Trump considering AI controls after OpenAI hacking incidents

Trump considering AI controls after OpenAI hacking incidents

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his administration is considering asserting more power over artificial intelligence (AI) tools after recent cybersecurity incidents. Asked about OpenAI’s tools being responsible for improperly breaching the private technology of other companies, Trump said: “We’re looking at AI, we’re looking at controls, we’re also making sure that we…

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Sam Altman meets lawmakers on back of OpenAI agents hacking companies | Business and Economy News

Sam Altman meets lawmakers on back of OpenAI agents hacking companies | Business and Economy News

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has met with US senators to discuss his company’s upcoming models, as President Donald Trump said he is considering AI “controls” following OpenAI’s disclosure that one of its AI systems escaped containment during a security test. “We’re looking at controls,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office in response to a…

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Cybercriminals are hacking trust

Cybercriminals are hacking trust

Cybersecurity is entering a new phase. The biggest threat to organisations is no longer necessarily a suspicious e-mail or an obviously malicious file. Increasingly, cybercriminals are exploiting the digital experiences, platforms and workflows that employees already trust. Gen Digital’s H1 2026 Threat Report highlights a clear shift in the threat landscape. Attackers are moving closer…

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South African fraud surge runs on trust, not hacking

South African fraud surge runs on trust, not hacking

As AI systems grow more capable, criminals are using them to deliver increasingly sophisticated scams. Yet even as attacks on systems grow in scope and frequency, the exploitation of human trust through social engineering remains the most common entry point to full system infiltration. “The most common attacks we see are social engineering attempts leveraging…

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The Mythos hacking threat is looking overblown

The Mythos hacking threat is looking overblown

Early fears that Anthropic’s new AI model, Mythos, could dramatically turbocharge hacking are looking overstated a month after its release. The company warned at launch in April that Mythos had uncovered thousands of software vulnerabilities — including flaws across every major operating system and browser — and said the fallout from its spread could be…

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Hacking humans: AI raises the bar for phishing

Hacking humans: AI raises the bar for phishing

Barry Neethling, Chief Technology Officer for First Technology Group. (Image: Supplied) Humans – long acknowledged as the weakest link in cyber security – are now weaker than ever before in the face of advanced AI phishing and hacking techniques. This risk is increasing as the end of Windows 10 support looms. This is according to…

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