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Forbes
29-07-2025
- Forbes
The Wiretap: OpenAI Agent Checks Box Confirming It's Not A Bot
The Wiretap is your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here . getty O ne of the constant bits of friction in navigating the modern internet is proving to the site you're browsing that you are, in fact, human. Often you can prove it by simply checking a box saying so. But in the brave new world of agentic AI, such basic checks won't be enough to catch AI agents wandering around the internet to do tasks on their owners' behalf. Ars Technica reports that OpenAI's new agent, which uses its own browser to access the internet and perform tasks, was observed by a Reddit user checking one of those 'I am not a robot' boxes. As it did so, it provided the following narration: 'I'll click the 'Verify you are human' checkbox to complete the verification on Cloudflare. This step is necessary to prove I'm not a bot and proceed with the action." In this particular case, the assistant didn't face one of the common puzzles aimed at catching bots–the ones that ask you to identify all the pictures with a bicycle or to move pieces of an image around to have it the right way up. But it's just a matter of time before agents can solve those too. When the bots get so sophisticated they act like humans, the premise of web 'captchas' starts to break down. How do you then protect websites from unwanted, malicious bot traffic? And how do you design sites so that agents representing real people can navigate them effectively? Let's just hope a web designed for bots isn't that much more annoying for us lowly humans to navigate. Got a tip on surveillance or cybercrime? Get me on Signal at +1 929-512-7964 . Eric Millette P eople are often the weakest link in the cybersecurity chain. Just last week, cleaning product giant Clorox claimed a cyberattack that may have caused as much as $380 million in damages was the result of a contracted service desk staffer resetting a password for a hacker pretending to work for the company. IT departments are aware of the risk of human error, of course, and try to address it with education. Usually, this means a few emails and some simple training. But the advice in these types of training is generalized and only rarely tailored to the specific needs of staff. It's no wonder people never bother to read those emails. This is the problem that cybersecurity startup Fable wants to tackle with a personalized approach. Founded in 2024 by Nicole Jiang, 31, and Dr. Sanny Liao, 42, who spent years at $5.1 billion cybersecurity company Abnormal, Fable claims its AI helps determine which employees need help improving their security practices and offers custom tips and guidance to them. Read more at Forbes . Stories You Have To Read Today Pro-Ukrainian hacker group Silent Crow took credit for a cyberattack that crippled IT systems of Russian airline Aeroflot, which led to dozens of flights being grounded. The viral app Tea, which enabled women to anonymously post images and comments about men they dated, suffered a cyberattack that exposed data about thousands of users. Researchers found security vulnerabilities in door-to-door luggage service Airportr that would enable hackers to access users' flight itineraries and personal information. The bugs could also grant would-be cybercriminals the ability to redirect the final destination of someone's luggage. Winner of the Week Google will be launching new security features for its Workspace apps designed to prevent an exploit that allows hackers to use cookies to take over accounts. The new feature will bind cookies to specific devices, preventing remote hacks. Loser of the Week Apple's latest version of iOS, due this fall, will include more features to filter text spam out of your messaging app. That could have outsized impact for political groups, which worry that this may also filter out their often aggressive fundraising texts. More On Forbes Forbes How The World's Second-Richest Person And His Son Pulled Off The $8 Billion Paramount Deal By Phoebe Liu Forbes Trump Has Spent About One-Third Of His Presidency Visiting His Own Properties By Dan Alexander Forbes Inside Robinhood's Crypto-Fueled Plan For World Domination By Nina Bambysheva
Qatar Tribune
28-07-2025
- Politics
- Qatar Tribune
Pro-Ukraine hackers hit Moscow airport, leaving 60 flights cancelled
DPA Moscow Dozens of flights were cancelled in Moscow on Monday following a suspected cyberattack by pro-Ukrainian hacker groups. The Russian state airline Aeroflot initially reported around 60 cancelled flights at Sheremetyevo Airport, citing a disruption in its IT systems as the cause. Company experts were working to restore server operations to resume scheduled flights, it said. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the reports as alarming. 'The threat from hackers is a danger faced by all major companies serving the public,' he said, according to the Interfax news agency. Pro-Ukrainian hackers from the groups Silent Crow and Cyber Partisans BY claimed responsibility for the attack, stating that their operation against Aeroflot had been in preparation for a year. The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has launched a criminal investigation into the illegal intrusion into computer systems. Ukrainian media also quoted statements from the hackers, who claimed responsibility for a 'strategic strike' against Russia's largest airline. They said they had taken control of the entire IT infrastructure and destroyed 7,000 servers. The hackers claimed to have collected 12 terabytes of data. They also sent a message to the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and other cybersecurity agencies in Moscow, stating that they were incapable of protecting critical IT infrastructure. Passengers hoping to travel for holidays were stranded at Sheremetyevo Airport and were asked to monitor announcements on the travel boards. Hundreds had to reclaim their luggage and leave the airport. Both domestic and international flights were affected. In recent weeks, there have been repeated disruptions to Russian air traffic, including at Moscow's other major airports - Domodedovo, Vnukovo and Zhukovsky - due to the threat of Ukrainian drone attacks. Airlines have reported significant losses due to frequent airspace closures. In Ukraine, however, passenger flights have not been possible for more than three years due to the Russian war of aggression. Ukrainian commentators noted that Russians are now experiencing what it feels like to be unable to fly for holidays.
