Old-School Credit Card Scams Are Far From Dead

2026-09-28T08:52:05Z•0bba61447a4a9e35b7a2a55e2496abcb377161c849c1808bcf4e600f0cd56255
AI agentsAI securityautonomous malwarecredit card fraudcritical infrastructurecybercrimedata breachdeepfakesgenerative AI misuselicense plate readersmalwarephishingprivacyransomwaresocial engineeringsoftware supply chainsupply-chain attacksurveillancezero-day vulnerability

What happened

A Wired security feed covering emerging cyber and AI-related threats, including an allegedly severe zero-day in Meta’s Muse AI assistant, autonomous AI-guided malware, software supply-chain compromises, breached license-plate camera infrastructure, phishing and payment fraud, ransomware, deepfakes, privacy risks, and misuse of generative AI. The most urgent item describes a flaw that could allow attackers broad control of a victim’s Mac, while other reports highlight increasing abuse of AI for vulnerability discovery and offensive operations.

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2026-09-28T08:52:05Z
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