Researchers warn AI coding agents can be manipulated through hidden skill files
A fast-growing open-source project called CLI-Anything is drawing attention from security researchers who warn it highlights a major gap in how organizations protect AI-powered software development. The concern is not the tool itself, but what it reveals about a new attack surface that traditional security products were never designed to monitor. Developed by researchers at […]
Canada tightens proposed deepfake law to cover ‘nearly nude’ AI images
Canada’s proposed legislation targeting non-consensual deepfakes has been amended to include “nearly nude” images. The change comes after experts warned that the original version of the bill may not have covered many AI-generated images, including some that circulated earlier this year through Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot on X. The amendment to Bill C-16 was approved […]
FBI arrests two men in major crackdown on AI deepfake porn under new federal law
Federal investigators have made some of the earliest arrests under the Take It Down Act (TIDA), charging two men accused of creating and distributing nonconsensual AI-generated sexualized images of women online. The cases suggest law enforcement was able to identify suspects using account records, IP addresses, social media activity and publicly available information. One suspect, […]
New ‘HTTP/2 Bomb’ attack can crash major web servers from a single computer
Security researchers have disclosed a new denial-of-service attack called HTTP/2 Bomb that can overwhelm major web servers using a single machine. The technique works against default HTTP/2 configurations on widely used platforms including NGINX, Apache HTTP Server, Microsoft IIS, Envoy, and Cloudflare Pingora. The attack was discovered by OpenAI’s Codex software agent under the guidance […]
Microsoft says new AI data centers use as little water as a single restaurant
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says the company’s newest AI data centers consume so little water that their annual usage is roughly equivalent to that of a single restaurant. The claim is based on a new closed-loop cooling system that Microsoft says allows facilities to operate with virtually no ongoing water consumption after the cooling infrastructure […]
Switzerland digs deep for giant battery project
Switzerland is transforming a massive construction site in Laufenburg into one of Europe’s largest energy storage projects. The FlexBase development is planned to deliver more than 2.1 GWh of storage capacity and over 1.2 GW of power output, a scale the company says is comparable to the output of the Leibstadt nuclear power plant. Located […]
Canada gains access to Anthropic’s powerful Mythos AI through Project Glasswing
Canada’s federal government now has access to Anthropic’s Mythos AI model, a cybersecurity system so powerful that the company has restricted access to a small group of trusted organizations. AI Minister Evan Solomon confirmed Tuesday that Canada has joined Project Glasswing, Anthropic’s initiative designed to help governments and major organizations identify security vulnerabilities before advanced […]