AI threats
33 stories on AI threats, newest first, from 34 briefings. Each is a plain-language summary written here for Australian business, with a link to the original reporting. Where several outlets covered the same event, the rest sit under it as extra coverage.
- AI Is Shrinking the Window on Old Software Flaws, Financial Firms Must Act Faster
- AI Is Supercharging How Fast Hackers Exploit Software Bugs, Google Warns
- AI-Driven Attacker 'JadePuffer' Wipes Out Azure Cloud Resources
- Attackers Hijack Azure Service Accounts to Wipe Cloud Resources
- US Spy Agencies Find No Successful Foreign Hack of 2024 Election, But Influence Campaigns Persist
- UK to Launch National Centre to Counter State-Backed Disinformation
- Microsoft Dismantles 'EvilTokens' AI-Powered Fraud Platform Linked to 12,000 Hacked Inboxes
- Microsoft and UK Police Take Down 'EvilTokens' AI-Powered Phishing Service
- Nearly Half of CISOs Report Deepfake Attacks: Time to Update Your Response Plan
- Record Data Breaches Highlight Australia's Network Security Gap
- AI Agent Used to Breach Spanish Organisation, Alter Personal Data
- New 'RatHat' Android Malware Uses AI to Steal Banking Details
- AI Lets Scammers Send 1 Million Personalized Fraud Emails in Days
- Russian State-Backed Hackers Used Claude AI to Automatically Rebuild Detected Malware
- Harmony Blockchain Weighs Shutdown After Repeated State-Sponsored Attacks
- AI-Powered Cyberattacks Are Coming: Businesses Have Roughly Six Months to Prepare
- AI-Powered Attacks on Latin American Organizations Reveal Attacker Mistakes
- Why Fixing Vulnerabilities in Code Beats Patching in Production
- AI Is Giving Cybercriminals a Speed Advantage, Warns Former Hacker
- AI-Powered Cyberattack Breaches Enterprise Network in Hours, Not Weeks
- AI Tools Can Speed Up Industrial Exploit Development, Researchers Warn
- Vendor Launches Real-Time Vulnerability Scanning as Attackers Exploit Flaws Within Hours
- AI Is Supercharging Cyberattacks — Here's What Small Businesses Can Do Now
- AI Is Helping Hackers Move Faster Than Old-School Security Tools Can Keep Up
- Cybercriminals Get Smarter: AI, Trusted Tools and Old Vulnerabilities Fuel New Wave of Attacks
- Chinese Cybercrime Group Uses AI to Supercharge Attacks on Web Servers
- US Warns of AI-Generated Malware Targeting Critical Infrastructure Systems
- Chinese-Speaking Hackers Deploy AI to Automate Attacks After Breaching Web Servers
- AI-Powered Attacks Target Siemens Industrial Control Systems in Critical Infrastructure
- Unfiltered AI Tool 'Kriminal' Raises Alarms as Cybercrime Enabler
- China-Linked Hackers Use AI to Power Near-Autonomous Cyberattack in APAC
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