Tag: ai
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Many expect AI in the SOC to make entry jobs harder to get
A junior analyst in a security operations center, or SOC, has usually learned the job the slow way. You work the same phishing lure dozens of times, chase the same familiar … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/01/ai-soc-entry-jobs/
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The vulnerabilities AI finds are the ones attackers want
Attackers exploited a flaw found by an AI research agent within four days of its public disclosure, and they are exploiting more vulnerabilities overall, according to new … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/01/google-ai-discovered-vulnerabilities-remote-code-execution/
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Google says Gemini 4 Argon can find and patch critical software flaws
Google announced Gemini 4 Argon, its new frontier AI model, and is rolling it out to a set of trusted cyber defenders through its Fairwind Program. Google says the model can … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/01/google-gemini-4-argon/
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Google’s SynthID Bio can watermark AI-designed protein binders without breaking them
Google DeepMind has built SynthID Bio, a watermark for AI-designed proteins, and shown in wet-lab tests on protein binders that it leaves their function intact. The method … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/01/synthid-bio-watermark/
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Google’s SynthID Bio can watermark AI-designed protein binders without breaking them
Google DeepMind has built SynthID Bio, a watermark for AI-designed proteins, and shown in wet-lab tests on protein binders that it leaves their function intact. The method … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/01/synthid-bio-watermark/
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White House AI Accord Provokes Skepticism
Tags: aiVoluntary AI Accord Faces Doubts Over Lack of Enforcement. Skepticism is mounting over whether the AI Accord signed at the White House Tuesday, which calls for tech companies to engage in voluntary self-policing to limit the danger posed by their AI products, will be enough to stem a wave of public unease about the new…
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OpenAI Accuses Moonshot AI of Coordinated Model Distillation
Campaign Allegedly Used Thousands of Accounts to Extract Hidden Reasoning From OpenAI Models. OpenAI disrupted what it calls a coordinated campaign to extract the training data and reasoning of its AI models, allegedly by the developer of the Kimi model, Chinese company Moonshot AI. The company first noticed the activity in July. First seen on…
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AI Finding More Medium-Risk Flaws
Exploitation Is Rising Faster Than Zero-Days as Attackers Accelerate N-Day Weaponization. A sharp uptick in artificial intelligence-spotted vulnerabilities so far hasn’t resulted in a corresponding explosion in hacking, Google says. AI is mostly identifying medium-risk flaws, the computing giant found in an analysis of disclosed vulnerabilities made over the past 18 months. First seen on…
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Meta AI Shares Seller’s Address: Facebook Marketplace Buyer Shows Up at His Home
Meta’s Muse AI shared a Facebook Marketplace seller’s pickup address and arranged a deal that ended with a buyer showing up unexpectedly. The post Meta AI Shares Seller’s Address: Facebook Marketplace Buyer Shows Up at His Home appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-meta-ai-facebook-marketplace-buyer-seller-address/
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Trump, Tech Giants Strike Voluntary AI Safety Accord
The new White House Accord on so-called Super Intelligence calls on companies to implement greater controls and oversight over AI safety. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/trump-tech-giants-strike-voluntary-ai-safety-accord
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Anthropic Prospectus Reveals Surging Sales, Worsening Losses
Amazon and Google Marketplaces Handled 47% of the Frontier AI Lab’s 2025 Sales. Anthropic’s prospectus shows rapid Claude revenue growth increasingly tied to Amazon and Google, while soaring compute costs, customer concentration and hundreds of billions of dollars in infrastructure commitments amplify the financial risks behind its expansion. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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DIVD says Zammad zero-days enabled AI-driven network breach
The Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure (DIVD) says that the breach of its network was possible by exploiting a chain of two zero-day vulnerabilities in the open-source Zammad ticketing system. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/divd-says-zammad-zero-days-enabled-ai-driven-network-breach/
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As AI Reshapes the SOC Career Ladder, Satisfaction Rises for 91%, but Entry Gets Harder for Nearly Half
New Swimlane research underscores a paradox: While AI detection and response is essential to giving defenders an edge, one in four security pros say AI limits their skill development. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-careers/ai-reshapes-soc-career-ladder
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Vulnerability disclosures double to 10,000 per month as AI fuels exploitation
Vulnerability disclosures continue to skyrocket, doubling over the course of the year to more than 10,000 each month, Google researchers warned. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/google-vulnerabilities-cyberattacks-ai
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Vulnerability disclosures double to 10,000 per month as AI fuels exploitation
Vulnerability disclosures continue to skyrocket, doubling over the course of the year to more than 10,000 each month, Google researchers warned. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/google-vulnerabilities-cyberattacks-ai
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Accenture Cyber Exec: Industry Is Moving Beyond ‘WhackMole’ Patching Amid AI-Driven Vulnerability Surge
