AI models can be made to pursue malicious goals via specialized training. Teaching AI models about reward hacking can lead to other bad actions. A deeper problem may be the issue of AI personas.

Plus: State-sponsored AI hacking is here, Google hosts a CBP face recognition app, and more of the week’s top security news. The United States issued a seizure warrant to Starlink this week related to ...

Halloween’s scare came late for the crypto industry. Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Balancer (BAL) has been hit by one of the biggest crypto hacks of 2025, with more than $116 million stolen ...

About a week ago, if you searched for [disney account] and looked at the Disney search result listing in Google Search, you'd see a sitelink that reads, "Black hat SEO approaches..." And guess what, ...

The ClickFix social engineering tactic is rising in popularity. Microsoft said this initial access method was recorded in 47% of attacks. Traditional phishing protections won't work. Changing your ...

There's a broader concern coming out of the Discord breach. Credit: Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Seventy-thousand. That's the number of users who may have had their ...

AI agents are automating key parts of the attack chain, threatening to tip the scales completely in favor of cyber attackers unless new models of AI-assisted cyberdefense arise. AI agents are now ...

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This TikTok hack promises to clean your car engine for just $10—but does it actually work? TikToker STONERMANE UNCUT (@stonermaneuncut) explained the hack that “mechanics don’t want you to know” in a ...

A notorious predominantly English-speaking hacking group has launched a website to extort its victims, threatening to release about a billion records stolen from companies who store their customers’ ...

Is Hacks ending after season 5 or not? Hannah Einbinder began her Emmy night by telling Variety on the red carpet that season 5 will mark the last season of Hacks. But she quickly tempered those ...