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Black Hat 2026: AI Is Changing How Hackers Work, and Defenders Are Scrambling to Catch Up
Three reporters who walked the floor at Black Hat USA 2026 in Las Vegas came back with a clear message: artificial intelligence is rewriting the rules of cybersecurity faster than companies, governments, or their own tools are ready for.
Securing Enterprise AI: What Boards Are Getting Wrong About the Rush to Deploy
Sygnia's 2026 CISO Survey Report maps where AI adoption is outrunning the controls meant to keep it safe, and what security teams can do about it.
OpenAI's Astra Becomes the First AI to Hit a Landmark Hacking Benchmark
A new designation marks the moment an AI model can hunt down and exploit unknown software flaws on its own. OpenAI says Astra got there first.
Hidden Text in Emails Can Trick AI Assistants Into Showing You Fake Numbers
Researchers planted invisible instructions inside ordinary emails and watched an AI summariser rewrite invoice amounts and meeting dates without any warning to the reader.
Palo Alto Networks Buys AI Agent Platform Consult, Posting 34% Revenue Jump
The cybersecurity company's latest acquisition adds an AI agent platform to its portfolio, while fresh quarterly figures show strong growth across its newer product lines.
CrowdStrike Unveils SafeMind: Two AI Models That Attack and Defend Your Network Simultaneously
A new system pairs an AI that hunts for weaknesses with one that fixes them, and the feedback loop between them is the whole point.
A Security Start-Up Says Its AI Can Fight Back Against Hackers in Minutes. Here's What That Actually Means.
Sevii has updated its attack-detection software to include AI agents that can spot, contain, and fix security incidents automatically. The promise sounds impressive. The questions worth asking are harder.
OpenClaw's Biggest-Ever Update Rewrites Its Security Controls From the Ground Up
What began as a simpler install process turned into a full system rebuild. Analysts say the rewrite reveals how hard it is to secure AI agent platforms, and what enterprises need to check before trusting one.
Hackers Are Actively Exploiting a Critical Flaw in the AI Builder Langflow
A software vulnerability scored at near-maximum severity is being used right now to break into Langflow servers and steal credentials. Over 360 attacks hit tracking sensors in the UK in a single day.
Attackers Drain $600,000 in AI Credits After Stealing METR API Key
The AI safety non-profit says intruders got into a staff laptop and a code repository, but no sensitive research data was taken.
Companies Are Spending More on Cyber 'Attack Drills' to Keep Up with AI-Powered Hackers
New research from Omdia finds 88% of organisations plan to increase spending on offensive security, as AI gives attackers a speed advantage that human-paced testing can no longer match.
Federal Judge Rules Pentagon's Actions Against AI Company Anthropic Were Illegal
A federal court found the US Defence Department had no lawful basis when it branded Anthropic a supply chain risk, handing the AI firm a rare legal win against a government regulator.
Banning One AI Brand Isn't Enough: Your Model's Family Tree Still Matters
Cisco researchers say that where an AI model is built tells you far less than where it came from. Tracing a model's lineage reveals hidden dependencies and inherited behaviours that a country-of-origin label simply cannot.
Five engineering habits that actually earn customer trust (and one that is quietly expanding the problem)
A privacy expert argues that compliance checkboxes are the easy part. The hard part is making sure a customer's choice is respected by every system that touches their data, even the ones nobody thinks about.
Amazon's Kiro AI Coding Tool Can Be Tricked Into Leaking Your Secrets
Researchers show how a hidden instruction in a project file can turn Amazon's agentic coding assistant into a data-exfiltration channel.