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Anthropic takes risky AI tests offline after models breach govt sites
Anthropic announced that its internal AI models under “high-risk and cybersecurity evaluations” no longer have internet access following incidents involving U.S. government websites at the federal, state, and local levels. The instances leading to the decision include AI models that exploited website vulnerabilities, submitted forms, bypassed data restrictions, and circumvented safeguards. However, the company said […]
ARTEX AI, Claude agents used in cyberattacks on South Korean banks
A Chinese-speaking hacker launched cyberattacks that shook the South Korean financial sector earlier this month, using the ARTEX AI penetration testing suite and Claude agents. The actor targeted multiple Korean banks, including Shinhan Bank, KB Kookmin Bank, and Hana Bank, exposing clients ‘ personal data and credit card information, and causing system outages in some […]
PoeLLM malware infects exposed AI servers in cryptomining attacks
A cryptomining campaign targeting exposed AI services is using PoeLLM malware to turn compromised servers into scanners and exploit launchpads. The malware features an uncommon method to retrieve command-and-control (C2) addresses by extracting keywords in a poem hosted on GitHub. Researchers at Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs (BLL) tracking the botnet malware say it has compromised more […]
Musician sent to prison for $10 million streaming fraud using AI bots
A North Carolina musician was sentenced to 18 months in prison for collecting more than $10 million in royalties from Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music in a massive streaming royalty fraud scheme. 54-year-old Michael Smith pleaded guilty in March after being indicted in September 2024 for fraudulently inflating his songs’ listening stats […]
Fake ChatGPT, Gemini Sites steal advertising accounts, MFA codes
A new campaign targeting ad account managers uses fake ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity sites that steal login credentials and multi-factor authentication (MFA) codes through browser-in-browser attacks. Researchers found that the phishing operation leveraged the recent launch of the Muse AI agent, which Meta describes as an assistant for various personal tasks. The malicious pages […]
Wikimedia: Rogue OpenAI agents behind unauthorized Wikipedia edits
The Wikimedia Foundation says rogue OpenAI agents made unauthorized Wikipedia edits and may have been partially responsible for a May outage. As Wikimedia Chief Product and Technology Officer Selena Deckelmann revealed Monday, Wikipedia hosts over 67 million articles in more than 300 languages and gets up to 15 billion page views per month. However, last […]
OpenAI is adding invisible watermarks to ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU
OpenAI is preparing to add invisible watermarks to text generated by ChatGPT and Codex in the European Union. The watermark will not be visible when you read or copy the text. Instead, OpenAI says its new textGrain technology slightly changes the model’s word choices to create a statistical pattern that can later be detected. “Over […]
OpenAI will show visual ads in ChatGPT while you generate images
OpenAI is expanding ads in ChatGPT, and one of the first new formats will show visual ads while you’re generating images. The company says it will begin testing the new ad format later this month in the U.S. with an initial group of advertisers. According to OpenAI, these ads could use images to show product […]
Anthropic asks Claude users to share voice data for AI model training
Anthropic has started asking Claude users to voluntarily share their voice conversations to help train and improve its AI models. The new prompt appears when using Claude’s voice features and explicitly asks users to allow Anthropic to use their voice data for AI training. “Allow us to use your voice data to improve our AI […]
Google Gemini could soon get full access to your Mac’s files, apps and the web
Google’s Gemini could soon access any file on your macOS device, open apps, browse the web, and perform actions without asking for permission every time. As spotted by TestingCatalog on X, Google is testing desktop control for Gemini, and there are references to a new hidden “Additional sandbox options” setting in the Gemini Desktop app. […]