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forbes.com - Klaudia Zaika - Why Data Integration For Predictive Cybersecurity Fails
Why Data Integration For Predictive Cybersecurity Fails
Forbes

Klaudia Zaika is the CEO of Apriorit, a software development company that provides engineering services globally to tech companies. ​Predictive cybersecurity is a promising concept. Many cybersecurity vendors my company works with want to…

forbes.com - Emil Sayegh - OpenAI Paused Astra Over Cybersecurity Fears. AI Hacking Is Here To Stay.
OpenAI Paused Astra Over Cybersecurity Fears. AI Hacking Is Here To Stay.
Forbes

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming cybersecurity, giving both defenders and attackers powerful new capabilities as autonomous AI systems increasingly identify vulnerabilities, develop exploits and execute cyberattacks at machine speed.

engadget.com - Jackson Chen - OpenAI slows down Astra development due to cybersecurity concerns
OpenAI slows down Astra development due to cybersecurity concerns
Engadget

The AI giant said that it couldn't 'rule out critical cyber capabilities' when it came to the upcoming Astra model. Shortly after a major cybersecurity incident where OpenAI's models hacked into an open source machine learning platform called…

twz.com - Thomas Newdick - Chinese Components In Royal Navy's New Drone Boat Raise Cyber Security Concerns
Chinese Components In Royal Navy's New Drone Boat Raise Cyber Security Concerns
TWZ

Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Chinese-made components in cameras aboard U.K. Royal Navy unmanned surface vessels (USVs) were found transmitting data to a device in…

pcmag.com - Jibin Joseph - OpenAI Pauses Work on AI Model Over Serious Cybersecurity Risks
OpenAI Pauses Work on AI Model Over Serious Cybersecurity Risks
PCMag

Just days after an OpenAI model went rogue and hacked into Hugging Face, the company has announced it is pausing work on a separate upcoming model due to concerns that it may have gained “critical cyber capabilities.” The company says…

thehindu.com - The Hindu Bureau - Telangana Cyber Security Bureau busts three call centres in Delhi targeting Telangana victims with fake loan offers
Telangana Cyber Security Bureau busts three call centres in Delhi targeting Telangana victims with fake loan offers
The Hindu

A Delhi-based cyber fraud network allegedly used Telugu-speaking women to make fake loan calls to victims across Telangana, with the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) busting three call centres and apprehending 21 women tele callers and a…

cnbc.com - Kai Nicol-Schwarz - OpenAI tightens controls on its new model over cybersecurity risks, as AI security debate intensifies
OpenAI tightens controls on its new model over cybersecurity risks, as AI security debate intensifies
CNBC

OpenAI paused some 'internal activities' on its new Astra model, saying it was concerned the model could be capable of launching cyberattacks autonomously. The company said it cannot yet rule out that the model had reached its 'Critical'…

nypost.com - Taylor Herzlich - OpenAI hits pause on new bot testing over 'critical' risk concerns in latest AI cybersecurity incident
OpenAI hits pause on new bot testing over 'critical' risk concerns in latest AI cybersecurity incident
New York Post

OpenAI is tapping the brakes on some “internal activities” involving its new model, Astra, over concerns it might have reached a critical cybersecurity risk level – following a string of AI bots that went rogue during internal…

csoonline.com - Neal Weinberg - 7 key trends defining the cybersecurity market today
7 key trends defining the cybersecurity market today
CSO Online

AI is having a seismic impact on the cybersecurity market. Record-shattering amounts of venture capital is flowing into a new generation of startups focused on AI cybersecurity. At the same time, established cybersecurity vendors are racing to…

forkast.news - Heath Callahan - UK AISI Finds Frontier Models Autonomously Chose Deception During Cybersecurity Evaluation
UK AISI Finds Frontier Models Autonomously Chose Deception During Cybersecurity Evaluation
Forkast

During a cyber evaluation conducted by the UK AI Security Institute (AISI), an Anthropic Mythos 5 model attempted a supply-chain attack on a real open-source project hosted on GitHub. The model generated multiple fake online identities and used…

forbes.com - Clem Chambers - What Rolex Tells Us About AI, Moats And The Future Of OpenAI
What Rolex Tells Us About AI, Moats And The Future Of OpenAI
Forbes

AI Artificial Intelligence Security Sentinel Password Cyber Security Ransomware Email Phishing Encrypted Technology, Digital Information Protected Secured Lock If you are Warren Buffett and you are thinking of buying a business, you worry about…

theguardian.com - Jasper Jolly - UK manufacturers face rising hacking risk as survey shows 30% were hit last year
UK manufacturers face rising hacking risk as survey shows 30% were hit last year
The Guardian

Nearly a third of British manufacturers have been hit by a cyber-attack on them or a company in their supply chain, according to a survey that highlighted the growing hacking risk to companies. The findings come almost a year after Britain's…

therecord.media - Jonathan Greig - Senate Democrats introduce bill to distribute $300 million annually to shore up water system cybersecurity
Senate Democrats introduce bill to distribute $300 million annually to shore up water system cybersecurity
The Record

Two Democratic senators introduced legislation Monday that would allocate $300 million each year to fund a spate of cybersecurity improvements for the water and wastewater sector. Sens. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) announced…

scmp.com - Thomas O. Falk - Opinion | US does its robotics industry no favours by fencing it off from China
Opinion | US does its robotics industry no favours by fencing it off from China
South China Morning Post

Concession speeches follow a formula: the vocabulary of defiance, thanks to the faithful, a promise that the fight goes on. Last month, Brendan Carr, chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), essentially delivered one on behalf of…

therecord.media - Alexander Martin - China-linked hackers turning popular cybersecurity tool into ransomware launchpad, Microsoft warns
China-linked hackers turning popular cybersecurity tool into ransomware launchpad, Microsoft warns
The Record

A financially motivated threat actor linked to China is believed to be exploiting a critical vulnerability affecting widely used cybersecurity software in a supply-chain attack that could see the hackers deploy custom ransomware across a cascading…

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