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AI worms could spread across your smart devices, Anthropic warns
Your streaming box might not look like much of a computer. But connect enough inexpensive devices together, and they can run an…
Anthropic warns small AI models could self-replicate through IoT devices
This finding was the starting point for further research that asked: Would it be possible for small models to create self-replicating infections…
Police receive fake murder tip from Anthropic’s Claude AI
Police tip hotlines already have their fair share of crank callers. Apparently they now have to contend with crank AI agents as…
Smashing Security podcast #487: Clippy’s crypto comeback
DANNY PALMER It’s October, which means it’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month. GRAHAM CLULEY Oh no, the one month of the year we have…
OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with traffic
The publisher of Wikipedia said Monday that OpenAI agents attempted to hack a note-taking tool it hosts, made unauthorized edits, and sent…
MCP for agent-to-agent comms may be the riskiest protocol you’ve never heard of
Skip to content Trust gaps in the new protocol spread malicious prompts from one agent to another. The adoption of AI agents…
Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents
Apple says it is changing its macOS privacy settings to stop third-party app developers from misusing them to access message histories. Friday’s…
Smashing Security podcast #486: Vibe-coded shops, and hackable Flock cameras
DAVE BITTNER I have to say, what this reminds me of is there was a glitch on Amazon for a while. I…
Microsoft disrupts AI-assisted platform that compromised 12,000 accounts
Microsoft said Tuesday that it led an industry-wide disruption of a subscription-based scam platform that used an AI chatbot to compromise 12,000…
Muse, Meta’s extraordinarily privileged AI assistant, has a serious 0-day
A simple ClickFix attack is only one way to completely hijack the new agent. Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has gone…