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• A bold new strategy or a dangerous precedent? Experts are divided on Trump’s memo.

  The “philosophical shift” that the memo authorizes raises legal, practical and moral questions, experts say.

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• Tech contractor for Brightly Software sentenced to 2 years in prison for insider attack

  Cameron Curry stole corporate data and employee information, which he used to threaten the company as his six-month contract gig came to a close. He ultimately extorted the company for $7,540.92.

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• AI’s ‘middle class’ has gotten dramatically better at hacking

  As frontier models and their sandbox escaping exploits dominate front-page news, researchers are increasingly worried about cheaper, more efficient AI models. 

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• Trump turns to private sector in offensive hacking operations memo

  One expert called it a “pretty big shift in U.S. cyber policy,” and there have been reservations in the past about opening the door to private sector involvement in cyber offense.

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• Researchers observe first ‘near-autonomous’ AI attack on government target in Taiwan

  Israeli cyber firm Dream said the framework adapted mid-operation, corrected its mistakes and expanded as it went along.

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