Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

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AI Agents Target Anti-Money Laundering at Major Global Banks, Cut Manual ProbesBretton AI has raised $75 million in Series B funding led by Sapphire Ventures to scale AI agents for anti-money laundering sanctions and KYC compliance. CEO Will Lawrence says the company is targeting large banks with automation designed to reduce manual investigations and improve auditability.

AI Agents Target Anti-Money Laundering at Major Global Banks, Cut Manual ProbesBretton AI has raised $75 million in Series B funding led by Sapphire Ventures to scale AI agents for anti-money laundering sanctions and KYC compliance. CEO Will Lawrence says the company is targeting large banks with automation designed to reduce manual investigations and improve auditability.

Fake views from Moscow's pet media outlets appear in about one in five responses Popular chatbots powered by large language models cited links to Russian state-attributed sources in up to a quarter of answers about the war in Ukraine, raising fresh questions over whether AI risks undermining efforts to enforce sanctions on Moscow-backed media.…

The White House put limits on cyber sanctions, killed the digital ID program, and refocused the government's cyber activities to enabling AI, rolling out post-quantum cryptography, and promoting secure software design.

The White House put limits on cyber sanctions, killed the digital ID program, and refocused the government's cyber activities to enabling AI, rolling out post-quantum cryptography, and promoting secure software design.

White House Limits Cyber Sanctions, Cuts Digital ID Mandates and Refocuses AI RulesPresident Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that rewrites key cyber policies from the previous White House administration, removing digital ID mandates, mandating secure software standards and narrowing cyber sanctions to foreign actors.

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday leveled sanctions against two entities in Iran and Russia for their attempts to interfere with the November 2024 presidential election

Chip giant tells Uncle Sam someone could be making orders on the sly TSMC has reportedly tipped off US officials to a potential attempt by Huawei to circumvent export controls and obtain AI chips manufactured by the Taiwanese company.…

Meanwhile, US apparently considers further AI hardware sanctions Germany's government has named China-controlled actors as the perpetrators of a 2021 cyber attack on the Federal Office of Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) – the official mapping agency.…

U.S.-Led Sanctions Do Little to Curtail North Korea's Development of AISouth Korea's intelligence agency has reported that North Korean hackers are using generative AI to conduct cyberattacks and search for hacking targets. Experts believe North Korea's AI capabilities are robust enough for more precise attacks on South Korea.

Researchers used machine learning to analyze Hungarian media reports and found Russian narratives soured the nation's perspective on EU sanctions and arms deliveries months before the Ukraine invasion.

Lawmakers Explore Punishments for Foreign Adversaries in Violation of AI GuardrailsA Senate committee discussed potential sanctions and enforcement measures to ensure governments around the world obey international norms for artificial intelligence systems, after State Department officials warned foreign adversaries will not comply with U.S. guidelines for responsible AI use.