AI has ushered in a new kind of hacker

AI has ushered in a new kind of hacker

AI is offering hackers new openings.GettyImages/ Hero ImagesHackers are using new AI models to infiltrate companies with old tricks.Open-source models are gaining popularity, but raise the bar for cybersecurity.Researchers scoured Hugging Face for malicious models and found hundreds.AI doomsayers continue to worry about the technology's potential to bring about societal collapse. But the most likely scenario for now is that small-time hackers wi…

Gemini's hackers return their own AI functions against him, the Fun-Tuning attack reaches 80% success by exploiting fine-tuningThe rise of large language models (LLM) is accompanied by increasing security challenges, including the emergence of sophisticated attacks exploiting their intrinsic vulnerabilities. The article examines a new method of indirect injection of invitees, called Fun-Tuning, which specifically targets Gemini, the owner model.…

In the upcoming Pwn2Own competition from 15 to 17 May 2025 in Berlin, ethical hackers are attacking security gaps in AI systems, often using zero-day vulnerabilities in AI technology. At the Pwn2Own competition, ethical hackers from all over the world are once again coming together – this time in Berlin. The hacking competition, which takes place from 15 to 17 May, is all about artificial intelligence (AI). The aim of the event, which is organis…