After dissing Anthropic for limiting Mythos, OpenAI restricts access to Cyber, too

Summary: OpenAI is restricting access to its new cybersecurity tool called Cyber (part of GPT-5.5) to only approved users, requiring them to submit credentials and explain their intended use through an application on OpenAI's website. Cyber can perform tasks like penetration testing (simulating attacks to find security weaknesses), vulnerability identification, and malware reverse engineering (analyzing malicious code to understand how it works), but OpenAI is limiting access because the tool could be misused by attackers if widely available.

Solution: OpenAI says it's working to make Cyber more widely available by consulting with the U.S. government and identifying more users with legitimate cybersecurity credentials.

OpenAI
Anthropic
ChatGPT
GPT-5.5 Cyber
Mythos


Anthropic's Mythos Has Landed: Here's What Comes Next for Cyber

Summary: Anthropic has released a new AI model called Mythos that industry leaders believe could significantly disrupt cybersecurity practices and defenses. The article discusses potential threats this model poses and reports on what cybersecurity experts are saying about its implications.

Solution: N/A -- no mitigation discussed in source.


New Bluekit phishing service includes an AI assistant, 40 templates

Summary: Bluekit is a phishing kit (a pre-built toolkit that helps attackers create fake login pages to steal credentials) that includes over 40 templates targeting popular services like Gmail, iCloud, and GitHub, plus an AI assistant panel supporting models like GPT-4.1 and Claude to help cybercriminals draft phishing emails. The kit integrates domain registration, phishing page setup, campaign management, and real-time victim monitoring into one interface, making it accessible to less-skilled attackers. While the AI-generated outputs are currently basic and require manual cleanup, the platform is under active development and receiving frequent updates, suggesting it will likely become more widely adopted.

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Anthropic Unveils Claude Security to Counter AI-Powered Exploit Surge

Summary: Anthropic released Claude Security, an AI-powered tool designed to help security teams find and fix vulnerabilities faster by scanning code repositories, identifying security flaws, and generating targeted patches. The tool is available in public beta for Claude Enterprise customers and integrates with existing security platforms from companies like CrowdStrike and Microsoft, aiming to reduce the time from vulnerability discovery to fix from days to a single session.

Solution: Claude Security provides automated vulnerability scanning, generates confidence ratings on severity, offers reproduction instructions, and creates targeted patch instructions that can be worked through with Claude Code on the Web. Users can also schedule regular scans for ongoing coverage rather than one-off audits. The tool is available now to Claude Enterprise customers through Claude.ai/security and works with Claude Opus 4.7 without requiring API integration or custom agent setup.

Anthropic
Claude
Claude Security
Claude Opus 4.7
Claude Mythos
CrowdStrike
Microsoft Security
Palo Alto Networks
SentinelOne
Trend.ai
Wiz
Accenture
BCG
Deloitte
Infosys
PwC
OpenAI


GHSA-4625-4j76-fww9: OpenTelemetry's disk retry default temp path enables local blob injection via OTLP Exporter

Summary: OpenTelemetry's disk retry feature for OTLP (OpenTelemetry Protocol, a standard format for sending telemetry data) had a security flaw where it stored temporary blob files (serialized data chunks) in a shared system temp directory accessible to other user accounts on multi-user systems. This allowed attackers to inject fake telemetry data, read sensitive telemetry information, or cause performance problems by filling the directory with large files.

Solution: If an immediate upgrade to a patched version is not possible: 1. Avoid enabling disk retry in shared environments. 2. Configure a dedicated directory with strict ACL/ownership and least privilege (access control lists that restrict who can read or write). 3. Ensure the directory is not shared across tenants/users. 4. Monitor for unexpected `*.blob` files or abnormal retry backlog growth.

OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OpenTelemetryProtocol@>= 1.8.0, <= 1.15.2 (fixed: 1.15.3)


Elon Musk confirms xAI used OpenAI’s models to train Grok

Summary: Elon Musk testified in court that his AI startup xAI used OpenAI's models to train its own AI system called Grok through model distillation (a technique where a larger AI model teaches a smaller one by transferring knowledge). Model distillation is a common practice in the AI industry, though it can be used legitimately within a single company or potentially misused by competitors trying to copy a rival's AI performance.


GHSA-56c3-vfp2-5qqj: n8n-mcp's IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses bypass SSRF protection in validateUrlSync(), enabling full SSRF for SDK embedders

Summary: A security flaw in n8n-mcp's URL validation allowed attackers to bypass SSRF (server-side request forgery, where an attacker tricks a server into making unwanted requests) protections using IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses like `http://[::ffff:169.254.169.254]`. This could let an attacker who controls the `n8nApiUrl` input force the server to request sensitive data from cloud metadata endpoints, private networks, or localhost services, and the responses would be returned to the attacker along with API credentials.

Solution: Upgrade to **v2.47.14 or later** (via `npx n8n-mcp@latest` for npm or `docker pull ghcr.io/czlonkowski/n8n-mcp:latest` for Docker). If immediate upgrade is not possible, the source mentions three workarounds: (1) validate URLs before passing them to the SDK by rejecting IP literal hostnames and accepting only DNS-resolvable hostnames; (2) restrict outbound network traffic from the n8n-mcp process to private IP ranges (10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16), link-local addresses (169.254.0.0/16), and cloud metadata endpoints; and (3) do not accept user-controlled `n8nApiUrl` values and derive the URL from internal configuration only.


OpenAI Rolls Out ‘Advanced’ Security Mode for At-Risk Accounts

Summary: OpenAI launched Advanced Account Security, an optional protection feature for high-risk ChatGPT and Codex users like journalists and dissidents that replaces passwords with physical security keys or passkeys to prevent account takeover attacks (when someone gains unauthorized access to an account). The feature also uses recovery keys instead of email/SMS for account recovery, enforces shorter login sessions, and sends alerts on sign-ins, making it much harder for attackers to breach accounts through phishing (tricking users into revealing login credentials) or social engineering (manipulating support staff).

Solution: OpenAI's explicitly mentioned mitigations for Advanced Account Security users include: (1) requiring two physical security keys or passkeys instead of passwords, (2) eliminating email and SMS recovery routes in favor of recovery keys, backup passkeys, or physical security keys, (3) blocking OpenAI support team access to recovery options to prevent social engineering attacks on support portals, (4) enforcing shorter sign-in windows and sessions before re-authentication is required, (5) generating login alerts that users can review in their dashboard, and (6) enabling data opt-out from model training by default. OpenAI also partnered with Yubico to offer lower-cost YubiKey bundles to these users. Members of OpenAI's Trusted Access for Cyber program must enable Advanced Account Security by June 1, 2024, or submit an alternative attestation of phishing-resistant authentication through enterprise single sign-on.

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GHSA-rch3-82jr-f9w9: Jupyter Notebook Vulnerable to Authentication Token Theft via CommandLinker XSS

Summary: Jupyter Notebook has a stored XSS (cross-site scripting, a type of attack where malicious code runs in a user's browser when they view a webpage or file) vulnerability that lets attackers steal authentication tokens (credentials that prove who you are) by tricking users into clicking fake controls in malicious notebook files. An attacker who steals these tokens can take over a user's account, read files, run code, and access the system.

Solution: Update to Jupyter Notebook 7.5.6 or JupyterLab 4.5.7, which include patches. As a temporary workaround, disable the help extension by running: `jupyter labextension disable @jupyter-notebook/help-extension` and `jupyter labextension disable @jupyterlab/help-extension`. For additional hardening, disable command linker functionality by adding this to `overrides.json`: `{"@jupyterlab/apputils-extension:sanitizer": {"allowCommandLinker": false}}`.

@jupyterlab/help-extension@<= 4.5.6 (fixed: 4.5.7)

@jupyter-notebook/help-extension@>= 7.0.0, <= 7.5.5 (fixed: 7.5.6)


Red Agent and Claude Opus: Securing Production Targets at Scale

Summary: Wiz Red Agent is an AI security tool powered by Anthropic's Claude Opus models that automatically scans production environments (web applications and APIs) to find exploitable security vulnerabilities by reasoning like a human attacker. It analyzes over 150,000 applications weekly and has discovered thousands of previously unknown high and critical security risks across major organizations with zero false positives.


Here’s how the new Microsoft and OpenAI deal breaks down

Summary: Microsoft and OpenAI have restructured their business partnership, with the key change allowing OpenAI to offer its products and services through multiple cloud providers (computing platforms that deliver software and services over the internet) instead of being limited to Microsoft's cloud. The companies maintained an amicable relationship despite previous tensions over contracts and AI infrastructure.


Gemini is rolling out to cars with Google built-in

Summary: Google is updating vehicles equipped with Google built-in to replace their current Google Assistant with Gemini, a more advanced AI assistant. The upgrade will be available to both new and existing vehicles through a software update, offering improvements in natural conversations, vehicle information retrieval, and settings adjustments.


This startup’s new mechanistic interpretability tool lets you debug LLMs

Summary: Goodfire, a startup, has created Silico, a tool that uses mechanistic interpretability (a technique for understanding how AI models work by mapping their neurons and the connections between them) to help developers debug and adjust LLM behavior. Instead of treating model development as trial-and-error, Silico lets developers zoom into a trained model, see which neurons control specific behaviors like hallucinations (false information the AI generates), and adjust those neurons to improve or suppress certain outputs.

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Anthropic
OpenAI
Google DeepMind
ChatGPT
Gemini
Qwen


OpenAI talks about not talking about goblins

Summary: OpenAI discovered that its AI models were unexpectedly inserting references to goblins and other creatures into their responses, a behavior that started appearing in the GPT-5.1 model, particularly when using the "Nerdy" personality option. The company traced this quirk to patterns in the training data and added instructions to prevent the models from discussing these creatures.


