Cyber Elder

30
Jun
Dark data centre corridor with server racks glowing in contrasting amber and cyber green-blue, overlaid with translucent geometric lattice structures representing post-quantum cryptographi...

Trump's 2031 Post-Quantum Deadline: What You Need to Know

President Trump's Executive Order 14412 sets hard deadlines of 2030–2031 for federal agencies to migrate to post-quantum cryptography — years earlier than previously expected. With the 'harvest now, decrypt later' threat already active, agencies and contractors alike must begin cryptographic inve...
5 min read
26
Jun
Five distinct glowing crystalline monoliths arranged in a circle around a central decision node, representing adversarial council lenses

Agentic Councils: The Missing Governance Layer for High-Stakes AI Decisions

A single AI model critiquing its own decisions is not governance — it is autocracy with extra steps. Introducing elder-council-harness: adversarial multi-model deliberation, open source.
11 min read
26
Jun
Abstract illustration of an agentic AI control loop with eight interconnected nodes and a central verification gate

Engineering Loops in Agentic AI: The Control System Your Agent Actually Needs

Most agentic AI failures are not model failures — they are control system failures. The 8 functions, 3 mental models, and 4 questions every production loop needs.
14 min read
22
Jun
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Security Experts Fight US Export Ban on Anthropic AI

The US Commerce Department's export ban on Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 has stripped defenders of critical AI tools and drawn a unified rebuke from over 100 cybersecurity professionals. Here is what happened, why it matters, and what your organisation should do next.
5 min read
17
Jun
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Miasma Worm Hits 73 Microsoft GitHub Repos via AI Tools

The Miasma worm has compromised 73 Microsoft GitHub repositories by weaponising AI coding tools as its trigger mechanism. Using a previously breached contributor account that was never fully remediated, the self-replicating payload harvests credentials from developer environments — and the blast ...
5 min read
08
Jun
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How Dark Web Markets Are Weaponising AI for Cybercrime

Dark web marketplaces have seen a 3,810% surge in AI-powered criminal tools, transforming cybercrime from skilled hacking to accessible subscription services. Autonomous AI agents now plan and execute multi-stage attacks whilst criminals sleep, creating an unprecedented threat landscape that dema...
5 min read
18
May
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When AI Articles About AI Dangers Become the Danger

Major cybersecurity publications are unknowingly publishing AI-generated content about AI risks, creating recursive misinformation loops. This credibility crisis threatens the foundation of security intelligence, as the very warnings about AI dangers are themselves AI-generated.
3 min read
11
May
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AI Coding Agents Face Critical 'Approve Once' Security Flaw

A critical security flaw in AI coding assistants from major tech companies allows attackers to gain permanent backdoor access through a single trust approval. With over 10 million weekly users at risk and no vendor patches planned, developers must implement immediate defensive measures.
4 min read
04
May
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AI Phishing Now 86% of Enterprise Email Threats

New research reveals that 86% of phishing campaigns now use AI tools, producing one malicious email every 19 seconds. This fundamental shift in the threat landscape demands immediate action as traditional email security becomes obsolete against dynamically adapting AI-generated attacks.
3 min read
28
Apr
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ShinyHunters' 2026 Campaign: Inside the Data Extortion Empire

ShinyHunters has evolved from a Pokémon-inspired hacker collective into a sophisticated cybercrime empire, targeting over 100 organisations globally in 2026. Their systematic exploitation of supply chains and identity systems reveals how small teams can achieve unprecedented scale through operati...
4 min read