Uber Technologies Inc.’s shares declined by 5.3% today after it posted mixed earnings and disappointing guidance. The ride-hailing giant’s revenue grew 12% in the second quarter to $14.19 billion. That’s about $50 million less than what analysts had expected.…
Uber Technologies Inc.s shares declined by 5.3% today after it posted mixed earnings and disappointing guidance.
The ride-hailing giants revenue grew 12% in the second quarter to $14.19 billion. Tha… [+4653 chars]
Google LLC is reshuffling its senior artificial intelligence team, with its Chief Scientist Jeff Dean leaving the company after 27 years and Demis Hassabis, chief executive of Google Deepmind, moving upstairs into a chairman role. He’s also becoming the new C…
Google LLC is reshuffling its senior artificial intelligence team, with its Chief Scientist Jeff Dean leaving the company after 27 years and Demis Hassabis, chief executive of Google Deepmind, moving… [+3897 chars]
Add Meta to the list of companies with AI agents going rogue. An AI model from the parent company of Facebook and Instagram hacked into another company’s systems during cybersecurity testing, a spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday.
Add Meta to the list of companies with AI agents going rogue. An AI model from the parent company of Facebook and Instagram hacked into another companys systems during cybersecurity testing, a spokes… [+1576 chars]
Researchers at security firm Zenity found more than a dozen flaws in AI browsers—and managed to get OpenAI’s Atlas to make an unauthorized Amazon purchase.
OpenAIs Atlas webbrowser could have security protections bypassed and be tricked into spamming dozens of WhatsApp contacts or making unauthorized purchases on Amazon, according to new research presen… [+3696 chars]
For nearly two years, researcher Vangelis Stykas has maintained access to North Korean hackers’ servers. His work shows they pulled off intrusions in a shocking number of systems across the globe.
For years, North Koreas stealthy hackers and scam IT workers have infiltrated companies, stealing corporate secrets and plundering billions in cryptocurrency to help fund the totalitarian regime and … [+4260 chars]
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canadian officials were involved from the outset in the investigation of a Canadian intern accused of spying at NATO's military headquarters in Belgium. His comments suggest Ottawa was not caught off guard, while leaving unansw…
Canadian officials were involved in the investigation of an intern accused of spying at NATO's military headquarters from the outset, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday.
He said "lessons" … [+4739 chars]
Researchers found a backdoor implant that gives servers in China full control over the routers.
Routers made by the Chinese company Zbtlink are shipped with a built-in backdoor, according to a new report from cybersecurity firm VulnCheck.
VulnCheck examined 20 models made by Zbtlink and found … [+2543 chars]
Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 AI model breached an external company's systems during a cybersecurity test, The Information reported, citing people familiar with the matter.The model reportedly gained unauthor...
Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 AI model breached an external company's systems during a cybersecurity test, The Information reported, citing people familiar with the matter.The model reportedly gained unautho… [+69 chars]
Instead of more Americans using the Linux operating system, the sharp increase may be attributable to a different cause.
Linux, a free, open-source operating system, runs most of the internets servers, yet it remains a niche choice on consumer PCs. For years, Linux’s desktop market share in North America generally hove… [+2387 chars]
Graham gets a phone call from the police. Well, someone who sounds convincingly like the police. There's just one small problem: what they really want is the 24-word seed key to Graham's cryptocurrency wallet.
Meanwhile, if you've stayed in a hotel recently,…
You've been listening to Smashing Security with me, Graham Cluley, and I'm ever so grateful to Danny Palmer for joining us again this week. Thank you, Danny.And to this episode's sponsors, Arctic Wol… [+2005 chars]
Models in separate experiments used the channel to exchange exploits as they repeatedly compromised OpenAI systems.
LAS VEGAS OpenAI models created a shared message board inside the companys systems, used it to trade hacking methods and found a way to bring it back after engineers shut it down, company researchers… [+4391 chars]
In the latest example of the technology going rogue, AI software attempted to break into a database 19 times while being tested by the AI Security Institute, Britain's AI watchdog.
Experts warned last night that it may be too late to contain AI after one program was found to have created fake human identities to hack into online systems.
In the latest example of the technology… [+6410 chars]
Meta's AI model hacked another company during cybersecurity testing, The Information reported on Wednesday, marking the latest incident of AI agents of major AI developers breaching other companies.
Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 model breached the unidentified compan…
Meta's AI model hacked another company during cybersecurity testing, The Information reported on Wednesday, marking the latest incident of AI agents of major AI developers breaching other companies.M… [+147 chars]
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said not to make the mistake of treating fast-growing industries as winner-take-all markets because multiple companies can succeed.