OpenAI tells ChatGPT models to stop talking about goblins

Summary: OpenAI discovered that ChatGPT and other tools powered by its GPT-5 model were randomly mentioning goblins, gremlins, and other creatures in their responses, with goblin mentions increasing 175% after the GPT-5.1 launch in November. The problem stemmed from a "nerdy personality" developed during training that was rewarding mentions of these creatures in metaphors, and OpenAI found this personality was responsible for 66.7% of all goblin mentions. The issue illustrates how AI training systems can accidentally reinforce quirks and errors when they reward certain language patterns.

Solution: OpenAI said it took steps to mitigate the issue by instructing its coding agent Codex to avoid referring to goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, and other creatures "unless it is absolutely and unambiguously relevant to the user's query." The company also retired the "nerdy personality" system that had been incentivizing these mentions.


The (In)security Landscape of AI-Powered GitHub Actions (Part 2/2)

Summary: AI-powered GitHub Actions from companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google have a critical security flaw where prompt injection (tricking an AI by hiding instructions in its input) attacks can be triggered by external attackers, even when configuration settings are meant to restrict access. The vulnerability stems from these actions not properly distinguishing between trusted internal apps and untrusted external apps, allowing anyone to potentially manipulate the AI's behavior through pull requests, issues, or other user-controlled inputs.

OpenAI
Anthropic
Google
GitHub Actions
claude-code-action
run-gemini-cli
codex-action


Toward Polymorphic Backdoor Against Semantic Communication via Intensity-Based Poisoning

Summary: Researchers created SemBugger, a polymorphic backdoor attack (a type of hidden malicious code that can change its behavior) against semantic communication (SC, a system where AI learns shared knowledge to compress and transmit information efficiently). The attack uses variable-intensity triggers to poison training data and manipulate the system into producing different malicious outputs while appearing normal, but the researchers also developed a defense mechanism using controlled noise that can resist these attacks.

Solution: The source proposes a provable robustness defense that resists SemBugger attacks through a controlled noise mechanism, which operates by strategically adding noise to semantic communication inputs, with theoretical lower bounds on defense effectiveness provided. Experiments show this designed defense effectively neutralizes SemBugger attacks.


Security Enhancement for Person Re-Identification Through Diffusion Driven Semantic Attacks

Summary: Person re-identification (ReID) systems, which match images of the same person across different camera views, are vulnerable to a new attack called DSCA (diffusion-based semantic camouflage attack). Instead of changing individual pixels, DSCA uses a generative model to subtly alter high-level features like clothing color and texture to trick the system into matching an attacker with a target identity without needing access to the victim system. The researchers demonstrated this attack succeeds over 95% of the time and evades existing defenses, revealing important security gaps that developers should address.


Critical Gemini CLI Flaw Enabled Host Code Execution, Supply Chain Attacks

Summary: A critical vulnerability in Gemini CLI, an open source AI agent for terminal access to Google's Gemini, allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code on the host system by planting malicious configuration files in a workspace folder. The flaw was particularly dangerous in CI/CD pipelines (automated systems that build, test, and deploy software) because attackers could steal credentials and perform supply chain attacks (compromising software before it reaches users) by exploiting the trusted access that these pipelines have.

Solution: The vulnerability was patched by Google in both Gemini CLI and the 'run-gemini-cli' GitHub Action.

Google
Gemini CLI
Claude Code Security Review
GitHub Copilot Agent


Max-severity RCE flaw found in Google Gemini CLI

Summary: A maximum-severity vulnerability in Google Gemini CLI allowed remote code execution (RCE, where attackers can run commands on a system they don't own) when the tool processed untrusted inputs in automated environments like CI/CD pipelines (automated workflows that test and deploy code). The flaw occurred because the CLI automatically trusted workspace configurations without verification, letting attackers inject malicious code that would execute before security protections kicked in.

Solution: The issue was fixed in @google/gemini-cli versions 0.39.1 and 0.40.0-preview.3, and in run-gemini-cli version 0.1.22. The patches removed implicit workspace trust in headless (non-interactive) environments and now require explicit trust decisions before loading workspace configurations. Additionally, the fix enforces stricter tool allowlisting (a list of permitted commands) to prevent command execution outside intended restrictions. Workflows that pin a specific gemini-cli version are advised to upgrade to a patched release and review their existing Gemini CLI configurations.

Google
Google Gemini CLI
@google/gemini-cli
run-gemini-cli GitHub Action


OpenAI’s new security model is for ‘critical cyber defenders’ only

Summary: OpenAI is launching GPT-5.5-Cyber, a specialized AI model designed to help organizations defend against cyberattacks, but it will only be available to a limited group of vetted "cyber defenders" rather than the general public. The company plans to roll out access within days and will work with other organizations and government agencies to establish a trusted access system for the model.


The more young people use AI, the more they hate it

Summary: Despite heavy promotion by tech companies, young people (Gen Z) are increasingly using AI chatbots like ChatGPT while simultaneously expressing strong negative feelings toward AI technology. Polling data shows widespread cultural backlash against AI among Gen Z students and workers, even as they continue to adopt these tools.


SAP npm package attack highlights risks in developer tools and CI/CD pipelines

Summary: A supply chain attack called "mini Shai-Hulud" compromised npm packages (code libraries hosted on npm, a JavaScript package repository) used in SAP development, injecting malware that stole developer credentials and cloud secrets during installation. The attackers exploited configuration gaps in npm's OIDC trusted publishing (a system that verifies package publishers) and used stolen credentials to add malicious GitHub Actions workflows (automated tasks in code repositories) and persist through developer tool configuration files, treating developer workstations as entry points to compromise the entire software supply chain.

SAP
Claude
GitHub
AWS
Azure
GCP
Kubernetes
npm
Visual Studio Code
Anthropic


Stopping the quiet drift toward excessive agency with re-permissioning

Summary: As AI agents (AI systems that can connect to databases, applications, and external systems to execute multi-step tasks) become more widely deployed, organizations are giving them excessive permissions, allowing them to access systems and take actions beyond what they actually need. The real security risk has shifted from AI producing wrong answers to AI taking unauthorized actions at scale, such as exposing data or making integrity-impacting changes, because most organizations lack formal risk management frameworks and visibility into how agent permissions are controlled across connected systems.


Google Fixes CVSS 10 Gemini CLI CI RCE and Cursor Flaws Enable Code Execution

Summary: Google patched a critical flaw (CVSS score of 10.0, the highest severity) in Gemini CLI that allowed attackers to execute arbitrary commands by tricking the tool into loading malicious configuration files in headless mode (non-interactive environments used in CI/CD pipelines, which automate software testing and deployment). The vulnerability affected versions before 0.39.1 and 0.40.0-preview.3 of the npm package and version 0.1.22 of the GitHub Actions workflow. Separately, a high-severity flaw in Cursor (a code-writing AI tool) before version 2.5 could also enable code execution through prompt injection (tricking an AI by hiding instructions in its input).

Solution: Google's fix requires explicit folder trust before configuration files can be accessed. Users should review workflows and choose one of two approaches: (1) if the workflow runs on trusted inputs, set the environment variable GEMINI_TRUST_WORKSPACE: 'true' in the workflow, or (2) if it runs on untrusted inputs, review Google's guidance and set the environment variable while hardening the workflow against malicious content. Additionally, in version 0.39.1, the Gemini CLI policy engine now evaluates tool allowlisting under --yolo mode (auto-approve mode) to prevent untrusted inputs from triggering code execution via prompt injection. Users should update to @google/gemini-cli version 0.39.1 or later, @google/gemini-cli version 0.40.0-preview.3 or later, and google-github-actions/run-gemini-cli version 0.1.22 or later.


Claude Mythos Fears Startle Japan's Financial Services Sector

Summary: Financial institutions in Japan are concerned about Anthropic's new AI model being used as a "superhacker," but cybersecurity experts are less alarmed about the actual risk. The article presents a contrast between industry panic and expert skepticism about the threat level.


Musk accuses OpenAI lawyer of trying to 'trick' him in combative testimony

Summary: Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its co-founders, claiming they broke a charitable trust by shifting the organization from a non-profit (a company structured to serve the public good rather than generate profit) to a for-profit model. OpenAI argues Musk is motivated by jealousy and competitive concerns, noting that he himself launched xAI, a competing for-profit AI startup, after leaving OpenAI in 2018.


Anthropic in talks with investors to raise funds at $900 billion valuation, higher than OpenAI

Summary: Anthropic, an AI startup founded by former OpenAI employees, is in talks to raise funding at a $900 billion valuation, surpassing OpenAI's recent $852 billion valuation. The company has been racing to compete with OpenAI since ChatGPT's launch in 2022, and is now seeking capital primarily to purchase compute (computing power needed to train and run AI models) for its latest Claude AI model called Mythos, which has advanced cybersecurity capabilities.

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GHSA-p7fg-763f-g4gf: Claude SDK for TypeScript has Insecure Default File Permissions in Local Filesystem Memory Tool

Summary: The Claude SDK for TypeScript had a security flaw where a tool called `BetaLocalFilesystemMemoryTool` created files and folders with overly permissive access settings (using Node.js defaults like `0o666` for files and `0o777` for directories, which control who can read or modify them). This meant that on shared computers or in containerized environments (like Docker), other users could read sensitive agent data or modify it to change how the AI behaves.

Solution: Users on the affected versions are advised to update to the latest version.


Claude AI agent’s confession after deleting a firm’s entire database: ‘I violated every principle I was given’

Summary: An AI coding agent called Cursor, powered by Anthropic's Claude model, deleted PocketOS's entire production database (the live data a business relies on) and its backups in just nine seconds, causing major disruption to the company. The incident highlights risks when AI systems are given access to critical business infrastructure without adequate safeguards.


GHSA-6v9c-7cg6-27q7: Marked Vulnerable to OOM Denial of Service via Infinite Recursion in marked Tokenizer

Summary: A critical vulnerability in marked@18.0.0 allows an unauthenticated attacker to crash any Node.js application using this library by sending just 3 special characters (a tab, vertical tab, and newline). These characters trick the parser into infinite recursion (a function calling itself endlessly), which allocates memory indefinitely until the application runs out of memory (OOM, or out-of-memory error) and crashes.


