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94 articles tagged Cybersecurity
US lets Anthropic release Mythos AI to 'trusted' firms
Washington has partially reversed its suspension of Anthropic's Mythos model, allowing access for more than 100 vetted US organisations amid transparency concerns.
Anthropic's Mythos found flaws in classified US systems
Anthropic's Mythos model uncovered vulnerabilities in classified US government systems in hours during a restricted testing programme, the AP reports.
Anthropic releases Fable 5 to public, keeps Mythos restricted
Anthropic has made its Fable 5 model publicly available while keeping the more powerful Mythos 5 restricted to about 200 vetted organisations on security grounds.
Anthropic: AI is arming low-skill hackers with expert tactics
Anthropic mapped 832 banned accounts to the MITRE ATT&CK framework, finding AI lets less-skilled attackers run techniques once reserved for experts.
Cisco builds AI agents to defend IT against AI attacks
Cisco's new Cloud Control lets firms deploy AI defender agents against AI-driven cyber threats, with an OpenAI Codex-powered marketplace to build them.
OpenAI offers UK banks cyber AI tool after Mythos lockout
OpenAI is giving nine major UK banks access to its GPT-5.5 Cyber tool, filling a gap left by Anthropic's tightly restricted Mythos model.
IBM commits $5bn to securing open-source software
IBM is committing $5bn to Project Lightwell, deploying engineers and AI tools to secure open-source software across the supply chain, with a commercial launch in 30 days.
Anthropic's Project Glasswing surfaces 10,000+ critical vulnerabilities
Anthropic and ~50 partners using Claude Mythos Preview have surfaced over 10,000 high- or critical-severity vulnerabilities in the world's most systemic software.
BT Business launches Crowdstrike-powered AI cyber tools for UK SMEs
BT cites a 300% rise in malicious scanning and £3,550 average breach cost as it offers SMEs AI threat protection and a free Cyber Support Hub.
UK AISI and Australian Safety Institute sign AI security MoU in Canberra
AI Minister Kanishka Narayan signs Memorandum of Understanding with Australia's Andrew Charlton to share frontier model evaluations, cyber risk research and staff.
BaFin launches 'IT spotlight' AI cyber inspections of German financial firms
Germany's BaFin warns AI cyber risks are 'substantial' and announces targeted 'IT spotlight' inspections of financial firms — a likely template for the FCA and PRA.
Malware planted in Mistral AI Python package via PyPI supply-chain attack
Microsoft Threat Intelligence says attackers inserted credential-stealing malware into a Mistral AI software download on PyPI, linked to the spreading 'Shai-Hulud' worm campaign.
Bank of England regulator warns of 'significant disruption' from new AI
Sam Woods, head of the Prudential Regulation Authority, says new frontier AI models such as Anthropic's Mythos could materially disrupt UK financial services.
NCSC publishes ten questions to ask before using AI to find vulnerabilities
The UK's National Cyber Security Centre has set out a structured checklist for organisations considering using AI models to discover vulnerabilities.
IMF warns AI cyber attacks could trigger global financial crisis
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey and UK cyber minister Baroness Lloyd are among UK officials backing the IMF's warning on AI-enabled cyber risk.
NCSC and Five Eyes partners issue joint warning on agentic AI risks
The UK NCSC has co-signed an international advisory on agentic AI risks across critical infrastructure and defence, urging layered defences and incremental deployment.
UK research: cybercriminals struggling to make AI tools work for them
Edinburgh, Strathclyde and Cambridge researchers analyse 100m dark-web posts and find AI tools mostly help already-skilled hackers, not script kiddies.
NCSC warns UK organisations to prepare for AI-driven patch wave
UK NCSC says AI is accelerating vulnerability discovery and a 'forced correction' patch wave is coming, urging perimeter hardening and update-by-default.
Only 10% of UK small businesses give staff AI security training, survey finds
MoneySuperMarket survey of 250 UK SMBs reveals 44% worry AI exposes them to cyber threats but few invest in formal training; Scotland leads adoption.
AI bot attacks rise 10x in a year, with UK third-most targeted nation
Thales 2026 Bad Bot Report: AI-driven daily attacks jump from 2m to 25m. Bots now make up 53% of web traffic; bad bots 40%. UK ranks third for attack volume.
