Cyber security

OpenAI commits US$1 billion to cyberdefence effort amid AI safety scrutiny

OpenAI has faced increased scrutiny since its own AI agent breached systems at open-source platform Hugging Face during a July test.

SIT to give undergrads nearly 2 years’ work experience for better job prospects in age of AI

Dubbed “2+2”, the programme will have undergraduates spending their first two years on campus and the next two years in deeper workplace immersion.

Thomson Reuters detects cyber security incident, says unauthorised party accessed files

Thomson Reuters’ investigation found some court records were “affected” and they included names and personal information.

FBI probes report of data breach exposing millions of drivers’ licences in US, Canada

The FBI said it was “looking into the incident” but could not comment “due to the ongoing nature of the investigation”.

OpenAI says upcoming model is so capable it requires stronger guardrails

The model, called Astra, can spot more security vulnerabilities than the most advanced OpenAI model publicly available today.

AI-driven cyber risk is top concern for global financial stability: Watchdog

Financial Stability Board Chair Andrew Bailey said many countries do not have systems in place to manage the deployment of advanced artificial intelligence models.

Ransomware group says it stole Berlin data, offers it for auction

Berlin’s Governing Mayor Kai Wegner and Berlin’s Senator for Interior, Digitalisation and Sport Iris Spranger attending a press conference on Aug 28 about a cyberattack which hit the Berlin’s Senate network.

Australian police arrest two men accused of widespread open-source software hacking

The Australian men face a combined 14 charges for their alleged roles in TeamPCP, a hacking collective that inserted malicious code into popular tools to compromise businesses.

Nearly $2.2 million lost to impersonation scams on iMessage in less than 2 months

Victims would receive messages from numbers or e-mail addresses imitating couriers such as NinjaVan.

Singapore Poly to offer ethical hacking services, give students real-world experience

(From left) APAC Regional Director of OffSec Services LLC David Zhao; Deputy Principal of SP Tan Yen Yen; Acting Minister for Manpower Jasmin Lau; Head of Cyber Solutions & Infrastructure of ST Engineering Lim Meng Hwee; and CEO of Athena Dynamics Ken Soh during the launch of the Cybersecurity Assessment and Security Operations Centre Training Lab for Enterprises at Singapore Polytechnic on Aug 19.

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