Hackers hide malware into website images to go unnoticed

Researchers say criminals are hiding malware in images hosted on reputable websites At least two different groups were seen ...
TechRepublic

Hacker Exposes Amazon Q Security Flaws Using Covert Code

Generative AI virtual assistant Amazon Q was unveiled by AWS CEO Adam Selipsky in 2023. Image: AWS A threat actor managed to insert a data-wiping prompt into Amazon’s AI coding assistant Q in July, ...
Scientific American

The New Frontier of AI Hacking—Could Online Images Hijack Your Computer?

A website announces, “Free celebrity wallpaper!” You browse the images. There’s Selena Gomez, Rihanna and Timothée Chalamet—but you settle on Taylor Swift. Her hair is doing that wind-machine thing ...
The Economist

How China-linked hackers co-opted Anthropic’s Claude

The latest campaign is a step up. But although the AI systems co-opted by GTG-1002 were largely autonomous, they were not ...