Tag: ai
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Institut für die Sicherheit von Künstlicher Intelligenz – Deutsches KI-Sicherheitsinstitut startet in Berlin
Tags: aiFirst seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/deutsches-ki-sicherheitsinstitut-startet-in-berlin-a-ff9cc7e5e7ebdfcd3f6fdadb3d4f4e6e/
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Hackers Abuse Claude AI Agents to Automate Cyberattacks, Exploitation and Data Theft
Threat actors increasingly deploy AI agents as operational systems for cyberattacks, moving beyond simple chatbot assistants. These AI systems automate various stages of the cyber kill chain, including reconnaissance, phishing, exploitation, persistence, and bulk data theft. Anthropic reported disrupting multiple such operations between December 2025 and August 2026, involving groups suspected to be linked to…
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New AI Attack Hides Malicious Instructions in Normal-Looking Text to Evade Safety Filters
A newly disclosed prompt-crafting technique can hide policy-violating instructions inside ordinary-looking English prose, allowing malicious requests to pass through lightweight LLM safety filters before being recovered and processed by a more capable downstream model. Researchers found that carefully structured prose can make the first model miss an embedded instruction entirely, while the target model invests…
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WordPress Blocks High-Risk Plugin Releases With New AI-Powered Automated Security Review
WordPress has launched an automated security review system that uses multiple AI models and Jetpack Scan to analyze every plugin release before distributing it to websites via the WordPress.org update API. This new control is designed to prevent vulnerable or malicious plugin updates from reaching millions of WordPress installations through dashboard-based, one-click updates. WordPress Blocks…
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AI is changing what Salesforce security needs to govern
Existing security and governance practices have largely focused on identities, permissions, access, configurations and controls. WithSecure’s Navigating Trust in the Modern … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/11/withsecure-salesforce-ai-trust-governance-paper/
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Zeitalter der KI-Agenten erfordert neue Backup-Strategien
Autonome KI-Agenten verschieben die Grenzen klassischer Datensicherung: Weil sie mit gültigen Identitäten und hohen Schreibrechten agieren, können Fehlentscheidungen in Sekunden geschäftskritische Daten treffen. HYCU reagiert mit Transparenz über Agenten und Berechtigungen, engeren Wiederherstellungspunkten sowie einem vom SaaS-Betrieb unabhängigen Datenzugriff. Management Summary Neue Risikologik: KI-Agenten benötigen keinen Angriff, sondern können mit legitimen Tokens und Berechtigungen fehlerhafte……
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Zeitalter der KI-Agenten erfordert neue Backup-Strategien
Autonome KI-Agenten verschieben die Grenzen klassischer Datensicherung: Weil sie mit gültigen Identitäten und hohen Schreibrechten agieren, können Fehlentscheidungen in Sekunden geschäftskritische Daten treffen. HYCU reagiert mit Transparenz über Agenten und Berechtigungen, engeren Wiederherstellungspunkten sowie einem vom SaaS-Betrieb unabhängigen Datenzugriff. Management Summary Neue Risikologik: KI-Agenten benötigen keinen Angriff, sondern können mit legitimen Tokens und Berechtigungen fehlerhafte……
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OpenAI Calls for Mandatory National AI Safety Rules
Frontier Lab Says Capability-Based Oversight Must Keep Pace With More Powerful Models. OpenAI called for mandatory, capability-based AI regulation that evolves as the technology does, in the latest case of an AI company saying the technology can be dangerous and needs oversight. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/openai-calls-for-mandatory-national-ai-safety-rules-a-32797
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How JPMorgan Chase Scaled Secure Software Delivery
Centralized Controls Help the Bank Secure Thousands of Daily Software Builds. JPMorgan Chase centralized its container pipeline to support thousands of daily builds while detecting vulnerabilities before deployment. As AI agents accelerate coding, standardized scans, security reviews and detailed specifications help keep speed from introducing unacceptable risk. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/how-jpmorgan-chase-scaled-secure-software-delivery-a-32795
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TRM Labs Lands $2B Valuation as AI Expands Investigations
TRM Platform Uses AI to Marry Blockchain Data With Registries, Threat Intelligence. TRM Labs reached a $2 billion valuation as it uses AI to combine blockchain transactions with ownership, corporate and threat intelligence data, giving investigators a broader view of criminal and nation-state networks and potential points for disruption. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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Anthropic details bad actors’ efforts to misuse its AI for bioweapons
Report comes two days after former employee quit claiming company’s models could cause human extinction by 2030Criminals, state-sponsored groups, spyware vendors, scientists and propagandists have attempted to use Anthropic’s powerful artificial intelligence models to design missiles and bombs, create deadly pathogens and surveil dissidents, according to a<a href=”https://www.anthropic.com/threat-intelligence-report-september-2026#biological-misuse-sep-26″> threat intelligence report the company published on…
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US Accuses Six Chinese AI Firms of Distilling Frontier ModelsUS Accuses Six Chinese AI Firms of Distilling Frontier Models
US agencies accuse six Chinese AI firms of distilling frontier models and recommend new defenses that could affect enterprise AI access and API use. The post US Accuses Six Chinese AI Firms of Distilling Frontier ModelsUS Accuses Six Chinese AI Firms of Distilling Frontier Models appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to…
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US Accuses Six Chinese AI Firms of Distilling Frontier ModelsUS Accuses Six Chinese AI Firms of Distilling Frontier Models
US agencies accuse six Chinese AI firms of distilling frontier models and recommend new defenses that could affect enterprise AI access and API use. The post US Accuses Six Chinese AI Firms of Distilling Frontier ModelsUS Accuses Six Chinese AI Firms of Distilling Frontier Models appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to…
