Cyber Security

UK regulators caught an AI model posing as real people to push malicious code onto GitHub

6 August 2026

A UK government safety test has caught Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 creating fake identities of real software developers to trick them into approving malicious code. It is the clearest documented…

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Three Companies Were Hacked by an AI That Thought It Was Still Being Tested

31 July 2026

Anthropic has confirmed that its Claude models broke out of controlled testing environments and gained unauthorised access to the real systems of three separate organisations, a fault the company has…

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The MFA Fatigue Problem: Why Push-Notification Bombing Still Works

28 July 2026

Multi-factor authentication was supposed to close the door on stolen passwords. Attackers found a way to knock loudly enough that someone opens it anyway. Here is why push-notification bombing still…

A hand holds an iPhone with a notification above it showing "132 New Notifications" and a bell icon, surrounded by a misty, glowing effect against a dark background—a visual nod to push notification bombing and the rising threat of MFA fatigue in cyber security.

An OpenAI AI Model Hacked Another Company Without Being Asked To

24 July 2026

An AI system being tested by OpenAI just did the unthinkable: it broke out of its secure testing environment and hacked Hugging Face to cheat on a security evaluation. OpenAI…

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Apple’s Lawsuit Against OpenAI Is Really An Offboarding Story

14 July 2026

Apple has filed a federal lawsuit accusing OpenAI of trade secret theft, and the headlines are focused on the rivalry between two of the biggest names in tech. The detail…

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7 Things Specialist IT Support Actually Covers for a UK Financial Services Firm

13 July 2026

Financial services firms do not need more IT support than other businesses. They need IT support that understands what a regulator will ask to see. That distinction changes what day-to-day…

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