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  • Colkibcol1049@mstdn.social
    Oct 25, 2026, 2:11 PM

    This past week was a big flashing siren. AI-detected flaws in PHP, the code behind millions of websites, knocked government sites offline worldwide and prompted the US NSA to warn organisations to patch immediately. Major banks found unauthorized AI agents inside customer accounts, some trying to take actions customers never asked for. And Anthropic's deputy chief information security officer, Jason Clinton, warned that cyber threats will get "a lot worse before they get better."

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  • Count HoldemCountHoldem@mastodon.social
    Oct 25, 2026, 2:19 PM

    @kibcol1049 Artificial insemination, to deter artificial insemination.

    How many more complexity layers, will organic humans be forced to produce, in order to countermeasure these secondary effects, to the primary cause of #TechBros usurping #RootInfrastructure control via cornering #energy markets - the very pulse* of human civilization?

    * The two pillars of human civilization, #education and #energy, are now in the firm grasp of unmatched abusive power. #resist

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  • Ben Curthoysbencurthoys@mastodon.social
    Oct 25, 2026, 3:13 PM

    @kibcol1049 it's worth remembering that the AI didn't cause the PHP flaws - it found flaws that had always been there. And we can't prove that nation states didn't know about them already and were making selected use of them. By finding them AI made the internet more secure, not less, though it was an unpleasant week for many.

    The real danger of AI to cybersecurity are all the new flaws that it is busily introducing...

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