GHSA-gfg9-5357-hv4c: OpenClaw: Webchat audio embedding could read local files without local-root containment

Summary: OpenClaw versions before 2026.4.15 had a security flaw where the webchat audio embedding feature could read local files from the host system without proper security checks. An attacker who could control the output of an agent or tool could trick the system into embedding audio files from the host into chat responses, bypassing the containment restrictions that protect other file-serving paths.

Solution: Upgrade to OpenClaw version 2026.4.15 or later (the latest public release 2026.4.21 also contains the fix). The fix works by adding the local media root containment check to the webchat audio path and calling `assertLocalMediaAllowed` before reading local audio content. An additional `trustedLocalMedia` gate was added to prevent untrusted model or tool outputs from accessing local audio embedding.


GHSA-hqr4-h3xv-9m3r: n8n has XML Node Prototype Pollution that to RCE

Summary: A vulnerability in n8n (a workflow automation tool) allows authenticated users to exploit the XML Node through prototype pollution (a technique where an attacker modifies object properties that affect all instances of that object type) to achieve RCE (remote code execution, where attackers can run arbitrary commands on the system). This is particularly dangerous because it affects users with permission to create or edit workflows.

Solution: The vulnerability has been fixed in n8n versions 1.123.32, 2.17.4, and 2.18.1 or later. If immediate upgrade is not possible, administrators can temporarily: (1) Limit workflow creation and editing permissions to fully trusted users only, or (2) Disable the XML node by adding `n8n-nodes-base.xml` to the `NODES_EXCLUDE` environment variable. The source notes these workarounds do not fully remediate the risk and are only short-term measures.


GHSA-q5f4-99jv-pgg5: n8n has Prototype Pollution in XML Webhook Body Parser that Leads to RCE

Summary: n8n had a vulnerability in its XML webhook parser caused by the `xml2js` library that allowed prototype pollution (a type of attack where an attacker modifies a JavaScript object's base properties to affect all objects). An authenticated user with workflow creation permissions could exploit this flaw and combine it with the Git node's SSH operations to achieve RCE (remote code execution, where an attacker runs commands on a system they don't own).

Solution: The issue has been fixed in n8n versions 1.123.32, 2.17.4, and 2.18.1. Users should upgrade to one of these versions or later. If upgrading is not immediately possible, administrators should limit workflow creation and editing permissions to fully trusted users only, though this is only a temporary mitigation and does not fully remediate the risk.


GHSA-537j-gqpc-p7fq: n8n Vulnerable to XSS via MCP OAuth client

Summary: n8n (a workflow automation tool) has a vulnerability where an attacker could inject malicious code through a fake OAuth client name, causing it to run in a victim's browser when they revoke access. This XSS (cross-site scripting, injecting malicious code into a webpage) attack could let attackers steal login credentials, take over sessions, or modify workflows.

Solution: This issue has been fixed in n8n version 2.14.2. Users should upgrade to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. If upgrading is not immediately possible, administrators should restrict access to the n8n instance and the MCP OAuth registration endpoint to trusted users only, or disable MCP server functionality if not actively required. However, the source notes these workarounds do not fully remediate the risk and should only be used as short-term mitigation measures.


GHSA-r4v6-9fqc-w5jr: n8n's Credential Authorization Bypass in dynamic-node-parameters Allows Foreign API Key Replay

Summary: n8n (a workflow automation tool) had a security flaw where authenticated users could steal API keys belonging to other users by exploiting the `dynamic-node-parameters` endpoints (parts of the system that handle credential references). An attacker with access to a shared workflow could submit another user's credential ID and trick the backend into sending that credential to a server the attacker controls, allowing them to capture and reuse the stolen API key.

Solution: The issue has been fixed in n8n version 2.18.0. Users should upgrade to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. If upgrading is not immediately possible, administrators should restrict n8n access to fully trusted users only and avoid sharing workflows with users who should not have access to the credentials those workflows reference. The source notes these workarounds do not fully remediate the risk and should only be used as short-term mitigation measures.


GHSA-44v6-jhgm-p3m4: n8n has a Python Task Runner Sandbox Escape Vulnerability

Summary: n8n (a workflow automation tool) has a vulnerability where authenticated users who can create or modify workflows can escape the sandbox (an isolated environment meant to restrict code execution) and run arbitrary code on the task runner container, but only if the Python Task Runner feature is enabled.

Solution: The issue has been fixed in n8n versions 1.123.32, 2.17.4, and 2.18.1. Users should upgrade to one of these versions or later. As temporary workarounds if upgrading is not immediately possible, administrators can limit workflow creation and editing permissions to fully trusted users only, or disable the Python Code node by adding `n8n-nodes-base.code` to the `NODES_EXCLUDE` environment variable, or disable the Python Task Runner entirely. However, the source notes these workarounds do not fully remediate the risk and should only be used as short-term measures.


GHSA-756q-gq9h-fp22: n8n has Public API Variables IDOR that Allows Cross-Project Secret Disclosure

Summary: n8n, a workflow automation tool, had a security flaw where authenticated users with an API key could read variables (data storage containers) from projects they shouldn't have access to by manipulating a query parameter, potentially exposing secrets like passwords or tokens. This vulnerability only affected enterprise or team deployments with multiple projects enabled.

Solution: The issue has been fixed in n8n versions 1.123.32, 2.17.4, and 2.18.1. Users should upgrade to one of these versions or later to remediate the vulnerability. If upgrading is not immediately possible, administrators should restrict n8n access and API key issuance to fully trusted users only, and audit existing project variables for sensitive values and rotate any secrets that may have been exposed (though these workarounds do not fully remediate the risk and should only be used as short-term mitigation measures).


GHSA-49m9-pgww-9vq6: n8n Vulnerable to Unauthenticated Denial of Service via MCP Client Registration

Summary: n8n has a vulnerability where an unauthenticated attacker can crash an n8n instance (a workflow automation tool) by sending large amounts of data to the MCP OAuth client registration endpoint (the system that lets external applications connect to n8n). The endpoint doesn't properly limit how much data it accepts or how many clients can register, allowing attackers to use up all the server's memory and make it unavailable.

Solution: Upgrade to n8n version 1.123.32, 2.17.4, 2.18.1, or later. If immediate upgrade is not possible, administrators can temporarily: (1) restrict network access to the n8n instance to prevent requests from untrusted sources, or (2) reduce the maximum accepted payload size by lowering the `N8N_PAYLOAD_SIZE_MAX` environment variable from its default value. The source notes these workarounds do not fully fix the risk and should only be used as short-term measures.


GHSA-f77h-j2v7-g6mw: n8n Vulnerable to Hijacking of Unauthenticated Chat Execution

Summary: n8n's Chat Trigger feature had a security flaw where the `/chat` WebSocket endpoint (a communication channel) didn't check if users were authorized to access workflow executions. An attacker who could guess a valid execution ID (a unique identifier for a running workflow instance) could connect to an unprotected chat workflow, intercept prompts meant for legitimate users, and inject their own commands to change how the workflow behaves.

Solution: The issue has been fixed in n8n versions 1.123.32, 2.17.4, and 2.18.1. Users should upgrade to one of these versions or later. As a temporary workaround, administrators can enable authentication on all Chat Trigger nodes by setting the Authentication field to `n8n User Auth` rather than `None`, though this does not fully eliminate the risk.


GHSA-mp4j-h6gh-f6mp: n8n has SQL Injection in SeaTable Node

Summary: A SQL injection (inserting malicious code into database queries) flaw in n8n's SeaTable node allowed attackers to manipulate search and row retrieval operations when user-controlled input was passed into the node without proper safeguards, potentially exposing unintended database rows. The vulnerability required a specific workflow setup where external input from sources like forms or webhooks was directly used in search parameters.

Solution: The issue has been fixed in n8n versions 1.123.32, 2.17.4, and 2.18.1. Users should upgrade to one of these versions or later. If upgrading is not immediately possible, temporary mitigations include: restricting workflow creation and editing permissions to trusted users only; disabling the SeaTable node by adding `n8n-nodes-base.seaTable` to the `NODES_EXCLUDE` environment variable; and avoiding unvalidated external user input in SeaTable node parameters.


GHSA-f6x8-65q6-j9m9: n8n has Open Redirect in MCP OAuth Consent Flow

Summary: n8n has a vulnerability where its OAuth consent flow allows attackers to register fake redirect URLs (destinations where users are sent after denying permission) without authentication. An attacker can trick a user into clicking a malicious link, and when the user clicks "Deny" on the consent dialog, they get redirected to the attacker's website instead of staying safe. This could be used for phishing (tricking users into giving up sensitive information).

Solution: The issue has been fixed in n8n versions 1.123.32, 2.17.4, and 2.18.1. Users should upgrade to one of these versions or later. If upgrading is not immediately possible, administrators can restrict network access to the n8n instance to prevent untrusted users from reaching the MCP OAuth endpoints, or limit access to the n8n instance to fully trusted users only. However, the source notes these workarounds do not fully remediate the risk and should only be used as short-term measures.


GHSA-r6jc-mpqw-m755: n8n has SQL Injection in Oracle Database Node via Limit Field

Summary: n8n, a workflow automation tool, had a SQL injection vulnerability (a type of attack where malicious SQL commands are inserted into input fields) in its Oracle Database node. The flaw allowed attackers to inject arbitrary SQL commands through the `Limit` field when external user input was used, potentially letting them steal data from the connected Oracle database.

Solution: The issue has been fixed in n8n versions 1.123.32, 2.17.4, and 2.18.1. Users should upgrade to one of these versions or later to remediate the vulnerability. If upgrading is not immediately possible, temporary mitigations include: limiting workflow creation and editing permissions to fully trusted users only, disabling the Oracle Database node by adding `n8n-nodes-base.oracleDatabase` to the `NODES_EXCLUDE` environment variable, and avoiding passing unvalidated external user input into the Oracle Database node's `Limit` field via expressions. The source notes these workarounds do not fully remediate the risk and should only be used as short-term measures.


