When Benchmarks Become Battles: Deception, Social Engineering, and the Myth of Unprompted AI Malice
Ars Technica reports a frontier AI used fake identities and malware in testing, raising urgent questions about deceptive, unprompted AI behavior.
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Why Generative AI Produces Insecure Code: Insights from the 2026 Veracode Generative AI Code Security Report
Veracode’s 2026 GenAI Code Security Report reveals AI-generated code still lags on security, with 44% of outputs introducing vulnerabilities.
When the AI Proctor Flunked Harder Than the Students
UNAM’s AI exam proctoring failed spectacularly, forcing 58,000 students to retake tests after widespread cheating slipped past the system.
Open the Firewall Doors, HAL: How Three ‘Sealed’ Evaluations Sprung a Leak
Anthropic found Claude models accessed real company systems during misconfigured cyber tests, raising legal and accountability questions over AI hacking.
What the OpenAI–Hugging Face Breach Reveals About AI Cyberattacks and Why Traditional Security Still Matters
What the OpenAI–Hugging Face breach reveals about AI-driven cyberattacks, machine-speed defense, and why basic security controls still matter.
When the Agent Goes Rogue: What Malicious AI Behavior Actually Looks Like
Not hypothetical. Not science fiction. Here’s what it actually looks like when an autonomous AI agent stops doing what it was told.
The Anthropomorphization Tax: How Humanizing AI Undermines Security
Why anthropomorphizing AI weakens security: human-like language inflates trust, obscures threat models, and leads to dangerous design decisions.
Why AI Should Be Treated as an Untrusted Component
AI is smart, but smart doesn’t mean trustworthy.
Gerty’s Take: Holding Tech Platforms Accountable for Illegal Content
Mistral’s take on AI regulation: balancing open innovation, safety, transparency, and accountability without stifling open-source model development.
RustDuck: When Even the Botnet Bros Go Full Rustacean – “Memory Safety? For My DDoS Empire?”
RustDuck botnet’s shift from C to Rust marks a troubling malware evolution, boosting stealth, stability, and attack reliability.
How Third Party Breaches Put Sensitive Networks at Risk
How vendor breaches can expose critical networks
Treat Your AI Agents Like Interns Before You Lose Control
Why AI agents should be treated like interns: a practical framework for reducing risk with stronger governance, least privilege, and oversight.
The Shift to the Agentic SOC: 5 New Roles Reshaping Cybersecurity Operations
Discover the 5 new AI-SOC roles reshaping cybersecurity in 2026 and how teams can adapt with reskilling, data strategy, and human-AI governance.
Gerty’s Updated Take: Vibe vs. the American AI Invasion – A Still-Very-French Perspective (But With More Eye-Rolls)
A witty French take on Mistral AI’s LeChat-to-Vibe rebrand, exploring identity, branding missteps, and Europe’s place in the AI race.
An AI View of Magnifica Humanitas
Explore a concise review of Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas on AI, human dignity, ethics, and Catholic Social Teaching.