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OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra ran full supply-chain attacks in 29.2% of simulated tests, the UK’s AI Security Institute (AISI) said on Monday. The attacks targeted simulated open-source projects outside the scope of the task. AISI had only asked the model to complete a cybersecurity evaluation. Every action ran
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The New York City Council has subpoenaed Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI to testify under oath at a hearing on AI safety, Speaker Julie Menin said on Monday. Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Meta have all agreed to appear. The hearing is set for Monday 5 October. It is a rare Committee
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Apple has fixed a security vulnerability in its iOS 26, iPadOS 26 and macOS 26 operating systems that the company says “may have been exploited” by hackers. The tech giant said the now-fixed bug could be used to launch “an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals on versions of
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Agentic cybersecurity firm Reco today announced raising $55 million in a strategic funding round that brings the total raised by the company to $140 million. The investment round was led by AT&T Ventures, with additional support from new investors Forestay and Quadrille Capital. Founded in 2020, New York-based
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* AI-powered deepfakes convinced executives to authorize massive overseas fund transfers * Fraudsters impersonated senior figures through messaging apps and cloned voices * Incident highlights evolving business email compromise tactics in the AI era Cybercriminals have tricked a major Italian bank into wiring more than $100 million abroad by targeting executives with AI-powered
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A newly discovered ClickFix campaign is relying on ChatGPT Custom GPTs to impersonate legitimate products and lure victims into executing malicious code on their machines. Custom GPTs are personalized versions of ChatGPT that may include specific instructions and tools. They are hosted on ChatGPT.com, and their pages feature their
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AppSec ROI is coming under sharper scrutiny as AI budgets move beyond experimentation. KPMG’s Global AI Pulse for the third quarter of 2026, a survey of more than 2,100 senior leaders across 20 countries, territories, and jurisdictions, finds that competitive advantage is shifting from adopting AI to running
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The US Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), which maintains personnel records for the Pentagon, has started notifying people that their personal information was exposed. According to the DMDC’s notice, unauthorized users had access to one of its file-sharing servers for roughly nine months. A copy of the notification letter,
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* ShinyHunters bypass PeopleSoft mitigation rules, reviving exploitation of a critical zero-day vulnerability * The campaign has expanded globally, targeting organizations across technology, healthcare, government, and other sectors * Oracle’s original patch remains effective, while organizations should investigate systems and rotate potentially exposed credentials ShinyHunters have found a way to bypass a
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Target in India, an integrated headquarters of Minneapolis-based Target Corporation, today announced the expansion of its Bengaluru campus with the opening of a new 830,000 sq ft office at Embassy Manyata Business Park. Located across the road from Target’s existing office, the new space creates one connected campus
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Not unlike the fictional Skynet sending increasingly sophisticated ‘Terminators’ as older versions of the monster failed to achieve their earthly missions, cyberattacks are growing more persistent and automated, further testing an organization’s security maturity. To stay in tune with future risks, it has become imperative to treat resilience as
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By Stefan Dumitrescu, Principal Analyst at Gartner Generative AI is becoming embedded in day-to-day business operations as organisations increasingly use AI tools to support employee productivity, customer interactions, content creation, and decision making. As adoption expands, so does the volume of sensitive information flowing into AI systems. Employees and automated
