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Invisible Text on an Android Screen Can Hijack AI Phone Assistants, and Then the PC Behind Them
Researchers show how a rogue Android app can whisper hidden orders to open-source AI agents, and pivot the attack onto the computer running the show.
Fake Files That Stop Hackers: How 'Context Bombs' Crash AI Attack Agents
A security firm has found a way to halt automated AI attacks in their tracks by planting decoy text that triggers the safety rules built into AI systems. Success rates for AI-driven hacks dropped by up to 90% in tests.
AI Is Cutting the Time to Find a Hack From Weeks to Hours. Here Is What Security Teams Should Do About It.
South Korean hacker-turned-CEO Park Chan-am told a government security forum that artificial intelligence has shattered old assumptions about how fast criminals can break into corporate systems, and that most organisations are not ready.
Your AI Is Moving Faster Than Your Security Team Can Follow
Boards want CISOs to greenlight AI projects at speed. The problem is that the tools to track what those AI systems actually touch, and whether they are behaving safely, have not kept up.
AI Agents Can Go Rogue. Your Security Model Was Never Built to Stop Them.
A cybersecurity expert warns that AI agents, software programs that make decisions and take actions on their own, break every assumption that four decades of security thinking was built on. The fix is not a new tool. It is a new way of thinking.
AI Agents Are Making Security Playbooks Obsolete. Identity Is the Fix.
Security teams built their rules for humans clicking buttons. AI agents click a thousand buttons a second, and the old playbook cannot keep up.
A single fake review can trick an AI agent into buying the wrong product
Researchers describe a new class of attack where planted content on trusted pages steers AI assistants into harmful actions without ever hijacking the task itself.
Oak Raises $60 Million to Replace Fragmented Identity Security Tools With a Single Platform
A new Israeli-American startup wants to give companies one place to see and control every username, AI agent, and automated system that can touch their data.
One Poisoned Email Can Rewrite What Your AI Assistant 'Remembers' About You
Researchers show how a single message can plant a false memory in an AI agent's long-term store, quietly steering its answers in every future chat.
AI Agents Are Quietly Multiplying Inside Your Company Directory
Every new AI helper needs its own login. Most companies have no idea how many they now have, or what those logins can touch.
Your AI Coding Bots Are Running Unsupervised and Nobody Knows What They Did Last Night
AI agents inside software development teams can write, test, and deploy code on their own, often with no human checking what they did. Most companies have no way to answer a simple question: who authorised that change?
A Hidden Note in a Bug Report Tricked GitHub's AI Into Leaking Company Secrets
Researchers showed how a single crafted message in a public GitHub issue could fool an AI assistant into reading private code and posting it online for anyone to see.
Researchers Show How a Fake GitHub Comment Can Trick AI Tools Into Leaking Secret Code
A crafted public comment on GitHub can manipulate AI-powered automation into handing over data from private repositories, no password required.
Estonia Plans to Give AI Assistants Their Own Government ID Numbers
The Baltic nation wants AI agents to act inside government systems as semi-independent registered entities. Security experts say a registration number alone will not make that safe.
AI Agents Can Be Tricked Into Sending Money. Zscaler Has the Data.
A new study shows that some expensive, enterprise-grade AI assistants fall for hidden instructions that most humans would ignore, and experts warn the real danger is far bigger than a fake three-dollar fee.