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The $6.3 Billion Hack Started With a Job Interview. It Ended With the Company’s Own AI.
Binance’s account of the October 29 crypto theft has changed. It was not, as the first explanation suggested, one compromised laptop and a quick move against the company’s wallets. Co-CEO…
The Fake Claude Code Extension Was Live for 11 Hours. The Backdoor Is Still on Some Machines.
On October 29, a malicious version of Anthropic’s Claude Code extension was available through Cursor’s VS Code Extension Marketplace for about 11 hours. Cursor says up to 5,000 people downloaded…
When AI Finds a Flaw, Who’s Responsible for Fixing It Before Someone Exploits It?
AI finding a software vulnerability sounds like good news. Until the details escape, attackers start testing the flaw, and the people running the vulnerable systems discover they have to patch…
Malware That Bills Your OpenAI Account, 26,400 Live Keys in Public Code, and 32 Fake AI Bots: Your Identity Is the New Attack Tool
The new malware framework can bill AI requests to a victim’s OpenAI account. Photo via Unsplash. Three cybersecurity stories published today, October 29, share an uncomfortably practical theme: attackers are…
Anthropic Says AI Could End Humanity. Its Stock Listing Depends on You Believing It Won’t.
The existential-risk warning is now part of a securities filing for a company preparing to sell shares. Photo via Unsplash. Anthropic publicly filed its S-1 registration statement on Monday, October…
One Hacker, $5,000, and an Army of AI Agents Just Hit John Deere, SharkNinja and Cummins. The Script Kiddie Era Is Over.
The intrusion plan fit in fewer than 100 Chinese characters. The hardware doing the breaking was someone else’s laptop. Photo via Unsplash. A single hacker used AI agents to break…