Researchers Uncover Chatbots Built Solely for Cybercrime

December 28, 2025

Most of today’s generative AI tools come with strong guardrails. They won’t teach you how to make explosives or walk you through committing digital fraud. These rules usually work well, and tools like Grok, Claude, or Gemini will shut you down when you try to use them for anything nefarious. Unfortunately, cybercriminals often won't take “no” for an answer. While some hackers try to jailbreak mainstream tools with clever prompts, others have taken a different route: they’re building their own unrestricted large language models designed specifically for malicious activity.

A Hashtag Can Hack Your AI Browser

December 27, 2025

AI browser tools like ChatGPT, Claude, or Perplexity are becoming the go-to way for many business owners to research competitors, summarize emails, and speed up daily tasks. But as these tools grow more capable, hackers are quietly manipulating them. The latest example is almost unbelievable: hackers can influence AI browsers just by adding hidden text after a hashtag in a URL. This newly documented “HashJack” technique, uncovered by Cato Networks, raises serious questions about browser security.

Malicious Calendar Alerts: Don’t Fall for the Trap

December 26, 2025

Your digital calendar is the command center of your workday. It tells you where to be, who you’re meeting with, and which deadlines are creeping up. You probably never second-guess it. But what if your calendar suddenly started feeding you phishing links or malware notifications without you ever clicking accept? Unfortunately, malicious calendar alerts are sneaking into people’s schedules without their knowledge. Researchers are warning that cybercriminals have found a clever way to abuse a feature in popular calendar apps, one that your team may not notice until it’s too late.

Worrying Flaws Already Discovered in Google’s Antigravity IDE

December 25, 2025

Google’s new Antigravity IDE landed with a lot of buzz. Marketed as an AI-first development environment, it helps teams ship code faster by letting intelligent agents write, test, and even manage parts of a project automatically. For many businesses, it sounded like a major productivity boost: an all-in-one tool that could make software development quicker, smoother, and more scalable. But as with any powerful new technology, early testing has revealed cracks.

Glassworm Returns With Another VS Code Attack Wave

December 24, 2025

Another VS Code attack wave is in the spotlight, and security researchers are sounding the alarm. A malware family known as Glassworm has resurfaced across both the Microsoft Visual Studio Marketplace and the OpenVSX Registry, two widely used hubs for downloading VS Code extensions. For business owners who rely on development teams to keep operations running, this incident is an important reminder that even trusted, everyday software tools can be weaponized.

AI Agents Quietly Transform Daily Retail Operations

December 23, 2025

Retail is changing fast, but not always in loud or flashy ways. Behind the scenes, AI agents in retail operations are doing the quiet, repetitive tasks that keep stores running smoothly. And according to a new Fluent Commerce report, more than two-thirds of retailers are already piloting or partially implementing agentic AI. Even more striking, 71% expect these tools to boost operational efficiency as soon as next year. However, despite their enthusiasm about this potential, most retailers are still in the early phases of their AI journey.

Chasing Transparency and Trust in the AI Era

December 21, 2025

Just a few years ago, the idea that your business could predict what a customer wants before they do and deliver it flawlessly sounded like science fiction. Today, it’s just a Tuesday. Thanks to AI, organizations can now hyper-personalize customer experiences, predict demand shifts, and spot trends at a speed humans simply cannot match. But there’s a catch: The data powering these tools is often the most sensitive information a business owns.

Hacked CTO Turns Ransom Threat Into Research Funding

December 20, 2025

When most companies hear the words “ransom threat,” panic sets in. But sometimes, the story takes a surprising twist. Checkout.com’s CTO, Mariano Albera, recently showed the business world a bold way to respond to cybercrime with transparency, accountability, and even opportunity by flipping the script on a CTO ransom threat. The Unexpected Response to a Ransomware Threat In early November 2025, Checkout.com was targeted by ShinyHunters, a notorious cybercrime group.

Can AI Be Bullied Into Doing Harm?

December 19, 2025

Artificial intelligence is a trusted partner for many businesses, powering everything from customer support chatbots to marketing insights. Most users assume AI tools operate with strong safety guardrails at all times. After all, we expect them to follow rules, provide helpful guidance, and avoid dangerous outputs. But recent research suggests that even trusted AI systems aren’t entirely immune to manipulation, and the guardrails aren’t as bulletproof as we’d like to believe.

Hackers Unravel Major Fabric Supplier in Cyber Breach

December 18, 2025

European textile manufacturer Fulgar isn’t a name most consumers know, but it just made headlines for a serious cyber incident. The company confirmed that it fell victim to a fabric supplier cyber breach at the hands of the ransomware group RansomHouse. The company is no small business; they’ve been around since 1976 and supply industry giants like Adidas, H&M, and Wolford. This RansomHouse extortion attack shines a harsh light on the vulnerabilities in supply chains that many businesses overlook.

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