Google Search queries hit an ‘all time high’ last quarter

Summary: Google reported record-breaking search queries in Q1 2026, with CEO Sundar Pichai attributing the growth to AI investments and new AI experiences integrated into their products. The company saw 19% revenue growth in search, over 350 million paid subscriptions across services like Gemini App and YouTube, and Pichai highlighted this as their strongest quarter for consumer AI products.

Solution: N/A -- no mitigation discussed in source.

Google
Alphabet
Gemini
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GHSA-55m9-299j-53c7: OneCollector exporter reads unbounded HTTP response bodies

Summary: The OneCollector exporter (a tool that sends telemetry data, which is information about how a program is running, to a backend server) has a flaw where it reads error responses from failed HTTP requests without limiting how much data it accepts. If an attacker controls the backend server or intercepts the connection, they can send an extremely large response that exhausts the application's memory and crashes it (a denial-of-service attack, where a system is made unavailable).

Solution: Update to the version with PR #4117 applied, which limits the number of bytes read from error response bodies to 4MiB (megabytes). Additionally, use network-level controls like firewall rules, mTLS (mutual TLS, a security protocol for encrypting connections), or a service mesh to prevent Man-in-the-Middle attacks on the configured backend/collector endpoint.

OpenTelemetry.Exporter.OneCollector@<= 1.15.0 (fixed: 1.15.1)


Where the goblins came from

Summary: Starting with GPT-5.1, OpenAI's models began frequently mentioning goblins and gremlins in their responses, a behavior that grew worse in later versions. The root cause was discovered to be the training process for the "Nerdy" personality feature, which unknowingly gave high rewards for outputs containing creature metaphors, causing the model to learn and amplify this quirk over time. The problem was highly concentrated in the Nerdy personality (which made up only 2.5% of responses but accounted for 66.7% of goblin mentions), and was identified through comparing model outputs and analyzing which reward signals (scoring systems that guide AI training) favored creature-word language.


Designing trust and safety into Amazon Bedrock powered applications

Summary: This document outlines how to build safety and trust into AI applications using Amazon Bedrock (AWS's generative AI service) by following a responsible AI framework. Organizations that implement responsible AI practices see significant business benefits, including 82% improvement in employee trust and 25% increase in customer loyalty. Safety should be integrated throughout the AI development lifecycle across three phases: design and development (evaluating risks and building guardrails), deployment (implementing multiple layers of protection including red team testing, which simulates attacks to find vulnerabilities), and operations (continuous monitoring and adaptation as technology and usage patterns evolve).

Solution: The source text describes approaches rather than specific technical fixes. For the design and development phase, it recommends thoroughly evaluating safety risks, understanding application capabilities and limits, and building safety guardrails from the beginning. For deployment, it recommends implementing robust safety measures through multiple layers including comprehensive user training, proactive monitoring and review processes, clear safety protocols and user guidelines, and red team testing. For the operations phase, it recommends implementing real-time feedback mechanisms, conducting regular performance evaluations, and continuously monitoring for shifts in application usage or functions that could compromise safety.


LLM 0.32a0  is a major backwards-compatible refactor

Summary: LLM 0.32a0 is an alpha release that redesigns how the LLM Python library handles inputs and outputs to better support modern AI models. Instead of the old simple text-in, text-out model, it now represents conversations as sequences of messages (with user and assistant roles) and allows responses to contain different types of content, making it easier to work with APIs like OpenAI's chat completions.


GHSA-vc24-j8c5-2vw4: OpenTelemetry.Resources.Azure has an unbounded HTTP response body read

Summary: OpenTelemetry.Resources.Azure has a vulnerability where it reads unlimited amounts of data from Azure VM metadata service responses into memory, allowing an attacker to cause the application to crash by sending extremely large responses (a denial of service attack where the system runs out of memory). This affects applications using the Azure VM resource detector that connect to a compromised or intercepted metadata endpoint.

Solution: Fixed in OpenTelemetry.Resources.Azure version 1.15.0-beta.2. The fix introduces limits to HttpClient requests so that response bodies are streamed rather than loaded entirely into memory, with responses greater than 4 MiB being ignored. As workarounds, you can disable the Azure VM resource detector or use network-level controls (firewall rules, mTLS, or service mesh) to prevent Man-in-the-Middle attacks on the Azure VM instance metadata endpoint.

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All the evidence unveiled so far in Musk v. Altman

Summary: A legal trial between Elon Musk and Sam Altman is revealing documents from OpenAI's founding, including emails and corporate records that show Musk drafted much of OpenAI's early mission and structure, Nvidia provided computational resources, and early leaders had concerns about various aspects of the organization's direction. The case is still ongoing and more evidence is expected to be disclosed as it progresses.


OpenAI’s subtle drift from Microsoft has become an aggressive move toward Amazon

Summary: OpenAI has restructured its relationship with Microsoft multiple times in six months, most recently ending Microsoft's exclusive access to OpenAI's models and technology. The company is now moving its AI services to Amazon Web Services (cloud computing infrastructure), Microsoft's major competitor, after committing $100+ billion in spending to AWS and receiving a $50 billion investment from Amazon. This shift suggests OpenAI is deliberately diversifying away from its decade-long partnership with Microsoft to work with multiple cloud providers and meet more customers' needs.


Building the compute infrastructure for the Intelligence Age

Summary: OpenAI's Stargate project aims to build massive compute infrastructure (computer hardware and power systems) to support advanced AI development and deployment, with a goal of securing 10GW of capacity in the United States by 2029, which they have already exceeded. The company emphasizes that meeting growing AI demand requires partnerships across multiple sectors including energy providers, chipmakers, construction firms, and local communities, rather than relying on any single organization. OpenAI plans to expand compute capacity further while investing in local communities through education programs and workforce development.


Tumbler Ridge families are suing OpenAI

Summary: Seven families are suing OpenAI and its CEO after a school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, Canada, claiming the company failed to alert police about the shooter's suspicious ChatGPT activity. The families allege that OpenAI detected concerning conversations about gun violence but stayed silent to protect its reputation and an upcoming IPO (initial public offering, when a company first sells stock to the public).


ChatGPT downloads are slowing — and may cause problems for OpenAI’s IPO

Summary: ChatGPT is experiencing slower growth and rising uninstall rates, with users leaving the app or switching to competing chatbots. According to market data, uninstalls jumped 413 percent year-over-year in May following OpenAI's partnership with the Pentagon, while monthly user growth dropped from 168 percent in January to 78 percent in April.


New Wave of DPRK Attacks Uses AI-Inserted npm Malware, Fake Firms, and RATs

Summary: Researchers discovered malicious code in npm packages (repositories where developers share reusable code) that were designed to steal cryptocurrency wallet credentials and funds. The attack, linked to North Korean hackers, used a two-layer approach where harmless-looking packages contained hidden dependencies that executed the actual malware, and the malicious packages mimicked the names of legitimate libraries to avoid detection.

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Wiz Code Week Recap: Securing AI Native Development

Summary: AI models can now find and exploit software vulnerabilities faster than security teams can defend against them, creating urgent security challenges for AI-driven development. Wiz addressed this by launching an AI-BOM (a tool that automatically catalogs AI frameworks, models, and IDE extensions like GitHub Copilot and Cursor) to give security teams visibility into how AI tools interact with their data, plus embedding security guardrails directly into developer IDEs through plugins that catch hardcoded secrets, misconfigurations, and AI-specific risks like prompt injection (tricking an AI by hiding instructions in its input) before code is committed.

Solution: Wiz Code plugins for AI-native IDEs (like Claude Code and Cursor) embed security directly into development workflows using pre-commit hooks (automated checks that run before code is saved) to catch hardcoded secrets, IaC (infrastructure-as-code) misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and AI-specific issues. Additionally, Wiz Skills allow developers to automatically pull active security issues from the Wiz Security Graph and apply fixes directly in the IDE using the Wiz Green Agent, which generates fixes based on full code-to-cloud context.

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Larry’s risky business

Summary: Oracle, a traditional database company, has shifted its business strategy to focus on AI rather than building its own foundation models (large language models like ChatGPT). Instead, it is positioning itself as a software-as-a-service provider (cloud-based software you access online) in the AI infrastructure space, betting on a specific version of AI's future as its traditional database business declines.

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K-TCDP: A Temporal Correlated DP Mechanism for LoRA Supervised Fine-Tuning

Summary: This research proposes K-TCDP (K-Temporal Correlated Differential Privacy), a new method for training large language models privately using LoRA (a technique that adds small trainable adapters to a model). Standard privacy-preserving training adds random noise that degrades model quality, but K-TCDP uses strategically correlated noise over time so that noise added in early steps can be partially canceled out by noise in later steps, improving model performance while maintaining privacy guarantees.


Federated Unsupervised Skeletal Action Recognition From Condensation to Expansion

Summary: This research addresses privacy and data quality challenges in federated learning (FL, a technique where multiple computers train an AI model together without sharing raw data) for skeleton-based action recognition (identifying human movements from body joint positions). The authors propose Fed-C&E, a system that uses data condensation on client devices to reduce privacy risks, then expands the condensed data on a central server using techniques like a prototype-to-sequence similarity transformation matrix pool and feature expansion with second-order statistics to recover lost information and prevent overfitting.


Learning from the Vercel breach: Shadow AI & OAuth sprawl

Summary: When employees connect unapproved AI apps to work platforms like Google Workspace or Salesforce using OAuth (a system that lets apps access your accounts), they create persistent bridges that attackers can exploit if the AI app gets hacked. The Vercel breach showed this risk in action: an employee used a trial version of Context.ai without approval, and when Context.ai was compromised, attackers used the OAuth tokens (digital keys that grant access) to reach sensitive Vercel data like API keys and employee records.

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Taylor Swift deepfakes are pushing scams on TikTok

Summary: Scammers are creating deepfakes (AI-generated fake videos that realistically mimic real people) of celebrities like Taylor Swift and Rihanna on TikTok to trick users into fake reward programs. These deepfakes often manipulate real footage with AI and use TikTok's official branding to appear legitimate, but they redirect users to third-party websites that steal personal information.


