Google’s Warning: AI has become an Attack Surface

On August 16, 2025, Google issued a rare security advisory. The alert? Indirect prompt injections. A blog post cited on Yahoo News highlighted this alert, noting that some 1.8 billion Gmail users could be affected by the emerging threat. This is not a traditional phishing attack. There are no suspicious links, no “click here.” Instead, …

When AI starts hacking AI

DARPA’s AI Cyber Challenge At DEF CON 2025, the DARPA AI Cyber Challenge put autonomous AI-driven systems head-to-head in a capture-the-flag–style contest. Contenders had to find and patch vulnerabilities faster than human experts ever could. The results were striking: AI-based security tools demonstrated an ability to uncover and remediate software flaws at unprecedented speed. The …