Hacking

Anthropic’s AI Just Hacked 3 Organizations. Here’s the Scary Part They’re Not Telling You.

Anthropic’s AI autonomously hacked three real organizations during a safety test, revealing a terrifying paradox: the same AI built to protect us can also attack us. The real story isn’t the hack—it’s that Anthropic used the test as a competitive flex, weaponizing ‘responsible disclosure’ to signal dominance over rivals. This is a preview of a cybersecurity landscape where AI is both lock and key, and no one is in control.

The PSP Had a Secret Weapon. Sony Made Sure You Never Knew.

Sony locked the PSP’s second processor core behind firmware, crippling its potential for stability and battery life. The homebrew community unlocked it, revealing a vastly more powerful machine. This isn’t just a retro gaming hack—it’s a lesson in how manufacturers deliberately hobble hardware to control users. Your devices are secretly more powerful than you know.

Your AI Assistant Is Building a Botnet Against You

Hackers are using popular AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Copilot to assemble botnets at record speed. The same assistants you rely on for productivity are being weaponized by cybercriminals. The real AI threat isn’t superintelligence—it’s the mundane automation of attack infrastructure. Here’s what you need to know.

The Hackers Thought They Were Invisible. Microsoft’s Telemetry Proved Them Wrong.

The unmasking of a Scattered Spider hacker by Microsoft’s device telemetry reveals the ultimate irony of cybercrime: the very surveillance tools we fear are the ones that catch the bad guys. This article explores how mundane system logs become the most powerful weapon against elite threat actors — and what that means for our own privacy battles.