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AI Security

From Months to Minutes: How AI Is Forcing Companies to Rethink Software Security

Criminals once needed two years to turn a software flaw into a working attack. By next year, that window is expected to shrink to four hours. Companies that patch on a quarterly schedule are already behind.

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Policy & Regulation

Former NSA Director Paul Nakasone Opens Private Security Advisory Firm

The retired four-star general who ran America's signals intelligence agency for six years is now taking his expertise to paying clients in government, business, and beyond.

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Threat Intelligence

SilkParasite: New Espionage Group Hits Central Asian Governments With Five Unseen Hacking Tools

Researchers have named a fresh spying operation running seven remote-access tools against government offices across the region, five of them never seen before.

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AI Security

Better Data, Not Better AI, Is What Makes Security Teams Faster

A new study tested four types of network logs against three major AI models. The data source mattered far more than which AI you picked.

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Threat Intelligence

Hackers Used Guest Access to Quietly Steal Data From Salesforce and ServiceNow

A newly spotted campaign, tracked as 'City-Forum', used anonymous login features built into two widely used business platforms to map and copy out sensitive data, no stolen password required.

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Threat Intelligence

The hacking crew behind a big supply-chain attack has been busy since 2020

New research links TeamPCP, the group behind a recent software supply-chain campaign, to years of quiet break-ins on exposed servers.

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Vulnerabilities

The Window Between a New Vulnerability and an Active Attack Is Getting Shorter

Security teams are buried in alerts while attackers move faster than ever. The real problem isn't a shortage of warnings. It's knowing which ones actually matter before criminals act on them.

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AI Security

OpenAI Cuts Off Cambodia-Based Scam Ring Running Frauds Through ChatGPT

Accounts tied to Poipet were using the chatbot to draft investment pitches, romance messages, and fake police scripts, the company says.

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Threat Intelligence

One C2 Kit, 30 Customers, Two Governments: How Criminal Infrastructure Is Hiding State Hackers

A security researcher traced a single command-and-control tool to roughly 30 separate operators, including two with suspected government ties. The finding breaks a core assumption most security teams quietly rely on every day.

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AI Security

When Anyone Can Hack: How AI Is Turning Beginners Into Capable Attackers

The old ranking of hackers by skill is breaking down as chatbots hand novices tools that used to take years to learn.

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Threat Intelligence

Horizon3.ai Raises $250 Million as Demand for Automated Security Testing Grows

The cybersecurity firm behind autonomous penetration testing just landed a major funding round. Here is what the company does, why investors are paying attention, and what it means for the broader security market.

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AI Security

Chinese Operator Turns DeepSeek Into a Self-Driving Hacker via Telegram

Unit 42 says an attacker gave one Telegram command and let an AI agent pick the targets, choose the exploits, and run the intrusion on its own.

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AI Security

Black Hat 2025: Five things worth your time, and the traps to avoid

The Las Vegas conference still produces genuinely useful research. Getting to it means ignoring a lot of expensive noise.

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Threat Intelligence

Google Gives Hackers New Names, Here Is Why That Matters

Google's threat-intelligence team is replacing number codes with memorable two-word labels for every hacking group it tracks, making it easier for researchers and companies to talk about the same criminals.

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AI Security

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.

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