Cybersecurity

Oct 30, 2026

Ransomware Operator n0n Spent Over $7,200 on AI Tools in Extortion Attacks

SOCRadar found that a n0n ransomware operator used more than $7,200 in AI services to write and debug attack scripts while targeting 23 organizations.

Oct 30, 2026

AvalonX launches penetration testing platform with up to $10 million

AvalonX emerged from stealth with an AI powered penetration testing platform and up to $10 million in funding from Ridown Capital.

Oct 30, 2026

GLM 5.3 exploits Firefox patch gap to steal local files

Epoch AI found that GLM 5.3 could turn published Firefox security fixes into working exploits before updates reached users.

Oct 30, 2026

Cursor Removes Malicious Claude Code Extension, Warns Up to 5,000 Users

Cursor removed a malicious version of the Claude Code extension that attempted to install a persistent SSH backdoor. Up to 5,000 users may have installed the package.

Oct 30, 2026

ECCC Launches €42 Million AI Cybersecurity Project Cluster

The European Cybersecurity Competence Centre launched three generative AI cybersecurity projects involving more than 70 partners across Europe.

Oct 30, 2026

Canada's Biggest Banks Block AI Agents From Customer Accounts

RBC, TD, CIBC and BMO will block personal AI agents from directly accessing authenticated customer accounts, citing security, privacy and fraud risks.

Oct 30, 2026

Attacker impersonates 32 AI bots to hunt for credentials

Cequence Security tracked an attacker posing as AI bots from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Perplexity and other companies while searching for passwords, API keys and cloud credentials.

Oct 29, 2026

Hugging Face Malware Campaign Returns After Takedown

A campaign using malicious model repositories to install cryptocurrency miners and backdoors returned within days of a takedown. Researchers linked 31 repositories to more than 32,000 downloads.

Oct 29, 2026

Eclypsium Shows Hacked AI Hardware Can Alter Chatbot Answers

Eclypsium researchers showed that access to AI server hardware could let attackers modify model weights and produce unsafe answers when key memory protections are disabled.

Oct 29, 2026

Fake Anthropic AI preview invites target Google and Microsoft accounts

A phishing campaign uses invitations to a private Anthropic AI preview to steal Google and Microsoft account details. The attack uses legitimate services, shortened links and two CAPTCHA checks to avoid automated analysis.

Oct 29, 2026

Cisco Talos Finds NIK C2 Malware Using OpenAI API

NIK C2 combines Windows surveillance, credential theft, ransomware and access to the OpenAI API. The implant can send stolen data to an AI model from a compromised computer.

Oct 29, 2026

Anthropic Adds Claude Self Assessment to Detect Misuse

Claude can now assess conversations for potentially harmful requests after responding, adding less than 2% to inference compute.

Oct 29, 2026

US Reportedly Investigated Whether Nvidia Customer Executive Was a Chinese Spy

US intelligence agencies reportedly monitored MegaSpeed.Ai executive Alice Huang over concerns about her access to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and ties to China.

Oct 29, 2026

Veracode Finds AI Code Security Pass Rate Rises to 62%

Veracode reports that the average security pass rate for AI generated code rose from 56% to 62%, while the vulnerability rate fell to 38%. Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6-Sol led the tested models with pass rates of 73%.

Oct 29, 2026

AI relay disables safeguards in Codex and Claude Code

Symantec found an unauthorized relay that installs genuine Codex and Claude Code tools, routes requests through its infrastructure, and disables security controls.

Oct 29, 2026

Reco Finds AI Agent Intake Triggers Can Inherit Excessive Access

Reco describes a security issue called a Confused Trigger, in which external input causes an AI agent to act with privileges the submitter does not hold.

Oct 29, 2026

Check Point Launches MHO 200 for AI Data Center Traffic

The Maestro Hyperscale Orchestrator 200 provides 12.8 Tbps of fabric capacity, up to 4.5 Tbps of threat prevention throughput and 400GbE ports.

Oct 29, 2026

Pluto Security finds cryptominers in Hugging Face model repositories

Pluto Security identified a malware campaign that used 28 Hugging Face repositories to distribute cryptocurrency miners and backdoors. The repositories and linked models recorded more than 21,000 downloads.

Oct 29, 2026

Anthropic spent $2.75 million on Dario Amodei's security in 2025

Anthropic spent $2.75 million protecting CEO Dario Amodei in 2025, more than four times his base salary. The company cited heightened security concerns and threats to employees.

Oct 29, 2026

Zhipu AI's GLM-5.3 completes complex cyberattacks in tests

GLM-5.3 completed three of 13 complex cyberattack scenarios at least once in controlled tests by AI security firm Irregular. Separate tests found that the model ignored instructions and reproduced code from memory.

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