AI
Bureaucracy-as-a-service: The grim, grey future of AI government
From courts to call centres, AI is spreading across the public sector. We examine the UK government’s plans and the risks of an automated state.
Security
Security
"AI didn’t invent new classes of risk. It poured fuel onto existing ones."
Dr Andrew Bolster sets out new security approaches that respond to the accelerating pace of AI-enabled software development.
Cyberwar
Russia is secretly waging a cyberwar against the UK, GCHQ chief claims
Moscow-linked threat actors are allegedly targeting supply chains and critical infrastructure in undeclared hybrid warfare operations.
Financial Systems
European Central Bank summons lenders over AI security threat to banking infrastructure
Financial chiefs rush to address the risk of automated exploits and accelerated cyber attacks following the release of Anthropic’s Mythos.
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."
Financial Systems
Coinbase hit by cascading systems failure after "thermal event" in AWS data centre
Critical financial infrastructure went down for hours due to an overheating incident on a dreary spring evening in Virginia
Security
Why AI and deterministic offensive security tools should be used together, not separately
"Practitioners do not experience their work as a choice between paradigms. They experience it as a sequence of problems."
Security
fast16 exposed: Cyber sabotage malware first teased in NSA leaks could be older than Stuxnet
"This forces a re‑evaluation of the timeline for serious nation-state covert cyber sabotage operations".
Security
Nation-state actors now behind majority of serious UK incidents, NCSC security chief warns
" Intelligence and military agencies are displaying an eye-watering level of sophistication in their cyber operations."
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."
AI
"AI agents are like cyborg teenagers": How to responsibly raise autonomous models
"Without appropriate rules and boundaries in place, agentic AI will be left to run riot, with speed and independence spiralling into risk."
AI
Worried about Mythos and the AI apocalypse? Don't panic: The UK government has written a letter
Westminster responds to a new Anthropic model that's been (over)hyped as an omen of imminent cybersecurity doom.