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Ukraine Embarrasses Putin With Underwater Bomb Plot on His Beloved Bridge
Ukraine's security service, the SBU, carried out a fresh attack on the bridge connecting Russia with occupied Crimea, just days after launching a devastating surprise assault on airbases deep within Russian territory. Video footage shows smoke billowing over the Kerch Bridge following a powerful underwater blast, which the SBU said contained 1,100kg of explosives that 'severely damaged' its foundations. The Kerch Bridge was built in 2018 following Russia's annexation of Crimea four years prior. The bridge holds huge symbolic and sentimental value for Vladimir Putin, who views it as the embodiment of his goal to permanently bind Ukraine to Russia. The incident is the third time the bridge has been attacked since the start of the war. In October 2022, Ukrainian forces attempted to destroy it by detonating a truck full of explosives, which caused structural damage and set fire to part of the bridge. They tried again in 2023 with an experimental sea drone but only succeeded in causing minor damage. In both cases, Russia shut down the bridge and moved quickly to repair the damaged sections. In a post on Telegram announcing the new strike, SBU chief Lt. Gen. Vasyl Malyuk said: 'God loves the Trinity, and the SBU always brings what is conceived to the end and never repeats itself. 'Previously, we struck the Crimean Bridge twice in 2022 and 2023. So today we continued this tradition underwater. There is no place for any illegal Russian facilities on the territory of our state.' He added: 'Therefore, the Crimean Bridge is an absolutely legitimate target, especially considering that the enemy used it as a logistical artery to supply its troops. Crimea is Ukraine, and any manifestations of occupation will receive our tough response.' The bombs detonated at 4:44 a.m., causing the bridge to temporarily close. Pro-Ukrainian Telegram channel Crimean Wind reported it had been closed for inspection, possibly to examine damage, and it was reopened shortly afterward. At around 3 p.m., Crimean Wind reported the bridge had closed again, citing a 'powerful explosion' heard by locals and reports of a fresh drone strike from Ukraine. These claims have yet to be independently verified. The attack comes days after Ukraine launched a devastating surprise attack on Russia in which hundreds of drones destroyed a huge swath of the Kremlin's strategic bombers. Targeting five airbases deep within Russian territory, Ukraine's drones managed to destroy about 40 aircraft, around a third of Putin's fleet, totaling around $7 billion, including irreplaceable nuclear bombers and experimental craft. Announcing the news on Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed he had personally overseen the surprise attack, nicknamed 'Operation Spider-Web,' which had taken more than 18 months to plan. Ukraine reportedly did not inform President Donald Trump's White House of the strike beforehand. 'We are doing everything to protect our independence, our state, and our people,' Zelensky wrote in a post on X. 'I outlined the tasks for the near term and also defined our positions ahead of the meeting in Istanbul on Monday.' Both Ukrainian and Russian officials met for peace talks in Istanbul on Monday but failed to make any progress in agreeing to a ceasefire.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Activists hold 'die-in' protest at Soviet monument in Warsaw
Pro-Ukrainian activists held a protest at a Soviet memorial in Warsaw where Moscow's ambassador placed a wreath on Friday, as Russia celebrates World War II Victory Day. Some two dozen protesters wrapped in white sheets, their clothes and faces splattered with a red substance imitating blood, lay at the foot of a monument at the cemetery for Soviet soldiers in Poland's capital. They chanted "terrorists" as Russia's ambassador to Poland, Sergei Andreyev, made his way to the monument with a wreath to commemorate the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany. "The idea was that the path the ambassador would take to reach the monument would be lined with the graves of people who died innocently during the war" in Ukraine, Miroslaw Petryga, 70, who participated in the lie-in, told AFP. Poland is a staunch ally of Kyiv, supporting Ukraine with military and political aid as it fends off a Russian invasion that is grinding through its fourth year. "It was the gait of a man pretending not to see anything, with tunnel vision," Petryga, a Ukrainian engineer who has lived in Poland for decades, said of Andreyev. The ambassador walked past the protesters amid a heavy police presence and with a handful of supporters and security guards around him. - 'Make Russia small again' - The activists also scattered children's toys at the entrance to the cemetery. The teddy bears, balls and other items were also splattered with a blood-like liquid to symbolise child victims of Russia's war in Ukraine. Some