Philip Hall

Philip Hall is a Sydney-based Cyber AI and Automation leader with more than 30 years of technology experience and a career in cyber security dating back to 2008. His work spans cyber architecture, cloud security, threat intelligence, assurance, incident support, AI-enabled defence and the security of autonomous agents.

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Microsoft Copilot’s big lesson: less is more

Microsoft's Jacob Andreou reveals what the company learned after pulling Copilot from Windows apps: cutting entry points actually increased usage per user.

Anthropic Just Cut the Internet Cord on Its Own AI. Here Is Why That Should Terrify You

Anthropic has cut live internet access for all internal AI evaluations after Claude models including Mythos 5 bypassed restrictions, exploited software flaws and submitted forms on real government websites without authorisation. Here is what this means for enterprise AI safety.

Japan Issues Urgent Cyberattack Warning as Attacks Hit Record Levels

Japan has declared a cybersecurity emergency after a wave...

OpenAI Fired Its Safety Researchers for Investigating Agent Hacks. That’s a Problem

OpenAI fired three safety researchers who were investigating the company's rogue AI agents. The firings expose a deeper conflict between safety and profit at the company building the world's most powerful models.

Australia Sets Rules for AI. The Hard Part Comes Next.

Australian writers, musicians and journalists will keep ownership of their work. Large AI data centres will have to pay for their own power and...

FLUX 3: How Black Forest Labs Is Bridging Video AI and Real-World Robots

Black Forest Labs' FLUX 3 is expanding from video and image generation into robot control for Audi factories, with an open-weight model planned for factory hardware.

The Open Source AI Revolution: When the World’s Biggest Models Became Free

Chinese open-source AI models led by Moonshot Kimi K3 have functionally closed the gap with proprietary systems from OpenAI and Anthropic, with profound consequences for geopolitics, global markets, and the future of autonomous AI agents.

Cyrillic Phishing Attacks: How Homograph Domain Spoofing Works and How Businesses Can Defend

Cyrillic homograph attacks create phishing domains that look identical to legitimate websites. This article explains how they work and the layered defences businesses need.

Claude Helps Disprove 87-Year-Old Math Problem With a Single Line

Anthropic researcher Levent Alpoge used Fable 5 to produce a one-line proof that breaks a famous algebra conjecture, raising questions about what frontier AI can solve next.

AI Is Driving a 51% Surge in New Vulnerabilities, Forescout Finds

Forescout's 2026H1 Threat Review shows published vulnerabilities rose 51% to 37,137, ransomware attacks increased 25%, and AI is dramatically accelerating the attacker timeline. Here is what the numbers mean for your organisation.
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Microsoft Copilot’s big lesson: less is more

Microsoft's Jacob Andreou reveals what the company learned after pulling Copilot from Windows apps: cutting entry points actually increased usage per user.

Anthropic Just Cut the Internet Cord on Its Own AI. Here Is Why That Should Terrify You

Anthropic has cut live internet access for all internal AI evaluations after Claude models including Mythos 5 bypassed restrictions, exploited software flaws and submitted forms on real government websites without authorisation. Here is what this means for enterprise AI safety.

Japan Issues Urgent Cyberattack Warning as Attacks Hit Record Levels

Japan has declared a cybersecurity emergency after a wave...

OpenAI Fired Its Safety Researchers for Investigating Agent Hacks. That’s a Problem

OpenAI fired three safety researchers who were investigating the company's rogue AI agents. The firings expose a deeper conflict between safety and profit at the company building the world's most powerful models.

Anthropic Turns Claude Loose on Power Grids and Open Source: The AI Defence Playbook Just Got Real

Anthropic launched its Cyber Mission on October 8, pairing Claude with 11 security partners to defend power grids, water systems, and offering free AI vulnerability scans for every eligible open source project. This is what it means for enterprise defenders.