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AI is forcing cybersecurity to tighten access and accelerate defense

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12:57 AMCNBC

AI is making cyberattacks faster and harder to detect, Interpol warns. Here’s what companies should watch

Summary

An Interpol executive warns that AI is making established cyber threats faster, broader, and harder to detect. Companies also face emerging risks from agentic AI systems that can act with greater autonomy.

AI is compressing the time defenders have to identify and contain attacks, while agentic systems

Why it matters

AI is turning cyber risk into a faster-moving operational problem that demands controls around both attackers and the AI systems companies deploy.

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4:08 PMThe Verge

Apple will limit Mac disk access as AI agents ‘substantially’ increase risk

Summary

Apple says it will introduce new limits on macOS Full Disk Access after determining that AI agents have substantially increased the risks of granting applications broad access. The controls are intended to ensure that users who want to grant the permission can do so deliberately.

Apple is moving from a broad trust decision toward a more constrained approval process for

Why it matters

The change raises the security baseline for AI applications by limiting how easily one compromised tool can reach a user’s entire digital life.

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2:11 PMTechCrunch

Apple says it’s tightening macOS ‘Full Disk Access’ controls due to new risks from AI agents

Summary

Apple plans to add controls around macOS’s Full Disk Access permission, which can expose files, messages, email, and browsing history. The company says more capable AI agents make broad access to that data substantially riskier.

Apple is tightening a permission that gives applications unusually broad visibility into a Mac. The

Why it matters

Mac users may face more permission prompts, but the restriction could reduce the damage caused by compromised or overprivileged AI-enabled applications.

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2:03 AMCNBC

Bitget 'not expecting to recover a lot' from $388 million hack, CEO tells CNBC

Summary

Bitget has frozen only a small portion of the $387.5 million stolen in last week’s hack, while restoring much of its protection fund. The exchange’s CEO does not expect to recover a substantial share of the stolen assets.

The limited recovery means Bitget must rely primarily on its protection fund and balance sheet

Why it matters

The hack shows how quickly crypto losses can outpace recoveries and turn an exchange’s reserves into the main customer safeguard.

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5:04 AMThe City

NYC Already Battling AI Attacks as Council Prepares to Grill Artificial Intelligence Leaders

Summary

New York City officials are already confronting AI-related attacks as the City Council prepares to question leaders from major technology companies. The hearing will focus on the risks posed by artificial intelligence and possible ways to regulate them.

The council's hearing comes as AI threats are no longer hypothetical for city agencies and

Why it matters

New York is moving from debating AI's future to managing damage that is already reaching the city.

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1:44 AMBloomberg Markets

AI Tools Suspected in Korea’s Shinhan Bank Hack, Yonhap Says

Summary

Advanced artificial intelligence tools may have been used in a cyberattack on South Korea’s Shinhan Bank that exposed information on about 25,000 customers. The suspected use of AI adds a new dimension to the breach’s investigation.

The potential use of AI shifts the threat from conventional intrusion toward faster, more scalable

Why it matters

AI-assisted attacks could make breaches more efficient and harder for banks to detect before customer data is exposed.

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