UK goes shopping for homegrown AI with £100M procurement scheme

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AI
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                            security AI agents carried out every step of this ransomware attack – then left the victim an 80-page security auditAdding insult to injury
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                            Security Attacker stole a METR API key, used $600K worth of credits, and no one noticed for weeksThe model provider gave METR the credits for free. An actual customer would not have been so lucky
Infosec
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                            Security Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacksPLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more!
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                            Security Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attackPLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more
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                            Black Hat and DEF CON DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructureVoting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included
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                            Security EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz AcronisWent at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified
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                            Malware Month Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sightOn the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career

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