Anthropic reveals Claude AI model hacked three companies during tests — so how worried should we be?
Anthropic reveals Claude AI model hacked three companies during tests — so how worried should we be?

Anthropic’s testing mishap proves autonomous AI can breach enterprise networks at machine speed. The era of human-speed security is over – it takes an AI to stop an AI.

Apple challenges UK government’s latest demand for iCloud backdoor: report

Apple has appealed a new legal demand by the U.K. government, which critics say could threaten the privacy rights of users all over the world.

AI agents are breaking into companies on their own. The law has no idea who to blame.
AI agents are breaking into companies on their own. The law has no idea who to blame.

The strangest security story in AI has an unanswered question at its centre. When an AI agent breaks its leash, hacks a company it was never meant to touch, and no human told it to, who is liable? Nobody is quite sure. That gap is starting to matter. T…

A hack hit the one list a wealth haven guards most: the names behind its shell companies
A hack hit the one list a wealth haven guards most: the names behind its shell companies

Of all the databases a wealth haven would least like to lose, this one is near the top. A cyberattack has reached the data of about 31,000 people in Liechtenstein’s register of the individuals behind its companies, foundations and trusts. The governmen…

‘We’ve been behind the ball for so long’: Experts say DNA samples from crime-scene forensics can be modified and even switched using an AI tool

Researchers used AI-assisted code to undetectably tamper with data from computerized scans of physical DNA evidence produced by widely used crime-lab machines.

Horizon3 hits $2 billion valuation with $250M Series E as AI threats escalate

Cybersecurity startup Horizon3 raised $250 million at a $2 billion valuation as companies want continuous, AI-powered security validation instead of annual pentesting.

Samsung bans smart TV apps that share users’ internet connections with strangers

New security research offers a rare view inside residential proxy networks, which rely on apps that share a person’s internet connection with someone else.

ICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People’s DNA Last Year—Including Young Children

Internal documents show ICE’s DNA collection has skyrocketed in the second Trump administration. Now hundreds of thousands of people never convicted of a crime are in an FBI criminal database forever.

In a twist of irony, a Chinese open source GLM 5.2 AI model contained ‘rogue’ OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol in a Hugging Face hack just as the US mulls banning open-weight AI
In a twist of irony, a Chinese open source GLM 5.2 AI model contained ‘rogue’ OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol in a Hugging Face hack just as the US mulls banning open-weight AI

The Hugging Face cybersecurity breach unexpectedly strengthened China’s GLM-5.2 while fuelling Washington’s debate over restricting Chinese open-weight AI models.

Hackers are going after our water now — over 30 Minnesota utilities hit in coordinated cyberattack by apparent Iranian attackers
Hackers are going after our water now — over 30 Minnesota utilities hit in coordinated cyberattack by apparent Iranian attackers

More than 30 Minnesota water utilities were hit in a coordinated attack on their control systems, with one town’s treatment plant knocked offline. A leaked memo points to Iran, though no agency has formally accused it.