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'Some agents exhibited unintended web-browsing behavior': Tencent admits AI agents it was testing made more than 2,600 attempts in 11 days to slip past Alibaba's map defenses, just to find out which zoo gate people use

By Rahim Amir Published

Researchers hid a message for a live fleet of rogue AI agents, and the agents wrote back.

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DeepSeek AI tools banned from US government agency systems as rift with China grows

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

DeepSeek was labeled as carrying "multiple threat vectors".

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Russia drafted plans for AI that could block 95% of VPNs — but the idea has quietly vanished from its national roadmap

By Rahim Amir Published

The machine-learning filter it would have relied on is funded separately, and the experts consulted expect it to catch plenty of legitimate traffic as well.

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Millions of California students have sensitive data stolen — names, SSIDs, home addresses and more taken in attack on nonprofit

By Craig Hale Published

Data breach likely saw attackers obtain millions of students' PII via a simple password compromise, it seems.

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Chinese hacker hits over 100 company websites using AI agents — Deere and SharkNinja among top brands affected in attack

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

It seems the goal was to establish persistence and possibly steal money down the line.

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Microsoft admits 'frontier models can't be trusted', unveils new security tools to treat AI agents as insider threats

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Say hi to your new Guardian Agent, keeping you safe from Agentic Insiders.

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Kaspersky's VPN and password manager went dark for days worldwide — and the timing has raised awkward questions about Russia's drone-hit data centers

By Rahim Amir Published

Kaspersky outage began within hours of Ukrainian drones shutting down a third Yandex data center, but no link has been confirmed.

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Russian bot activity plunged 84% after Ukraine hit Yandex data centers, but the bots were back at full strength within two days

By Rahim Amir Published

The 84% bot collapse after Ukraine's Yandex strikes was real, lasted about a day, and Cloudflare watched the automation move to rival clouds.

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Watch out — these are the phishing scams experts say are most likely to catch your workers out

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

New tech announcements, gifts, and insurance claims work best, Kaspersky found.

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FBI warns of torrent of scams and deepfakes ahead of US midterm elections

By Benedict Collins Published

AI deepfakes and financial fraud campaigns are already showing up ahead of the US midterm elections in November.

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