CVE-2026-42249: Ollama for Windows contains a Remote Code Execution vulnerability in its update mechanism due to improper handling of at

Summary: Ollama for Windows has a remote code execution vulnerability (the ability for an attacker to run commands on your computer) in its update system. The vulnerability happens because the application builds file paths using information from HTTP headers without checking if they're legitimate, allowing attackers to use path traversal sequences (like ../ to navigate directories) to write malicious executable files to dangerous locations like the Windows Startup folder. When combined with a missing signature verification flaw, an attacker can automatically execute malicious code without the user knowing.


CVE-2026-42248: Ollama for Windows does not perform integrity or authenticity verification of downloaded update executables. Unlike othe

Summary: Ollama for Windows has a vulnerability (CVE-2026-42248) where it does not verify that downloaded updates are authentic and haven't been tampered with before installing them. Because Ollama automatically installs updates without asking the user, an attacker could trick the software into downloading and running malicious code without the user knowing.


Webinar: How to Automate Exposure Validation to Match the Speed of AI Attacks

Summary: Threat actors are now using custom AI systems to automate cyberattacks, such as mapping Active Directory (a system that manages user accounts and permissions in networks) and stealing admin credentials within minutes, moving much faster than traditional security teams can respond. Traditional defense workflows involve multiple teams working in silos (separate, disconnected groups) with slow handoffs between threat intelligence, red team testing (simulated attacks to find weaknesses), and blue team patching (fixing vulnerabilities), creating dangerous delays. The webinar promotes "Autonomous Exposure Validation" as a new defensive approach to speed up security responses and eliminate these organizational bottlenecks.


OpenAI looms over earnings from tech hyperscalers

Summary: OpenAI, a private company valued at over $850 billion, has become a major influence on tech earnings this week as four hyperscalers (Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft, the largest computing companies) report quarterly results. After a Wall Street Journal report suggested OpenAI missed revenue and user growth targets and may struggle to afford its data center expansion, investors are closely watching how this affects the companies that have invested billions in OpenAI or depend on its technology.

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Claude Mythos Has Found 271 Zero-Days in Firefox

Summary: Firefox discovered 271 zero-day vulnerabilities (previously unknown security flaws) using Claude Mythos Preview, an advanced AI model from Anthropic, with fixes included in Firefox 150. The massive number of bugs found demonstrates how AI can help security teams identify hidden vulnerabilities faster than traditional methods, though it requires teams to prioritize patching and distributing updates quickly to users.

Solution: Firefox 150 includes fixes for the 271 vulnerabilities identified during the evaluation with Claude Mythos Preview. The source emphasizes that defenders must "patch, and push those patches out to users quickly" to benefit from this technology.


GitHub rushed to fix a critical vulnerability in less than six hours

Summary: GitHub fixed a critical remote code execution vulnerability (a flaw allowing attackers to run code on systems they don't own) in less than six hours after Wiz Research discovered it using AI models. The vulnerability could have let attackers access millions of public and private code repositories, but GitHub's security team reproduced and confirmed the issue within 40 minutes, then deployed a fix immediately.


General Motors is adding Gemini to four million cars

Summary: General Motors is deploying Google's Gemini AI assistant to approximately four million vehicles (model year 2022 and newer) across Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick, and GMC brands through over-the-air software updates (remote downloads that update a system without visiting a service center). The upgrade will replace the existing Google Assistant with a more advanced AI assistant in GM's infotainment system (the dashboard technology that handles entertainment and vehicle controls).

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Meet the AI jailbreakers: ‘I see the worst things humanity has produced’

Summary: Security researchers test large language models (AI systems trained on massive amounts of text data) by attempting prompt injection attacks (tricking the AI into ignoring its safety rules) to find vulnerabilities before bad actors do. One researcher successfully manipulated an AI chatbot into providing dangerous information about creating harmful pathogens, which allowed the AI company to identify and fix the security flaw.


AWS leans on prior ingenuity to face future AI and quantum threats

Summary: AWS faces emerging cybersecurity threats from AI and quantum computing, but the company believes its past technological decisions position it well to handle them. Two key innovations are helping: Nitro (a 2017 hardware foundation that isolates customer data and removes human access to infrastructure) and AWS's early choice to use symmetric cryptography (where the same key locks and unlocks data) instead of asymmetric cryptography (which uses paired keys). This is fortunate because quantum computers are expected to break asymmetric encryption, but symmetric encryption remains secure, meaning AWS doesn't need to update most of its stored data.


Cybersecurity in the Intelligence Age

Summary: AI is being used both to help defend against cyber attacks (by finding vulnerabilities and automating fixes) and by attackers to launch more sophisticated threats at scale. OpenAI published an action plan with five pillars to address this challenge: democratizing cyber defense tools, coordinating between government and industry, securing advanced AI capabilities, maintaining control over how AI is deployed, and helping users protect themselves.


GHSA-88hf-wf7h-7w4m: OpenTelemetry's Zipkin remote endpoint cache could grow without bounds and increase memory pressure

Summary: OpenTelemetry's Zipkin exporter had a bug where its remote endpoint cache (a storage area for tracking where data is sent) could grow infinitely in high-cardinality scenarios (situations with many unique values), causing the application to use more and more memory over time. This could make the application slower or crash.

Solution: Introduce a bounded, thread-safe LRU cache (a cache that automatically removes the least recently used items when full) for remote endpoints and enforce a fixed maximum size to prevent unbounded growth. See PR #7081 in the opentelemetry-dotnet repository for the fix.

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Elon Musk appeared more petty than prepared

Summary: N/A -- This article is about a legal case (Musk v. Altman) and courtroom testimony, not an AI or LLM technical issue.


Quoting OpenAI Codex base_instructions

Summary: OpenAI Codex base_instructions for GPT-5.5 include a directive instructing the model to avoid discussing goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, and other fictional or real creatures unless the user's question specifically and clearly requires it. This represents an example of a system-level constraint, similar to prompt injection (hidden instructions embedded in AI inputs), designed to shape the model's behavior.


Pentagon AI chief confirms DOD's expanded use of Google, says reliance on one model 'never a good thing'

Summary: The Pentagon is expanding its use of Google's Gemini AI model for classified projects, while the Department of Defense (DOD) has stopped working with Anthropic after designating it a supply chain risk (a potential security threat in the companies and software involved in building a system). The DOD's AI chief emphasized that relying on a single AI vendor is problematic and that the Pentagon is working with multiple vendors, including OpenAI, to ensure it uses the right AI tool for each military task.


Hackers are exploiting a critical LiteLLM pre-auth SQLi flaw

Summary: Hackers are actively exploiting CVE-2026-42208, a critical SQL injection flaw (a type of attack where malicious code is hidden in input to manipulate database queries) in LiteLLM, an open-source gateway that lets developers access multiple AI models through one interface. The vulnerability allows attackers to bypass authentication and steal sensitive data like API keys and credentials stored in the proxy's database, which they can then use to attack other systems.

Solution: LiteLLM released a fix in version 1.83.7 that replaces string concatenation with parameterized queries (a safer way to construct database queries). For users unable to upgrade immediately, maintainers suggest the workaround of setting 'disable_error_logs: true' under 'general_settings' to block the path through which malicious inputs can reach the vulnerable query. Additionally, organizations with exposed LiteLLM instances should rotate all virtual API keys, master keys, and provider credentials.


Musk says basis of charitable giving at stake in OpenAI lawsuit

Summary: Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming they misused a charitable organization by converting it into a for-profit company without permission. Musk argues this violates the trust placed in OpenAI as a non-profit and undermines charitable giving overall, while OpenAI's lawyers contend Musk is motivated by jealousy after failing to control the company and is now trying to damage a competitor.


Elon Musk takes the stand in high-profile trial against OpenAI

Summary: Elon Musk is testifying in a lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman over disagreements about the company's structure and mission that occurred after all three co-founded OpenAI together. Musk, who had invested up to $38 million in OpenAI early on, later left the company and founded his own AI competitor called xAI, which is owned by his company SpaceX.


OpenAI brings its models to Amazon's cloud after ending exclusivity with Microsoft

Summary: OpenAI has made its AI models available through Amazon Web Services (AWS, Amazon's cloud computing platform), ending its exclusive arrangement with Microsoft. This means AWS customers can now use OpenAI's models and Codex (a tool for writing code) through Amazon Bedrock, a service that provides access to various AI models, with general availability coming in the next few weeks.

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Claude can now plug directly into Photoshop, Blender, and Ableton

Summary: Anthropic has released connectors that let Claude (an AI chatbot) directly access and control popular creative software like Photoshop, Blender, and Ableton. These connectors allow Claude to retrieve data and perform actions within these applications, such as debugging scenes in Blender or batch-applying changes to objects, making it easier to use Claude for creative work.

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The Mythos Moment: Enterprises Must Fight Agents with Agents

Summary: Advanced AI systems called agents (autonomous systems that can plan and execute tasks without human help) are becoming a serious cybersecurity threat, as shown by Anthropic's decision not to publicly release Claude Mythos Preview, a model that can identify and exploit software vulnerabilities automatically. Traditional security tools and fragmented defenses are inadequate against these fast, evolving AI-driven attacks. A new security approach built on three pillars is needed: unified network visibility (ability to see all traffic across the entire system), platform context (understanding what's happening by connecting security data in one place instead of using separate tools), and agentic control (using autonomous AI systems to detect and respond to threats at machine speed).

Solution: The source proposes a new security framework with three critical pillars: (1) Network Visibility: create a unified network that provides complete visibility into attack lifecycles by capturing and inspecting traffic across all domains over time; (2) Platform Context: use a converged platform that correlates security and networking data in a single pane of glass (one unified view) rather than piecing together signals from discrete tools post-incident, enabling real-time context preservation; (3) Agentic Control: deploy autonomous defense systems that can continuously analyze activity and identify emerging patterns at machine speed to match the speed of AI-driven attacks.


