Chinese Hackers Use AI Agents in Multi-Country Cyber Campaign
Chinese Hackers Use AI Agents in Multi-Country Cyber Campaign Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2026 Hunt.io uncovered a Chinese-speaking campaign using...
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AI Coding Agents Are Installing Unknown/Untrusted Code on Corporate Networks
AI Coding Agents Are Installing Unknown/Untrusted Code on Corporate Networks We cannot forget that AI coding agents are not yet...
Smashing Security podcast #483: This AI helps thieves steal your iPhone
You’ve had your iPhone stolen. A day later, you get a text from Apple saying they’ve found it, and a...
OpenAI Astra Brings Autonomous Zero-Day Exploitation to AI
OpenAI Astra Brings Autonomous Zero-Day Exploitation to AI Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2026 OpenAI says Astra can autonomously find zero-days...
AI Agents Are Now Emailing Me with Their Security Concerns
AI Agents Are Now Emailing Me with Their Security Concerns I received the two emails below earlier in the month....
$536 and 8 Hours: AI Learns to Attack a Different PLC
$536 and 8 Hours: AI Learns to Attack a Different PLC Pierluigi Paganini September 02, 2026 Experts got Claude to...
Rewiring Democracy Series on The Renovator
Rewiring Democracy Series on The Renovator Nathan E. Sanders and I are writing a series of essays on real-world examples...
Hiding Prompt Injection in Legal Filing
About Bruce SchneierI am a public-interest technologist, working at the intersection of security, technology, and people. I've been writing about...
AI Governance Has a Control Problem, Not a Policy Problem
Autonomy is scaling faster than assuranceConsider a relatively simple AI agent. It might be able to:Read information from internal systems Search...
AI Doesn’t Mean the End of Mathematics—at Least Not Yet
AI Doesn’t Mean the End of Mathematics—at Least Not Yet This essay was written with Kasra Rafi, and originally appeared...
Ring’s New TAKE Encryption Deletes Video Keys Without Giving Up AI Features
Ring has a new answer to a difficult security-camera trade-off: keeping cloud-powered intelligence without retaining long-term access to the keys...
LLM-Based Social Engineering Scams
LLM-Based Social Engineering Scams OpenAI disrupted a social engineering group from Cambodia that used ChatGPT. Its scope is impressive: The...
Spyware for Babies
Spyware for Babies The New York Times has a long article (alt link) on surveillance systems aimed at babies. They...
When the Algorithm Fires You: Uber Faces €825M Fine
When the Algorithm Fires You: Uber Faces €825M Fine Pierluigi Paganini August 25, 2026 Uber faces an €825M GDPR fine...
Black Hat State of Security Vendors
Black Hat State of Security Vendors Andy Ellis has a roundup of the security vendors at Black Hat this year....
