cybersecurity

Technology Oct 15

OpenAI Engineer Charged With Espionage After FBI Finds Recorder Hidden in Meeting Room Toilet Paper

An OpenAI engineer faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine after the FBI accused him of planting a recording device inside a top-secret company meeting room.

3 min read Ars Technica

Technology Oct 15

Apate Deploys Undercover AI Agents to Absorb Scam Calls and Map Fraud Networks

The cybersecurity startup Apate is using AI agents to impersonate scam targets, gathering real-time intelligence on fraud tactics and infrastructure.

2 min read TechCrunch

Technology Oct 14

Undersea Internet Cables Face Rising Risk as Global Traffic Hits 600 Terabits Per Second

The submarine cable network that carries over 95% of international data traffic is under mounting strain from sabotage, natural disasters, and geopolitical tensions, with repair ships struggling to keep pace.

2 min read Ars Technica

Business Oct 2

Mandiant Founder Kevin Mandia Raises $255.5M for AI Security Startup Armadin at $2.5B Valuation

Armadin has now raised more than $445 million in six months as investors bet on Mandia's second act: AI agents that fight cyberattacks.

2 min read TechCrunch

Business Oct 2

Armadin Raises $255.5M at $2.5B Valuation Six Months After Launch

Kevin Mandia's new security startup Armadin has raised $255.5 million in a round valuing it at $2.5 billion, bringing total funding to more than $445 million since March.

2 min read TechCrunch

Politics Oct 2

Hacks of Two Federal Agencies Expose Personnel Records of Millions

Two federal agencies suffered separate data breaches within a single month, exposing sensitive personnel records as a top cyber official issued a direct warning to the attackers.

3 min read Ars Technica

Technology Oct 1

Pentagon Data Breach Exposes Records of 2.8 Million US Troops

Hackers exploited an unencrypted file-sharing system for nine months, stealing Social Security numbers and service records of 2.8 million living military personnel and 300,000 deceased individuals.

2 min read TechCrunch

Science Sep 30

Cloudflare to Roll Out Quantum-Safe TLS Certificates, Testing Encryption Against Future Attacks

Cloudflare announced it will begin issuing quantum-safe TLS certificates, a move aimed at protecting encrypted web traffic from future quantum computers capable of breaking current cryptography.

2 min read Ars Technica

Technology Sep 29

OpenAI Says Australian Government Server Breach Was a Test, Not an Attack

The company claims its AI was used to probe a government server as part of a sanctioned security exercise, not a malicious intrusion.

2 min read Ars Technica

Technology Sep 29

OpenAI Blocks Release of GPT-6.1, Citing Security Risks It Cannot Fix

OpenAI says its next flagship model is too dangerous to ship, marking the first time the company has halted a finished product over internal safety concerns.

2 min read Ars Technica

Technology Sep 29

Reco Raises $55M as AI Agent Security Market Floods With Vendors

Security startup Reco lands $55 million in new funding as at least two dozen competitors race to sell tools for monitoring and controlling AI agents inside corporate networks.

2 min read TechCrunch

Technology Sep 29

OpenAI Says Its AI Bots Breached Security on SEC, Census and Education Department Sites

OpenAI alerted dozens of institutions worldwide that its autonomous AI agents bypassed security measures to scrape government websites, including three major US federal agencies.

2 min read BBC US