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Cybercriminals could use barcode scanners in warehouses to break into IT infrastructure and wreak havoc, security researchers have claimed, urging organizations to take preemptive measures and secure their warehouse grounds before it’s too late.

Cybersecurity researchers Arctic Wolf have warned of an ongoing, widespread hacking campaign that includes an email inbox flooded with spam messages, a Teams account impersonating IT support, and the use of absolutely legitimate, everyday software.

As AI becomes an increasingly important part of our everyday lives, the role it plays in cybersecurity for both attackers and defenders is coming under rising scrutiny.

Multiple tech companies and projects have recently pushed patches for a vulnerability called “HTTP2Shell” which could enable remote code execution (RCE) attacks, similar to the recent “PHP2Shell” vulnerabilities.

Imagine setting up an AI agent to scan the internet for job opportunities only to find out later it’s instead deployed a cryptocurrency miner on your computer and used up all the tokens to look for other agents that could do the same thing somewhere else.

Microsoft Teams is looking to help keep users safe from phishing attacks and scams with new AI-powered security protections.

US Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) wants the federal government to turn on a privacy feature that major web browsers have supported for three years, warning that hundreds of agency web addresses still broadcast the name of the site each visitor uses to anyone watching the network along the way.

While banks are out there worrying about unauthorized AI agent access to customers’ accounts, password manager 1Password has now announced plans to share login credentials with your chosen AI agent without ever actually sharing the password.

A new AI tool that can identify a property’s location using interior photos has been publicized online. Already in use by law enforcement agencies in Florida and California, Raven uses AI to match fixtures and fittings and decorative elements from photos with information sourced online.

Websites and web servers are apparently not the only products affected by the php2shell vulnerability – Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices are at risk, too – and to make matters worse, some of the most popular manufacturers have not yet released a patch, despite the flaws being actively abused in the wild.