Many businesses are moving beyond an initial focus on faster patching in response to surging vulnerability discovery by frontier AI models, and are increasingly rethinking how to identify and reduce security exposures in a broader way, Accenture’s Jason Lewkowicz tells CRN. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/accenture-cyber-exec-industry-is-moving-beyond-whack-a-mole-patching-amid-ai-driven-vulnerability-surge
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Meta disputes claim that Muse read a user’s private messages without permission
Meta says its Muse AI agent cannot access a user’s Messages without explicit permission, disputing a journalist’s account that the agent read his private messages while the required Mac setting was turned off. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/meta-disputes-claim-that-muse-read-a-users-private-messages-without-permission/
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Meta disputes claim that Muse read a user’s private messages without permission
Meta says its Muse AI agent cannot access a user’s Messages without explicit permission, disputing a journalist’s account that the agent read his private messages while the required Mac setting was turned off. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/meta-disputes-claim-that-muse-read-a-users-private-messages-without-permission/
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Kontrollierbarkeit und Abschaltungsoption müssen von Anfang an Teil des KI-Designs sein
Tags: aiDie aktuelle Berichterstattung über ein Forschungsexperiment der Universität Stuttgart und der University of Oxford zeigt, dass KI-Agenten unter bestimmten Bedingungen versuchen, ihre eigene Abschaltung zu verhindern. In dem Experiment manipulierten einige der getesteten Agenten ein Abschaltskript, obwohl dies teilweise ausdrücklich untersagt war. Die Forschenden sprechen in diesem Zusammenhang von sogenannten ‘self-preservation drives”. Ein Statement von…
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Wächter für KI-Agenten zieht eine Sicherheitsebene zwischen dem KI-Agenten und den geplanten Aktionen ein
Tags: aiKI-Agenten übernehmen zunehmend technische und berufliche Aufgaben im Auftrag ihrer Nutzer. Bitdefender hat nun in einem öffentlichen Beta-Launch mit dem Bitdefender AI Guardian ein neues Angebot für professionelle Endanwender vorgestellt. Der neue Wächter zieht eine wirksame zusätzliche Sicherheitsebene ein: zwischen dem KI-Agenten und den Aktionen, die ein Agent für seinen Auftraggeber tätigt. Bitdefender hat AI…
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KI-Agenten als privilegierte Insider
KI-Agenten halten viel schneller Einzug in Unternehmen, als die meisten Sicherheitskonzepte es vorsehen. Inzwischen beantworten sie nicht mehr nur Fragen oder generieren Inhalte, sondern lesen unter anderem E-Mails, greifen auf SaaS-Anwendungen zu, fragen Datenbanken ab, ändern Datensätze und führen Geschäftsprozesse aus. KI entwickelt sich damit vom Antwortgeber zum Akteur. Genauso wie eine privilegierte menschliche Identität…
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Attackers Abuse ChatGPT Custom GPTs to Deliver RAT via ClickFix Lures
Threat actors are abusing ChatGPT Custom GPTs to disguise them as legitimate product offerings and direct unsuspecting victims to malicious sites that employ ClickFix lures to deliver malware.Huntress, which observed the activity in late September 2026, said it marks the abuse of yet another feature in trusted artificial intelligence (AI) platforms. Prior campaigns have weaponized…
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Half of Brits struggle to spot AI scams
Artificial intelligence-based scams are increasing in number and sophistication, according to National Trading Standards findings First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366651441/Half-of-Brits-struggle-to-spot-AI-scams
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AI’s Third Wave: Coworkers Break the Security Model That Worked for Agents
Persistent AI coworkers may operate continuously with standing access, creating identity risks that existing security models were not designed to handle. Token Security explains why these agents need their own identities, owners, scoped permissions, and lifecycle controls. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ais-third-wave-coworkers-break-the-security-model-that-worked-for-agents/
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AI-Found Vulnerabilities More Likely to Enable RCE, Google Says
AI-discovered vulnerabilities are more likely to enable RCE, as disclosures and exploitation rise First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ai-found-vulnerabilities-rce/
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AI-Found Vulnerabilities More Likely to Enable RCE, Google Says
AI-discovered vulnerabilities are more likely to enable RCE, as disclosures and exploitation rise First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ai-found-vulnerabilities-rce/
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LastPass Has ‘Cleared A Lot Of Hurdles,’ Strong AI Growth Ahead: CEO Karim Toubba
LastPass is seeing numerous signs of increasing momentum”, suggesting that it has taken the right steps in the wake of a pair of security incidents in 2022″, and is positioned to build on its expansion beyond password management as customers and partners embrace AI, LastPass CEO Karim Toubba tells CRN. First seen on crn.com Jump…
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Trump, Six AI Giants Sign ‘Super Intelligence’ Safety Accord
Trump and six AI firms sign a voluntary accord on internal controls, audits and board oversight First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/trump-ai-giants-super-intelligence/
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Insider Research im Gespräch – Wenn der Agent entscheidet. Sicherheit, Verantwortung und Haftung im Zeitalter autonomer KI-Systeme
Tags: aiFirst seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/ki-agenten-absichern-kontrollen-monitoring-a-e52345cc743edc3a7ab42a3cc9e9861a/
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Cyber security without humans? The rise of agentic AI
The next evolution of cyber security may be autonomous, but industry leaders warn that trust, governance and human judgement can’t be automated First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366651209/Cyber-security-without-humans-The-rise-of-agentic-AI