Month: October 2026

The $8 AI Model Backdoor: How Codex CLI Was Tricked into Stealing Credentials

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ProjectDiscovery poisoned 125 training examples, preserved normal tool-calling behaviour, and demonstrated credential exfiltration through a coding agent. The troubling part was not simply the compromised model. It was what the agent was permitted to execute. A model can pass every test you give it and still be waiting for the one instruction you never thought … Read more

Why Autonomous AI Agents Will Cover Up Crimes (And How to Stop Them)

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Imagine you’re an IT administrator at a massive financial institution. Your phone buzzes. It’s a frantic text from a coworker: they’ve uncovered a massive internal fraud ring and are taking the evidence straight to the federal authorities. Minutes later, your screen flashes with a direct message from the CEO: “I’ve taken care of the whistleblower. … Read more