Tag: Cybernews
AI Photo ID apps leak sensitive GPS data for millions of users
Popular AI-powered identification apps have exposed the private data of over 150,000 users. According to a new report by Cybernews, three Android applications used to identify animals and insects are […]
Massive cybersecurity breach exposes 45 million French records
In a security failure of unprecedented scale for the region, the Cybernews research team has discovered an unprotected cloud database containing over 45 million records belonging to French citizens. The exposed dataset, which […]
AI chatbots giving detailed self-harm advice, report shows
A groundbreaking investigation has revealed that large language models (LLMs) – including those from Google, OpenAI and Anthropic – can be easily manipulated into providing detailed and dangerous self-harm advice. […]
Millions of private chats exposed in ‘AI Girlfriend’ app cyberleak
A critical security flaw has exposed the deeply personal conversations and private data of over 400,000 users from two popular AI companion apps, “Chattee Chat” and “GiMe Chat.” Cybernews researchers […]
Fake image, real suffering: the rise of AI-generated child abuse
Just because sexually explicit images of kids that are flooding the internet are fake, it doesn’t make it OK. Jurgita Lapienytė reports AI-generated child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, has […]
Lessons in cyber resilience need to be learned after European airports ransomware attack
Mantas Sabeckis, a security researcher at Cybernews, says that airlines need to keep a close eye on their supply chain to ensure they don’t become an easy target for cybercriminals… […]
When Europe’s GPS goes dark: the urgent cybersecurity crisis inside the EU
There’s a growing cybersecurity crisis within EU institutions, writes Cybernews Editor-in-Chief Jurgita Lapienytė The EU’s top official, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, was on her way to Bulgaria […]
Unprecedented data breach exposes 16 billion records
A staggering 16 billion login credentials have been exposed in a series of previously unreported data breaches, collectively forming one of the largest data compromises in history. Discovered by the […]
Live facial recognition to become commonplace, M&S boss went into shock over cyber attack,
Police believe live facial recognition cameras may become “commonplace” in England and Wales, according to internal documents, with the number of faces scanned having doubled to nearly 5m in the last […]
Over 50% of top oil & gas firms hit by data breaches in last 30 days
A recent Cybernews analysis found that 94% of the world’s top 400 oil and gas companies have suffered at least one data breach to date. Over 50% of the analyzed […]
