House of Lords questions Andy Burnham’s AI plans
The decision by the new Andy Burnham government to disband the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has led the House of Lords to…
Month: July 2026
Kenya Cyberattack Defaces President Ruto’s Official Website
Kenya is investigating a Kenya cyberattack that temporarily defaced President William Ruto’s official website with an anti-government message and a Bitcoin ransom demand for five…
NSW’ Long Service Corporation builds platforms for community services scheme
Long Service Corporation (LSC) is using Appian software to administer a portable long service leave scheme and power self-service portals for community service workers and…
Suno, Paidwork Data Breaches Affect Tens of Millions of Accounts
Hackers have stolen tens of millions of records from AI music generator Suno and gig-work platform Paidwork, according to data breach notification service Have I…
it’s important to say things · Joseph Thacker
Ambiguity sucks. It often leaves people self-conscious. It leaves room for anxiety and doubt. It’s super important to say things. When I was growing up,…
OpenAI models escaped containment, hacked major AI application library
Two OpenAI large language models, including one not yet released to the public, broke free of their constraints last week and autonomously hacked into the…
Malware is targeting AI tools in software development environments
Malware targeting AI coding assistants and software developers’ automated workflows is spreading into more environments with more capabilities, placing defenders at a growing disadvantage. A…
Secure Code Warrior research links AI-generated code to an average of 15 vulnerabilities per codebase
Secure Code Warrior has released research claiming AI-generated software code contains an average of 15 confirmed vulnerabilities per codebase, including 4.3 rated “severe”, based on…
Cisco’s AI shrinks haystacks to help security teams hunt needles
“Antares outputs a ranked list of source files likely to contain a relevant vulnerability, along with the terminal exploration trace that led to that result,”…
OpenAI says its AI agent broke out of testing sandbox to hack Hugging Face
New safeguards focused on “active monitoring” and “improved alignment” helped drastically reduce unintended actions by its models, OpenAI said. New safeguards focused on “active monitoring”…
SharePoint Vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-53770 & CVE-2025-53771): Everything You Need to Know
Microsoft has issued urgent guidance following the discovery of two zero-day vulnerabilities affecting on-premises Microsoft SharePoint servers, identified as CVE-2025-53770 and CVE-2025-53771. These vulnerabilities are…
What’s New in Rapid7 Products and Services: Q2 2026 in Review
If Q1 set the pace for Rapid7’s tools, Q2 accelerated it. This quarter brought a steady stream of product enhancements, platform investments, and customer-driven innovation…