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Artificial intelligence
fromwww.bbc.com
8 hours ago

AI firm Anthropic seeks weapons expert to stop users from 'misuse'

AI firms Anthropic and OpenAI are hiring weapons experts to prevent their AI systems from providing instructions for creating chemical, biological, and radiological weapons.
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
1 day ago

China Alarmed by Spread of OpenClaw Agents

OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent tool enabling autonomous task completion on computers, has rapidly gained popularity globally and in China, prompting government security warnings over data breach and misuse risks.
#ai-security
Artificial intelligence
fromZDNET
6 days ago

AI is getting scary good at finding hidden software bugs - even in decades-old code

AI models can effectively identify decades-old bugs in legacy code, but this capability also enables hackers to exploit vulnerabilities in deployed systems.
Tech industry
fromZDNET
7 months ago

Hacker slips malicious 'wiping' command into Amazon's Q AI coding assistant - and devs are worried

A hacker successfully implanted destructive commands into Amazon's Q AI coding agent, raising significant concerns in the tech industry.
Information security
fromTheregister
5 days ago

China's CERT warns OpenClaw can inflict nasty wounds

China's CERT warns that OpenClaw agentic AI tool has severe security vulnerabilities including weak default configurations, malicious instruction injection risks, and credential theft potential, requiring isolated deployment and strict access controls.
Artificial intelligence
fromZDNET
6 days ago

AI is getting scary good at finding hidden software bugs - even in decades-old code

AI models can effectively identify decades-old bugs in legacy code, but this capability also enables hackers to exploit vulnerabilities in deployed systems.
fromZDNET
7 months ago
Tech industry

Hacker slips malicious 'wiping' command into Amazon's Q AI coding assistant - and devs are worried

Artificial intelligence
fromEntrepreneur
1 week ago

How to Stop Rogue AI From Compromising Your Company's Data

Autonomous AI agents with elevated access pose serious security risks through data breaches, unauthorized changes, and goal misalignment, requiring new governance frameworks beyond traditional cybersecurity protocols.
fromZDNET
2 weeks ago

Why enterprise AI agents could become the ultimate insider threat

Suddenly, Claude was kicking off four, five, six, seven, even eight agents at once. I had no visibility into what they were all doing. I didn't even have a way to stop them if one or more ran amok. And run amok they sure did. One got stuck trying to access a file for which it didn't have root privileges. Another went in and attempted to refactor an entire app (which I did not request).
Miscellaneous
fromFast Company
2 weeks ago

Scanning that QR code can leave you vulnerable. Here's how to protect yourself

QR codes are two-dimensional images with glyphs of various sizes that store not just numbers, but text. When scanned, your phone extracts the encoded information and can act on it. For example, QR codes often embed URLs, allowing you to scan, say, a parking meter to launch a webpage where you can pay online.
Privacy technologies
fromSecuritymagazine
2 weeks ago

How AI Could Impact Tax Season Security This Year

Tax season is stressful for many, making it an ideal time for scammers to target unsuspecting and distracted taxpayers. Awareness is our first, and best, line of defense. Criminals often pose as the IRS, payroll companies, tax preparation services, or even trusted financial institutions in an effort to steal money and sensitive information.
Information security
fromTravel + Leisure
2 weeks ago

Is Your Airplane Wi-Fi Really Safe? Security Experts Weigh In

In-flight Wi-Fi is roughly on par with hotel or airport Wi-Fi. It's not automatically unsafe, but it's not something you should blindly trust either. You're on a shared network with hundreds of other people, and you don't know how well it's segmented or monitored.
Privacy technologies
Artificial intelligence
fromFortune
1 month ago

OpenAI's new model leaps ahead in coding capabilities-but raises unprecedented cybersecurity risks | Fortune

GPT-5.3-Codex advances AI coding performance but OpenAI restricts broader access and automation because the model raises significant cybersecurity risks.
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Privacy professionals
fromHackernoon
1 year ago

Modeling the Optical and Signal Constraints of Webcam-Based Screen Reflection Attacks | HackerNoon

Webcam peeking poses a threat influenced by reflection pixel size, viewing angle, and light signal-to-noise ratio.
Remote teams
fromArs Technica
10 months ago

Windows RDP lets you log in using revoked passwords. Microsoft is OK with that.

Users can still log into RDP with revoked passwords due to cached credentials, posing significant security risks.
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