A new joint memo from the FBI, NSA and CISA warns that Chinese developers are engaging in massive AI distillation campaigns to extract the secrets of frontier models from US-based firms like Anthropic and OpenAI.
Cyber Security
Cyber criminals, state-sponsored hackers and even the occasional disgruntled employee are constantly looking to gain unauthorized access for a variety of purposes: theft of money, cyber espionage, personal information for sale or for use in scams, and damage to critical infrastructure for just a few of the most common.
So how does an organization mitigate an entire world full of continual cyber attacks? Just as buildings have a number of necessary elements of physical security: access control, cameras, alarms and so on; there are similar key elements of cyber security that are absolutely vital for just about any modern business.
It starts with identifying and closing the most common doors that attackers use. For example, phishing attacks on employees are far and away the most common initial point of entry. The breach of even a low-level employee account can quickly turn into an escalation in access privileges and the ability to reach sensitive information. This is also true of smart devices, which are generally more poorly secured than computers and phones.
As documented by researchers with Noma Labs, a new attack on organizational AI workflows can provide attackers with sensitive internal information via nothing more than a polite request to their public-facing AI agent.
A data breach at healthcare supply chain giant McKesson has exposed millions of patient records, including extensive personal details and protected health information (PHI).
A dark web marketplace is selling over 153 million drivers’ licenses stolen from people in the United States and Canada following a breach at an identity verification company.
A cyber attack at three UK airports Manchester, London Stansted, and East Midlands, leaked the personal information of 8.7 million people, with hackers demanding a ransom.
Researchers document some 18,000 posts that appear to have come from OpenAI agents in a short amount of time, as they worked away at some sort of task and collaborated to break out of their own sandbox restrictions.
ShinyHunters has claimed responsibility for data breach at American clothing giant Carhartt that affected nearly 13 million people, including customers and employees.
OpenAI is calling on governments, tech firms and cybersecurity companies to immediately begin engaging in a "collective response" to the new attack capabilities demonstrated by AI in recent months. Among other items, the company stresses that every organization must now make cyber defense an immediate leadership priority.
The FBI and DOJ have seized a hacking platform operated by the Chinese state-sponsored threat actor QTFY, which was used to target critical infrastructure and conduct espionage.
A cyber attack hits cardiac device maker Boston Scientific, disrupting manufacturing, order processing, and shipments, with no timeline for resuming normal operations.










