SAN FRANCISCO — Leaders of various federal research agencies and departments outlined a vision Tuesday for the future of critical infrastructure security, emphasizing the promise of combining formal software development methods with large language models (LLMs). Acting DARPA Director Rob McHenry told an audience at the RSAC 2025 Conference that such a combination could “virtually…
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Developers Beware: Slopsquatting & Vibe Coding Can Increase Risk of AI-Powered Attacks
Slopsquatting and vibe coding are fueling a new wave of AI-driven cyberattacks, exposing developers to hidden risks through fake, hallucinated packages.
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Symantec Uses OpenAI Operator to Show Rising Threat of AI Agents
Symantec threat researchers used OpenAI’s Operator agent to carry out a phishing attack with little human intervention, illustrating the looming cybersecurity threat AI agents pose as they become more powerful. The agent learned how to write a malicious PowerShell script and wrote an email with the phishing lure, among other actions. The post Symantec Uses…
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CISA’s AI cybersecurity playbook calls for greater collaboration, but trust is key to successful execution
As autonomous agents increasingly enter organizations, nation-state actors are turning to these AI-powered technologies to undermine our national security and critical infrastructures. As a result, today’s security teams need to be able to fight AI with AI, and understand the technology’s implications from both a defensive and offensive perspective. Similarly, our national defenses have to…
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5 Emerging AI Threats Australian Cyber Pros Must Watch in 2025
AI cloning and deepfakes rank among the top challenges for Australian cybersecurity professionals in 2025.
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Six Friends Every Security Team Needs
Around the year 1900, an author (Rudyard Kipling) wrote a poem called “The Elephant’s Child.” In it, he writes: “I keep six honest serving men They taught me all I knew Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who.” Little did Kipling know that these six friends would someday…