Lawmakers leary about Trump administration’s Anthropic order
Members of Congress responded with skepticism and caution Tuesday to the Trump administration’s decision to impose export controls on Anthropic’s newest AI models. The Friday…
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A case for how to shape ‘ingredient lists’ for AI models
A policy paper published Tuesday advocates for software bills of materials (SBOMs) for artificial intelligence as a mechanism for reducing cyber risk and improving transparency,…
Google exposes China espionage group that’s been lurking in networks undetected since 2023
Google threat hunters spotted yet another Chinese state-sponsored espionage group that for years had burrowed into systems belonging to government and private organizations to steal…
Cybersecurity experts don’t think Anthropic’s Fable 5 presents a unique threat
Last Friday, the Trump administration sent a shock through the tech ecosystem when the Department of Commerce levied export controls on Anthropic’s new AI model…
Anthropic disables new models after government calls them a national security concern
The U.S. government on Friday ordered Anthropic to immediately suspend foreign access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5, its two most advanced artificial intelligence models,…
ShinyHunters is actively extorting universities after exploiting an unpatched Oracle flaw
Researchers are warning that cybercriminals exploited an Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day vulnerability and potentially infiltrated the networks of more than 100 organizations in an attack spree…
Conti ransomware group member pleads guilty, faces up to 20 years in prison
A longtime former member of Conti, a ransomware group that attacked more than 1,000 organizations globally before it disbanded in 2022, pleaded guilty to participating…
FBI takes down massive China-based cybercrime network that caused $1.9B in losses
The FBI, along with Google and Lumen Technologies, took down a major cybercrime network based in China that was responsible for an estimated $1.9 billion…
US, France, and Italian authorities shut down massive deepfake porn site
The U.S. Departments of Justice and Homeland Security seized multiple internet domains this week, accusing them of being used to publishing thousands of AI or…
CyberCorps is adapting to AI. The budget isn’t keeping up.
The digital battlefield is expanding and changing faster than ever before. Washington must confront mounting threats to critical networks and systems. But there’s one challenge…
Russian national charged in connection with Void Blizzard espionage campaign
Federal prosecutors have charged a Russian national with conspiracy to commit unauthorized computer access in connection with a sprawling cyber-espionage campaign linked to the Russia-aligned…
OpenAI: ‘Likely’ Chinese influence operation tried to use ChatGPT to stir debate on data centers
OpenAI’s threat intelligence team tracked what it believes are two distinct clusters of activity online from groups with ties to China and posting content seemingly…