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Cisco Patches Eight Flaws in Network Software Used by Telecoms Worldwide, Two Rated Near-Maximum Severity
Cisco's own engineers found the vulnerabilities using artificial intelligence tools. No fixes exist beyond the patches, and two of the flaws score 9.8 out of 10 on the standard severity scale.

Half of CISOs say AI advances are pushing them toward the exit
A new survey finds one in two chief information security officers is weighing leaving the profession, as fast-moving AI tools and growing personal legal exposure make the job feel untenable.

Navigating the Security Maze of GenAI and LLM Systems
Understanding the security complexities of generative AI applications and how to effectively test them.

The Race to Answer 'Are We Exposed?' Is Getting Harder
A new CVE drops and the clock starts. Security teams still hop between six tools to find out if it matters. AI is making that lag more dangerous.

HelmGuard Raises $7.3 Million to Automate Corporate Risk Checks With AI
A UK startup says it can compress weeks of security and compliance paperwork into hours using AI software agents. Investors handed it $7.3 million to find out.

One in Ten Exposed LiteLLM Gateways Still Use the Demo Admin Key 'sk-1234'
Wiz Research found thousands of AI gateways sitting on the public internet with the example password from the setup guide still in place.

The Longitude Problem: Why Ground Truth Beats Guesswork in the AI Age
For centuries, sailors died because they could estimate their position but not confirm it. Attackers targeting your company today face the same gap, and your best defence is the same one that finally solved navigation.

When AI Does What It's Told, For the Wrong Person
A new attack technique lets outsiders trigger high-privilege actions inside company AI systems without ever logging in. The flaw isn't in the AI model. It's in how these systems decide who is allowed to ask.

33 Cybersecurity Companies Changed Hands in August 2026
From Visa's $2.4 billion grab of fraud-detection firm BioCatch to Munich Re's $575 million bet on cyber insurance, August was a busy month for dealmaking in the security industry.

Amazon Adds Mandiant Founder Kevin Mandia to Its Board
Kevin Mandia, the cybersecurity veteran who built Mandiant into one of the world's best-known breach investigation firms, joined Amazon's board of directors on 8 September 2025.

Anthropic Says Criminals and State Hackers Are Weaponising Claude
The AI firm's own threat report describes Claude being used to automate break-ins, draft propaganda, and support weapons research between December 2025 and August 2026.

AI Is Finding Vulnerabilities Faster Than Security Teams Can Fix Them
At CrowdStrike's Fal.Con 2026 conference, the real alarm wasn't about AI-powered attacks. It was about what happens when defenders are already drowning in warnings and attackers start moving faster.

Staff Using AI Are Now the Loudest Signal on Company Security Screens
Security teams say the fastest-growing warnings on their screens now come from staff using AI, not from hackers attacking it.

Rogue AI Agents, a WeChat Worm and PaperCut Attacks Say Something About Basic Security
Attackers are pushing AI into more of their workflow, and old bugs are still doing most of the damage.

Spies and Criminals Are Stealing AI Systems, Not Just Data
Google's threat research team says nation-state hackers and extortion gangs are now going after the AI models, cloud accounts, and secret access keys that companies use to run artificial intelligence, turning those stolen assets into weapons for their own attacks.