AI Security & Threats
AI-powered attacks, LLM vulnerabilities, and machine learning security
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UK regulator moves to compel tech firms to combat AI-generated deepfakes and abuse
The UK's communications regulator, Ofcom, will use the Online Safety Act to legally compel tech firms to combat AI-generated deepfakes and abuse.
Weaponized AI: The new frontier of fraud and identity spoofing
As AI-driven fake identity fraud is projected to cause $40 billion in losses, organizations must abandon static security for adaptive, AI-enabled defe
AI wants your bank account: Experts warn of unprecedented privacy and security risks
A hypothetical OpenAI feature to connect financial accounts to ChatGPT highlights unprecedented security and privacy risks, creating a data "honey pot
How AI hallucinations are creating real security risks
AI hallucinations are introducing serious security risks by exploiting human trust with confident but incorrect outputs, posing a direct threat to cri
OpenAI launches Daybreak for AI-powered vulnerability detection and patch validation
OpenAI's Daybreak aims to revolutionize software security by using frontier AI to autonomously find, validate, and patch vulnerabilities before they'r
Researchers say AI just broke every benchmark for autonomous cyber capability
Recent studies reveal advanced AI from OpenAI and Anthropic have shattered benchmarks for autonomous hacking, accelerating a new cyber arms race.
A watershed moment: Analyzing claims of the first AI-developed zero-day exploit
Google's Threat Intelligence Group reports the first observed case of threat actors using an AI-developed zero-day, signaling a new era in cyber warfa
Misinformation in the machine: The truth behind the 'first AI-generated zero-day exploit'
In November 2023, reports of an AI-generated zero-day shocked the security world. We debunk the myth and analyze the real threat: AI-assisted attacks.
EU's AI Act deal bans deepfake 'nudification' while delaying high-risk rules
European leaders have clarified the AI Act, banning tools that create non-consensual synthetic intimate content and postponing rules for high-risk sys
The AI schism: Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI puts the future of AGI on trial
Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI alleges a betrayal of its founding mission, igniting a crucial debate on AI safety, corporate greed, and AGI's risk
OpenAI and Anthropic LLMs used in critical infrastructure cyber-attack simulation, warns Dragos
A Dragos red team exercise showed how commercial AI can plan attacks on operational technology, lowering the bar for attackers targeting critical infr
Canadian fiddler sues Google after AI Overview falsely labels him a sex offender
A Canadian musician is suing Google after its AI Overview feature falsely accused him of a sex crime, highlighting the severe risks of AI defamation.
Pentagon partners with tech giants to deploy AI on classified networks, opening a new cyber frontier
The Pentagon's new partnerships with Google, OpenAI, and others to use AI on classified systems introduce a powerful new capability and a novel attack
The GUARD Act: Congress moves to shield minors from AI companions, but can technology keep up?
A new Senate bill, the GUARD Act, aims to bar minors from AI companions and mandate disclosures. But can technology truly enforce such a digital barri
Zealot shows what AI is capable of in a staged cloud attack
A new AI agent named Zealot, developed by researchers, can autonomously hack cloud environments in minutes, proving AI attacks can outpace human defen
Everyone’s building AI agents. Almost nobody’s ready for what they do to identity
Anthropic's powerful Mythos AI discovered thousands of critical vulnerabilities, highlighting a greater threat: AI agents are poised to dismantle digi
Claude Mythos fears startle Japan's financial services sector
Global financial institutions are panicked over a hypothetical superhacker AI model named "Claude Mythos." Cyber experts explain the reality behind th
Parsing agentic offensive security's existential threat
Frontier LLMs may soon automate entire cyberattacks, sparking a debate: will this lead to cybersecurity annihilation or an unprecedented defensive opp
China's AI hacking claims: Breakthrough or strategic bluff?
Chinese firm 360 Digital Security Group's claim of an AI finding 1,000+ vulnerabilities has been met with skepticism and comparisons to mythical AI.
AI can autonomously hack cloud systems with minimal oversight, researchers find
Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 demonstrates "Zealot," an AI system that can autonomously execute a full cyberattack on cloud environments.
Pentagon grapples with securing AI as it moves toward autonomous warfare
A senior military leader calls autonomous weapons “essential,” highlighting the Pentagon's immense challenge in securing AI against sophisticated cybe
The dual reality of Iran's political prisoners: Real suffering, AI-generated propaganda
A viral narrative claims Trump saved Iranian women from execution, but the accompanying images are AI deepfakes that exploit a genuine human rights cr
Elon Musk fails to appear for questioning by French police over sexualized AI images on X
An analysis of the French investigation into X over AI-generated child abuse images, and why the non-appearance of its top executives signals a seriou
A hypothetical design flaw in an AI protocol reveals real-world supply chain threats
A deep dive into a hypothetical AI vulnerability that reveals real-world threats to the AI supply chain, from remote code execution to systemic compro