Tag: intelligence
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Anthropic, Pentagon Clash Over First Amendment Claims
Judge Questions Defense Department’s Blacklisting of AI Company. A San Francisco federal judge showed skepticism Thursday over whether the Department of Defense acted lawfully when it blacklisted artificial intelligence firm Anthropic, telling federal attorneys at the onset of a roughly 90 minute hearing that the Pentagon is at odds with the First Amendment. First seen…
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Google says AI helped Chrome fix 1,072 security bugs in two releases
Google says artificial intelligence is dramatically increasing the number of security vulnerabilities it can find and fix in Chrome, with more than 1,000 security bugs patched across the browser’s two most recent releases as it expands its use of AI. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-says-ai-helped-chrome-fix-1-072-security-bugs-in-two-releases/
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Many More Bugs But Exploits Stay Steady
Data Shows Hackers Not Using More Exploits, But They Are Exploiting Flaws Quicker. The coming of the vulnocalypse – our artificial intelligence-instigated moment of drastically accelerating flaw discovery – has yet to be matched with an equivalent rise in exploits, shows analysis of common vulnerabilities and exposure data from the first half of this year.…
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Inside police plans to share intelligence and crime data across the UK
Computer Weekly examines how UK police will use Palantir’s AI tools to dramatically increase intelligence sharing between forces, enabling investigators to analyse mobile phone data and sensitive information at scale First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366645965/Inside-police-plans-to-share-intelligence-and-crime-data-across-the-UK
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AI-assisted security tools are finding more bugs, but the threat level has not changed
Analysis from vulnerability intelligence firm VulnCheck shows AI-discovered flaws aren’t being exploited any faster than traditional ones. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/ai-assisted-security-tools-are-finding-more-bugs-but-the-threat-level-has-not-changed/
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Crest introduces AI security standards for service providers
Industry organisation reacts to the growing need for independently verified standards surrounding artificial intelligence security First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/microscope/news/366646333/Crest-introduces-AI-security-standards-for-service-providers
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Researcher Says AI Helped Develop Linux Traffic-Control Race Into Root Exploit
STAR Labs has published a Linux kernel exploit that turns an ordinary local user into root on the CentOS Stream 9 build it targeted. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-53264 (CVSS score: 7.8), is a use-after-free race in the kernel’s network traffic-control subsystem.Researcher Lee Jia Jie said artificial intelligence (AI) helped him find the bug and…
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Claims AI Has Reached Singularity as Systems Begin Improving Themselves
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has stated that artificial intelligence has entered the long-discussed stage of technological singularity, referring to the current period as the point where AI systems can increasingly improve future AI capabilities. His remarks, made during the “Relentless” podcast released on Saturday, have reignited the debate over whether advanced AI models have reached…
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Outdated VPNs should be purged from federal agencies, senator says
Intelligence Committee member Ron Wyden wants CISA, OMB and NIST to lead a federal effort to rout out obsolete VPNs from the U.S. government. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/federal-purge-outdated-vpns-wyden-letter
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Anthropic and DOD Set to Face Off Thursday Over Blacklisting
Both Sides Ask San Francisco Federal Judge for Summary Judgment. Anthropic and the U.S. Department of Defense are set to face off Thursday in San Francisco federal court before a judge who already called the Pentagon’s effort to ban the artificial intelligence firm’s models almost certainly retaliatory and Orwellian. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to…
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NVIDIA Forms 37-Member Open Secure AI Alliance and Open-Sources NOOA Framework
Tags: ai, cisco, cloud, crowdstrike, framework, group, ibm, intelligence, linux, microsoft, network, nvidia, open-source, software, toolNVIDIA and 36 other organizations have formed the Open Secure AI Alliance to develop and share open technologies, techniques, and tools for securing software and artificial intelligence (AI) agents.The 37-member group spans cloud, security, enterprise software, and AI companies, including Microsoft, Cisco, Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, Hugging Face, IBM, Palo Alto Networks, Red Hat, and the Linux…
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Dysphoria IoT Botnet Adds Blockchain C2 and Victim Relays After JackSkid Disruption
Dysphoria, an Internet of Things (IoT) botnet line tracked by CNCERT and XLab, has adopted blockchain-based name services and infected-device relays after a March law-enforcement operation against JackSkid infrastructure. The researchers say the design makes the botnet harder to disrupt.CNCERT, China’s national computer emergency response team, and XLab, the threat-intelligence lab of Chinese First seen…
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27th July Threat Intelligence Report
Nichirei, a Japan-based frozen-food supplier and logistics company, has experienced a ransomware attack that disrupted shipping operations and affected approximately 5,000 customers. KFC Japan warned of possible shortages. Nichirei confirmed personal data theft, […] First seen on research.checkpoint.com Jump to article: research.checkpoint.com/2026/27th-july-threat-intelligence-report/
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Anubis Warum ein Patch allein nicht ausreicht
Bereits Anfang Juli berichtete das Arctic Wolf Labs-Team von wichtigen Erkenntnissen rund um die Anubis-Ransomware. Und die Gefahr, die durch die Cyberkampagne ausgeht, ist noch lange nicht gebannt. Stefan Hostetler, Staff Threat Intelligence Researcher bei Arctic Wolf, gibt seine Einschätzung zum Risiko, das von der Anubis-Ransomware ausgeht und welche Schritte Unternehmen zur Abwehr ergreifen sollten.…
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Google changes how it names cyber threat actors
Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has started using a new naming system for the threat actors it tracks. The change comes after Mandiant and Google’s Threat … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/27/google-threat-actors-naming-system/
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Hackers used autonomous AI agent to spy on Thailand’s finance ministry
Hackers used an autonomous artificial intelligence agent to carry out a cyber-espionage campaign against Thailand’s Ministry of Finance, researchers discovered. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/thailand-hackers-ai-finance-ministry
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Claude Opus 5 Finds Software Vulnerabilities While Blocking Exploit Generation
Claude Opus 5, the latest flagship AI model from Anthropic, represents a significant shift in how advanced systems can be safely utilized in cybersecurity. This model can proactively identify software vulnerabilities while specifically preventing the generation of exploits and offensive usage. Announced on July 24, 2026, Opus 5 is positioned as a high-end, general-purpose intelligence…
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Crypto Criminals Use Social Media Profiling to Select Victims for Violent Wrench Attacks
Crypto criminals are increasingly weaponizing social media intelligence to identify and target high-value individuals in a surge of violent “wrench attacks,” marking a shift from purely digital exploitation to coordinated physical coercion campaigns. Recent threat intelligence indicates that attackers are systematically profiling cryptocurrency holders using publicly available data across platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, X,…
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Apple Biome Data Reveals Safari Activity, Wallet Transactions and Location Visits
Apple’s internal Biome framework is rapidly emerging as one of the most valuable sources of forensic intelligence on iOS, with newly analyzed data revealing detailed records of Safari browsing activity, Wallet transactions. Originally misunderstood due to its name, Biome is not مرتبط with biometrics but instead powers Apple’s predictive intelligence ecosystem, including Siri suggestions, personalization,…
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OpenAI confirms ChatGPT is down worldwide
ChatGPT, the famous artificial intelligence chatbot that allows users to converse with various personalities and topics, has connectivity issues worldwide. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/openai-confirms-chatgpt-is-down-worldwide/
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Google Launches Unified Cryptonym-Based Naming System for Threat Actors
Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has introduced a unified cryptonym-based naming system for cyber threat actors, aiming to simplify attribution, improve analyst workflows, and eliminate inconsistencies between legacy tracking conventions used across Google’s security teams. The initiative follows the integration of Mandiant and Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) into GTIG. Before the merger, both organizations…
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When the Sandbox Won’t Hold: Lessons From Hugging Face
Experts Call for Hard Stops at Every New Privilege and Network Boundary. Barriers meant to stop artificial intelligence from escaping a sandboxed testing environment and not subject an unprepared third party to an onslaught of cyberattacks obviously failed, the world learned this month in the case of a hacking incident by OpenAI models against code…
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ChatGPT AgentForger Flaw Could Deploy Rogue Workspace Agents via a Phishing Link
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical vulnerability in OpenAI’s ChatGPT Workspace Agents that could have allowed a single phishing link to stealthily build, authorize, and deploy an autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agent inside a victim’s organization.The vulnerability has been codenamed AgentForger by Zenity Labs. The issue has since been addressed by OpenAI as of June…
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The AI Trust Paradox: Businesses Are Racing Ahead, but Consumers Are Hesitating
Artificial intelligence adoption is soaring, but consumer trust lags. Transparency, human oversight, and clear AI use cases are key to closing the trust gap. Businesses are rapidly adopting AI, with 93% planning deployment, but consumer trust lags far behind: only 23% trust companies to use AI with their data, revealing a major “AI trust gap.”…
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InfoGuard Threat Intelligence Insights 2025 – Bei 68 Prozent der unsicheren VPN-Zugänge dringt Ransomware ein
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/ransomware-vpn-zugaenge-cyberangriffe-2025-a-f9aebac63f3383f7d23e8fec9f44326c/
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‘State of Threat Management Report” von Filigran – Wenn Threat Intelligence ohne Wirkung bleibt
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/ctem-exposure-gap-threat-intelligence-studie-deutschland-a-bdfe967a5f0ee03e15fac69fa6001ffc/
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Agentic AI Challenges Progress in Confidential Computing
Core issues that slowed down adoption of secure data vaults are being resolved by technology, but artificial intelligence poses new ones. Experts have some answers. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/agentic-ai-challenges-progress-in-confidential-computing
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Shadow AI is becoming enterprise security’s biggest blind spot
Artificial intelligence has moved from experimentation to everyday business operations with remarkable speed. Employees are using it to summarize documents, draft … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/23/shadow-ai-security-risks/
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Smashing Security podcast #477: How 14 orders of chicken McNuggets helped nail a suspected Russian hacker
A Russian intelligence-linked hacker is arrested in Thailand while enjoying a beach holiday – and the trail of evidence that nailed him to the Russian government includes 14 separate orders of chicken McNuggets. First seen on grahamcluley.com Jump to article: grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-477/
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OpenAI Seeks Agent Trust After Hugging Face Breach
Security Leaders Say Governance and Runtime Controls Matter More Than Models. Artificial intelligence firm OpenAI encouraged corporations Wednesday to enfold more autonomous agents into their workflows – a message sounded just a day after the firm disclosed that one of its models was responsible for a breach at coding platform Hugging Face. First seen on…