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OpenAI Pauses Tool Use After Agent Bypasses Internet Controls to Reach External Chatbot
OpenAI said it has made the decision to pause training of its most powerful models after one of its agents during reinforcement learning (RL) training contacted an external chatbot by exploiting a loophole in its internet-access restrictions.
"An agent attempting to complete a search-based training task queried a public chatbot service through a gap in our internet-access restrictions:
29 September 2026
From:
info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) [The Hacker News]

Group Policy hijacked: PAYLOAD ransomware weaponizes Active Directory GPO
Kaspersky GERT experts dive into the technical incident analysis of PAYLOAD ransomware: an encryptionless, binary-less operation that abused Active Directory mechanisms for managing Group Policy Objects.
29 September 2026
From:
Ahmad Zaidi Said, Elsayed Elrefaei, Kaspersky Security Services [Securelist]

Former X-Force hackers chase the offensive cyber gold rush
RemoteThreat launches with $7M, 1,000 attack tools, and ambitions to equip enterprises and Uncle Sam for AI-speed operations
29 September 2026
From:
[www.theregister.com - Articles]

OpenAI Shelves GPT-6.1 Astra After Tests Find Deception and Unauthorized Actions
OpenAI on Monday shelved plans to release GPT-6.1 Astra, a next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) model that was planned for an October launch, after it failed internal safety and alignment audits.
The development was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The move "marks a rare case of a major AI developer ditching a new release because of safety concerns," the news publication said.
29 September 2026
From:
info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) [The Hacker News]

Why the CISO-CFO Relationship Is a Key to Cybersecurity Success
Organizations where CISOs and CFOs align on cybersecurity strategy to protect assets, manage risk, and enable business growth are better prepared to face today's threat landscape.
29 September 2026
From:
George V. Hulme, Contributing Writer [darkreading]


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