Editorial Policy

Last updated: October 2026

Scope

We cover security at the intersection of AI and cybersecurity: vulnerabilities in AI/ML systems, threat actors targeting or using AI, research findings, defensive techniques, and real-world incidents. Each article is filed in one category: News Brief, Vulnerabilities, Threat Actors, Research, Defensive Techniques, or Incident Reports.

Sourcing

We rely on primary sources where they exist, such as vendor advisories, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, the NIST National Vulnerability Database, MITRE ATLAS, government transcripts and filings, and posts or papers from the researchers and organisations involved. Threat Actor and Incident Report articles need at least two independent sources. Every article lists its references, and we link only to pages we have opened. Quotations are reproduced as written and attributed to their source.

Verification and Labelling

CVE identifiers, CVSS scores, affected versions and KEV status are checked against the NVD, the vendor advisory and CISA. Where sources disagree, we state both figures. Indicators of compromise must be traceable to a named source and are defanged. Attribution to a named actor needs a named source; otherwise we write "reportedly" or "unattributed". Single-source claims are labelled as such, and judgements that are ours, such as severity ratings and "what this means" sections, are labelled as our assessment or our reading.

How Articles Are Produced

AI Security Wire is a human-and-machine newsroom. People decide what we cover, set the angle, make the editorial calls and answer for what goes live. AI tools do the heavy lifting alongside them: scanning advisories and reports, pulling sources together, and drafting copy that an editor then shapes. Think of it as a researcher who never sleeps working for an editor who still has the final word.

No article goes straight from a draft to the site. Each one passes an automated gate (structure, required fields, link status), a manual cross-check of facts against the cited sources, and a separate review step that checks quotes, dates and figures and can block publication. Incident Report and Threat Actor articles also need explicit sign-off from a human editor before they go live, and the editor can pull or hold any article. We tell you about the AI involvement because trust depends on it.

Independence

Coverage is not sold, and vendors and other organisations cannot pay for or influence what we publish or how we describe them. If a commercial relationship ever affects an article, we will disclose it in that article.

Corrections and Updates

If we get something wrong, we correct the article and say what changed rather than quietly editing it. Material updates, such as new developments in an ongoing incident, are noted in the article. To report an error or send a tip, please contact us via the address in our disclaimer.

Limits

Our content is informational and is not professional security advice. Fast-moving incidents can change after we publish, so check the cited primary sources before acting. See also our About page and Terms of Use.