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Dark pool trading is casting a shadow over market stability, researchers warn

Financial Systems

Dark pool trading is casting a shadow over market stability, researchers warn

The rise of private electronic markets is increasing systemic risk and making stock price crashes more likely.

People are using LLMs to generate "dangerously insecure" passwords

Security

People are using LLMs to generate "dangerously insecure" passwords

The rise of "vibe passwords" risks causing a resurgence of brute force attacks, researchers warn

Welcome to the x-risk games: Which AI models pose the greatest threat to humanity?

Existential Risk

Welcome to the x-risk games: Which AI models pose the greatest threat to humanity?

Chinese researchers test a new AI safety benchmark to identify which models could potentially be misused for catastrophic harm.

AI

Hackers steal AI agents "souls" in infostealer attack on OpenClaw configurations

"This finding marks a significant milestone: the transition from stealing browser credentials to harvesting the identities of AI agents."

Attack of the clones: Threat actors are stealing the inner workings of AI models (Photo by marc belver colomer on Unsplash)

Security

Private sector threat actors are trying to clone rivals' AI models, Google warns

Nation-state adversaries are also deploying AI to automate phishing, accelerate attack lifecycles and conduct reconnaissance.

Quantum is "creating anxiety" for security leaders. Here's what to do about it

Quantum

Quantum is "creating anxiety" for security leaders. Here's what to do about it

"Ubiquitous encryption methods will become vulnerable and organisations need to prepare -but the process is far from simple."

An AI-generated version of an AI-generated image currently doing the rounds among pro-4o folk

AI

OpenAI killed the sycophantic GPT-4o and people lost their s*** in the most bizarre way

ChatGPT users devastated as controversial model known for its icky "glazing" is consigned to the dustbin of history.

Careless tech costs lives: UK warned to prepare for "severe" attacks on critical infrastructure

Cyberwar

Careless tech costs lives: UK warned to prepare for "severe" attacks on critical infrastructure

Britain faces a growing threat from “highly capable threat actors” seeking to bring down the systems that power modern civilisation.

An AI slop image from ChatGPT showing a man viewing a famous AI slop image

AI

"It's undermining system reliability": Why AI workslop is the new technical debt

"Workslop isn’t a minor nuisance. It's spreading through systems faster and more quietly than traditional code problems."

Machine vs machine: Defending critical financial systems in the era of Agentic AI

Security

Machine vs machine: Defending critical financial systems in the era of Agentic AI

The industry has embraced AI faster than it has defined its guardrails, raising an unavoidable question: are humans really still in control?

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Ads are coming to ChatGPT as OpenAI faces growing "QuitGPT" backlash

Ads are coming to ChatGPT as OpenAI faces rising "QuitGPT" backlash

"OpenAI has the most detailed record of private human thought ever assembled. Can we trust them to resist forces pushing them to abuse it?"

Security is tired of alert fatigue: Will AI finally let SOCs get some well-earned rest?

Security is tired of alert fatigue: Will AI finally let SOCs get some well-earned rest?

Cybersecurity journalist Dan Raywood speaks to Dropzone AI about its new approaches to automating alert investigations.

Scammers are donning masks to trick liveness checks - but can't get around new security systems

“There is no bypass": Deepfake detectors fuelling "frustration" in dark web fraud supermarkets

Would-be scammers are unable to beat new security checks and even their most "imaginative" tricks aren't working.

An Unsplash+ illustration of a robotic police dog and an official creative commons image of Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London

Mayor Sadiq Khan looks to unleash crime-fighting robot police dog in London

Quadruped robots that sparked a "fierce backlash" in New York City could be coming to the capital and other UK cities.

Jeffrey Epstein, Satoshi Nakamoto and the strange death of the Bitcoin dream

Jeffrey Epstein, Satoshi Nakamoto and the strange death of the Bitcoin dream

World's first cryptocurrency renamed "Pedocoin" as dark questions about the true identity of its creator and funders spread on social media.

The dark side of vibe-coding: AI-written code now the biggest security risk facing developers

The dark side of vibe-coding: AI-written code now the biggest security risk facing developers

“The danger isn’t obvious breakage but the illusion of correctness. Code that looks polished and professional can conceal serious security flaws."

AI agents are plotting a takeover on Moltbook. But it's not the end of the world...

AI agents are plotting a takeover on Moltbook. But it's not the end of the world...

Prepare for the dawn of an internet dominated by small, clever machines rather than an almighty superintelligence.

Dark web cybercriminals vow to fight on after FBI seizure of Ramp forum

Dark web cybercriminals vow to fight on after FBI seizure of Ramp forum

"This event has destroyed years of my work creating the freest forum in the world," Ramp's alleged operator wrote after the seizure.

Reddit posts calling London "unsafe and violent" should be censored, Labour MP demands

Labour MP: Stop the Reddit flamewar against "unsafe and violent" London

"There is a campaign to undermine the standing of our capital city and frighten its residents," Dame Emily Thornberry claims

When hackers attack critical infrastructure, they can wreak damage across a society (Image: ChatGPT)

Cyberattacks can spark cascading social crises that "engulf communities"

Strikes on critical infrastructure “pose serious risks to societal resilience”, causing impacts far beyond the initial technical damage.

Driving under the influence of AI could turn out to be a very bad idea (Photo: Anthony Maw on Unsplash)

AI-driven robot cars can be hacked and hijacked by street signs

The systems that power autonomous vehicles may be vulnerable to terrifyingly basic prompt injection attacks, researchers warn.

Tech can increase systemic risk by accelerating bank runs, Bank of England warns

Financial tech raises systemic risk by accelerating bank runs, Bank of England warns

Tomorrow’s financial crisis could unfold at a speed that no human policymaker could ever hope to contend with.

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