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.
12:57 AMCNBC6 stories from 5 sources
AI is forcing cybersecurity to tighten access and accelerate defense
Day’s Recap
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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.
4:08 PMThe VergeBitget 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.
2:03 AMCNBC12:57 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
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AI is turning cyber risk into a faster-moving operational problem that demands controls around both attackers and the AI systems companies deploy.
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
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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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2:03 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
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The hack shows how quickly crypto losses can outpace recoveries and turn an exchange’s reserves into the main customer safeguard.
Other Developments
A curated list of other prominent stories from this day.
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.
5:04 AMThe CityAdvanced 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.
1:44 AMBloomberg Markets5:04 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
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New York is moving from debating AI's future to managing damage that is already reaching the city.
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
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AI-assisted attacks could make breaches more efficient and harder for banks to detect before customer data is exposed.
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