British court dismisses Bahrain’s bid to block activists’ spyware lawsuit
Ruling establishes that countries using spyware on people in the UK can be sued.
Microsoft launches its first cybersecurity model, plus a new agentic cybersecurity system
Microsoft on Monday launched its first cybersecurity-specialized model alongside a new AI cybersecurity platform at a small event in San…
What is the AI Kill Switch Act proposed in the US and how will it work?
US lawmakers introduce a bill aimed at giving the government power to order companies to shut down 'rogue' AI systems.
The hacker who humiliated spyware makers and was never caught
Over the last few decades, several mysterious hackers have captured the public’s imagination, but none quite like Phineas Fisher. A…
The OpenAI Models That Hacked Hugging Face Were ‘Active on the Internet’ for Days
Plus: Russian hackers are trying to steal US nuclear scientists’ emails, the State Department bans known scammers from entering the…
US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a ‘duress’ password during border search
The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing U.S. border authorities with a passcode that wiped the…
How AI guardrails are impeding the work of offensive cybersecurity researchers
For months, AI giants have devised special vetted programs and strict guardrails to limit the use of their models by…
US government says Iran-linked hackers are disrupting American water and energy providers
The U.S. government is warning that Iranian state-backed hackers are actively breaking in and disrupting industrial control systems at American…
How an OpenAI’s human mistake led to the AI-powered hack on Hugging Face
On Tuesday, OpenAI revealed that one of its models went rogue during a test and hacked the systems of AI…