Crypto Security Faces New Test As Rogue AI Agents Emerge
Researchers from the University of California set up a trap — a crypto wallet loaded with a small amount of Ether and connected to third-party AI routing infrastructure. One of the routers took the bait. The wallet was drained. The loss was under $50, but the implications reached far beyond the dollar amount. Related Reading: […]
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AI has long been associated with data processing at scale, but traditional AI solutions rely on centralized infrastructures that pose significant risks to security, confidentiality, and user autonomy. Privasea’s DeepSea Network introduces an alternative: AI agents that operate within a decentralized, confidential computing framework powered by Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE). AI Agents in the DeepSea […]
The role U. S. government agents played in bitcoin thefts at Mt. Gox in 2013 has generated a lot of media coverage recently. But one security firm investigating the Mt. Gox thefts, Tokyo-based WizSec, believes the agents did not play a significant role in the missing bitcoins. The Mt. Gox exchange collapsed in early 2014 and declared bankruptcy. In a recent blog post, WizSec provided an update on its investigation. "First of all: no, we don't think these agents are main characters in the story of the missing MtGox bitcoins, and the story doesn't begin in 2013 either," the blog post noted.....
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The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has set out to teach law enforcement officers in Uzbekistan how to conduct crypto and dark web investigations. The regional body recently organized a training course for employees of the country’s security agencies in Tashkent. Uzbekistan Police and Security Agents Attend OSCE Course on Cryptocurrencies Representatives of Uzbekistan’s Prosecutor General’s Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the State Security Service have taken a training course on cryptocurrency and dark web investigations held by the OSCE between....