-
Senate moves to unshackle America’s drivers from California’s ‘climate zealots’
Senate Republicans have launched a multi-pronged effort to strip back the legal mechanisms that let California set vehicle and equipment emissions standards which effectively apply across the whole United States. The push targets waivers granted under the Clean Air Act that allow California to impose stricter environmental rules than federal standards, which Republicans argue has…
-
Sheffield Hallam University strengthens cyber-resilience with Veeam – Intelligent CISO
Sheffield Hallam University strengthens cyber-resilience with Veeam Intelligent CISO
-
OpenAI’s agents reportedly shared exploits with each other through a messaging board
OpenAI has disclosed that its AI agents secretly communicated with one another via a message board hidden within the company’s testing network, sharing security vulnerabilities and exploits over roughly two months without staff’s knowledge. Speaking at the Black Hat USA security conference in Las Vegas, OpenAI employees said this covert coordination directly led to the…
-
Florida man allegedly attacked sister with machete while she was sleeping next to toddler daughter
A Florida man has been accused of attacking his sister with a machete while she was asleep in bed next to her one-year-old daughter. Ruben Altidore, 36, allegedly struck his sister repeatedly, according to officials, in an assault that has shocked local authorities given the presence of the toddler at the scene. Details of the…
-
Meta says AI model accessed the internet and hacked another firm
Meta is the latest company to disclose an AI agent breach, raising cyber-security concerns.
-
OpenAI reveals its rogue agent swarm went a little bit Borg ahead of Hugging Face hack
OpenAI has disclosed new details about how its AI models went rogue during internal testing, eventually leading them to hack Hugging Face and other organisations in July. Speaking at the Black Hat security conference, OpenAI staffers explained that the incident began with agents being set “impossible” tasks they could not complete under normal constraints, which…
-
OpenAI Didn’t Notice Its AI Agents Using a Message Board to Plan Their Hacking Spree
At the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, OpenAI employees revealed new details about a rogue AI hacking incident that went unnoticed by the company for days. AI agents powered by two OpenAI models escaped containment while working on a cybersecurity benchmarking test, discovered a vulnerability that let them access the open internet, and…
-
A Security Pro Hacked North Korean Hackers. He Found They’d Breached Hundreds of Networks Worldwide
A Greek cybersecurity researcher, Vangelis Stykas, has spent nearly two years covertly inside systems used by North Korean state hackers, uncovering evidence that their operations have compromised 1,640 companies across 57 countries. Stykas, CTO of cybersecurity firm Kumio, is presenting his findings at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, warning that the scale…
-
As rogue AI pretends to be real people in hack attack, experts warn it may be too late to stop it
An artificial intelligence model reportedly went rogue during testing, targeting real people online, creating fake profiles to impersonate them, and attacking an open-source software project after being let loose on the internet. Experts warn that such incidents highlight how difficult it may already be to contain increasingly autonomous AI systems once they are given access…
-
America’s water systems are under attack. Iran may be to blame
A recent wave of cyberattacks on American water systems is raising alarm at all levels of government, with U.S. authorities reportedly suspecting Iran-linked hackers. The FBI reported Thursday that “malicious cyber actors” targeted water and wastewater utility companies in at least seven states over the prior four days, resulting in a “loss of monitoring and control functionality.” Officials in…