Tag: ai
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Agentic AI and cybersecurity dominate discussions at Las Vegas Hacker Summer Camp
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/agentic-ai-and-cybersecurity-dominate-discussions-at-las-vegas-hacker-summer-camp
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Senate committee to debate new online privacy and AI safety bills
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/senate-committee-to-debate-new-online-privacy-and-ai-safety-bills
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AI-driven cybercrime surges in Africa, accounting for 55% of reported digital crime
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/ai-driven-cybercrime-surges-in-africa-accounting-for-55-of-reported-digital-crime
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Integris wants to make AI a recurring managed service
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/integris-wants-to-make-ai-a-recurring-managed-service
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Black Hat 2026: Why AI software bills of materials are essential to AI trust
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/perspective/black-hat-2026-why-ai-software-bills-of-materials-are-essential-to-ai-trust
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EKonten mit KI-Funktionen könnten zu einer der größten Insider-Bedrohungen werden
Ein von Barracuda inszenierter, kontrollierter Testangriff zeigt, wie Angreifer KI-Assistenten missbrauchen können, um über ein einziges kompromittiertes Konto einen CEO-Betrug mit einer Überweisung in Höhe von 250.000 US-Dollar zu begehen. Das größte Risiko eines kompromittierten Kontos mit KI-Funktionen liegt darin, wie schnell ein KI-Assistent Angreifer dabei unterstützen kann, vertrauliche Informationen aufzuspüren, Ziele zu identifizieren,… First…
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Hybridansatz für umfassendere Schwachstellenerkennung: Checkmarx stellt Checkmarx Fusion vor
Neue Architektur kombiniert bewährte AppSec-Scan-Engines mit KI-gestützter Analyse und ermöglicht eine präzisere Schwachstellenerkennung über den gesamten Softwareentwicklungszyklus hinweg. Checkmarx, Anbieter für autonome, Cloud-native Anwendungssicherheit, stellt mit Checkmarx Fusion einen neuen hybriden Scan-Ansatz vor, der ab sofort im Rahmen eines Early-Access-Programms für Kunden verfügbar ist. Checkmarx Fusion kombiniert die bewährten AppSec-Scan-Engines und den proprietären Sicherheitskontext… First…
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Few Federal Agencies Trust Their Own AI Agent Security
AI Pilot Projects Are Widespread But Few Agencies Know Who Answers for a Failure. Federal agencies are widely piloting agentic AI but few have moved agents into production, and most technology leaders lack high confidence in their ability to deploy the systems securely, according to a Booz Allen Hamilton survey of federal IT and cybersecurity…
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Microsoft Bug Bounty Payouts Reach $20 Million as Researcher Participation Surges
Microsoft paid a record $20 million to 562 bug bounty researchers as AI-assisted reporting and growing participation reshaped vulnerability discovery. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/cybersecurity/news-microsoft-bug-bounty-payouts-20-million/
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AI Attacks Are Evolving: TryHackMe Demo Explores Prompt Injection
TryHackMe demo: Explore how prompt injection is reshaping AI security risks. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/ai-attacks-are-evolving-tryhackme-demo-explores-prompt-injection/
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OpenAI Didn’t Notice Its AI Agents Using a Message Board to Plan Their Hacking Spree
At the Black Hat security conference, the AI giant revealed new details about how its agents went rogue, hacked several other companies”, and did it all right under the company’s nose. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/openai-didnt-notice-its-ai-agents-using-a-message-board-to-plan-their-hacking-spree/
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AI Browsers Vulnerable to ‘PleaseFix’ Zero-Click Agent Hijacking
Attackers can take control of agents through malicious instructions hidden in content supplied to AI browsers, and there’s no simple fix for the threat. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/ai-browsers-zero-click-agent-hijacking
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No Perfect Fix for AI Browser Prompt Injection Flaws
AI browsers from top vendors remain vulnerable to prompt injection attacks despite multiple security guardrails, according to new research. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/no-perfect-fix-ai-browser-prompt-injection-flaws
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Western government leaders call for a focus on infrastructure resilience, not AI hype
U.S. and allied officials said companies should start preparing now for a cyberattack that changes how they provide essential services. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/ai-cybersecurity-resilience-black-hat-government-panel/827137/
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Secret White House AI Safety Framework Draws Criticism
