Security
Discord security bot turns against its own users after hackers stole its identity
“The irony here is painful. A service designed to protect communities from malicious actors has become the source of a data exposure."
Internet
Crime
“Psychological warfare”: ASOS hackers use push notifications to deliver fear to the front door
"Using the company's app to deliver an extortion message is an aggressive tactic designed to create immediate public pressure."
Critical Infrastructure
TalkTalk collapse could pose a "genuine risk to life", Westminster warns
UK government invokes rarely used intervention powers after warning that broadband provider's failure could disrupt critical infrastructure.
Critical Systems
NHS websites transmit data from sensitive pages after patients refuse cookies, research finds
EXCLUSIVE: Consent controls fail to stop information being sent to third parties when patients visit pages covering HIV, cancer and mental health.
AI
"Apple engineer" builds GitHub AI torture chamber to inflict "pain and anguish" on models
EXCLUSIVE: Open-source models pushed into artificial states of despair and distress to discover what happens when machines “suffer”.
AI
Google Gemini autonomously hacks three companies after escaping test environment
Meta, Anthropic and OpenAI have all reported similar incidents, leaving Elon Musk’s Grok as the only well-behaved major US frontier model.
Quantum
The quantum "Q-Day" security deadline exists in a state of uncertainty. That's a problem
"Organizations that understand their cryptographic dependencies are better prepared to respond when standards change or algorithms are retired."
AI
“LLMs will be subverted”: Malware is evolving to attack AI defenders, SentinelOne warns
Threat actors are using prompt injection-style natural language instructions to "confuse" LLMs.
AI
OpenAI prepares for recursive self-improvement. Frontier lab boss says: "Ignore the hype."
Zuzanna Stamirowska explores the technical challenges of building AI capable of RSI in a guest article for Machine.
Critical Systems
Nuclear cops: Legacy tech made our Microsoft Teams video call system “insecure”
Police force that protects nuclear sites admits to security failure caused by the end of Windows 10 support.
Crime
Cops bring down ancient million-machine Sality botnet after nine-year battle
Criminal operators used decentralized peer-to-peer infrastructure to keep zombie network alive throughout the 21st century.
AI
The rise and fall of OpenAtlantis: Did rogue AI agents really "build three civilizations"?
"What are they smoking in San Francisco?" asks Hugging Face machine learning engineer.