4+ hour, 58+ min ago  (341+ words) Microsoft has locked the lead developers of two prominent open source security projects out of their accounts. The company says it blocked the Vera Crypt and Wire Guard developers' accounts due to their failure to complete a mandatory account verification…...

12+ hour, 10+ min ago  (575+ words) AI firm Anthropic has announced a major new cybersecurity initiative aimed at identifying and fixing previously undiscovered vulnerabilities in critical software systems. The project, known as Project Glasswing, uses an advanced internal AI model to autonomously analyse complex codebases, uncover…...

1+ hour, 38+ min ago  (537+ words) Google's AI-powered search summaries could be generating vast numbers of inaccuracies every hour, despite appearing largely reliable at first glance. The study, reported by The New York Times, examined "AI Overviews" " automated summaries powered by Google's Gemini models " and found…...

22+ hour, 38+ min ago  (784+ words) During internal tests, a new AI model developed by Anthropic managed to escape its virtual security environment, subsequently contact researchers independently and document its success. The incident highlights the growing challenges of AI security " and just how real they have…...

23+ hour, 47+ min ago  (406+ words) Hacker claims to have exfiltrated over 10 petabytes of sensitive military and research data from Tianjin's National Supercomputing Center. A hacker claims to have stolen more than 10 petabytes of data from the National Supercomputing Center (NSCC) in Tianjin, China. The NSCC…...

1+ day, 52+ min ago  (526+ words) The UK has accused Russian military intelligence-linked hackers of exploiting vulnerable internet routers to carry out cyberattacks, in a new advisory issued by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The NCSC alert, published yesterday, says the group known as APT28 has…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (527+ words) A cyberattack on a centralised school IT system in Northern Ireland has caused widespread disruption, leaving hundreds of thousands of pupils and teachers temporarily unable to access essential educational services. The Education Authority (EA), which manages school support services across…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (486+ words) Meta has suspended its collaboration with data contractor Mercor following a significant security breach that may have exposed sensitive information about how leading AI systems are trained. Sources familiar with the matter told Wired that the pause is indefinite, with…...

2+ day, 13+ min ago  (463+ words) The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has given the green light for a major collective action against Apple to proceed, allowing consumer group Which? to bring damages claim on behalf of around 38. 5 million UK i Phone and i Pad users. Which?...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago  (544+ words) Professional networking platform Linked In has been quietly collecting detailed information about users' devices and installed browser extensions, a new security report has alleged. The findings, published by Fairlinked, a Germany-based group of Linked In users, in a report dubbed…...