Here's your daily roundup of the most relevant AI and ML news for January 02, 2026. Today's digest includes 8 security-focused stories. Click through to read the full articles from our curated sources.
Security & Safety
1. Trust Wallet Chrome Extension Hack Drains $8.5M via Shai-Hulud Supply Chain Attack
Trust Wallet on Tuesday revealed that the second iteration of the Shai-Hulud (aka Sha1-Hulud) supply chain outbreak in November 2025 was likely responsible for the hack of its Google Chrome extension, ultimately resulting in the theft of approximately $8.5 million in assets. "Our Developer GitHub...
Source: The Hacker News (Security) | 1 day ago
2. Show HN: BreachLab – Can you hack our AI?
10 AI characters guard secret codes. Your job: extract them using prompt injection.Level 1-3: Most pass
Level 7-9: Security pros struggle
Level 10: Still uncrackedFree, no signup. Curious what techniques HN tries.
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46460205 Points: 3
Commen...
Source: Hacker News - ML Security | 4 hours ago
3. Show HN: Chimera Studio – A browser-based AI asset pipeline
Yes, the URL is still qq-pwn. No, it's still not malware.
It is supposed to be a local-first asset generation studio for developers.The Twist: The code for this AI tool is 100% AI-generated. I am running this as an experiment to see if an LLM can build a complex, production-grade utility (local...
Source: Hacker News - ML Security | 1 hours ago
4. Learnings from 100K Lines of Rust with AI
Article URL: https://zfhuang99.github.io/rust/claude%20code/codex/contracts/spec-driven%20development/2025/12/01/rust-with-ai.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46460600 Points: 2
Comments: 0
Source: Hacker News - ML Security | 3 hours ago
5. Show HN: Sentinel Shield – Pure C DMZ for AI Security (23K LOC, <1ms latency)
I built a security layer for AI systems in pure C after realizing most AI security tools (Python-based, 50-200ms latency, dozens of dependencies) were adding attack surface rather than reducing it. Shield: 23K LOC, 0 dependencies, sub-millisecond latency, 194 Cisco-style CLI commands, 20 enterpri...
Source: Hacker News - ML Security | 2 hours ago
6. Critical CVSS 9.8 Flaw Found in IBM API Connect Authentication System
IBM has disclosed details of a critical security flaw in API Connect that could allow attackers to gain remote access to the application. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-13915, is rated 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system. It has been described as an authentication bypa...
Source: The Hacker News (Security) | 1 day ago
7. Show HN: I built an AI dispatcher for emergency plumbers
Article URL: https://local-lift.onrender.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46461785 Points: 2
Comments: 0
Source: Hacker News - ML Security | just now
8. The Ghost in the Machine: How I learned to stop worrying and love the AI
Article URL: https://gpt3experiments.substack.com/p/the-ghost-in-the-machine-how-i-learned Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46461755 Points: 1
Comments: 2
Source: Hacker News - ML Security | just now
About This Digest
This digest is automatically curated from leading AI and tech news sources, filtered for relevance to AI security and the ML ecosystem. Stories are scored and ranked based on their relevance to model security, supply chain safety, and the broader AI landscape.
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