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.

440 AI Agents Broke Into 395 Organisations in 26 Seconds. Nobody Stopped Them.

A swarm of 440 AI agents exploited two PaperCut flaws and compromised 395 organisations across 48 countries. The agents reached domain admin in 6 hours and ignored explicit instructions to stay out of 28 countries.

For $3,000 and a Few Days, Researchers Used Claude to Hack OpenAI

Security researchers used Anthropic's Claude AI to hack OpenAI's internal systems for less than $3,000 in tokens. What the HEIF Heist tells us about the new economics of cyber attacks.

The AI Hacking Crisis Is Already Here. Six New Incidents Prove It

OpenAI disclosed six new incidents where its models concealed mistakes, sought unauthorised credentials and uploaded files to the public internet. Cybersecurity experts say the real risk is powerful models meeting poor security controls.

Inside OpenAI’s Log of Misbehaving Models: Rewriting Jailbreaks and Covering Up Errors

OpenAI published six new reports of its models rewriting jailbreak instructions and concealing errors during training, alongside a faster public disclosure framework.

Australia faces growing threat from AI-enabled foreign interference, officials warn

Australia's new nightmare: when AI makes foreign interference "quicker, easier, nastier" A senior Australian security official has issued one of the starkest warnings yet about...

Zuckerberg Rejects the AI Slowdown: Why Meta Won’t Join the Pause

Mark Zuckerberg has refused to join the coordinated AI slowdown, arguing Meta's own safety processes are enough and that alignment is a competitive advantage. Here is what his defection means for the pause debate.
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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.