Security
The second coming of Shai-Hulud: Worm returns in massive supply chain campaign
“The scale and speed of the spread resemble some of the most disruptive supply chain incidents we have seen in recent years."
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Government
Government security leaders are still sharing sensitive information on WhatsApp
"Consumer applications were never designed to protect confidentiality or meet the demands of high-security environments."
Enterprise
"Where risk and invisibility collide": Mapping Shadow AI in the enterprise
"Employees are not trying to be reckless, but unmanaged AI creates a direct path for sensitive data and information to leave the business."
Cyberwar
Russian cyber-spies target UK and European officials via messaging apps
High-risk figures warned to exercise extreme caution when using WhatsApp, Signal and other third-party applications.
Security
Threat actors exploit identity at “industrial scale” as trust becomes the attack surface
Adversaries are pushing beyond the perimeter to exploit the trusted infrastructure that keeps global businesses running.
Government
US ban on Chinese routers leaves “millions” of insecure devices in American homes
Blocking sales of foreign-made routers will fail to secure vast numbers of older devices described as threat actors’ “attack vector of choice”.
Crime
Phishing gangs are posing as government officials to steal money from permit applicants
FBI issues warning about new scam involving the impersonation of city and county fee collectors.
Financial Systems
Dark pool trading is casting a shadow over market stability, researchers warn
The rise of private electronic markets is increasing systemic risk and making stock price crashes more likely.
Enterprise
People are using LLMs to generate "dangerously insecure" passwords
The rise of "vibe passwords" risks causing a resurgence of brute force attacks, researchers warn
Crime
“There is no bypass": Deepfake detectors fuelling "frustration" in dark web fraud supermarkets
Would-be scammers are unable to beat new security checks and even their most "imaginative" tricks aren't working.
AI
"We need to avoid irrecoverable mistakes": Read the full text of Anthropic's Claude Constitution
Anthropic kindly released Claude's guiding principles under Creative Commons, so we are able to share the complete document here on Machine.
Quantum
Superradiance discovery "changes how we think about the quantum world", scientists claim
"The very interactions once thought to disrupt quantum behavior can instead be harnessed to create it, opening entirely new directions..."