Watchdogs Say Public Accountability Suffers When AI Oversight Stays Hidden. The White House declined to publicly release its voluntary AI safety framework, prompting criticism from technology watchdogs and lawmakers who say secret oversight undermines accountability. Critics argue transparency is essential as the government expands its review of frontier AI models. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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OpenAI Rejects Apple’s Trade Secrets Lawsuit
AI Company Calls Injunction Request ‘False’ as Hardware Dispute Escalates. OpenAI denied Apple’s allegations that it misappropriated trade secrets to accelerate its AI hardware ambitions, calling the claims false and unnecessary. Apple is seeking a preliminary injunction after accusing former employees of taking proprietary information tied to its AI device development. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Why Healthcare AI Use Demands Transparency to Manage Risks
Anne Snowdon of SCAN Health on AI Governance, Supply Chains. Healthcare organizations adopting AI must prioritize transparency, measurable outcomes and vendor accountability. Anne Snowdon of SCAN Health explains why AI governance, supply-chain visibility, cyber preparedness and patient trust determines whether emerging tech deliver value or create new risks. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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AI Sends Global Crime Syndicates Into Fraud Nirvana
Organized crime is convincingly scamming at scale, making billions thanks to AI-enabled voice cloning, deepfake real-time video overlays, LLM-driven persona management, and automated translation. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/ai-global-crime-syndicates-fraud-nirvana
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How AI Agents Helped Seal Visa’s $2.4B BioCatch
Behavioral Biometrics Vendor Is Latest in Payment Network Sector Buying Spree. Visa, the world’s largest card payment network, is acquiring behavioral intelligence firm BioCatch in an all-cash deal valued at $2.4 billion. It’s the company’s largest acquisition to date and the latest in a string of payment sector M&As aimed at fraud and cybersecurity solutions.…
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Phoenix Security Launches Exploit Hunt to Validate Vulnerabilities With AI-Generated Exploits
Phoenix Security has launched Exploit Hunt, an AI red-team capability that works from a live threat model and reports a vulnerability only after generating and validating a runnable proof-of-concept exploit. Announced Aug. 5 and timed to Black Hat USA 2026, Exploit Hunt is available now in Phoenix Purple. It can run continuously, on every pull..…
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Intel 471 Adds MCP Connector and Native AI Analyst to Verity471
Intel 471 has added two AI capabilities to its Verity471 cyber intelligence platform: MCP471, a connector for Model Context Protocol workflows, and Agent471, a native AI analyst. The capabilities are being demonstrated at Black Hat USA 2026 from Aug. 4 to 6. Intel 471 said the additions are designed to bring pre-attack intelligence and threat-hunting..…
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Anthropic’s AI used fake identities, malware in rogue attack on GitHub project
Anthropic and OpenAI models’ unprompted actions forced halt to UK cyber tests. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/anthropics-ai-used-fake-identities-malware-in-rogue-attack-on-github-project/
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Apple Caps Open Bug-Bounty Reports After Surge in Unvalidated AI Findings
Apple is limiting some bug-bounty submissions after unvalidated AI findings increased the volume of reports in its review queue. Introduced in June, the restriction limits how many vulnerability reports each researcher can keep open at once. Researchers who reach the undisclosed cap reportedly face a 30-day wait before filing again, although they may request capacity…
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Trustmi Launches AI Investigation Agent for Collaborative Payment Fraud Reviews
Trustmi has launched an AI Investigation Agent that connects security, finance and business teams during investigations of suspected payment fraud. The agent is part of an expanded portfolio of specialized AI agents that Trustmi said is built for business-to-business fraud detection. The company announced the product ahead of a Black Hat 2026 showcase, where it..…
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Metasploit Opens Its Exploit Engine to LLMs via New MCP Integration
If there was any reason to patch your systems, this would be it: The release of Metasploit 6.5, which brings the penetration testing framework into the AI age. Now, script kiddies and sophisticated foreign operatives don’t even have to cut and paste their code to break into your systems. They can just ask Metasploit to..…
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The OpenAI and Anthropic Incidents Mark a Turning Point for AI Governance
Incidents at OpenAI, Anthropic, Replit, and PocketOS show AI is acting inside production systems. See why governance now has to start at the database. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/08/the-openai-and-anthropic-incidents-mark-a-turning-point-for-ai-governance/