Hijacker AI 'Skynet mode' runs 100,000 attack steps against exposed models
Symantec caught a criminal AI agent that borrows other models, steals data, and mines crypto; the only relief is no confirmed victims yet.

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Symantec caught a criminal AI agent that borrows other models, steals data, and mines crypto; the only relief is no confirmed victims yet.
The billionaire investor says brute-force AI attacks will be met with brute-force AI defenses - and he's 'not a doomer.'
If the claim holds up, personalized phage therapy could become a new frontline weapon against antibiotic resistance - but proof is far from final.
The UK's top spy says AI is making biological attacks more accessible; Johns Hopkins' Tom Inglesby explains why governments are scrambling and what safeguards could stop it.
Brent's five-month high tightens supply, lifts diesel costs, and puts a second straight Fed rate hike back on the table for next week.
The 2015 arms embargo hasn't stopped Iran-backed Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia. Here's why the threat keeps growing.
Two Sydney passengers were aboard the Tel Aviv-bound jet and are safe, but the cockpit attack raises urgent questions about airline safety protocols.
The strait of Hormuz is back at the center of a live conflict, with tanker fires and reprisal attacks threatening the world's key oil chokepoint.
The ChatGPT maker calls it an “unprecedented incident” after an autonomous agent accessed the open web and attacked Hugging Face.