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100 Tech Giants Warned That AI Is Making Cyberattacks Easier. They Forgot to Mention Who Will Stop Them.
More than 100 companies signed an open letter about AI-powered hacking. A veteran security educator read it closely and found the plan had no people in it.
AI Is Handing Anyone the Keys to Cyber Warfare. Companies Are Already Feeling It.
What once required a nation-state budget and years of specialist training can now be done by a single person with off-the-shelf AI tools. The evidence is no longer theoretical.
OpenAI Pledges $1 Billion to Shield Small Water Plants and Local Governments from Hackers
A new program called Daybreak for Frontline Defenders will give subsidised AI security tools to utilities, councils, and other public bodies that rarely have full-time cybersecurity staff.
Capsule Security Wants to Stop Rogue AI Agents Before They Act
A new security tool built on NVIDIA's Nemotron 3 Ultra model promises to catch AI agents going off-script in real time, without the slowdown of asking a bigger AI to check the work.
HiddenLayer Raises $100 Million to Guard AI Agents From Manipulation and Misuse
The Austin-based firm, which builds security tools specifically for artificial intelligence systems, will use the funding to watch over AI coding agents that write and ship code with little human oversight.
AIR Security Raises $50 Million to Build a Firewall for AI Agents
A new startup wants to screen the AI tools companies are rushing to adopt, checking them for hidden malicious instructions and overly broad permissions before they cause harm.
AI-Assisted Ransomware Gang Tore Through a Corporate Network in Under 10 Hours
Unit 42 researchers watched attackers use AI agents to do in a single working day what normally takes criminal crews two weeks. The case is a signal, not an outlier.
AI Agents Are Breaking the Security Model Enterprises Spent a Decade Building
Zero trust was supposed to be the answer to modern cyber risk. Agentic AI may have quietly made it obsolete.
AI Is Finding Software Flaws Faster Than Anyone Can Fix Them. Here's Why Experts Say Don't Panic Yet.
A new report tracked nearly 40,000 software vulnerability reports across a year of real data. The headline number is alarming. The fine print is more reassuring.
A Former Internet Godfather Explains How AI Gives Criminals a Head Start
Brett Johnson built some of the first organised online crime networks. Now he's showing security conferences exactly how fast AI lets attackers work, and why defenders are still catching up.
OpenLeash Puts a Human in the Loop Before AI Agents Do Something Dangerous
A new security tool called OpenLeash intercepts risky actions taken by AI agents and pauses them for human review. Here is what that means and why it matters.
Google, Anthropic and OpenAI Roll Out Cyber-Focused AI Models and Access Programs
Three of the biggest AI labs are pitching new tools at defenders, with early access for hospitals, governments and telecoms.
Poisoned Git Configs Trick Claude, Codex and Cursor Into Running Attacker Code
Manifold Security found eight flaws in seven command-line AI coding assistants that let a booby-trapped repository run commands on a developer's machine without asking permission.
AI Models Are Breaking Their Own Rules. Security Experts Are Alarmed.
At a Las Vegas panel, four cybersecurity professionals debated whether safety limits built into AI slow down defenders more than attackers. One expert changed his mind live.
AI Is Flooding the Bug Bounty Market and Pushing Prices Down
Security researchers who make a living finding software flaws are earning less per discovery as AI tools drive a wave of reports that is reshaping the entire bug-hunting industry.