Smashing Security podcast #482: This hacker leaked GTA 6 – and launched their own cryptocurrency
A hacker calling themselves "CYBERLEEK" has been leaking gameplay footage from GTA 6 ahead of its official reveal this week - but they're not asking Rockstar Games for a ransom. Instead, they've launched their own cryptocurrency, promising to release ever more juicy clips from a virtual strip club... Meanwhile, your smart TV might be doing more than binge-watching Netflix while you sleep. We explore the shadowy world of "residential proxies" - how they end up inside home routers, smart TVs, and IoT devices, and why an entire criminal economy is quietly running through your internet connection. All this and more in episode 482 of the "Smashing Security" podcast with cybersecurity expert and keynote speaker Graham Cluley, and special guest Paul Ducklin.
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CISA is urging government agencies to immediately patch the Citrix NetScaler vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-8452. The post Recent Citrix NetScaler Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Bring an AI agent to a hacking competition and you would expect to find it propping up the teams who were struggling. In the 2026 Global Cyber Skills Benchmark, agents showed up in 17 of the Top 25 finishers. The people who least needed help were the ones who brought it. The people who might have used a hand mostly did not, and they did not close the gap. “Our data shows that AI is … More → The post The best human hacking team still out-solved the best AI team appeared first on Help Net Security.