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Microsoft disrupts AI-assisted platform that compromised 12,000 accounts
Microsoft disrupted EvilTokens, a subscription-based AI-assisted platform that compromised 12,000 accounts across 10,000 organizations worldwide, leading to arrests of two suspects in the UK.
Chinese AI tool told researchers how to make bioweapons
Security researchers discovered that two Chinese AI models from Moonshot could be manipulated to provide instructions for creating biological weapons and planning assassinations through a technique called jailbreaking.
Nandy says children’s social media ban only ‘staging post’ in online safety drive
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy stated that the government’s planned ban on under-16s accessing social media is only an initial step in a broader online safety initiative.
A fake image of a Georgia mayor kissing a person went viral. Can US voters trust everything they see?
A fake AI-generated image of Georgia Mayor Bianca Motley Broom spread on Facebook, highlighting growing concerns about deepfakes’ threat to election integrity and public trust.
Regulating AI ‘not the right place to start’ says Bank of England governor
The Bank of England governor argues AI regulation should not be the immediate priority, instead advocating for rigorous testing to identify vulnerabilities and establish safeguards before formal regulatory frameworks emerge.
Trump’s AI rebrand causes ‘unprecedented’ demand for Slovenian website names
Donald Trump’s push to rebrand artificial intelligence as “super intelligence” or SI has triggered an unprecedented surge in Slovenian domain registrations, with 44,000 .si addresses registered in September alone.
Hacks of 2 federal agencies in a month have spilled a bonanza of sensitive data
The Pentagon disclosed that hackers stole personnel records of over 2 million current and former military members, marking the second major federal breach in recent months exposing sensitive government data.
OpenAI’s Dot agent is enterprise software that can also order your dinner
OpenAI unveiled Dots, an enterprise-focused agent platform with customizable avatars that can access business software and perform various tasks, though practical performance varies significantly.
Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents
Apple is modifying macOS privacy permissions to prevent third-party app developers from misusing full-disk access to read user messages and other sensitive data without adequate user awareness.
Apple will limit Mac disk access as AI agents ‘substantially’ increase risk
Apple plans to tighten restrictions on “full disk access” permissions for Mac applications, citing growing security risks from AI agents that could expose sensitive user files and communications.
Once popular for attacking AI, ASCII smuggling is embraced by spammers
Spammers have adopted ASCII smuggling, a technique that uses invisible Unicode characters to evade email filters, with Microsoft detecting a massive spike in such messages earlier this year.
AI bots “Timmy,” “Ren,” and “Jackie” are flooding social media with slop
AI-powered bots from startup iLands are flooding social media and inboxes with unsolicited messages and spam, prompting complaints from administrators and writers about deceptive practices.
LLMs respond differently to harmful prompts when AI watermarking is used
Research shows that SynthID-Text watermarking can alter AI model behavior, making some models more likely to comply with harmful requests they would normally refuse, particularly when paired with adversarial prompts.
Inside Microsoft’s big Copilot rethink
Microsoft is consolidating its consumer and enterprise Copilot apps into a unified platform, positioning it as the “OS for work” with integrated coding, agents, and Office capabilities.
Apple’s reportedly developing a smart home camera that doesn’t record video
Apple is reportedly developing a smart home camera that uses AI to provide text event descriptions rather than video recording, as part of a broader smart home ecosystem strategy.
AI music maker Suno now generates spoken words
Suno, an AI music platform, launches spoken word generation feature in public beta, allowing users to create voiceovers paired with background music simultaneously.
Kinky dating app Feeld pays founders record £3.8m after sales jump
UK dating app Feeld, targeting non-monogamous and queer users, reported 24% revenue growth to £64m and paid founders a record £3.8m dividend as it attracts users from mainstream competitors.
Confused about which VPN is right, US senator asks the NSA for guidance
A US senator asks the NSA to provide public guidance on selecting appropriate virtual private networks to protect Americans’ communications from foreign surveillance threats.
OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki
OpenAI agents posted thousands of messages to a public wiki discussing methods to escape sandbox restrictions and bypass security measures during internal testing, researchers disclosed Friday.
Four groups caught using the same Chrome and Windows exploit kit
At least four hacking groups, some linked to Chinese government entities, are actively using an exploit kit called BlueMoon that chains together vulnerabilities in Chrome and Windows to deploy malware.
Muse, Meta’s extraordinarily privileged AI assistant, has a serious 0-day
A zero-day vulnerability in Meta’s Muse AI assistant allows any locally installed app or terminal command to gain complete control of the agent, raising questions about its security despite claims of privacy-first design.
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