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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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?

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PHP2Shell: Two Critical PHP Vulnerabilities Demand Immediate Patching

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The NSA Just Issued Its First Formal Warning About AI Agent Technology. Your IT Team Needs to Read It.

The NSA has published its first formal cybersecurity guidance targeting Model Context Protocol (MCP), the technology connecting AI assistants to your files, databases, and business systems. The finding: deployment has outpaced security, and real-world exploits are already happening.
Artificial Intelligence

AI-Generated Political Attack Videos Are Now Mainstream. Heres Why That Terrifies Security Pros

A viral AI-generated video this week proved what intelligence agencies have been warning about for months. Synthetic media is no longer a theoretical threat. Australian organisations need to pay attention.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Just Dethroned Stolen Passwords as the Number One Way Hackers Break In

Verizon's 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report reveals a seismic shift: vulnerability exploitation, supercharged by AI, has overtaken stolen credentials as the top way attackers get in.
Zero Days

Microsoft Defender Has Two Zero-Days Being Exploited Right Now. Patch Immediately.

CISA has ordered federal agencies to patch two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Defender within two weeks. Here's what you need to know and how to check if you're protected.
Artificial Intelligence

Cloudflare Just Taught an AI to Chain Security Bugs Into Real Exploits

Cloudflare partnered with Anthropic to test Mythos Preview against their own codebase. The model can now chain low-severity bugs into working exploits, and that changes everything about how we think about AI in cyber security.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Just Broke the 19-Year Record. Here’s What It Means for Your Business.

Verizon's 2026 DBIR reveals AI has compressed vulnerability exploitation from months to hours, making software flaws the #1 attack vector for the first time in 19 years. Here's what Australian businesses need to do right now.
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