Jury orders NSO to pay $167 million for hacking WhatsApp users – Go Health Pro

Jury orders NSO to pay 7 million for hacking WhatsApp users – Go Health Pro

A jury has awarded WhatsApp $167 million in punitive damages in a case the company brought against Israel-based NSO Group for exploiting a software vulnerability that hijacked the phones of thousands of users. The verdict, reached Tuesday, comes as a major victory not just for Meta-owned WhatsApp but also for privacy- and security-rights advocates who … Read more

Hacking hijinks at the hospital, and WASPI scams • Graham Cluley – Go Health Pro

Hacking hijinks at the hospital, and WASPI scams • Graham Cluley – Go Health Pro

He’s not a pop star, but Jeffrey Bowie is alleged to have toured staff areas of a hospital in Oklahoma, hunting for computers he could install spyware on. We dive into the bizarre case of the man accused of hacking medical networks and then sharing how he did it on LinkedIn. Plus! Move over Nigerian … Read more

Hacking the hackers… with a credit card? • Graham Cluley – Go Health Pro

Hacking the hackers… with a credit card? • Graham Cluley – Go Health Pro

A cybersecurity firm is buying access to underground crime forums to gather intelligence. Does that seem daft to you? And over in Nigeria, even if romance scammers would like to update their LinkedIn profiles, just how easy is it to turn a new leaf after a sweet-talking career in cybercrime? All this and more is … Read more

Microsoft Takes Legal Action Against AI “Hacking as a Service” Scheme – Go Health Pro

Microsoft Takes Legal Action Against AI “Hacking as a Service” Scheme Not sure this will matter in the end, but it’s a positive move: Microsoft is accusing three individuals of running a “hacking-as-a-service” scheme that was designed to allow the creation of harmful and illicit content using the company’s platform for AI-generated content. The foreign-based … Read more

Microsoft Sues Hacking Group Exploiting Azure AI for Harmful Content Creation – Go Health Pro

Microsoft Sues Hacking Group Exploiting Azure AI for Harmful Content Creation – Go Health Pro

Jan 11, 2025Ravie LakshmananAI Security / Cybersecurity Microsoft has revealed that it’s pursuing legal action against a “foreign-based threat–actor group” for operating a hacking-as-a-service infrastructure to intentionally get around the safety controls of its generative artificial intelligence (AI) services and produce offensive and harmful content. The tech giant’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) said it has … Read more