Strengthening our defenses against distillation attacks Anthropic https://www.anthropic.com/news/distillation-defenses
www.anthropic.comStrengthening our defenses against distillation attacksIllicit distillation allows model developers to copy frontier AI capabilities without creating proportionally robust safeguards. Here, we describe how we’ve reduced the rate of distillation by more than 90%.
White House’s AI task force gets to work | Semafor https://www.semafor.com/article/10/15/2026/white-houses-ai-task-force-gets-to-work
www.semafor.comExclusive: White House’s AI task force gets to workThe White House’s AI task force has formally adopted its charter.
UK Legal Aid Agency Hack Scope Widens After Forensic Review - SecurityWeek https://www.securityweek.com/uk-legal-aid-agency-hack-scope-widens-after-forensic-review/
SecurityWeekUK Legal Aid Agency Hack Scope Widens After Forensic ReviewThe UK’s Legal Aid Agency has confirmed that records dating back to 1978 were stolen in an April 2025 data breach.
DNS as C2 in Noir, An AI-Developed Crypto Wallet Drainer https://www.infoblox.com/blog/threat-intelligence/when-a-wallet-drainer-asks-dns-where-to-go/
Infoblox BlogDNS as C2 in Noir, An AI-Developed Crypto Wallet DrainerResearchers uncovered a likely AI-developed wallet drainer that uses DNS TXT records and public DoH services as a dynamic C2 infrastructure control plane.
PEERSTITCH Malware Deployed via FortiOS Flaw Bypasses Checks on Tagged VPN Sessions https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/attackers-exploit-fortios-flaw-to.html
The Hacker NewsPEERSTITCH Malware Deployed via FortiOS Flaw Bypasses Checks on Tagged VPN SessionsAttackers exploited a patched FortiOS flaw to deploy PEERSTITCH, a memory-resident implant that bypasses checks on tagged VPN sessions.
Critical PwnEscape Linux Kernel Vulnerability Lets Guest VMs Read Host Memory https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/critical-pwnescape-linux-kernel.html
The Hacker NewsCritical PwnEscape Linux Kernel Vulnerability Lets Guest VMs Read Host MemoryA critical Linux kernel flaw let a guest VM read host memory in Vercel's live sandboxes; host code execution was shown only in lab tests.
Citizen Lab Traces Zero-Click Candiru Spyware Infections at Al Jazeera to Targeted Online Ads https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/citizen-lab-traces-zero-click-candiru.html
The Hacker NewsCitizen Lab Traces Zero-Click Candiru Spyware Infections at Al Jazeera to Targeted Online AdsCitizen Lab linked Candiru spyware infections at Al Jazeera to targeted ads that triggered attacks without clicks or user action.
OWASP MASVS - OWASP Mobile Application Security https://mas.owasp.org/MASVS/
Infosec Decoded Season 6 #66: Censored
With [email protected] and Doug Spindler
Recorded Mon, Oct 19, 2026
https://youtu.be/T1-Pj54Ow3k
Measuring Human Cryptanalysis Effort - Schneier on Security https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/10/measuring-human-cryptanalysis-effort.html
Schneier on SecurityMeasuring Human Cryptanalysis Effort - Schneier on SecurityMatthew Green has a new site that tries to estimate the number of cryptanalyst-hours that have been spent analyzing different public-key algorithms: Abstract: We estimate how much public cryptanalysis each public-key assumption has received, using the literature itself as the instrument. From roughly sixteen thousand candidate papers we classify cryptanalytic work on ECDLP, structured and plain la
