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AI now operates inside live cyberattacks, Black Hat researchers warn

The annual Black Hat USA conference, held August 1–6 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, delivered a stark message to the cybersecurity industry: artificial intelligence has moved from a theoretical threat amplifier to an active participant in real-world cyberattacks, and…

Researcher who hacked North Korean hackers found 1,640 firms breached

A Greece-based cybersecurity researcher spent nearly two years inside the infrastructure used by North Korean hackers, discovering that 1,640 companies across 57 countries had been compromised by the regime's cyber operations. Vangelis Stykas, CTO at cybersecurity firm Kumio, presented his…

Ex-NSA cyber chief calls Hugging Face breach most consequential hack since 1988

A former National Security Agency cybersecurity director declared the Hugging Face breach "the most consequential hack" since the 1988 Morris Worm, warning Wednesday that AI-powered attackers now move so fast that organizations may need to accept untested security patches rather…