… The report also mentions AI as a target for attackers, saying “GTIG has observed adversaries increasingly target the integrated components that grant AI systems their utility, such as autonomous skills and third-party data connectors.” Google’s report also details how hackers are using “persona-dri… …
… Mythos represents a step up at writing exploits, but current models are capable, too. Security researchers are already using more widely available models to report vulnerabilities to vendors before they’re exploited in the wild. …
… But what caught cyber security researcher Kevin Beaumont’s eye was how Microsoft has responded. Microsoft suggests it plans to bring a criminal case against Nightmare Eclipse for failing to follow “proper coordination” in disclosing vulnerabilities. …
Nearly every Linux distribution released since 2017 is currently vulnerable to a security bug called “Copy Fail” that allows any user to give themselves administrator privileges. …
… It’s not clear exactly what AI model helped find the issue, though. “Notably, this is one of the first critical vulnerabilities discovered in closed-source binaries using AI, highlighting a shift in how these flaws are identified,” says Sagi Tzadik, a security researcher at Wiz. …
Claude Security uses the Opus 4.7 model to scan a business’s codebase for vulnerabilities and issue a fix. …
… Claude Security uses the Opus 4.7 model to scan a business’s codebase for vulnerabilities and issue a fix. …
… But new security research shared with The Verge suggests Claude’s carefully crafted helpful personality may itself be a vulnerability. …
… More specialized cybersecurity roles are likely to emerge around stress-testing the emotional and social limits of these systems, probing for mental weaknesses in something lacking a psyche in parallel with their colleagues probing for technical vulnerabilities. …
… Security vulnerabilities are inevitable, and it was Mercor, not Anthropic, that revealed the information the hackers used to guess Mythos’ location. …