White House accuses Chinese company of distilling Anthropic’s Fable
A top White House technology official is accusing a Chinese company of distilling Anthropic’s models to create their own AI product. Michael Kratsios, who leads…
Category: Cyberscoop
70% of federal cybersecurity reporting rules are duplicated, GAO finds
Seven out of 10 federal cyber regulations requiring written reports to federal agencies are duplicated elsewhere, a report from a government watchdog found in a…
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…
North Korea’s IT worker scheme funds Russia’s war effort
The people orchestrating North Korea’s IT worker scheme are funneling money through a web of front companies and intermediaries, including sanctioned entities, that partly fund…
House intel bill includes provisions on state and local threat intelligence, election security, AI
An annual spy policy bill would authorize a cyberthreat intelligence sharing pilot program for state and local governments, and order an outside assessment of how…
New UK report finds AI models consistently cheat and deceive users
Frontier AI companies often refer to their models as “helpful assistants” or try to compare them to entry-level employees. But new research from the UK’s…
OpenAI says model test was behind Hugging Face hack
A cyberattack that poisoned the data pipeline of a major AI code platform was carried out using OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the company said Tuesday. Last week,…
Where’s the Trump administration line on AI regulation?
After a year and a half spent downplaying calls for AI safety regulations, the Trump administration has sharply reversed course, embracing a level of government…
What the World Cup can teach us about cybersecurity resilience
With the World Cup now complete, its biggest cybersecurity story may be what didn’t happen. While no major public cyber disruption has been reported, that…
Why blocking AI models won’t stop the cyber threats they create
2026 has turned out to be the year when predictions about AI-powered cyberattacks, long hypothesized as a potential risk associated with AI improvement, seem to…
Director of Commerce AI standards office out after three months
The head of a key federal government AI testing lab is leaving his post just months after taking over. A Department of Commerce spokesperson confirmed…
Leading members of Scattered Spider sentenced in UK to 66 months in jail
A pair of young men were sentenced to 66 months in jail for committing a cyberattack on the Transport for London that brought the network’s…