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DEF CON 34 opens today: AI agents graduate from novelty to standard hacking weapon

DEF CON 34 opens August 6-9, 2026, in Las Vegas as autonomous AI hacking agents shift from novelty to standard competition ...

I Usually Laugh Off These AI Hacking Reports, but This One Sounds Serious and Scary

But another report from Tuesday, this one from AISI, involves Anthropic and OpenAI agents engaging in what AISI calls ...

OpenAI blamed a hacking event on its AI models gone rogue. Here is what to know

The incident is stirring debates over the need for stronger AI guardrails and the extent to which AI agents are capable of acting on their own.
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Now, defenders are embracing the prompt injection, too

Prompt injections, the malicious commands attackers embed into content to entice large language models to follow them, have been attackers’ go-to tool for turning AI platforms against their users. A ...

Hidden prompts can secretly rewrite an AI’s memory, and researchers say that’s a serious problem

Researchers have demonstrated GhostWriter, a new attack that secretly injects false memories into AI agents, influencing future responses and autonomous actions. The Latest Tech News, Delivered to You ...
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What are 'context bombs'? Get familiar with the new cybersecurity tool.

Researchers have found a new tool to stop AI hacking agents called context bombs. Credit: Manuel Breva Colmeiro / Getty Images AI hacking agents are becoming a growing problem online. Bad actors have ...
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OpenAI blamed a hacking event on its AI models going rogue. Here are some things to know

ChatGPT maker OpenAI says it is still investigating the "unprecedented cyber incident" that led its artificial intelligence systems to break out of a testing environment and hack into another AI ...