The AI Kill Switch Act is repeating the Clipper Chip’s mistakes

Mandating ‘kill switches’ for AI agents would threaten the security of America’s critical infrastructure and undercut U.S. AI leadership. Congress must reject the AI Kill Switch Act.

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100-plus companies call for ‘global surge’ in AI-powered cyber defense

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and others say there’s a narrow “defenders’ window” to strengthen security before AI-powered attacks become more sophisticated.

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Two alleged TeamPCP members arrested and charged after months of software supply-chain chaos

The two men face 14 charges combined. Private researchers traced one suspect through leaked passwords and a decade-old gaming profile.

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OpenAI: Agent behavior that led to Hugging Face intrusion formed in May

The company says the breach stemmed from a systemic failure of alignment and security, and has taken measures to prevent agents from independently orchestrating complex cyberattacks.

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Interpol targets Black Axe’s illicit financial web in latest international sting

The multi-country sting targeted Black Axe financial networks, seizing millions in assets and uncovering Crime-as-a-Service infrastructure across four continents.

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Trump turns to private sector in offensive hacking operations memo

One expert called it a “pretty big shift in U.S. cyber policy,” and there have been reservations in the past about opening the door to private sector involvement in cyber offense.

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Kimwolf botnet rebuilt to survive takedowns, researchers say

Months after police seized its servers and arrested an alleged operator, the Kimwolf botnet is running code that disguises attacks as Chrome traffic and fetches its orders from the Ethereum blockchain.

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Delta investigates in-flight Wi-Fi spoofing on post-DEF CON flight from Las Vegas

The airline deactivated the network after the crew realized someone was messing with the in-flight system. The feds are investigating.

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NATO and an AI startup can now name and track software vulnerabilities

NATO’s cyber defense arm and a startup that uses artificial intelligence to find software flaws can now issue the ID numbers the industry uses to track those flaws, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity announced last week.  The NATO Cyber Security Centre, part of the NATO Communications and Information Agency, and AISLE, a cybersecurity company […]

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UK man tied to The Com sentenced for abusing 117 victims

Justin Swaddle, who was a minor when he committed the crimes, coerced children across multiple countries into self-harm and sexual abuse using threats tied to their personal information, authorities said.

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