Tag: intelligence
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Trump Taps Intel Chief Jay Clayton to Run AI Task Force
Super Intelligence Force Follows Voluntary Accord as AI Agent Incidents Mount. President Donald Trump named U.S. Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to lead a new Super Intelligence Force that will handle federal engagement with AI developers and critical infrastructure providers, though his announcement detailed no budget or staff for the body. First seen on…
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Trump Taps Intel Chief Jay Clayton to Run AI Task Force
Super Intelligence Force Follows Voluntary Accord as AI Agent Incidents Mount. President Donald Trump named U.S. Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to lead a new Super Intelligence Force that will handle federal engagement with AI developers and critical infrastructure providers, though his announcement detailed no budget or staff for the body. First seen on…
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Trump Taps Intel Chief Jay Clayton to Run AI Task Force
Super Intelligence Force Follows Voluntary Accord as AI Agent Incidents Mount. President Donald Trump named U.S. Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to lead a new Super Intelligence Force that will handle federal engagement with AI developers and critical infrastructure providers, though his announcement detailed no budget or staff for the body. First seen on…
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Trump Taps Intel Chief Jay Clayton to Run AI Task Force
Super Intelligence Force Follows Voluntary Accord as AI Agent Incidents Mount. President Donald Trump named U.S. Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to lead a new Super Intelligence Force that will handle federal engagement with AI developers and critical infrastructure providers, though his announcement detailed no budget or staff for the body. First seen on…
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5th October Threat Intelligence Report
Arizona’s state court system has suffered a phishing-led cyberattack after an employee clicked a malicious link. Attackers copied backup files containing protective-order records and more than 150,000 Foster Care Review Board reports […] First seen on research.checkpoint.com Jump to article: research.checkpoint.com/2026/5th-october-threat-intelligence-report/
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New RemoveMacAI Tool Removes Apple Intelligence Models and Reclaims Mac Storage
A new open-source command-line utility called RemoveMacAI lets Apple silicon Mac users running macOS 27 disable Apple Intelligence, remove downloaded on-device AI models, and prevent the operating system from automatically downloading them again. Developed by Om Lahore and released under the MIT license, RemoveMacAI addresses storage and manageability concerns for users who have disabled Apple…
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New RemoveMacAI Tool Removes Apple Intelligence Models and Reclaims Mac Storage
A new open-source command-line utility called RemoveMacAI lets Apple silicon Mac users running macOS 27 disable Apple Intelligence, remove downloaded on-device AI models, and prevent the operating system from automatically downloading them again. Developed by Om Lahore and released under the MIT license, RemoveMacAI addresses storage and manageability concerns for users who have disabled Apple…
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New RemoveMacAI Tool Removes Apple Intelligence Models and Reclaims Mac Storage
A new open-source command-line utility called RemoveMacAI lets Apple silicon Mac users running macOS 27 disable Apple Intelligence, remove downloaded on-device AI models, and prevent the operating system from automatically downloading them again. Developed by Om Lahore and released under the MIT license, RemoveMacAI addresses storage and manageability concerns for users who have disabled Apple…
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RemoveMacAI turns off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and deletes its models
A developer has released RemoveMacAI, a free command-line tool that turns off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and deletes about 12 GB of downloaded AI models. It requires a Mac … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/05/removemacai-turn-off-apple-intelligence/
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Apple Plans Tighter macOS Full Disk Access Controls Over AI Agent Data Access
Apple has announced that it’s taking steps to tighten controls around a macOS setting called Full Disk Access (FDA) due to security risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI) agents.”Some developers are using Full Disk Access in ways that could put users at risk, exposing everything on their systems”, including files, mail, messages, and even browsing…
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SECURITY AFFAIRS AI-CYBERSECURITY NEWSLETTER ROUND 2
Security Affairs AI-CYBERSECURITY newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on AI in the international landscape Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing cybersecurity, reshaping both the techniques used by attackers and the tools available to defenders. AI agents can automate tasks, analyze large amounts of data, discover vulnerabilities and accelerate offensive operations. At…
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China-Aligned TA419 Targets U.S. AI Policy Experts With Microsoft AitM Phishing
A new China-nexus cyber espionage group known as TA419 has been attributed to multiple credential phishing campaigns targeting artificial intelligence (AI) experts working for U.S. think tanks, universities, and legal sector organizations.The campaigns have impersonated prominent economists and AI policymakers, as well as a prominent Anthropic employee, to single out an AI policy expert at…
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MI5 Says China’s MSS Funded Research Involving 100+ U.K.-Linked Academics
The U.K.’s domestic intelligence and security agency has warned that more than 100 academics have helped China boost its intelligence gathering efforts on behalf of Beijing’s state security service.In a “Security Service Espionage Alert” issued on September 30, 2026, MI5 said the “primary purpose of the China General Technology Research Institute (CGTRI) ä¸å›½é€šç, ¨æŠ€æœ¯ç , 究院…
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Microsoft Warns ClickFix Attacks Use Fake CAPTCHA Lures to Execute Malicious Commands
Microsoft Threat Intelligence has identified a ClickFix campaign in which compromised websites use fake CAPTCHA-style verification prompts to trick Windows users into executing malicious commands. The operation stages its payload inside the browser cache before the victim runs the command, helping attackers evade conventional download-based detection and work around Windows Run dialog character limits. The…
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Armadin Targets Autonomous Remediation With $255.5M Series B
Company Plans to Extend Compensating Controls Across MDR and WAF Platforms. Armadin plans to use its $255.5 million Series B to expand autonomous remediation, emerging-threat intelligence and global sales, including AI-generated EDR and WAF controls designed to contain exploitable weaknesses while customers work on permanent fixes. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/armadin-targets-autonomous-remediation-2555m-series-b-a-33010
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Trump Poised to Name Jay Clayton as White House AI Czar
Top Spook Would Succeed David Sacks as the Administration’s Public Face on AI. A top U.S. intelligence official is poised to become the public face of the Trump administration’s stance on artificial intelligence, according to multiple Friday media reports. Jay Clayton, the director of national intelligence, could add the nebulous duties of AI czar to…
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ISMG Editors: Anthropic’s AI Boom Comes With a Big Bill
Also: AI Agents Outpace Enterprise Guardrails, CISA Faces Election Security Crunch. In this week’s panel, four ISMG editors discussed the market implications of Anthropic’s IPO ambitions, the nagging challenges of moving artificial intelligence agents into production and CISA’s election security plans ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/ismg-editors-anthropics-ai-boom-comes-big-bill-a-33005
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Is Your Organization Ready for 2027’s AI Accountability Era?