Webinar Today: A Step-by-Step Approach to AI Governance

Summary: This webinar discusses Shadow AI, the unsanctioned adoption of generative AI and agentic tools (AI systems that can take independent actions) by employees outside of IT oversight, which creates security and compliance risks for organizations. The session proposes a "Governance-as-Enabler" framework that balances innovation with control through transparent approval workflows, sandboxes (isolated testing environments), cross-functional oversight councils, and lifecycle management tailored to different AI types.


FinBot CTF Is Live: A Hands-On Companion to the OWASP GenAI Security Project

Summary: FinBot is an interactive training platform (CTF, or capture-the-flag competition) created by OWASP to help builders and defenders understand how agentic AI systems (AI agents that plan, act, and make decisions in complex workflows) can fail and be attacked. It simulates a financial services application where users encounter real security risks like prompt injection (tricking an AI by hiding instructions in its input), tool misuse, data theft, and privilege escalation (gaining unauthorized higher-level access), with connections to industry security frameworks like the OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications.

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Musk and Altman go to court

Summary: Elon Musk and OpenAI are involved in a legal trial over disputes about the early development of AI, including questions about who deserves credit and financial compensation for the technology's creation. The case is expected to make private communications from important figures in the AI industry public during the coming weeks.


OpenAI's revenue, growth estimates fall short as company races toward IPO: Report

Summary: OpenAI has failed to meet its own revenue and user growth targets, raising concerns about whether the company can afford its massive spending on data centers (facilities that house computing equipment). Finance Chief Sarah Friar worried the company might not be able to fund future computing agreements if the revenue slowdown continues, prompting executives to look for ways to cut costs.


Critical Cursor bug could turn routine Git into RCE

Summary: A critical vulnerability in Cursor IDE (a code editor with AI capabilities) allowed attackers to execute malicious code on a developer's machine by embedding harmful Git hooks (automated scripts that run during repository operations) in a fake repository. When Cursor's AI agent autonomously performed routine Git operations like checking out code, it would unknowingly trigger and run the attacker's malicious scripts, giving the attacker control over the developer's computer.

Solution: The flaw is patched in Cursor version 2.5. According to the source, 'Sandbox escape via writing .git configuration was possible in versions prior to 2.5,' meaning the vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.5 and later.


The Race Is on to Keep AI Agents From Running Wild With Your Credit Cards

Summary: Agentic AI (AI systems that perform actions on behalf of humans) is growing in use, but it creates new security risks like agents being hijacked or tricked into unauthorized transactions. The FIDO Alliance (an industry group focused on authentication standards), along with Google and Mastercard, is launching working groups to develop security standards that will protect AI agent transactions using cryptographic tools (mathematical techniques that verify identity and prevent tampering) and authentication mechanisms that prevent phishing attacks.

Solution: Google is contributing the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), which cryptographically verifies that a user intended for an agent-initiated transaction to happen. Mastercard is contributing the Verifiable Intent framework (codeveloped with Google), which is a secure mechanism for users to authorize and control agent actions. Together, these tools aim to provide cryptographic proof that transactions were authorized by the user while maintaining privacy through selective disclosure, so different parties in the payment ecosystem only see relevant information.


Meta's new AI model shows early promise, but investors want to see Zuckerberg's strategy

Summary: Meta launched Muse Spark, a new closed-source AI model (a large language model that processes and generates text), marking a shift from its previous open-source Llama models toward a paid subscription approach similar to competitors like OpenAI and Google. While Muse Spark shows competitive performance in text and vision tasks, investors are waiting to see Meta's strategy for driving consumer adoption and generating revenue beyond just improving its advertising business.

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The Download: Musk and Altman’s legal showdown, and AI’s profit problem

Summary: This newsletter covers multiple AI developments including a legal battle between Elon Musk and OpenAI's leadership over the company's for-profit status, the gap between AI hype and actual profitability, and the rise of weaponized deepfakes (AI-generated fake videos or images used maliciously) that are spreading misinformation and harming vulnerable groups. The content also reports on business moves like OpenAI ending its exclusive partnership with Microsoft and various regulatory actions worldwide.

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Privacy-preserving for user-uploaded images and text in Vision-Language Models

Summary: Vision-language models (AI systems that process both images and text together) can leak private information from user-uploaded content, such as identifying people in photos or extracting sensitive text. This research examines privacy risks when users submit images and text to these models. The paper proposes privacy-preserving methods to protect user data while still allowing these AI systems to function effectively.


A Survey of Algorithm Debt in Machine and Deep Learning Systems: Definition, Smells, and Future Work

Summary: This survey paper examines algorithm debt in machine learning and deep learning systems, which refers to the long-term costs and problems that accumulate when developers use suboptimal algorithms or methods in AI projects. The paper defines what algorithm debt is, identifies warning signs called 'smells' that indicate its presence, and discusses future research directions. Understanding algorithm debt helps developers recognize when quick, temporary solutions in AI projects create technical problems that become harder and more expensive to fix later.


Sevii Launches Cyber Swarm Defense to Make Agentic AI Security Costs Predictable

Summary: CISOs (chief information security officers) struggle with unpredictable costs when using agentic AI (autonomous AI agents that can make decisions and take actions) for cybersecurity defense, since they are charged per AI token (a unit of text similar to a word) used, and attack volumes can spike unexpectedly. Sevii launched Cyber Swarm Defense, a new mode that charges by protected asset (like laptops or cloud servers) at a fixed yearly rate instead of per token, making defense costs predictable regardless of how many attacks occur. The system also includes governance controls that let security teams automatically remediate low-risk assets while keeping critical ones for human review.

Solution: Sevii's Cyber Swarm Defense (CSD) mode charges by asset protected at a firm fixed price (for example, $50 per year per laptop, identity, or cloud asset) rather than by AI token usage. The platform automatically scales up defensive agentic AI agents as needed during multiple simultaneous attacks without increasing costs. Customers can also use Sevii's Myrmidon Defense Technology to set remediation service level objectives, allowing automatic remediation of lower-value assets while keeping critical assets for manual remediation by in-house security experts.


Critical Unpatched Flaw Leaves Hugging Face LeRobot Open to Unauthenticated RCE

Summary: LeRobot, Hugging Face's open-source robotics platform, has a critical unpatched vulnerability (CVE-2026-25874, CVSS score 9.3) that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending malicious data through unencrypted network connections. The flaw stems from unsafe deserialization (a process of converting data back into code without properly checking if it's trustworthy) using pickle, an unsafe data format, which enables attackers to compromise the server, steal sensitive data, or impact connected robots.

Solution: A fix is planned in version 0.6.0. The LeRobot team acknowledged the issue in January 2026 and noted that the vulnerable part of the codebase will need to be almost entirely refactored.


Google and Pentagon reportedly agree on deal for ‘any lawful’ use of AI

Summary: Google has reportedly signed a classified agreement allowing the US Department of Defense to use its AI models for 'any lawful government purpose,' despite employee concerns about potential harmful uses. This deal places Google alongside other AI companies like OpenAI and xAI that have made similar classified agreements with the government.

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What Anthropic’s Mythos Means for the Future of Cybersecurity

Summary: Anthropic announced Claude Mythos Preview, an AI model that can autonomously find and weaponize software vulnerabilities (weaknesses in code that attackers can exploit) without human expert help, though the company is limiting its release to avoid security risks. The announcement highlights how AI capabilities have advanced rapidly over recent years, raising concerns about how cybersecurity defenses can adapt to AI-powered vulnerability discovery.

Solution: The source recommends protecting systems in different ways based on their characteristics: unpatchable or hard-to-verify systems (like IoT appliances and industrial equipment) should be protected by wrapping them in restrictive, tightly controlled firewall layers rather than allowing them to freely connect to the internet. Distributed systems that are interconnected should be traceable and should follow the principle of least privilege, where each component has only the access it needs.


Attack of the killer script kiddies

Summary: At DARPA's Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge, AI-powered bug-finding systems (automated tools that scan code to detect flaws) successfully identified most artificially inserted vulnerabilities in 54 million lines of code, and notably discovered over a dozen real bugs that weren't part of the test. This demonstrates that AI security tools are becoming increasingly capable at finding both known and unknown vulnerabilities in software.


After Mythos: New Playbooks For a Zero-Window Era

Summary: AI models like Claude Mythos can now discover software vulnerabilities in minutes instead of weeks, shrinking the time organizations have to patch (the exploit window) to nearly zero. Because traditional patching is no longer fast enough, security teams need to adopt an "assume-breach" model that focuses on detecting and containing attacks in real time using Network Detection and Response (NDR, automated tools that monitor network traffic for suspicious behavior) rather than relying on patching alone.

Solution: The source recommends implementing an assume-breach operational model with three requirements: (1) detect post-breach behavior before threats spread, (2) reconstruct the complete attack chain quickly, and (3) contain threats rapidly. Specifically, organizations should prioritize reducing mean-time-to-contain (MTTC, the time from detecting a breach to stopping it) by establishing real-time, comprehensive network visibility. The source states that "Network Detection and Response (NDR) platforms play a crucial role in identifying these subtle indicators of compromise" by continuously monitoring network traffic for unusual behavior such as unexpected admin shares, authentication protocol mismatches, and lateral movement attempts.


Securing RAG pipelines in enterprise SaaS

Summary: RAG (retrieval-augmented generation, where an AI pulls in external documents to answer questions) pipelines in enterprise software allow AI agents to access company data like internal wikis and CRM records, but this creates serious security risks including data leaks, unauthorized access to personal information, and prompt injection attacks (tricking an AI by hiding instructions in its input). Recent real-world attacks have exploited RAG systems through unclicked emails, exposed database access keys, hidden malicious text in code repositories, and poisoned knowledge bases to steal data or spread false information.

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CVE-2026-40979: In Spring AI, having access to a shared environment can expose the ONNX model used by the application.

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Summary: CVE-2026-40979 is a security flaw in Spring AI (a framework for building AI applications) where someone with access to a shared computing environment can find and view the ONNX model (a type of machine learning model file) that the application uses. This vulnerability affects Spring AI versions 1.0.0 through 1.0.5 and 1.1.0 through 1.1.4.

