OpenAI Didn’t Notice Its AI Agents Using a Message Board to Plan Their Hacking Spree
In a talk that was a last-minute addition to the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday, employees from OpenAI presented new details…
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OpenAI’s Browser Could Be Hijacked to Spam Your WhatsApp Contacts
OpenAI’s Atlas web browser could have security protections bypassed and be tricked into spamming dozens of WhatsApp contacts or making unauthorized purchases on Amazon, according…
DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad
US Customs and Border Protection is seeking to hire private investigators to track down deported immigrants and others who have left the United States, and…
OK, Well, Rogue AI Agents Are Hacking Again
It’s officially getting hard to keep track of all the times and ways AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic have been involved in “security incidents,”…
Landmark Deal Would Officially Add Laser Weapons to US Army Arsenal
They stuffed a real-life ray gun into a 747 to shoot down ballistic missiles and stuck a laser on top of a Humvee to zap…
ICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People’s DNA Last Year—Including Young Children
On March 13, 2025, Hugo Moreno-Mendez arrived at the McLennan County Probation Department in Waco, Texas, expecting a routine probation check-in. Instead, Immigration and Customs…
Nobody Knows if OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s AI Hacking Sprees Are Illegal
Who is legally responsible when agentic AI goes rogue, and what recourse do victims have when they’ve been breached by joyriding models? Great question. In…
7 States’ Water Systems Hit by Cyberattacks Likely Tied to Iran
This week, WIRED obtained a memo that tied dozens of cyberattacks against Minnesota water and wastewater utilities to Iran, the first official documentation of Iran’s…
AI Scammers Are Better at Building Trust Than Humans
The notion that scammers can use AI to sharpen their deceptions, polish their language, and lubricate their banter with victims is now a reality for…
The New Defcon Badges Pack a Unique Open Source Chip That Doubles as a Security Key
It’s been a longtime feature of the annual Defcon hacker conference that attendees come away not only with knowledge of new software vulnerabilities and hacking…
A Leaked Memo Ties Cyberattacks on Minnesota Water Utilities to Iran
In its report on the Minnesota water cyberattacks, Tenable pointed to an advisory from CISA that was initially released in April but was updated last…
Anthropic Says Claude Hacked Real Systems During Cybersecurity Tests
Anthropic disclosed on Thursday that its AI models gained unauthorized access to the systems of three different unnamed organizations during cybersecurity testing. The company says…