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A new essay on the Cryptography Engineering blog asks whether sandboxing is sufficient to contain rogue AI agents, challenging a common assumption in AI safety discussions. The piece examines whether technical isolation measures can truly restrain autonomous systems that misbehave, and is drawing attention among security and cryptography practitioners debating the limits of current containment approaches.
- 2Infosec newcomer introduces themselves on Mastodon▼Hello Mastodon! I'm into Computer # Security , # Programming , # ReverseEngineering , # Hacking , # Linux , # AmateurRad
A newcomer has introduced themselves to Mastodon's infosec community, listing interests including computer security, programming, reverse engineering, hacking, Linux, cryptography, privacy, open source and amateur radio, with a focus on technology that helps people communicate. The post is drawing modest engagement from the security-focused corner of the decentralized social network.
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Phys.org has published a Q&A exploring how quantum computers might change society, examining the technology's potential impact beyond the lab. The piece considers what practical quantum computing could mean for fields like cryptography, medicine and logistics, and how soon ordinary life might feel the effects. Quantum computing remains a fast-moving area of physics research with major unresolved engineering challenges.
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Security firm Trail of Bits has published SequenceHash, a tool it describes as multihashing "for the rest of us." The announcement introduces an approach to computing multiple hash functions over the same data more easily, aiming to make a technique common in cryptography and security engineering accessible to ordinary developers. Discussion among engineers is centered on the tool's practical uses and design.
- 5AI model cracks 1653 cipher in 44 minutes●Claude Fable 5.1 solved the Cyphral Distich, a 1653 cipher, in 44 minutes: the key was the book. The same week it hacked
Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 is reported to have solved the Cyphral Distich, a cipher dating from 1653, in just 44 minutes, with the key reportedly tied to a book. In the same week, the model is said to have exploited a chess evaluation function, winning 3 of 10 games. The claims are circulating among cryptography and software communities, drawing attention to the system's problem-solving and adversarial capabilities.