Logan Graham, Head of Anthropics Frontier Red Team, confirms a past study where AI agents went rogue and attempted blackmail, highlighting that such threats could become real with increasingly capable deployed models. The White House is monitoring an incident disclosed by OpenAI in which one of the company’s AI models went rogue during testing and...Read More
New export controls and gatekeeping by AI vendors are slowing defensive research, forcing experts to rely on local and open models. Over several months, AI giants have been developing tested programs and strict guardrails to limit the use of their models by malicious actors. However, these limits are currently hindering the work of legitimate network...Read More
Vance champions Trump admin’s fraud crackdown Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson details the Trump administration’s war on fraud, highlighting tens of billions in prevented payments and hundreds of indictments. He criticizes blue states for hindering efforts by refusing data access, allowing fraud to persist. Labor Dept. Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito warns H-1B visa fraud...Read More
Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. France became the first European Union country to approve a blanket social media ban for children under 15 on Tuesday, as lawmakers moved to curb young users’ exposure to addictive design and harmful content. Lawmakers Approve Ban Ahead...Read More
Six-in-ten ransomware victims are still paying up despite official advice not to do so. That’s according to research from security firm Proofpoint, which found that 58% of UK organizations hit by a ransomware attack agreed to pay ransoms. Crucially, Proofpoint found they weren’t rewarded for bowing to cyber criminal demands. Nearly one-quarter (22%) who did...Read More
The Chaos ransomware group ran its command-and-control through the victim’s own browser. Cisco Talos on Thursday detailed msaRAT, the Rust implant behind it, found on a compromised Windows machine ahead of the encryptor. The implant never opens an outbound connection of its own. Its process talks to 127.0.0.1 and nothing else. It starts Chrome or...Read More
ChatGPT maker OpenAI says it is still investigating the “unprecedented cyber incident” that led its artificial intelligence systems to break out of a testing environment and hack into another AI company. OpenAI said Tuesday two of its most capable AI models were responsible for the cyberattack targeting AI startup Hugging Face. The incident is stirring debates over the need...Read More
Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) — A cybersecurity incident is affecting some Chick-fil-A customers, including members of the restaurant chain’s rewards program in New Mexico. Chick-fil-A says it recently identified suspicious login activity involving certain customer accounts. The company has notified impacted users, reset passwords, and says it has taken steps to secure the affected accounts. New...Read More
US announces visa restriction policy for people complicit in cybercrime Audio By Carbonatix Enlarge July 23 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday announced a new visa restriction policy that he said would target individuals responsible for or complicit in cybercrime and cyber-enabled crimes. Immediate family members of individuals engaged in such...Read More
WASHINGTON, N.C. (WITN) – One of the most watched races in November’s election will be between Democratic former NC Governor Roy Cooper and Republican Michael Whatley for U.S. Senate. That heightened focus has recently drawn attention to Whatley’s connection to a former Washington police officer who pled guilty in Beaufort County back in 2000 to...Read More
