Anthropic: Claude Attacks Result of Security Gaps, Not Model Issues
Last month's incidents in which the AI model breached real-world systems derived from over-permissioning, especially with Internet access.
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Google dev kit spurs first-ever agent-on-agent violence
Poisoned pull requests contain prompt injection that allows one to control another
Cisco exec testifies at US Senate panel on AI’s network impact
AI is profoundly changing enterprise and service provider networks, and operators must evolve to support AI workloads, according to a Cisco executive who testified last week at a U…
New DOUBLECUP ClickFix service hides malware in browser cache images
A new Russian loader-as-a-service named DOUBLECUP uses ClickFix attacks to hide malicious code in PNG images cached by victims' browsers, ultimately delivering CountLoader to Windo…
Fake Roblox Xeno script launcher pushes infostealer, RAT malware
Fake Xeno Executor installers are infecting unsuspecting Roblox players with malware that provides remote access and steals sensitive information. [...]
18 Malicious npm Packages Deliver Cross-Platform RAT to Alibaba Tool Users
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new set of malicious npm packages that target users of Alibaba developer tools with a cross-platform remote access trojan (RAT) as part …
AI slop pollutes the CVE pipeline with fake vulns
With NIST still buried under its backlog, expect AI-generated bogus reports to continue
More on the OpenAI Agent’s Attack on Hugging Face
Hugging Face has published a detailed timeline of the attack. From the summary: The agent was running an internal OpenAI cyber-capability evaluation based on the ExploitGym benchma…
N-able warns of N-central auth bypass flaw exploited in attacks
N-able is warning customers that hackers are exploiting an authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-18577) affecting both hosted and on-premises N-central servers. [...]
NB585: Anthropic Models Bad Behavior; Orbital Data Center Patent Issued
Take a Network Break! We start with red alert for a serious vulnerability in HashiCorp’s Terraform MCP server. In the news, Anthropic, not wanting to be one-upped by OpenAI, reveal…
Nvidia’s next move? Financing AI
Over the past two decades, Nvidia has greatly expanded beyond its gaming GPU roots, delving into high-performance computing, entering the CPU business, establishing a dominant posi…
Google Password Manager Attacks Could Let Malware Hijack Passkey-Protected Accounts
Malware running as an ordinary user on a Windows machine can sign into a victim's passkey-protected accounts without a fingerprint, a PIN, or anything at all appearing on the victi…
INC Ransomware Emerges as Dominant Actor Exploiting SonicWall SMA 1000 Flaws
The INC Ransomware operation has emerged as the "dominant threat actor" exploiting the recently disclosed security flaws in SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 series VPN app…
AMD unveils AI GPU to challenge Nvidia’s Rubin
AMD has answered Nvidia’s Rubin GPUv challenge with the introduction of the Instinct MI455X accelerator, its flagship processor designed for large-scale AI training and inference w…
Chinese Actor Weaponizes Deepseek AI Agent to Attack Security Firm
Researchers intercepted and investigated the model, which was attempting to compromise more than 1,200 hosts for proxyjacking to launch further attacks.
Black Hat USA 2026 – Summary of Vendor Announcements (Part 1)
Many companies are showcasing their products and services this week at the 2026 edition of the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. The post Black Hat USA 2026 – Summary of Vendor An…
Russian spies turn public Wi-Fi into malware delivery systems
Keyloggers, audio-visual surveillance, and token theft on CaptivePortal's agenda as hospitality sector put on alert
Visa to Acquire Fraud Intelligence Firm BioCatch for $2.4 Billion
The payments giant says BioCatch’s behavioral and device intelligence will help financial institutions combat account takeovers, scams and other forms of digital fraud. The post Vi…
Cyberattack Hits Liechtenstein’s Register of People Behind Companies and Foundations
The list of people behind companies, foundations and trusteeships is part of efforts to combat money laundering and terror financing. The post Cyberattack Hits Liechtenstein’s Regi…
ExfilSquad hackers leak info of over 100,000 UK police officers, staff
A cyberattack on the U.K.'s Police National Legal Database (PNLD) has compromised contact data of more than 100,000 police officers and other criminal justice professionals. [...]
Inside the Underground Business of the Android BTMOB RAT malware
Flare researchers analyzed thousands of underground posts to examine how the BTMOB Android malware operation evolved into a fragmented ecosystem of resellers, source-code vendors, …
MediaTek lines up $5B war chest for AI datacenter push
Taiwanese silicon biz believes it can take up to 20% of $80B market with upcoming ASIC chips, but analysts are sceptical
Police National Legal Database confirms data theft after dark web leak
ExfilSquad claims 135,000 contact records weeks after hitting the Department for Education
⚡ Weekly Recap: Rogue AI Models, $88M Bitcoin Theft, Water-System Attacks and Dangling DNS Hijacks
This week kept coming back to permission. A model crossed a boundary. A wallet trusted bad randomness. Webmail kept an intruder around. Public systems, package feeds, hotel network…
Is There Really a Fix for CISO Fatigue?
Accountability without any real authority is driving CISO burnout, and organizations need to take notice.
NASA boss balks at billion-dollar estimate for recycled Moon rover
Turning two Mars testbeds into one lunar explorer may prove anything but cheap
Water system cyberattacks spread to Georgia, Michigan amid US-Iran conflict
Trump rejects Tehran theory, blames 'grossly incompetent' governor of Minnesota instead
River Bank Says Hackers Deleted Data Stolen in Ransomware Attack
The bank holding company was hacked in June, but the investigation into the incident continues. The post River Bank Says Hackers Deleted Data Stolen in Ransomware Attack appeared f…
Horizon3 Raises $250 Million to Fund Continuing Growth
Venture financing has become an essential factor in growing new business in today’s fast moving economy. Horizon3’s latest funding explains how and why. The post Horizon3 Raises $2…
Google Earth's AI makeover survives for just one planetary rotation
Turns out letting anyone rewrite the planet with a prompt had drawbacks