Organizations may face an artificial intelligence (AI) reckoning over the next year. Omdia and Gartner weigh in on how to tackle the governance, security, and value challenges ahead. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/is-your-organization-ready-for-2027-s-ai-accountability-era-
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China-Linked TA419 Hackers Target US AI Policy Experts With Credential Phishing Attacks
Tags: ai, attack, china, control, credentials, cyber, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, microsoft, phishing, regulation, threatA China-linked threat actor known as TA419 has targeted U.S. artificial intelligence policy specialists through highly customized credential-phishing operations. This campaign, which involves impersonation, adversary-in-the-middle infrastructure, and a modified Browser-in-the-Browser toolkit, aims to steal Microsoft 365 sessions. This activity indicates a focused effort to collect intelligence on individuals who influence U.S. AI regulation, export controls,…
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FTC Investigates OpenAI and Anthropic Over Consumer Risks From Advanced AI Models
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has initiated a broad investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic, and other leading artificial intelligence developers to examine potential consumer harm arising from advanced AI systems. This inquiry will assess whether the companies’ development, deployment, safety claims, and management of agentic AI risks could violate the FTC Act’s prohibition on unfair…
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Microsoft says threat actors are ahead in the early AI race
Microsoft says cyberattackers are currently benefiting from artificial intelligence faster than defenders, allowing threat actors to speed up vulnerability discovery, malware development, and post-compromise activity while security teams struggle to keep pace. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-says-threat-actors-are-ahead-in-the-early-ai-race/
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OpenAI Disrupts Reasoning Extraction Campaign Linked to Moonshot AI Associates
OpenAI on Wednesday said it identified and disrupted a coordinated distillation campaign that was designed to illicitly extract protected reasoning from its artificial intelligence (AI) models.A “core cluster of the activity,” going back to the first week of July, has been attributed to individuals associated with Moonshot AI, a Chinese AI company based in Beijing.…
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Google Rolls Out Gemini 4 Argon to Trusted Cyber Defenders, Plans Guardrail-Free Version
Google on Wednesday announced its latest frontier artificial intelligence (AI) model, Gemini 4 Argon, that it said is being rolled out to a set of trusted cyber defenders through its Fairwind Program.”It delivers frontier performance in complex workflows across real-world software engineering, enterprise knowledge work like legal and finance, and cybersecurity defense,” Koray Kavukcuoglu, First…
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Trump, Tech Giants Strike Voluntary AI Safety Accord
The new White House Accord on so-called Super Intelligence calls on companies to implement greater controls and oversight over AI safety. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/trump-tech-giants-strike-voluntary-ai-safety-accord
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AI Finding More Medium-Risk Flaws
Exploitation Is Rising Faster Than Zero-Days as Attackers Accelerate N-Day Weaponization. A sharp uptick in artificial intelligence-spotted vulnerabilities so far hasn’t resulted in a corresponding explosion in hacking, Google says. AI is mostly identifying medium-risk flaws, the computing giant found in an analysis of disclosed vulnerabilities made over the past 18 months. First seen on…
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‘The Art of War’ Never Said Know Only Your Vulnerabilities
Why Threat Intelligence Must Connect Adversary Intent to Business Risk Organizations have become adept at cataloging vulnerabilities, but technical exposure alone does not reveal who will attack – and why or how. Strategic threat intelligence connects adversary behavior with business context to guide security priorities. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/blogs/the-art-war-never-said-know-only-your-vulnerabilities-p-4201
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‘The Art of War’ Never Said Know Only Your Vulnerabilities
Why Threat Intelligence Must Connect Adversary Intent to Business Risk Organizations have become adept at cataloging vulnerabilities, but technical exposure alone does not reveal who will attack – and why or how. Strategic threat intelligence connects adversary behavior with business context to guide security priorities. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/blogs/the-art-war-never-said-know-only-your-vulnerabilities-p-4201
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‘The Art of War’ Never Said Know Only Your Vulnerabilities
Why Threat Intelligence Must Connect Adversary Intent to Business Risk Organizations have become adept at cataloging vulnerabilities, but technical exposure alone does not reveal who will attack – and why or how. Strategic threat intelligence connects adversary behavior with business context to guide security priorities. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/blogs/the-art-war-never-said-know-only-your-vulnerabilities-p-4201
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Attackers Abuse ChatGPT Custom GPTs to Deliver RAT via ClickFix Lures
Threat actors are abusing ChatGPT Custom GPTs to disguise them as legitimate product offerings and direct unsuspecting victims to malicious sites that employ ClickFix lures to deliver malware.Huntress, which observed the activity in late September 2026, said it marks the abuse of yet another feature in trusted artificial intelligence (AI) platforms. Prior campaigns have weaponized…
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Half of Brits struggle to spot AI scams
Artificial intelligence-based scams are increasing in number and sophistication, according to National Trading Standards findings First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366651441/Half-of-Brits-struggle-to-spot-AI-scams