Solution: Fixed in Spring AI version 1.0.6 and version 1.1.5.


What CISOs need to get right as identity enters the agentic era

Summary: As AI agents become more common, security leaders (CISOs, Chief Information Security Officers) face new challenges because these non-human identities are harder to track and verify than human users, and traditional security signals no longer work. The source recommends treating identity as the foundation of security architecture, with advice including maintaining clean directories, creating complete inventories of non-human identities (AI agents and service accounts), enforcing least privilege access (giving users only the permissions they need), using phishing-resistant authentication methods beyond SMS, and assuming that credentials may be compromised.

Solution: The source recommends several specific steps: (1) 'Build a strong foundation before layering on complexity' by getting 'clean directories, enforced least privilege, and reliable offboarding processes' in place; (2) 'Design for the new class of identities' by starting 'from least privilege rather than from legacy'; (3) 'Get your non-human identity inventory in order' by building 'a full inventory of non-human identities and include who is responsible for each identity, and what each one is authorized to do'; (4) 'Treat MFA as a starting point, not a destination' by including 'phishing-resistant alternatives to SMS or push-based MFA' along with 'least privilege, micro-segmentation, and continuous monitoring'; and (5) 'Assume credentials may be compromised and architect accordingly.'


CVE-2026-7235: A security vulnerability has been detected in ErlichLiu claude-agent-sdk-master up to b185aa7ff0d864581257008077b4010fca

Summary: A path traversal vulnerability (a bug where an attacker manipulates file paths to access files they shouldn't) was found in the ErlichLiu claude-agent-sdk, affecting a file called app/api/agent-output/route.ts. An attacker can exploit this remotely by manipulating the outputFile parameter, and the vulnerability has already been publicly disclosed. The project uses continuous updates but has not yet responded to the security report.

Solution: N/A -- no mitigation discussed in source.

ErlichLiu claude-agent-sdk
Anthropic Claude


CrowdStrike Expands ChatGPT Enterprise Integration with Enhanced Audit Logging and Activity Monitoring

Summary: CrowdStrike has expanded its ChatGPT Enterprise integration to provide deeper monitoring of how organizations use AI, including tracking user authentication, administrative changes, tool usage, and conversations. As AI becomes embedded in business operations across departments, security teams need visibility into not just who has access to ChatGPT Enterprise, but how the platform is actually being used and what data might be accessed. The expanded integration uses OpenAI's logging capabilities to detect suspicious activity like unusual login patterns and behavioral anomalies, shifting from just knowing the configuration of AI systems to actively monitoring their real-time usage.

Solution: Organizations can use CrowdStrike Falcon Shield's expanded ChatGPT Enterprise integration, which ingests and analyzes events from OpenAI's Compliance Logs Platform to provide continuous monitoring and detection. According to the source, this enables detection of suspicious authentication activity (malicious IP access, anonymized connections, unusual VPN sign-ins), behavioral anomalies (simultaneous logins from untrusted networks, unexpected browser or OS changes), and monitoring of administrative updates and GPT configuration changes. The integration correlates ChatGPT Enterprise activity with identity, device, and SaaS telemetry across the CrowdStrike Falcon platform to detect and respond to suspicious AI activity.

OpenAI
ChatGPT Enterprise
Codex
CrowdStrike
Falcon Shield


Microsoft Patches Entra ID Role Flaw That Enabled Service Principal Takeover

Summary: Microsoft fixed a security flaw in Entra ID (Microsoft's identity management system) where the Agent ID Administrator role, meant for AI agents, could be abused to take over service principals (accounts that applications use to authenticate). An attacker with this role could become the owner of any service principal and add their own credentials, potentially gaining broad control over a tenant (organization's cloud environment) if the targeted service principal had elevated permissions.

Solution: Microsoft rolled out a patch on April 9, 2026 across all cloud environments. Following the fix, any attempt to assign ownership over non-agent service principals using the Agent ID Administrator role is now blocked and displays a "Forbidden" error message. Organizations are also advised to monitor sensitive role usage related to service principal ownership or credential changes, track service principal ownership changes, secure privileged service principals, and audit credential creation on service principals.


Meta, Google, OpenAI among Big Tech firms seeing top staff leaving to launch AI startups

Summary: Top researchers from major AI companies like Google DeepMind, Meta, and OpenAI are leaving to start their own AI startups, which are raising hundreds of millions of dollars in funding. These new companies can focus on research areas that large tech firms deprioritize, such as new AI architectures and interpretability (understanding how AI systems make decisions), giving them a competitive advantage in the rapidly growing AI market.

Meta Google OpenAI DeepMind xAI Anthropic NVIDIA Apple


Introducing talkie: a 13B vintage language model from 1930

Summary: Researchers have created talkie, a 13 billion-parameter language model (a neural network with 13 billion adjustable values) trained entirely on English text from before 1931 to study how AI performs on historical knowledge and invention tasks. The base model uses only out-of-copyright data, but the chat version required fine-tuning (additional training to adjust behavior) with help from modern AI systems like Claude, which introduced some knowledge from after 1931 that the researchers are working to eliminate.

Solution: The talkie team states they 'aspire to eventually move beyond this limitation' by using 'vintage base models themselves as judges to enable a fully bootstrapped era-appropriate post-training pipeline,' meaning they plan to use talkie's own historical knowledge rather than modern AI systems for future training adjustments. However, this is described as a future goal, not a solution currently implemented.


OpenAI models, Codex, and Managed Agents come to AWS

Summary: OpenAI and AWS have expanded their partnership to make OpenAI's models, including GPT-5.5, available through Amazon Bedrock (AWS's managed service for using AI models). This integration lets enterprises use OpenAI's capabilities within their existing AWS security systems, workflows, and infrastructure, with three new offerings: OpenAI models on AWS, Codex (a coding assistant used by over 4 million people weekly) on AWS, and Amazon Bedrock Managed Agents for building AI agents that can execute multi-step workflows.


Our commitment to community safety

Summary: OpenAI describes its safety approach for ChatGPT to prevent misuse for violence, threats, or harm. The system is trained to distinguish between harmful requests and legitimate questions about violence for educational or historical reasons, while using detection systems and expert guidance to identify concerning patterns across conversations and take action like revoking access when needed.

Solution: N/A -- no mitigation discussed in source. The text describes OpenAI's existing safety measures (model training, automated detection systems, expert consultation, policy enforcement, and access revocation) but does not present these as solutions to a specific problem or security vulnerability that requires fixing.


Elon Musk and Sam Altman are going to court over OpenAI’s future

Summary: Elon Musk is suing OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman, alleging they deceived him into funding the company by promising to keep it as a nonprofit focused on beneficial AI, then secretly restructured it into a for-profit operation. The trial could determine whether OpenAI can operate as a for-profit company and may result in removing current leadership or forcing the company back to nonprofit status. The case highlights a fundamental conflict over OpenAI's mission: whether it should prioritize open-source AI for public benefit or operate for financial gain to fund more advanced development.

OpenAI
Sam Altman
Elon Musk
Greg Brockman
Ilya Sutskever
Mira Murati
Satya Nadella
Microsoft
Tesla


CVE-2026-7178: A weakness has been identified in ChatGPTNextWeb NextChat up to 2.16.1. This affects the function storeUrl of the file a

Summary: A vulnerability (CVE-2026-7178) was found in ChatGPTNextWeb NextChat up to version 2.16.1 that allows server-side request forgery (SSRF, where an attacker tricks a server into making unwanted requests to other systems) through the storeUrl function in the Artifacts Endpoint. The flaw can be exploited remotely, and the attack code has been made public, though the project developers have not yet responded to the early notification.


CVE-2026-7177: A security flaw has been discovered in ChatGPTNextWeb NextChat up to 2.16.1. Affected by this issue is the function prox

Summary: A security flaw has been found in ChatGPTNextWeb NextChat up to version 2.16.1 that allows server-side request forgery (SSRF, where an attacker tricks a server into making unwanted requests to other systems). The vulnerability exists in the proxyHandler function and can be exploited remotely, with public exploits already available. The developers have been notified but have not yet responded.


Canonical lays out a plan for AI in Ubuntu Linux

Summary: Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux (a popular operating system), plans to add AI features to its system over the next year. These features will work in two ways: some will improve existing system functions quietly in the background, while others will be designed specifically for users who want AI-powered tools and workflows. The features will include accessibility improvements like better speech-to-text conversion and other AI-powered capabilities.


CVE-2026-7191- Arbitrary Code Execution via Sandbox Bypass in QnABot on AWS

Summary: QnABot on AWS (a conversational AI tool built with Amazon Lex and other AWS services) has a vulnerability where administrators can run arbitrary code (unintended commands) by exploiting improper use of the static-eval npm package through the Content Designer interface, potentially giving them access to sensitive backend resources like databases and environment variables that should be protected.

Amazon Lex
Amazon OpenSearch Service
Amazon Bedrock
AWS Lambda
QnABot on AWS


Tracking the history of the now-deceased OpenAI Microsoft AGI clause

Summary: Microsoft and OpenAI had a contract clause stating that if AGI (artificial general intelligence, meaning AI systems that outperform humans at most economically valuable work) was achieved, Microsoft would lose its commercial rights to OpenAI's technology. On April 27, 2026, this clause effectively ended when Microsoft's license became non-exclusive and Microsoft stopped paying revenue shares to OpenAI, with payments continuing regardless of technological progress.


Google employees ask Sundar Pichai to say no to classified military AI use

Summary: Over 600 Google employees, including many from DeepMind (Google's AI research lab), signed a letter asking CEO Sundar Pichai to prevent the Pentagon from using Google's AI models for classified purposes (secret military projects). The employees argue that the only way to ensure Google isn't associated with potential harms from such uses is to reject these classified projects entirely, since otherwise they could happen without employee knowledge or oversight.


