UK Cyberspying Chief Calls AI ‘an Unstoppable Force’ and Warns About Russia
2026-05-28T07:24:04Z•edcaa7e42c2efad64d3dc1415a6b821f6a0a8276d4641c3f7c3d9057437c4f30
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What happened
A batch of SecurityWeek stories covering rising AI-enabled threats and nation-state activity: the UK cyberspying chief warned that AI is an “unstoppable force” and highlighted increased Russian gray‑zone activity. Researchers disclosed an account‑takeover vulnerability in the open‑source CFP tool Pretalx. A new supply‑chain technique dubbed “SymJack” can trick AI coding agents into installing attacker‑controlled components to steal secrets and compromise CI/CD. Other items: disruption of the GlassWorm botnet (C2 takedown), LA Metro incident linked to Iranian state‑sponsored infrastructure, a U
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- 2026-05-28T07:24:04Z
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