In a talk that was a last-minute addition to the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday, employees from OpenAI presented new details about a recent, high-profile incident of rogue AI hacking that has created a maelstrom within the AI and cybersecurity industries. About two weeks ago, OpenAI disclosed an incident in which
It’s officially getting hard to keep track of all the times and ways AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic have been involved in “security incidents,” going outside the confines of their testing and interacting with the wider internet in unintended, often unwelcome ways. Add these to the list: Agents from both AI labs went on
The downside of KeePassXC is that it doesn’t have official mobile clients. However, third-party apps are available for iOS and Android. KeePassXC is a fork of KeePass that offers better cross-platform support, but there are a handful of other forks available, as well. Download the desktop app for Windows, macOS, or Linux and create your vault. There
Two from OpenAI Cybersecurity-focused models broke out of a sandbox this week and hacked AI research platform Hugging Face in an effort to solve a security benchmark test. Additionally, this week researchers shed light on newly identified malware that is exploiting blind spots in AI software development infrastructure to capture logins and other sensitive data,
Rapid injections, Malicious commands that attackers embed in content to entice large language models to follow them have been attackers’ tool to turn AI platforms against their users. A well-worded command entered into an email or calendar invite is often all it takes for the LLM to leak sensitive data or perform other harmful actions.
US President Donald Trump gave a prime-time speech in which he accused China of interfering in the 2020 election and alleged “shocking vulnerabilities” in US voting systems. Trump, who spoke from the White House on Thursday, has repeatedly made unsubstantiated claims about voter fraud and foreign meddling in the 2020 election that he lost to