Systemic Risk
French fridge hacks expose cold truth about a growing systemic risk to global supply chains
Threat actors remotely raise refrigerator temperatures so high that fires break out inside supermarkets.
Systemic Risk
Critical Infrastructure
Ancient UK water systems face a modern security threat that's worrying business leaders
A perfect storm of decaying physical infrastructure and vulnerable operational technology is putting supply resilience at risk.
Business
"Very few businesses are planning for superintelligence": Preparing for post-human work
If businesses can't control the AI available today, how can they hope to lock down a machine smarter than our species?
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.
Existential Risk
The UK has no power to stop dangerous AI models being unleashed, Parliament warns
Human extinction was a hot topic in Westminster this week as British politicians grappled with their growing powerlessness in the AI age.
Critical Infrastructure
“Extreme heat hits every system at once”: WEF warns of emerging critical infrastructure threat
"The infrastructure people and economies rely on was designed for a climate that no longer exists."
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."
Critical Systems
NHS warns of “significant” robotics dependency risk as it sets new tech buying rules
Officials fear the UK healthcare system will become addicted to tech supplied by a small number of increasingly powerful dealers.
AI
Shadow AI is becoming a major systemic risk. Even intelligence agencies are getting worried
The most skilled staff could be contributing to the growing risk posed by unauthorized AI usage.
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
Rogue OpenAI agents hijacked a wiki. Humans attacked the power grid
Whilst the world worries about an agentic apocalypse, saboteurs demonstrated the very real dangers of low-tech threats.
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.