases and criminals related to those crimes. BEC, scams, fraud, spam, phishing and malware

Zeljka Zorz Aug 2

Mark A. Rayner Aug 2

Someone needs to put a track of "Eye of the Tiger" under this.

Happy #caturday

#cat #cats #catstodon #catsofmastodon #humor #humour

Zeljka Zorz Jul 24

“While there is currently no evidence that this vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild,” Sonicwall is advising organizations using SMA 210, 410 or 500v appliances to check whether they have been compromised in a recently disclosed ongoing campaign delivering the OVERSTEP backdoor to end-of-life SMA devices.

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/24/sonicwall-fixes-critical-flaw-sma-appliances-urges-customers-to-check-for-compromise-cve-2025-40599/

#Cybersecurity #Sonicwall

Sonicwall fixes critical flaw in SMA appliances, urges customers to check for compromise (CVE-2025-40599) - Help Net Security

Sonicwall is asking customers SMA 100 Series devices to patch a newly uncovered vulnerability (CVE-2025-40599) as soon as possible.

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Zeljka Zorz Jul 22

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/07/22/microsoft-pins-sharepoint-attacks-cve-2025-53770/

#SharePoint #Cybersecurity

Microsoft pins on-prem SharePoint attacks on Chinese threat actors - Help Net Security

Microsoft and various security firms have begun sharing details about the on-prem SharePoint attacks they have detected.

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Zeljka Zorz Jul 15

Tom Renner Jul 15

Since we’re heading for a future where everyone will have to read my blog post, really you need to ask yourself if you’d like to understand it now, or be left behind.

https://tomrenner.com/posts/llm-inevitabilism/

The sound of inevitability

Have you ever argued with someone who is seriously good at debating? I have. It sucks. You’re constantly thrown off-balance, responding to a point you didn’t expect to. You find yourself defending the weak edges of your argument, while the main thrust gets left behind in the back-and-forth, and you end up losing momentum, confidence, and ultimately, the argument. One of my close friends won international debate competitions for fun while we were at university (he’s now a successful criminal barrister), and he told me that the only trick in the book, once you boil it all down, is to make sure the conversation is framed in your terms. Once that happens, it’s all over bar the shouting.

My place to put things

Zeljka Zorz Jul 13