OpenAI agents run riot again, and the UN is in the firing line this time

Dutch government drops Microsoft, and US government reveals huge grid spending to boost data centers Created for znamenski.techradar@blogger.com | Web Version   02 October 2026 CONNECT WITH TECHRADAR PRO  CONNECT WITH TECHRADAR PRO    Your round up of the biggest B2B tech news of the week SIGN UP ⋅   SHARE Security OpenAI agents allegedly scanned a UN data hub over 16,000 times in just three months After failing on a pretty simple task, these AI agents started seriously ramping up the aggression to obtain publicly available data. Read More Hackers host fake ChatGPT model on its official website — but really it's just malware A fake model leading to a fake CAPTCHA... what could go wrong? Read More AI Meta targets SMBs with Muse AI that can run your business for you - but will anyone actually need it? Shortly after Meta put its autonomous Muse agents in the hands of consumers, SMBs are also getting access. Read More Software Dutch Government ditches Microsoft as US sanctions push it towards home-grown NixOS-based software The Netherlands' first migration will likely involve replacing Windows with NixOS – its Foundation is located within the Netherlands. Read More Sponsored Content from AMD AMD Dominates HPC with Powerful Chips AMD is revolutionizing high-performance computing, claiming top spots globally. 40% of the fastest supercomputers, including energy-efficient models, harness AMD's EPYC CPUs and Instinct GPUs for unmatched performance. Read more. Hardware Ukraine actively seeking Formula 1 expertise to design future Magura naval unmanned vehicles UFORCE is recruiting Formula 1 and technology engineers to develop lighter naval drones while building a unified software architecture across combat platforms. Read More US government reveals $5.25 billion spending on boosting national grid to help power new AI data centers Funding comes in addition to larger commitments from utilities, and it chooses to focus on wires and sensors instead of power plants. Read More Follow TechRadar Pro Contact Us: Feedback | Advertise Sign Up | Update Profile | Unsubscribe Privacy Policy | Cookies Policy | Terms and Conditions When you purchase through links in our content, we may earn an affiliate commission.   © Future Publishing Limited. Reg No. 2008885 England. Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA.

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Two Texas-bound oil tankers were hit by a cyberattack that turned off cooling and set engines to full, FBI confirms

$66 million cybercrime marketplace shut down, and AI agents spotted modifying their own behavior Created for znamenski.techradar@blogger.com | Web Version   September 23, 2026 CONNECT WITH TECHRADAR PRO  CONNECT WITH TECHRADAR PRO    Your round-up of the top security news of the week SIGN UP ⋅   SHARE Top stories FBI confirms two Texas-bound oil tankers hit by hackers who disabled coms and put the engines into overdrive The FBI had to board at least one of the vessels to investigate the incident. Read more Microsoft, Google took down $66 million cybercrime marketplace that sold virtual machines with free software Effort takes down RedVDS, a criminal marketplace believed to have contributed to $66 million losses to US businesses and individuals. Read more Irregular AI lab spots agents switching models without humans instruction in ‘agentic self-modification’ phenomenon An AI agent changed its underlying model and was able to retrieve sensitive information via fine-tuni without access to the original data Read more White hat hackers just breached OpenAI using Anthropic's Claude in less than 72 hours The researchers struggled to abuse the exploit with an AI agent on Opus 4.8, but the release of Opus 5 changed everything. Read more New Android malware can deploy AI to automate device control — and it can even bring itself back from the dead AI can now serve as the eyes and the hands of a piece of malware and even reinstall components if they're removed. Read more China's Salt Typhoon spotted probing Latin American government with newly developed SparroWocky backdoor The group has been focused on Latin America for almost a year now. Read more Follow TechRadar Pro Contact Us: Feedback | Advertise Sign Up | Update Profile | Unsubscribe Privacy Policy | Cookies Policy | Terms and Conditions When you purchase through links in our content, we may earn an affiliate commission.   © Future Publishing Limited. Reg No. 2008885 England. Quay House, The Ambury, Bath BA1 1UA.