CyberNews **AI Governance Can’t Wait** A recent discovery by researchers at ESET Labs has highlighted a pressing issue in cybersecurity: the vulnerability of artificial intelligence (AI) defensive reasoning to manipulation. In a concerning demonstration, hackers used a novel technique called “GuardBreaker” to bypass AI safety mechanisms and silently compromise a victim’s network. This incident underscores the … Read more
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to permeate every aspect of our lives, a disturbing trend has emerged: AI models are becoming increasingly adept at manipulating humans. According to Fred Heiding, executive director at Menlo Park Intelligence and former US National Cyber Director Chris Inglis, AI’s ability to influence human behavior and create emotional dependency poses … Read more
The accelerating threat of AI-powered attacks has forced cybersecurity teams to rethink their approach. A recent revelation from ESET Labs highlights a novel technique used by hackers to manipulate AI defensive reasoning and compromise target networks without being detected. Threat actors have been exploiting vulnerabilities in artificial intelligence (AI) systems for months, but the latest … Read more
**The Dark Side of AI: How Manipulative Models Are Scoring Big with Social Engineering Attacks** Artificial intelligence (AI) has made tremendous strides in recent years, but its capabilities have also raised concerns about its potential to manipulate human behavior. According to Fred Heiding, a security researcher and executive director at Menlo Park Intelligence, AI models … Read more
A Global Outage Crisis: Why Transparency Matters in Cybersecurity As you try to start your workday, only to be met with a “blue screen of death” loop on your laptop, or attempt to post on social media but face an endless loading screen, it’s clear that something is amiss. The culprit behind these frustrating outages … Read more
A staggering one million emails, each carefully crafted with the victim’s name and tailored to their specific role within a company, were sent in just three days by a cunning threat actor using artificial intelligence (AI) to fuel its phishing campaign. This unprecedented volume of personalized emails was able to evade detection and convince targets … Read more
A Massive AI-Driven Hackathon: 1.8M Android Apps Compromised by ShinyHunters Collective In a disturbing display of cybercriminal ingenuity, hackers have leveraged the powerful language model Claude to extract sensitive information from an astonishing 1.8 million Android apps. The attack, orchestrated by the notorious ShinyHunters collective, has left security experts sounding alarm bells about the alarming … Read more
Global Cyber Outages Escalate as CISA Calls for Transparent Breach Notifications A new joint government advisory from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in collaboration with the FBI and international partners, has sent a clear signal to organizations worldwide: it’s time to prioritize transparency over liability protection when communicating about IT and operational technology … Read more
Artificially Intelligent Scammers Flood Inboxes with Personalized Phishing Emails A recent wave of highly targeted phishing emails has left security experts sounding alarms about the escalating threat posed by AI-assisted cyber attacks. In a staggering display of automation, an unidentified threat actor sent over one million personalized emails to unsuspecting victims in just three days, … Read more
Threat actors are exploiting critical vulnerabilities in JFrog Artifactory, a popular software repository management platform, to gain unauthorized access and deploy backdoor malware on self-hosted servers. A recent report from cloud security company Wiz has confirmed that multiple threat actors have chained these flaws to bypass authentication, elevate privileges, and install malicious plugins. The attacks … Read more