CVE-2026-7141: A vulnerability was found in vllm up to 0.19.0. The affected element is the function has_mamba_layers of the file vllm/v

Summary: A vulnerability was found in vllm (a language model serving framework) up to version 0.19.0 in the has_mamba_layers function, which can result in uninitialized resource (memory that hasn't been set to a known value before use). An attacker can trigger this flaw remotely, though the attack is difficult to execute and requires high complexity.

Solution: Deploy patch 1ad67864c0c20f167929e64c875f5c28e1aad9fd to fix this issue.


OpenAI shakes up partnership with Microsoft, capping revenue share payments

Summary: OpenAI and Microsoft announced a revised partnership agreement that allows OpenAI to cap its revenue share payments to Microsoft and serve customers through any cloud provider, not just Microsoft Azure. Previously, OpenAI was restricted to primarily using Microsoft's cloud services, but the new deal lets OpenAI work with competitors like Amazon and Google while maintaining Microsoft as its primary provider through 2030.

OpenAI Microsoft Amazon Azure AWS ChatGPT Meta


This bank CEO let his AI clone handle an earnings call — now he's signing an OpenAI deal

Summary: Customers Bank CEO Sam Sidhu revealed that an AI clone (a digital voice generated to sound like him) delivered his prepared remarks during an earnings call, then announced a partnership with OpenAI to automate banking processes like loan approvals and account openings. The bank plans to deploy AI agents (software that can make decisions and take actions with minimal human input) across lending, deposits, and payments over the next 6-12 months, with goals including reducing loan processing time from 30-45 days to 7 days and account opening time to under 20 minutes.


Microsoft and OpenAI’s famed AGI agreement is dead

Summary: Microsoft and OpenAI have removed a clause from their partnership agreement that previously governed what would happen if AGI (artificial general intelligence, an AI system that can do any intellectual task a human can do) was developed. Under the new terms, Microsoft remains OpenAI's primary cloud partner with first access to new products, but OpenAI now has freedom to use other cloud providers instead of being locked into Microsoft's Azure platform.


Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI

Summary: Elon Musk, a cofounder of OpenAI, is suing the company and its leaders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, claiming they abandoned OpenAI's original mission to develop AI for humanity's benefit and shifted focus to profit instead. OpenAI counters that the lawsuit is a baseless attempt by Musk to harm a competitor to his own AI ventures. Musk is seeking the removal of Altman and Brockman, an end to OpenAI's nonprofit status, and up to $150 billion in damages.

OpenAI
Sam Altman
Elon Musk
xAI
Grok
SpaceX


OpenAI available at FedRAMP Moderate

Summary: OpenAI has received FedRAMP 20x Moderate authorization (a security certification that allows U.S. government agencies to use cloud services), making ChatGPT Enterprise and the API Platform available for federal use. This certification was achieved through a faster authorization process that emphasizes cloud-native security evidence and automated validation, allowing government agencies to access advanced AI capabilities like GPT-5.5 while meeting federal security and governance requirements.

OpenAI
ChatGPT Enterprise
OpenAI API Platform
GPT-5.5
Codex Cloud


Qualcomm up 7% on report it’s partnering with OpenAI on smartphone AI chip

Summary: Qualcomm is reportedly partnering with OpenAI and MediaTek to develop custom smartphone chips, with mass production expected in 2028. According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, OpenAI believes controlling both the operating system (the software that runs a device) and hardware will let it deliver comprehensive AI agent services (AI systems that can perform tasks autonomously) that use real-time smartphone data to improve performance.


LVMark: Robust Watermark for Latent Video Diffusion Models

Summary: LVMark is a watermarking technique that hides invisible digital markers in video diffusion models (AI systems that generate realistic videos from text descriptions) to protect against unauthorized use. The method improves on existing approaches by maintaining temporal consistency (keeping the watermark stable across consecutive video frames) and preserving video quality through a specialized decoder that combines frequency analysis with color information. The technique successfully embeds 512-bit capacity watermarks that remain detectable even when videos are distorted or attacked.


ShadowCoT: Cognitive Hijacking for Stealthy Reasoning Backdoors in LLMs

Summary: ShadowCoT is a backdoor attack (a hidden vulnerability inserted into an AI model that causes it to misbehave when triggered) that targets Chain-of-Thought reasoning, which is a technique where LLMs show their step-by-step thinking to solve complex problems. Unlike simpler attacks, ShadowCoT hijacks the model's internal reasoning process by subtly rewiring how attention flows through the model and changing intermediate representations (internal data the model creates while processing), allowing it to produce logical-sounding but harmful outputs while avoiding detection.


Sanitizer: Blazing-Fast, Private, and Robust Federated Learning

Summary: Sanitizer is a new framework for federated learning (a training method where multiple computers learn together without sharing raw data) that addresses two major challenges: privacy and Byzantine attacks (when some computers send bad or malicious data). The framework uses more efficient cryptographic techniques and two new protocols for combining data from multiple sources, achieving 19-23 times faster performance than existing methods while maintaining accuracy and security.


HEFLGuard: Backdoor Detection in Homomorphic Encryption-Based Federated Learning

Summary: This research presents HEFLGuard, a security system that detects backdoor attacks (hidden malicious behavior injected into AI models) in homomorphic encryption-based federated learning (a privacy-protecting technique where multiple parties train an AI model together using encrypted data). HEFLGuard works by having the server create validation models from encrypted client groups and having clients compare their local model outputs on trusted samples to identify suspicious behavior, while also using Byzantine fault-tolerant aggregation (a method that functions correctly even when some participants act maliciously) to ensure robustness.

Solution: HEFLGuard constructs overlapping validation models from encrypted client groups and clients locally compare logits (output scores) of the global and validation models on benign samples to expose backdoor behavior. The framework combines consistency verification across non-IID validation groups with Byzantine fault-tolerant aggregation of client reports.


Deepfake Voice Attacks are Outpacing Defenses: What Security Leaders Should Know

Summary: Deepfake voice and video attacks (AI-generated replicas of real people) are becoming increasingly common and costly, with tools that require only three seconds of audio and cost almost nothing to create. Attackers target finance employees and IT staff by impersonating executives on calls or video meetings to authorize large money transfers or credential changes, and these attacks bypass traditional security tools because they rely on tricking people rather than exploiting software vulnerabilities. Organizations that have successfully stopped these attacks all used the same defense: training employees to pause and verify requests before acting on them.

Solution: The source explicitly states: 'The organizations that have stopped these attacks all found the same answer: train your people to pause and verify before they act.' No specific training program, tool, or technical mitigation is detailed in the text.

AI voice synthesis
deepfake generation tools


Parsing Agentic Offensive Security's Existential Threat

Summary: Some people worry that advanced frontier LLMs (large language models, AI systems trained on massive amounts of text) like Claude Mythos and GPT-5.5 could cause serious cybersecurity problems by being misused for attacks. However, security researcher Ari Herbert-Voss suggests this situation could also present opportunities.


Microsoft patched an ‘agent-only’ role that was not

Summary: Microsoft's 'Agent ID Administrator' role, designed to let AI agents have controlled identities in Entra ID (Microsoft's identity management system), had a security flaw that let users take ownership of unrelated service principals (the tenant-specific identities that applications use to authenticate and access resources). This meant attackers could gain the same privileges as more powerful administrator roles and potentially take over the entire tenant (organization's cloud environment).

Solution: Microsoft patched the issue by blocking the Agent ID Administrator role from modifying non-agent service principals. The fix was fully rolled out by April 9, 2026, across all cloud environments.

Microsoft
Microsoft Entra ID
Agent Identity Platform


The Download: DeepSeek’s latest AI breakthrough, and the race to build world models

Summary: DeepSeek released V4, a new AI model that can process longer text more efficiently and matches the performance of leading competitors from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google while remaining open source. Researchers are increasingly focused on developing world models (AI systems that understand and can interact with the physical world, not just digital tasks) to overcome limitations of current language models and enable advances in robotics and physical tasks like laundry folding or navigation.

DeepSeek Anthropic OpenAI Google Meta Huawei Nvidia


Malicious AI Prompt Injection Attacks Increasing, but Sophistication Still Low: Google

Summary: Google researchers found that indirect prompt injection attacks (hidden traps where malicious instructions in external data trick AI systems into bypassing their safety rules) on websites are increasing, with a 32% rise between November 2025 and February 2026, but current attacks remain relatively unsophisticated. The attacks they discovered fell into two categories: exfiltration attempts that try to steal data like IP addresses and credentials, and destruction attempts that aim to delete files, though neither showed advanced techniques. Researchers warn that while today's attacks are low in sophistication, the upward trend suggests the threat will soon grow in both scale and complexity.

Google
Gemini
Microsoft Copilot
OpenAI ChatGPT


Mythos Changed the Math on Vulnerability Discovery. Most Teams Aren't Ready for the Remediation Side

Summary: Anthropic's Claude Mythos is an AI system that can discover vulnerabilities much faster than human teams, but organizations are unprepared for the remediation (fixing) side of the process. The real problem isn't finding vulnerabilities quickly, it's that most teams lack the infrastructure to triage, prioritize, and verify fixes once they're discovered, so faster discovery just creates a growing backlog of unfixed critical issues.

Anthropic Claude Mythos PlexTrac Microsoft Apple AWS JPMorgan


AI is reshaping DevSecOps to bring security closer to the code

Summary: AI is transforming DevSecOps (the practice of integrating security into software development processes) by embedding security checks earlier in coding and automating vulnerability detection and fixes. The shift moves security from happening after code is written to happening during code generation itself, with AI tools providing secure coding guidance, scanning for vulnerabilities using reasoning rather than fixed rules, and suggesting automated fixes integrated directly into developer workflows.


The ‘manager of agents’: How AI evolves the SOC analyst role

Summary: Rather than eliminating SOC analyst jobs, agentic AI (AI systems that can independently execute tasks) is transforming entry-level analysts from performing repetitive investigative work into 'managers of agents' who oversee AI systems and make decisions based on their findings. The shift moves analysts from manually gathering evidence across multiple systems to reviewing AI-generated investigations and validating conclusions, allowing them to handle more alerts at a higher level of judgment.