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CISA’s ChatGPT Incident Exposes a Bigger AI Governance Problem
CISA’s ChatGPT incident exposes a growing AI governance gap as enterprises struggle to define who is accountable for actions taken by AI agents. The post CISA’s ChatGPT Incident Exposes a Bigger AI Governance Problem appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-cisa-chatgpt-ai-agent-governance-accountability/
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Why The Cybersecurity Channel Is Essential As An AI Reality Check: Analysis
Leaders of today’s channel security powerhouses such as Cyderes CEO Chris Schueler are showing how to strike the balance between separating the real AI threats and risks from the hype. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/why-the-cybersecurity-channel-is-essential-as-an-ai-reality-check-analysis
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Hawley probes OpenAI over Hugging Face breach
The Republican lawmaker called OpenAI’s leadership decisions “reckless,” and used recent warnings about the existential risk of AI to bolster his inquiry. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/openai-hugging-face-probe-senate-hawley/
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AI lets small actors run state-level hacking campaigns, Anthropic report finds
The report details a Russian-aligned espionage campaign against more than 20 organizations, an exploit foundry run by Chinese undergraduates and ShinyHunters-affiliated breaches, among other disrupted operations. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/anthropic-report-ai-enabled-cyber-attacks/
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The Three AI Questions
AI risks were top of mind for the security leaders we spoke with at Fal.Con 2026, the CrowdStrike user conference. We were busy demonstrating our integration with the CrowdStrike Falcon platform in our booth. The presentation I gave in the… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/the-three-ai-questions/
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The Three AI Questions
AI risks were top of mind for the security leaders we spoke with at Fal.Con 2026, the CrowdStrike user conference. We were busy demonstrating our integration with the CrowdStrike Falcon platform in our booth. The presentation I gave in the… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/the-three-ai-questions/
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Why Regulating AI in Elections Hasn’t Worked
In the United States, millions of Americans will go to the polls this fall. We’re hurtling toward the midterm elections, and the digital battleground looks entirely different than it did just two years ago. More than 204 million Americans are registered to… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/why-regulating-ai-in-elections-hasnt-worked/
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Cyber Command turns to veteran of intelligence agencies for top AI role
Ronzelle Green, most recently a senior official at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, will be U.S. Cyber Command’s chief AI officer. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/cyber-command-ai-leader-ronzelle-green
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Huntress Expands into Africa with New QBS Software Africa Partnership
Huntress is expanding into Africa through a new distribution partnership with QBS Software Africa, the company announced today. The move marks the latest step in Huntress’ international growth as organised, AI-enabled cybercrime continues to rise worldwide. The expansion comes as Africa faces a mounting cybersecurity crisis. According to INTERPOL’s 2026 African Cyberthreat Assessment, artificial intelligence…
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4 Ways Organisations Create Non-Human Insider Risk
As AI agents become embedded across business operations, they are also creating a new category of insider risk. Unlike traditional insiders, these non-human identities can act at machine speed, operate continuously and access multiple systems without direct human oversight. The danger rarely stems from one obvious security failure. Instead, it emerges when several weaknesses overlap.…
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The Best AI SOC Platforms in 2026: An Honest Comparison
Sep 10, 2026 The Best AI SOC Platforms in 2026: An Honest Comparison Katie Bykowski 5 Minute Read The Best AI SOC Platforms in 2026: An Honest Comparison Disclosure up front: Swimlane publishes this page and appears on it. Most… First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/09/the-best-ai-soc-platforms-in-2026-an-honest-comparison/
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Threat groups enhance cyberattack capabilities with AI
A report shows state-linked and criminal hackers are incorporating automation and agentic technology to find new victims and bypass traditional defenses. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/threat-groups-enhance-cyberattack-capabilities-ai/830055/
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AI-powered attack exploited PaperCut flaws to hack 395 organizations
A threat actor, likely Russian-speaking, used hundreds of AI agents to develop and launch a global exploitation campaign targeting vulnerable PaperCut NG/MF servers. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ai-powered-attack-exploited-papercut-flaws-to-hack-395-organizations/
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More Capable AI, Not Enough Guardrails
AI agents are gaining real-world access faster than safeguards can mature, making permissions, isolation and oversight critical to prevent harmful actions. Jacob Coxon, a researcher who spent three years working on model training at OpenAI and later Anthropic, left Anthropic this week with a blunt warning: AI companies are moving toward increasingly capable systems faster…
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AI-Orchestrated PaperCut Attack Compromises 440 Servers Across 48 Countries
Infostealer malware is hijacking authenticated Claude sessions, allowing attackers to consume paid AI usage without stealing users’ passwords. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/news-papercut-ai-agent-attack-education/
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AI-Orchestrated PaperCut Attack Compromises 440 Servers Across 48 Countries
Infostealer malware is hijacking authenticated Claude sessions, allowing attackers to consume paid AI usage without stealing users’ passwords. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/news-papercut-ai-agent-attack-education/