Apate sends AI agents undercover to get scammed so they can gather fraud intelligence

Most companies use AI agents to ship products faster or speed up workflows. Apate.ai sends them undercover to get scammed.

Android is using AI to suss out scammers in Google Messages
Android is using AI to suss out scammers in Google Messages

Android is introducing new scam defense features that aim to make it easier for users to evade mobile fraud, including bolstered protection in Google Messages and additional safeguarding tools. Building on the Scam Detection feature in Google Messages, a new “enhanced protection” setting will be rolling out in the coming weeks that taps into cloud-based […]

Anthropic’s self-replicating AI warning is alarming deja vu
Anthropic’s self-replicating AI warning is alarming deja vu

Are legions of smart devices – fridges, ovens, vacuum cleaners, lawnmowers, security cameras, and TVs – conspiring to take over the internet? No. But they could soon be unwitting hosts to self-replicating AI models that spread from device to device and prove remarkably difficult to contain. Welcome to the unsettling world of AI worms, where, […]

‘123456’ password was the only thing standing between hacker and data of 8.8 million people

Three accounts were using the same weak password, allowing a threat actor to rummage through files for ten days.

Windows update patches a whopping 1,400 security bugs –  including 2 zero days

This month’s update also marks the first official one for Windows 11 26H2 and the end of support for Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro.

European Commission plans to use AI to respond faster to cyberattacks
European Commission plans to use AI to respond faster to cyberattacks

According to a document obtained by Politico, the European Commission’s IT department wants to use AI to fight back against the most dangerous cyberattacks. DG DIGIT, the Commission’s IT department, wrote the paper, though it is undated, and it explain…

Justice Department says North Koreans have infiltrated dozens of U.S. companies

U.S. authorities warn that sanctioned hackers are increasingly targeting Americans to act as facilitators between breached U.S. companies and Pyongyang.