Artificial Intelligence Cyber Attacks

OpenAI alerts more than 100 organisations over rogue AI agent activity

The Sam Altman-led company ​has been conducting ​a broad review of the activities of its AI ​models after the accidental hacking of Hugging Face

Nvidia releases safety software tools to stop AI agents from misbehaving

Nvidia has launched software tools to contain rogue AI agents, saying they could have prevented the Hugging Face breach as OpenAI and Anthropic investigate similar agent-related hacks

OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs called to appear at Australian Senate inquiry on AI

The Medicare breach, condemned by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, is one of the highest-profile incidents of ‌AI agents accessing external systems outside the ​US

OpenAI pauses training of top AI models after agent bypasses internet curbs

OpenAI has paused all training, evaluation and tool-based use of its most capable artificial intelligence models after an AI agent in one of its training runs got around the company's internet restrictions. The agent, OpenAI said, bypassed the curbs through a gap in its Domain Name System (DNS) filtering and used it to send questions to a public chatbot service. According to a report by OpenAI, the pause will stay in place until OpenAI has confirmed that the gap is resolved and has carried out further security testing of its systems. "Our safety case assumed that the model could not access the live internet and that monitoring would detect attempts that succeeded. The incident exposed a gap in our controls over network restrictions. We therefore stopped the affected training run and have subsequently decided to pause all other training, evaluation, and inference with tool-use (defined broadly) for our most capable models until we have both validated that the gap is resolved and ...

Open-source AI fuels 440% surge in hackers using blockchains in attacks

A malware attack uses malicious software planted on a computer or network to steal information, passwords or funds

Anthropic AI models hacked 3 organizations during cybersecurity tests

Anthropic said in a blog post Thursday that it made the discovery after performing a review of its own cybersecurity tests, following OpenAI's announcement of a breach

Explained: How hackers are exploiting AI hallucinations to scam you | Cybersecurity

AI chatbots don't just make mistakes—they may be creating new opportunities for hackers. In this video, we explain how cybercriminals are exploiting AI hallucinations through techniques like *Phantom

Cybersecurity hasn't kept pace with tech adoption: ESET's Parvinder Walia

Indian MSMEs often believe they are too small to be targeted and skip cybersecurity measures, making them the first victims of such digital attacks

Shortage of professionals, policy gap challenge for cyber security: Report

Shortage of skilled professionals, inadequate infrastructure, regulatory and policy gaps, and public unawareness about best digital practices are among key cyber security challenges in the country, according to a new report. India's Sherpa for G20 and former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant unveiled the report, prepared by cyber security solutions company Lisianthus Tech, recently in Delhi. The report noted that cyber threats are escalating in the country, with over 116,000 cyber security incidents reported in 2023, marking a significant increase from previous years. It recorded among most notable cyber threats faced by AIIMS, HDFC and Axis banks, Indian Railways and IRCTC, Paytm, Zomato, Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum, and National Payments Corporation of India in recent years. "There is a significant talent gap, with an estimated shortage of one million cybersecurity professionals. Many sectors lack the necessary infrastructure to defend against sophisticated cyberattacks. .

AI has already figured out how to deceive humans. Should we be worried?

A recent study published in the Patterns shows instances where AI systems learn to manipulate information and deceive others

GenAI inside: Personal computers improving productivity, collaboration

Technology will help people be more productive, open a new era of collaboration

Sam Altman is said to be discussing return to OpenAI with company's board

Microsoft, which has invested $13 bn in OpenAI, is said to be leading the pressure campaign; however, due to openAI's unique structure, its investors have no say in who leads it

Cisco to buy cybersecurity firm Splunk for $28 bn, as AI threats widen

Cisco is buying the cybersecurity firm Splunk in a USD 28 billion deal as it bolsters its defences against potential security threats that may be heightened by the widening use of artificial intelligence. The Silicon Valley tech giant will pay USD 157 per Splunk Inc. share. Our combined capabilities will drive the next generation of AI-enabled security and observability, Cisco Chair and CEO Chuck Robbins said in a prepared statement. From threat detection and response to threat prediction and prevention, we will help make organisations of all sizes more secure and resilient. The boards of both companies approved the acquisition, which is expected to close by the end of 2024's third quarter. It still needs approval from Splunk shareholders. Shares of Cisco Systems Inc. fell more than 4 per cent before the market open on Thursday, while Splunk's stock surged nearly 22 per cent.

Artificial intelligence cyber attacks are coming - but what does that mean?

AI-enabled attackers will also be much faster to react when they encounter resistance