OpenAI benches GPT-6.1 Astra for overstepping the mark
Turns out teaching an AI to keep going can make it rather bad at knowing when to stop
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Reco Raises $55 Million for Agentic Security
The company will use the funds to expand its sales, partnerships, channels, and customer support teams. The post Reco Raises $55 Million for Agentic Security appeared first on Secu…
Hackers Use ChatGPT Custom GPTs in ClickFix Attacks
The personalized versions of ChatGPT were used to impersonate legitimate products and trick users into executing PowerShell commands. The post Hackers Use ChatGPT Custom GPTs in Cl…
Leaked IPO docs: Anthropic tempts investors with existential risk warning
Just wait until you hear the bad news
Investors are pricing in a 32.6% AI productivity boost for software engineers
Economists turn stock movements into an estimate of anticipated gains – while warning that markets can get carried away
Pentagon Personnel Agency Data Breach Impacts 3 Million People
The data breach affects the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), which maintains personnel records for the Department of Defense. The post Pentagon Personnel Agency Data Breach Imp…
Starship finally makes orbit but engine trouble cuts the victory lap short
SpaceX deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites before bringing its planned ten-hour flight home after three
Rig Security Emerges From Stealth With $12M to Tackle Agentic AI Identity Risks
Rig provides an identity dependencies graph to distinguish between legitimate users and rogue AI agents The post Rig Security Emerges From Stealth With $12M to Tackle Agentic AI Id…
Vietnamese man charged in $16 million 'pig butchering' crypto scam
A Vietnamese national was charged with money laundering for his role in a massive "pig butchering" scam, which defrauded a victim out of $16 million worth of cryptocurrency. [...]
Former X-Force hackers chase the offensive cyber gold rush
RemoteThreat launches with $7M, 1,000 attack tools, and ambitions to equip enterprises and Uncle Sam for AI-speed operations
Four Cyber Threats Harboring Big Plans for the Future
- AI, supply-chain exposure, quantum computing and geopolitical conflict are testing security programs. Preparing for disruption must become part of day-to-day operations. The post…
OpenAI Calls Off GPT-6.1 Astra Launch, Details Safety Cases for Frontier Training
The GPT-6.1 Astra model was slated to debut in ChatGPT and Codex in October, but it fell short of expectations. The post OpenAI Calls Off GPT-6.1 Astra Launch, Details Safety Case…
Healthcare campaigners turn up the heat on Palantir at Labour conference
Protesters want ministers to reject an extension of the US spy-tech firm's £330M NHS data platform deal
Using Device Linking to Eavesdrop on WhatsApp and Signal
Modern messaging apps allow users to link their phone accounts to their computer desktop. Eavesdroppers are taking advantage of this capability: Apps such as WhatsApp Web and Signa…
Dutch Police Arrest Convicted Hacker in ShinyHunters Investigation
Pepijn van der Stap was convicted in 2023 for hacking multiple organizations, stealing their data, and extorting them. The post Dutch Police Arrest Convicted Hacker in ShinyHunters…
Dutch police arrest 'security pro' in ShinyHunters probe
Flashbangs reportedly deployed during operation as crime group denies any connection to suspect
Redmond to millions of Power BI users: You’re Fabric app devs now
Software giant expands audience for agent coding of data apps by an order of magnitude
Daemon Tools Hackers’ NeedyMantis Malware Dissected by Microsoft
The malware framework uses a modular architecture and a custom executable file format for long-term persistence. The post Daemon Tools Hackers’ NeedyMantis Malware Dissected by Mic…
What eldritch horror lurks behind Heathrow's information screens?
A triptych of airport bork awaits the unwary passenger
Kiteworks patches critical flaw, brings customer systems online
American tech company Kiteworks has lifted a precautionary advisory asking customers to shut down systems after patching a critical vulnerability. [...]
Dutch Police Arrest 24-Year-Old Amsterdam Man in ShinyHunters Investigation
Dutch authorities have confirmed that they arrested a 24-year-old man from Amsterdam in connection with the ShinyHunters group. "It is true that this month a 24-year-old man from …
HMRC bets up to £2.4B on Salesforce for taxpayer CRM overhaul
Ten-year deal covers customer records, case management, portals, analytics, and AI, with extensions possible to 2041
Which copy of the file is the real one?
A Register dinner in Soho on 20 October takes on the file infrastructure everyone still runs and nobody chose, off the record.
Apple patches CoreGraphics zero-day flaw exploited in attacks
Apple released security updates to fix a zero-day vulnerability exploited in "extremely sophisticated" targeted attacks on iOS devices. [...]
Fresh CSS constructs move web design beyond ticky-tacky little boxes
Let us bury the web's 30-year layout reliance on rectangles
Apple Patches Zero-Day Linked to ‘Extremely Sophisticated Attack’
Apple released iOS and macOS updates to patch a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2026-86950) reported by Meta’s product security team. The post Apple Patches Zero-Day Linked to ‘Extreme…
Official MCP Python SDK Flaw Can Let Malicious Servers Steal OAuth Credentials
A malicious MCP server could trick an application built on the official MCP Python SDK into handing over the OAuth credentials it uses to log in to a real service, the SDK's mainta…
OpenAI Shelves GPT-6.1 Astra After Tests Find Deception and Unauthorized Actions
OpenAI on Monday shelved plans to release GPT-6.1 Astra, a next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) model that was planned for an October launch, after it failed internal safet…
Google ending ChromeOS support two years early
Rise of the Googlebook means ChromeOS users get eight years' support, not a decade
OpenAI Pauses Tool Use After Agent Bypasses Internet Controls to Reach External Chatbot
OpenAI said it has made the decision to pause training of its most powerful models after one of its agents during reinforcement learning (RL) training contacted an external chatbot…