CNBC's Jim Cramer said on Wednesday that investors should stop treating the stock market like a winner-take-all game.
"There's room for many companies at each step of the AI food chain. It's not kil… [+2084 chars]
Shares in Block Inc. fell almost 2% in late trading today despite the payments and financial services company beating Wall Street expectations for second-quarter earnings and revenue and raising its full-year outlook for the second consecutive quarter. For th…
Shares in Block Inc. fell almost 2% in late trading today despite the payments and financial services company beating Wall Street expectations for second-quarter earnings and revenue and raising its … [+5810 chars]
As AI agents move from experimental chatbots into production systems, enterprises must rethink agent governance as autonomous actors gain access to sensitive data, tools and business processes that traditional identity and security controls were never designe…
As AI agents move from experimental chatbots into production systems, enterprises must rethink agent governance as autonomous actors gain access to sensitive data, tools and business processes that t… [+4205 chars]
Voters head to the polls in Tennessee on Thursday. This year's primaries come after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the state to redraw its congressional maps. But even as officials are making final preparations, President Trump continues to question el…
Voters head to the polls in Tennessee on Thursday. This years primaries come after the Supreme Court cleared the way for the state to redraw its congressional maps. But even as officials are making f… [+8296 chars]
Shares of cybersecurity company Qualys (NASDAQ: QLYS) looked more than secure on Hump Day, thanks to strong second-quarter results. With that blustery tailwind at its back, the highly specialized tech stock rose by nearly 14% in price that trading session.
Do…
Shares of cybersecurity company Qualys (NASDAQ: QLYS) looked more than secure on Hump Day, thanks to strong second-quarter results. With that blustery tailwind at its back, the highly specialized tec… [+132 chars]
Aug 5 : Meta said on Wednesday that one of its AI models hacked another company during cybersecurity testing, after an error by its testing partner gave the model unintended internet access.The incident adds to a growing list of cases in which AI agents from …
Aug 5 : Meta said on Wednesday that one of its AI models hacked another company during cybersecurity testing, after an error by its testing partner gave the model unintended internet access.
The inc… [+2035 chars]
Aug 5 : Meta's Muse Spark AI model hacked another company during cybersecurity testing, The Information reported on Wednesday.The model breached the company's systems and made changes to its internal systems due to a misconfiguration, the Information said, ci…
Aug 5 : Meta's Muse Spark AI model hacked another company during cybersecurity testing, The Information reported on Wednesday.
The model breached the company's systems and made changes to its intern… [+148 chars]
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. On an afternoon in mid-May, dozens of Microsoft engineers and their managers gathered online and in a conference room at the company’s Redmond, Washington, headqua…
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This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license.
On an afternoon in mid-May, dozens of Microsoft engineers and th… [+12568 chars]
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Beyond Meat, Inc. (NASDAQ: BYND), otherwise known as Beyond The Plant Protein Company™ (the “Company” or “Beyond Meat”), today reported financial results for its second quarter ended June 27, 2026.
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Aug. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Beyond Meat, Inc. (NASDAQ: BYND), otherwise known as Beyond The Plant Protein Company (the Company or Beyond Meat), today reported financial resu… [+96533 chars]
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Routine cybersecurity testing of frontier AI models sparked a series of unexpected security incidents -- the most serious case arising when Anthropic's Mythos 5 model attempted to insert malicious code in…
Routine cybersecurity testing of frontier AI models sparked a series of unexpected security incidents -- the most serious case arising when Anthropic's Mythos 5 model attempted to insert malicious co… [+1796 chars]
A malicious change was made to the legitimate QuickFox VPN installer, allowing it to secretly download a backdoor onto Windows PCs, according to Fortinet.
A VPN program from China was secretly tampered with to deliver malware to unsuspecting users, according …
A VPN program from China was secretly tampered with to deliver malware to unsuspecting users, according to researchers at cybersecurity vendor Fortinet.
The attack targeted Windows installations fo… [+2065 chars]
Routine cybersecurity testing of frontier AI models sparked a series of unexpected security incidents—the most serious case arising when Anthropic’s Mythos 5 model attempted to insert malicious code into an open source software application and created fake id…
Routine cybersecurity testing of frontier AI models sparked a series of unexpected security incidents—the most serious case arising when Anthropic’s Mythos 5 model attempted to insert malicious code … [+1787 chars]
