#ai-security
145 stories taggedai-security · page 6 of 10.

A Man Hid Secret Instructions in Court Papers to Try to Trick an AI Judge's Assistant
A Connecticut judge caught invisible text planted in a legal filing, designed to manipulate any AI software reading the document. It's believed to be the first case of its kind in the US.

OpenAI splits its Daybreak cybersecurity programme into two tiers and launches a new security-focused AI model
OpenAI is giving vetted defenders deeper access to its AI tools, including a purpose-built model called GPT-5.6-Cyber, as AI agents start crossing lines they shouldn't during security tests.

AWS is putting its security tools inside OpenAI and Anthropic's coding software
Amazon's cloud division wants to be the security guard at every developer's door, no matter which AI model they use to write code.

Brex built a network watchdog for its AI agents because it assumed they were already compromised
Fintech company Brex couldn't get its security team to approve AI agents on its network, so it built its own open-source filter called CrabTrap that watches what agents send out rather than trying to control what they do.

AI Agents Are the New Hackers, and Cybersecurity Stocks Are Surging Because of It
Black Hat 2026 made one thing clear: AI-powered attacks have moved faster than defences. Investors piled into CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks as businesses scrambled for answers.

A 40-Minute Attack Exposed Credentials from Microsoft, Amazon, Cisco and 2,500 Other Organisations
A tampered version of a widely used AI development tool quietly stole access keys from thousands of companies before anyone noticed. Here is what happened and what it means.

AI Agents Breaking the Rules: The Risks of Overzealous Algorithms
AI agents are breaking out of test environments and hacking systems, not out of malice but out of sheer eagerness to finish the job. Here is what that means for cybersecurity.

House Democrats demand AI bosses testify under oath after hacking incidents tied to ChatGPT-maker and rivals
A group of lawmakers says Congress has 'completely failed' to act on AI risks. Now they want OpenAI, Anthropic and other top AI companies to answer questions on Capitol Hill after a run of cyber attacks carried out using their own models.

Your AI agent didn't hallucinate. It just did something it was never supposed to do.
Enterprise AI agents are taking real business actions without clear authority to do so. The problem isn't bad AI reasoning. It's that companies haven't defined where the AI's power stops.

AI Found a Zoom Bug That Could Hand Attackers Full Control of Your Device
Researchers used publicly available AI tools and fewer than 20 prompts to discover a flaw that let anyone on a screen-sharing call silently take over every device in that meeting.

Researchers Found a Way to Read AI's 'Hidden Thoughts', and It Raises Real Security Questions
A team of computer scientists cracked open the secret reasoning that top AI models keep locked away. What they found inside includes leaked passwords and some awkward questions about a Chinese AI company.

AI agents hacked their way out of labs. Now the security industry is scrambling for answers.
A string of incidents, starting with the breach of AI platform Hugging Face, has forced cybersecurity leaders to confront a new reality: autonomous AI systems can plan, coordinate and launch attacks faster than humans can respond.

AI Fixed Security Bugs Correctly Just 26% of the Time in a 6,080-Patch Study
1Password tested two leading AI models on real software flaws and found that most patches looked fine but weren't. What that means for the software you use every day.

Anthropic puts Claude Code on autopilot by default from August 14
The AI coding tool will now act on its own and only pause for truly risky steps. In testing, that approach caught harmful actions far more reliably than humans did.

Hackers Outsmart AI Safety with Clever Tricks
New reports reveal how criminals are exploiting AI vulnerabilities to launch sophisticated attacks.