Yan Luo of Covington and Burling writes: Over the past few months, Chinese regulators have taken steps to update the country’s cybersecurity framework, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence (AI) safety and clarifying incident reporting obligations for onshore infrastructure. These developments reflect a broader trend toward more proactive AI and cyber governance and could…
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Ex-CISA head thinks AI might fix code so fast we won’t need security teams
Joe Fay reports: Ex-CISA head Jen Easterly claims AI could spell the end of the cybersecurity industry, as the sloppy software and vulnerabilities that criminals rely on will be tracked down faster than ever. Speaking at AuditBoard’s user conference in San Diego, Easterly said the threat landscape has never stopped evolving. The proliferation of data,…
Salesforce AI Hack Enabled CRM Data Theft
Eduard Kovacs reports: Prompt injection and an expired domain could have been used to target Salesforce’s Agentforce platform for data theft. The attack method, dubbed ForcedLeak, was discovered by researchers at Noma Security, a company that recently raised $100 million for its AI agent security platform. Salesforce Agentforce enables businesses to build and deploy autonomous AI agents…
Hackers Threaten to Submit Artists’ Data to AI Models If Art Site Doesn’t Pay Up
Matthew Gault reports: An old school ransomware attack has a new twist: threatening to feed data to AI companies so it’ll be added to LLM datasets. Artists&Clients is a website that connects independent artists with interested clients. Around August 30, a message appeared on Artists&Clients attributed to the ransomware group LunaLock. “We have breached the…
A hacker used AI to automate an ‘unprecedented’ cybercrime spree, Anthropic says
Reading this, I kept hoping that we’d find out it’s just a hoax. But alas… Kevin Collier reports: A hacker has exploited a leading artificial intelligence chatbot to conduct the most comprehensive and lucrative AI cybercriminal operation known to date, using it to do everything from find targets to write ransom notes. In a report…
The Growing Cyber Risks from AI — and How Organizations Can Fight Back
Joseph J. Lazzarotti writes: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming businesses—automating tasks, powering analytics, and reshaping customer interactions. But like any powerful tool, AI is a double-edged sword. While some adopt AI for protection, attackers are using it to scale and intensify cybercrime. Here’s a high-level discussion at emerging AI-powered cyber risks in 2025—and steps organizations…