Cybersecurity
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Jamie Dimon and Dario Amodei sidestep question about whether the AI cyber ‘freakout’ is warranted
Andrew Ross Sorkin didn’t waste any time getting to the question on many people’s minds this morning when Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei appeared on-stage in Lower Manhattan with Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan and a freshly-minted Anthropic partner. “Is the freakout over AI-enabled cyberattacks warranted?” the CNBC host and veteran New York Times‘ business journalist…
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Disneyland implements facial recognition to keep the lines moving, but guests say they didn’t know it was optional
If you want to visit the “Happiest Place on Earth,” you’ll go through a new gatekeeper first: facial recognition. The Anaheim resort has expanded facial-recognition technology at entrances to Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure after months of limited testing, reads Disney’s privacy notice, in which the company states the intention is to make reentry easier…
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Americans lost $2.1 billion to social media scams last year, 8 times more than in 2020. Facebook alone cost users more than texts and emails combined
The cardinal rule of the Internet is that if it seems too good to be true, it probably is. Unfortunately, some still haven’t learned that lesson—and it clearly hasn’t stopped some of us from falling into traps, especially on social media. Nearly 30% of people who reported losing money to a scam in 2025 said…
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Why the key to American drone dominance lies with blockchain
The drone threat is no longer confined to distant battlefields. It is coming to American soil, and the targets are no longer necessarily military targets. Critical infrastructure – airports, power plants, and major public events, as well as military bases – are all prime targets for anyone looking to unleash chaos and undermine national security.…
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North Korean IT workers are stealing remote jobs and raking in billions—and Americans are helping them do it
This month, a federal judge in Massachusetts sentenced Kejia “Tony” Wang, a 42-year-old husband and father from New Jersey, to nine years in prison for spearheading what prosecutors described as an international fraud operation that placed North Korean IT workers in tech jobs at more than 100 American companies—including Fortune 500 firms. Over the course…
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A group of users leaked Anthropic’s AI model Mythos by reportedly guessing where it was located
The AI model that Anthropic billed as too dangerous to release has reportedly been accessed by an unauthorized third party, and the incident raises concerns about the future of cybersecurity. The Mythos model was reportedly accessed by a handful of users in a private Discord chat on the day it was announced publicly, Bloomberg reported.…
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Exclusive: Artemis raises $70M to help fight AI-powered attacks with AI
Artemis, a new cybersecurity startup trying to help defenders fight AI-powered attacks with AI, emerged from stealth today, securing $70 million in venture capital funding. Felicis led the Series A with returning investors First Round Capital and Brightmind. The round was also joined by Theory VC and prominent cybersecurity industry leaders, including founders of Demisto…
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From Molotov cocktails to data center shutdowns, the AI backlash is turning revolutionary
For years, the resistance to artificial intelligence looked manageable. There were academics writing open letters, Hollywood writers striking over contract language, the think-tank reports warning of job displacement. Tech executives nodded, pledged responsibility, and kept building as fast as they could. Then someone threw a firebomb at Sam Altman’s house. On Friday, a 20-year-old man…
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Anthropic caused panic that Mythos will expose cybersecurity weak spots, but one industry veteran says the real problem is fixing, not finding, them
Anthropic caused an industrywide panic last week when it announced Claude Mythos Preview, an AI model with a knack for uncovering high-level cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Among its achievements, the model found a now-patched weak spot in OpenBSD, an operating system known for its security, that Anthropic claimed went undiscovered for 27 years. It has also found…
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First they went after medtech, then Kash Patel. Iranian hackers’ next target is likely ‘low-hanging fruit’ in water, energy, and tourism, experts say
In late March, photos began appearing online from FBI Director Kash Patel’s past. One photo showed him with a cigar in his mouth. In another, he’s holding a baby. The photos were released as part of a cyberattack on Patel’s personal email that released more than 300 messages dated between 2010 and 2019, as well…