were wearing t-shirts with the slogan "Make Russia small again" and were collecting signatures under a petition to expel the Russian ambassador from Poland. At the site, around a dozen people also gathered at a counter protest, wearing the St George ribbon, a historical symbol of Russian and Soviet military successes. Minor scuffles and verbal altercations broke out between the groups. A handful of people also showed up to lay flowers at the cemetery away from the protests. "We should honour the memory of those soldiers who died in the World War," said Natalia, a 67-year-old who held a black-and-white photo that she said showed her father who had fought in the war. The Russian citizen and longtime Polish resident declined to give her full name. - 'Terrorist state' - In 2022, the year Russia launched the full-scale war, protesters at the Soviet mausoleum threw a red substance at Moscow's envoy. A year later Andreyev was blocked by activists from laying flowers at the monument. The Kremlin is using its annual Victory Day parade in Moscow -- marking 80 years since the end of World War II -- to whip up patriotism at home and project strength abroad as its troops fight in Ukraine. But for Natalia Panchenko from the pro-Ukrainian organisation Euromaidan, the day should serve as a reminder of Russia's ongoing war. "It is important to us that today, when people remember that there is a country called Russia, they do not remember Russia through Russian propaganda, but remember the real Russia," Panchenko told AFP. "And Russia is a terrorist state," she said. mmp/amj/cw
Int'l Business Times
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Int'l Business Times
Activists Hold 'Die-in' Protest At Soviet Monument In Warsaw
Pro-Ukrainian activists held a protest at a Soviet memorial in Warsaw where Moscow's ambassador placed a wreath on Friday, as Russia celebrates World War II Victory Day. Some two dozen protesters wrapped in white sheets, their clothes and faces splattered with a red substance imitating blood, lay at the foot of a monument at the cemetery for Soviet soldiers in Poland's capital. They chanted "terrorists" as Russia's ambassador to Poland, Sergei Andreyev, made his way to the monument with a wreath to commemorate the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany. "The idea was that the path the ambassador would take to reach the monument would be lined with the graves of people who died innocently during the war" in Ukraine, Miroslaw Petryga, 70, who participated in the lie-in, told AFP. Poland is a staunch ally of Kyiv, supporting Ukraine with military and political aid as it fends off a Russian invasion that is grinding through its fourth year. "It was the gait of a man pretending not to see anything, with tunnel vision," Petryga, a Ukrainian engineer who has lived in Poland for decades, said of Andreyev. The ambassador walked past the protesters amid a heavy police presence and with a handful of supporters and security guards around him. The activists also scattered children's toys at the entrance to the cemetery. The teddy bears, balls and other items were also splattered with a blood-like liquid to symbolise child victims of Russia's war in Ukraine. Some were wearing t-shirts with the slogan "Make Russia small again" and were collecting signatures under a petition to expel the Russian ambassador from Poland. At the site, around a dozen people also gathered at a counter protest, wearing the St George ribbon, a historical symbol of Russian and Soviet military successes. Minor scuffles and verbal altercations broke out between the groups. A handful of people also showed up to lay flowers at the cemetery away from the protests. "We should honour the memory of those soldiers who died in the World War," said Natalia, a 67-year-old who held a black-and-white photo that she said showed her father who had fought in the war. The Russian citizen and longtime Polish resident declined to give her full name. In 2022, the year Russia launched the full-scale war, protesters at the Soviet mausoleum threw a red substance at Moscow's envoy. A year later Andreyev was blocked by activists from laying flowers at the monument. The Kremlin is using its annual Victory Day parade in Moscow -- marking 80 years since the end of World War II -- to whip up patriotism at home and project strength abroad as its troops fight in Ukraine. But for Natalia Panchenko from the pro-Ukrainian organisation Euromaidan, the day should serve as a reminder of Russia's ongoing war. "It is important to us that today, when people remember that there is a country called Russia, they do not remember Russia through Russian propaganda, but remember the real Russia," Panchenko told AFP. "And Russia is a terrorist state," she said. Protesters chanted "terrorists" as Russia's ambassador to Poland, Sergei Andreyev, brought a wreath to commemorate the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany AFP At the site, around a dozen people also gathered at a counter protest AFP