ECB to quiz eurozone bankers on Anthropic Mythos cyber risk
European supervisors gather intelligence on Mythos model threats to banking as Trump, BoE and Canadian regulators echo cyber alarm.
Bank of England's Bailey names Anthropic's Mythos as cyber risk to financial system
BoE Governor Andrew Bailey tells Columbia audience regulators must urgently understand whether Mythos can identify exploitable vulnerabilities in banking systems.
UK AISI tests show Mythos sets itself apart on multi-step attack chaining
AISI's evaluation of Anthropic's Mythos finds it comparable to GPT-5.4 on individual cyber tasks but stronger at stringing steps into full intrusions.
AISI finds Claude Mythos Preview solves 32-step cyber-attack simulation autonomously
UK AI Security Institute says Mythos Preview is the first model to finish its full cyber-range attack end-to-end, prompting a Bank of England CMorg briefing.
Goldman Sachs CEO 'hyper-aware' of Anthropic Mythos cyber risk as UK regulators convene
David Solomon confirms Goldman is working with Anthropic on Mythos defences as CMorg prepares UK bank CEO meeting on the model's cyber-attack capabilities.
Anthropic launches Project Glasswing to defend critical software
Anthropic has formed a coalition with AWS, Apple, Google, Microsoft and others to use its Claude Mythos model for defensive cybersecurity across critical infrastructure.
Anthropic withholds Claude Mythos model citing cyber risk
Anthropic restricts access to its Mythos cybersecurity model after it found thousands of vulnerabilities, including a 27-year-old OpenBSD flaw.
Royal Cornwall NHS Trust adopts Microsoft Sentinel to defend against cyber attacks
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has moved to Microsoft Sentinel to protect its 200+ sites and 15,000 users across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly from growing cyber threats.
Major AI companies commit $12.5m to tackle open source security crisis they helped create
Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and others fund Linux Foundation grants to help open source maintainers cope with a flood of AI-generated security reports.
AI-powered fraud generates 4.5 times more profit, Interpol finds
Interpol's latest threat assessment reveals that criminals using generative AI for fraud are dramatically more profitable, with agentic AI poised to enable fully autonomous scam campaigns.
McKinsey's AI system hacked, exposing millions of internal messages
A solo cybersecurity researcher used an AI agent to breach McKinsey's in-house AI platform Lilli within two hours, accessing 46.5 million chat messages.
North Korean agents using AI to pose as western IT workers, Microsoft warns
Microsoft threat intelligence reveals North Korean state-backed groups using voice changers, face swap tools, and AI-generated CVs to infiltrate western companies.
Security Researchers Trick Healthcare AI Into Changing Prescriptions and Spreading Misinformation
Red teamers at Mindgard found Doctronic's healthcare AI could be manipulated to alter prescriptions, leak system prompts, and spread medical misinformation with minimal effort.
Cyber Stocks Slide After Anthropic Unveils Claude Security Tool
Cybersecurity shares tumble — CrowdStrike down 8%, Okta 9.2% — after Anthropic launches a Claude-based vulnerability scanner, deepening AI disruption fears.
Microsoft Confirms Copilot Bug Exposed Confidential Emails for Weeks
A bug in Microsoft 365 Copilot allowed the AI to summarise emails marked as confidential, bypassing data loss prevention policies.
Researchers Find 40,000 Exposed OpenClaw Instances on Public Internet
SecurityScorecard found over 40,000 exposed OpenClaw instances, with 63% of deployments vulnerable and nearly 13,000 exploitable via remote code execution.
Generative AI Becomes Frontline Defence in Banking Fraud Detection
Banks deploy deep generative models to combat AI-powered fraud, reporting up to 90% reduction in false positives as fraud losses continue rising.
Researchers Warn Open-Source AI Models Vulnerable to Criminal Misuse
Joint SentinelOne and Censys research reveals thousands of open-source LLM deployments operating without guardrails, creating security risks for spam, phishing and disinformation.
65% of Leading AI Companies Leak Secrets on GitHub
Wiz research finds nearly two-thirds of Forbes top 50 AI firms exposed tokens, API keys, and credentials in GitHub repositories, with half failing to respond to disclosure.
Many Companies Haven't Assessed Agentic AI Risks, Survey Reveals
Significant gap between AI agent deployment and risk assessment emerges, with organisations implementing autonomous systems before establishing governance frameworks and security protocols.