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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The Cold Hack: Why Supermarket Freezer Attacks in Europe Are a Warning for Australia, the UK, and the US

A suspected cyberattack sent temperatures in supermarket freezers across...
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AI Agent Security

A Trusted AI Tool Was Weaponised: Inside the Trojanized Claude Code Extension Attack

On October 30, 2026, a malicious version of the Claude Code VSCode extension was discovered containing a 66-line loader that established persistent SSH backdoors on developer machines. This supply-chain attack highlights critical vulnerabilities in AI developer tooling ecosystems.
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Cyber AI

DEBATE: Will AI End Capitalism in 2 Years? The Ex-Google Prediction Dividing the World

A former Google X executive predicts AI will end capitalism in 2 years. I dug into the actual data. The answer is more complicated than either side wants to admit.
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The $25-an-hour question: is a job guarantee the answer to AI mass unemployment by 2028?

The $25-an-hour question: is a job guarantee the answer...
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Artificial Intelligence

AI Coding Assistants Approved a Hack, and You Likely Clicked Yes

A vulnerability called GhostApproval turns approval prompts in six major AI coding assistants into a rubber stamp. A malicious symlink can make the tool write to sensitive files on your machine while showing you a harmless filename.
Artificial Intelligence

Apple takes OpenAI’s hardware push to court

Apple has sued OpenAI, alleging the AI giant used a mass hiring spree to steal confidential hardware secrets. The case could reshape the 2027 device race.
Artificial Intelligence

How I Secured My Hermes AI Agent: A Practical Guide to Keeping Your Autonomous Agent Safe

A practical step-by-step guide to securing Hermes Agent covering the seven-layer security model, threat classes, and a ten-point hardening checklist for anyone running autonomous AI agents.
Artificial Intelligence

Canada’s Banking Regulator Warned Banks About AI-Backed Cyberattacks

Canada's banking regulator secretly warned major banks that Anthropic's Claude Mythos and other advanced AI models compress the window for finding and fixing vulnerabilities. This is what that signal actually means.
Artificial Intelligence

OpenAI pushes GPT-5.6 live alongside ChatGPT Work and a unified desktop experience

OpenAI launched GPT-5.6 with a new ChatGPT Work platform and a merged Codex desktop app, signalling a shift from model competition to platform competition. Here is what changed and why it matters.
Artificial Intelligence

The Ex-OpenAI Researcher Who Walked Away from $2 Million: What Daniel Kokotajlo Actually Said About AI Risk

Former OpenAI researcher Daniel Kokotajlo walked away from $2 million rather than stay silent. Here's what he actually said about AI timelines, extinction risk, and why the cybersecurity community should pay attention.
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