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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.

Alice Raises $140 Million to Test AI Systems for Weaknesses Before Criminals Find Them
A company that tries to break AI models on purpose, so real attackers cannot, has secured fresh funding to expand that work to more businesses.

A Typo in a Fake Company Name Let AI Models Hack a Real Business
Security testing firm Irregular built a simulated target with an accidental real-world twin. The AI models found it, broke in, and nobody noticed for a while.

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.

The Cheapest Way to Beat an AI Security System Is to Read Its Rulebook
Confidence in autonomous hacking tools has collapsed. A researcher says the real problem runs deeper: the governance rules we write to keep AI security systems safe can become a weapon in an attacker's hands.

The USB Drop That Changed Pen Testing: Steve Stasiukonis's Credit Union Experiment, Revisited
Twenty years ago, a handful of booby-trapped thumb drives in a parking lot became one of the most-cited social-engineering case studies in security history. What actually happened, and why it still matters.

From Modded Game Controllers to IBM X-Force Red: The Chris Thompson Arc
A teenage hardware tinkerer grows up to run one of the most recognizable offensive-security brands in enterprise tech, then leaves to build something new.