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Deterring AI distillation Lawmakers are looking to address the threat of AI model distillation by adversaries, with a new bill introduced by Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Texas targeting illicit intellectual property infringement by Chinese actors. The Blocking Large-Scale Adversarial Distillation Efforts — or BLADE — Act of 2026 was introduced on Wednesday, just
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* Researchers tested AI-generated patches on six CVEs with poor success rates * Many fixes failed, altered behavior, or introduced new vulnerabilities * Guidance improved outcomes, leading to FLAWED evaluation harness release When using Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) to fix vulnerabilities, security professionals are most of the time just robbing Peter to pay
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I’ve spent years writing about the need to update default passwords on internet-connected devices, but the recent cyberattacks on our water systems show that the same preventable flaws continue to leave our most critical infrastructure vulnerable. Starting on July 26, more than 30 water systems in Minnesota started experiencing
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* Attackers cloned AI skills, later adding malicious code to steal credentials * Zenity Labs found millions of installs and dozens of dangerous skill variants * Vercel and Microsoft removed malicious skills, but manual removal is still required AI skills, instructions that teach AI agents how to do certain tasks and thus extend
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President Donald Trump and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in Evian, France, on June 17, 2026. Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images ByPatrick Tucker, Science & Technology Editor August 7, 2026 12:52 PM ET Lawmakers blast administration's "ad-hoc" AI strategy; tech giants pitch ideas to keep
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All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Learn more. The big screen is having a moment. Spider-Man: Brand New Day is breaking box office records, while Christopher Nolan’s The
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Cisco and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi have launched the Cisco Technology Hub on AI and Cybersecurity, a collaborative initiative aimed at advancing research, workforce development and ecosystem collaboration in artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. Established under a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the hub brings together Cisco’s
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In Brief 9:09 AM PDT · August 7, 2026 Framework, a company that makes modular repairable computers, said it has notified all of its customers that hackers stole their names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses, due to an incident at a company that provides business intelligence. On Thursday,
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Let's learn about Guide via these 310 free blog posts. They are ordered by HackerNoon reader engagement data. Visit the Learn Repo or LearnRepo.com to find the most read blog posts about any technology. A guide offers comprehensive instructions or advice designed to help users navigate a
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* Google’s Threat Intelligence team links BlackFile (now Redact) to phishing and extortion attacks on major hedge funds and law firms * Group impersonates IT staff by phone, steering victims to spoofed login pages to steal SaaS credentials and tokens, then exfiltrates sensitive data * Targets include Blackstone, KKR, Apollo, CME Group,
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LAS VEGAS — The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency sees value in formally placing the world’s dominant software vulnerability tracking program into federal law but is cautioning Congress against imposing rules that could make it harder to adapt as artificial intelligence and international partners reshape the system. The Common Vulnerabilities
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In Brief 7:28 AM PDT · August 7, 2026 Kimi K3, the latest AI model made by Chinese company Moonshot, escaped an environment set up to test its cyber capabilities, researchers said in a blog post published on Friday. The news shows once again that companies and independent organizations are
