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From Coder to Chief: How Standard Chartered's Security Boss Runs Defence at a Global Bank
The bank's top security executive explains how the job has changed, why security leaders must speak business rather than just tech, and what AI means for attackers and defenders alike.
The US Government's Software Flaw Database Is Drowning. Can AI Be the Lifeguard?
The agency that tracks every known software weakness in the world is asking the public whether artificial intelligence can help it cope with a 72% surge in reported flaws.
OAuth Tokens Are Quietly Becoming the Skeleton Key to Google Workspace
Phishing gets the headlines, but stolen app tokens can open Gmail and Drive without ever tripping a login alert.
Oracle Releases Free Database Security Tool Amid Growing Pressure From AI-Powered Bug Hunters
Oracle Database Security Central gives organisations a single place to spot risky database settings and unusual access patterns. It's free until February 2027, though the window that prompted its creation is already closing.
Cyera Buys Oasis Security for $1 Billion to Rein In AI Agents Before They Run Wild
Two Israeli-founded security firms are merging to solve a problem most companies haven't fully noticed yet: AI agents that grab every permission they're given and never let go.
Black Hat 2026: Five Security Findings Every Organisation Should Know About
From fake AI tools downloaded 1.7 million times to a flaw that lets attackers hijack internet connections through network devices, this year's hacker conference in Las Vegas carried some practical warnings for businesses of every size.
21 Cybersecurity Companies Changed Hands in July 2026
From a billion-dollar identity security deal to a bank buying a British consultancy, July was a busy month for cybersecurity acquisitions. Here is what each deal means in plain English.
AI Coding Assistants Are Pulling in Open Source Packages Faster Than Anyone Can Check Them
Developers using AI helpers are importing software libraries at machine speed. Security teams built for human review can't keep up, and dodgy code is slipping through.
Team8 Raises $365 Million to Back Cybersecurity and AI Startups
The Israel-based venture firm now manages close to $2 billion in assets and is betting its newest fund on AI-native companies solving real enterprise security problems.
AI Is Spitting Out Working Exploits for $3.61. Microsoft Says the Old Playbook Is Dead.
A senior Microsoft security chief told Black Hat USA that AI tools have made finding and weaponising software flaws so cheap and fast that the entire industry's approach to defence needs to change, starting now.
Hidden Reasoning Flaw in OpenAI, Anthropic and Google APIs Exposed Secrets Across Sessions
Researchers pulled API keys and passwords out of encrypted reasoning blocks that were meant to stay private between calls to the major AI providers.
Mindgard Raises $30 Million to Test AI Systems for Security Flaws
The London-and-Boston startup has already found more than 150 vulnerabilities in popular AI products, including a previously unknown flaw in a widely used code editor. Fresh capital will expand its engineering and sales teams.
Four Gaps That Are Keeping AI Out of Your Security Team's Hands
Security operations centres are spending big on artificial intelligence, but most are not seeing results. The problem is not the technology.
The software wrapper around your AI agent is the real security risk
Researchers broke into official AI automation tools from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI, not by tricking the AI itself, but by exploiting the ordinary code that connects it to the real world.
Some of the Bugs That Hid Inside Everyday Software for Decades
From a print-spooler flaw that Stuxnet quietly exploited to a 30-year-old graphics library hole, a handful of the most stubborn software vulnerabilities ever found show how long danger can lurk unnoticed.