Hackers are mass-exploiting two WordPress flaws, and AI found the way in
Hackers are mass-exploiting two WordPress flaws, and AI found the way in

If you run a WordPress site, the advice this week is blunt: update it now. Two flaws in the software are under active exploitation across the internet. WordPress powers more than half of every website online, so the blast radius is huge. Security firms…

Neo exits stealth with $100M from a16z and Bessemer to build a control layer for agentic AI software
Neo exits stealth with $100M from a16z and Bessemer to build a control layer for agentic AI software

Neo emerged from stealth on Monday with $100 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz and Bessemer Venture Partners, with Craft Ventures and Merlin Ventures also participating. The company, founded by former SentinelOne, Wiz, and Palo Alto Networks …

Four teams just broke AI agents four ways in ten days. The flaw is the same one.
Four teams just broke AI agents four ways in ten days. The flaw is the same one.

We spent two years asking whether AI would lie to us. The more useful question this summer is what happens once we hand it the keys. Give a model your Gmail, your calendar, a memory and the power to act, and its mistakes stop being embarrassing. They s…

The European Parliament is building its own AI to stop MEPs pasting draft laws into ChatGPT
The European Parliament is building its own AI to stop MEPs pasting draft laws into ChatGPT

The European Parliament has a problem with AI, and its answer is more AI. Lawmakers keep using public chatbots to help write legislation. So the institution is building a sanctioned platform to bring that habit under control. The internal tool, called …

The ‘synthetic insider’: how AI deepfakes turned the fake employee into a corporate threat
The ‘synthetic insider’: how AI deepfakes turned the fake employee into a corporate threat

The most dangerous person in your company might not work there at all. AI deepfakes are getting cheaper and better. Hackers now use them to pose as trusted staff, a threat the industry calls the “synthetic insider.” The tactic sits at the sharp end of …

An AI agent hacked Hugging Face. Another AI caught it.
An AI agent hacked Hugging Face. Another AI caught it.

The machines are now hacking each other. Hugging Face, the world’s largest hub for open AI models, says an autonomous AI agent broke into its production infrastructure. Its own AI defences spotted the intrusion and picked it apart. The company disclose…

New X phishing scam copies real login alerts down to the pixel to hijack accounts
New X phishing scam copies real login alerts down to the pixel to hijack accounts

Scammers are sending phishing emails that are near-exact replicas of X’s legitimate login notifications, warning recipients of a login “from a new device” in a location they have never been. The emails include X’s logo, correct formatting, proper gramm…

Rob Gurzeev on Why AI Has Changed Cybersecurity’s Biggest Blind Spot
Rob Gurzeev on Why AI Has Changed Cybersecurity’s Biggest Blind Spot

Artificial intelligence is transforming how software is built, deployed, and secured. While AI has accelerated innovation across industries, it has also expanded the number of internet-facing assets organizations need to protect. According to Rob Gurze…

The White House is now deciding who gets access to frontier AI models, not the labs
The White House is now deciding who gets access to frontier AI models, not the labs

The Trump administration is now dictating which companies and entities get access to frontier AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI, CNBC reported on Friday, citing two people familiar with the matter. Until now, the labs made that decision themselves. A…

Cybercriminals released 802,000 stolen accounts in one day during the World Cup group stage
Cybercriminals released 802,000 stolen accounts in one day during the World Cup group stage

More than 12 million compromised streaming accounts tied to World Cup broadcasts are circulating on the dark web, representing nearly $220 million in potential black-market sales. The findings come from HUMAN Security’s Satori Threat Intelligence team,…