The Doomers Who Insist AI Will Kill Us All
The Doomers Who Insist AI Will Kill Us All Summary Steven Levy profiles Eliezer Yudkowsky and the broader community of AI “doomers” who believe advanced AI poses an existential threat…
Where’s the Fun in AI Gambling?
Where’s the Fun in AI Gambling? Summary WIRED’s Uncanny Valley podcast (hosts Lauren Goode and Michael Calore) speaks to senior writer Kate Knibbs about the growing intersection of AI agents…
ICE Has Spyware Now
ICE Has Spyware Now Summary The Trump administration has rescinded a Biden-era restriction that curtailed US agencies’ access to commercial spyware. As a result, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) —…
Psychological Tricks Can Get AI to Break the Rules
Psychological Tricks Can Get AI to Break the Rules Summary Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania tested whether classic human persuasion techniques could coax a large language model to comply…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An AI-driven offensive research pipeline built by two independent Israeli researchers — dubbed Auto Exploit — uses prompts to large language models…
UltraViolet Expands AppSec Capabilities With Black Duck’s Testing Business
UltraViolet Expands AppSec Capabilities With Black Duck’s Testing Business Summary UltraViolet Cyber has acquired the Application Security Testing (AST) services business from Black Duck to broaden its unified security operations.…
Federal Cuts Put Local, State Agencies at Cyber-Risk
Federal Cuts Put Local, State Agencies at Cyber-Risk Summary Federal budget and staffing reductions at key cybersecurity organisations have coincided with a wave of high-impact attacks on state and local…
Embracing the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Talent
Embracing the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Talent Summary This commentary argues that student-run security operations centres (SOCs) are a practical, scalable way to tackle the global cybersecurity labour shortage. Using…
Scammers Are Using Grok to Spread Malicious Links on X
Scammers Are Using Grok to Spread Malicious Links on X Summary Bad actors on X (formerly Twitter) are abusing the platform’s native AI assistant, Grok, to amplify and make clickable…
Secretive MaaS Group ‘TAG-150’ Develops Novel ‘CastleRAT’
Secretive MaaS Group ‘TAG-150’ Develops Novel ‘CastleRAT’ Summary Researchers have linked a recently observed malware-as-a-service cluster to an operation labelled TAG-150 that uses a loader called CastleLoader (and an associated…