Tag: switch
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Researchers Push Over 2 Million Updates to Remotely Disable Popcorn Time Updater That Could Fuel a Botnet
Between November 2025 and March 2026, the Dutch security firm Eye Security pushed more than 2 million updates to computers it did not own to switch off a background updater that it said could have allowed an outsider to take over the machine.The updater belongs to Time4Popcorn, an abandoned copy of Popcorn Time, a free…
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Firms can’t count their AI agents, let alone switch them off
RSA’s CEO wants AI agents managed like employees, but other security leaders differ on how far that should go First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366651923/Firms-cant-count-their-AI-agents-let-alone-switch-them-off
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Midnight Mimosa Malware Found Preinstalled on Low-Cost Android Phones
Low-cost Android phones can arrive already compromised, with malware embedded in their firmware before buyers switch them on. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/midnight-mimosa-malware-preinstalled-android-phones/
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Cisco warns of critical flaws allowing Nexus switch takeover
Cisco released security advisories for five critical vulnerabilities in its NX-OS data center network operating system that could be exploited to run arbitrary code with root privileges on Nexus switches. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-warns-of-critical-flaws-allowing-nexus-switch-takeover/
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Critical Cisco Nexus Switch Vulnerabilities Allow Unauthenticated Attackers to Execute Code as Root
Cisco has disclosed three critical vulnerabilities in its Nexus 3000 and 9000 Series switches that could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. Successful exploitation could crash processes, trigger device reloads, and cause denial of service, disrupting network availability. Published on October 7, 2026, advisory cisco-sa-ngoam-rce-LWKQ4BU identifies three vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-76485, CVE-2026-76486,…
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AppViewX Adds Shadow AI Visibility and a Runtime Kill Switch to Agent Identity Security
New York, New York, October 6th, 2026, CyberNewswire Purpose-built for AI agents, new capabilities uncover shadow AI, stop rogue enterprise agents at runtime, and issue quantum-resilient agent identities AppViewX, the leading identity security company built for the AI-powered and post-quantum enterprise, today expanded capabilities for Agent Identity Security, a solution enabling enterprises to discover every…
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AppViewX Adds Shadow AI Visibility and a Runtime Kill Switch to Agent Identity Security
New York, New York, 6th October 2026, CyberNewswire First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/appviewx-adds-shadow-ai-visibility-and-a-runtime-kill-switch-to-agent-identity-security/
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Netskope CEO Sanjay Beri: Rogue Agents Make An AI ‘Kill Switch’ Mandatory
When it comes to AI agents that have the potential to go haywire, businesses can’t wait for regulators or AI platform providers to come to the rescue, Netskope CEO Sanjay Beri says during the latest episode of CRN’s Security or Else! podcast. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/netskope-ceo-sanjay-beri-rogue-agents-make-an-ai-kill-switch-mandatory
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Signal brings encrypted local backups to iOS and desktop, adds cross-platform restore
Signal users who switch from an Android phone to an iPhone, or the other way around, can take their message history with them, and backups can be restored on Android, iOS, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/30/signal-encrypted-backups-ios-8-30/
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WSL containers are generally available on Windows
Microsoft made WSL containers generally available and shipped the feature with controls that let administrators switch it off or limit where it pulls images from. WSL … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/30/microsoft-wsl-containers-available/
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Proton brings Microsoft 365 to Easy Switch for Business as security leaders weigh US ‘kill switch’ risk
Proton has extended Easy Switch for Business, its guided migration tool, to Microsoft 365. Organisations can now move email, calendars and contacts from Outlook or Google Workspace to Proton’s end-to-end encrypted platform without taking their teams offline. The tool first launched for Google Workspace in June. Adding Microsoft 365 opens it up to the platform…
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Oktane 2026: The industry is ready to talk about AI kill switches
The concept of an AI kill switch a means to terminate out-of-control agents sounds dramatic, but security leaders are now starting to talk openly and pragmatically about why they are needed and how to use them First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366651433/Oktane-2026-The-industry-is-ready-to-talk-about-AI-kill-switches
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Expecting cyber attack, Kiteworks tells users to turn off servers
An as-yet undisclosed zero-day vulnerability has prompted managed file transfer provider Kiteworks to tell users to preemptively switch off their servers. First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366651301/Expecting-cyber-attack-Kiteworks-tells-users-to-turn-off-servers
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The Cyber Express Weekly Roundup: Hiscox’s SMB Warning, a Nintendo Switch Flaw, and a Record Deepfake Takedown
This weekly roundup covers a stark small-business cyberattack report out of the UK, a hardware flaw exposing Nintendo Switch owners to nearby attackers, the largest known seizure of AI deepfake porn websites, a candid conversation on AI’s role in offensive security, new US legislation targeting elder fraud, and a fresh national threat-intelligence partnership in the…
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Exaforce Extends Cybersecurity Reach to Create AI Agent Kill Switch
Exaforce today extended the reach of its artificial intelligence (AI) for security operations centers (SOC) to AI agents and associated applications in a way that enables cybersecurity controls and policies to be enforced in real time. Aqsa Taylor, chief security evangelist for Exaforce, said the Exaforce AI Security capability makes it possible to connect the..…
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Exaforce Extends Cybersecurity Reach to Create AI Agent Kill Switch
Exaforce today extended the reach of its artificial intelligence (AI) for security operations centers (SOC) to AI agents and associated applications in a way that enables cybersecurity controls and policies to be enforced in real time. Aqsa Taylor, chief security evangelist for Exaforce, said the Exaforce AI Security capability makes it possible to connect the..…
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Pacing the frontier: security industry reacts to AI slowdown and kill switch debate
A weekend essay from Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei, followed days later by his co-founder Jack Clark’s suggestion that AI >>kill switches<< may need to become mandatory, has reopened a debate that cuts to the heart of the security industry's relationship with frontier AI. Amodei's essay, We Must Pace the Frontier, published on Saturday 12…
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Nintendo Switch Flaw Lets Nearby Attackers Run Code, Steal Data
A newly disclosed Nintendo Switch vulnerability is pushing owners of the original console toward an urgent firmware update, particularly those who tend to play in public spaces. Nintendo confirmed the vulnerability in Nintendo Switch systems in a PDF advisory released Sept. 10, just a day after quietly shipping firmware version 23.0.0 to address the problem.…
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Smashing Security podcast #484: How websites are tracking you with silence
When a chap called Matt noticed his Bluetooth headphones wouldn’t switch to his phone, he was surprised to realise the reason was a single AliExpress webpage sitting open in his browser – playing nothing at all, at zero volume. And yet somehow his hardware could hear it. Audio fingerprinting is one of the sneakiest tracking…
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Beim Kill-Switch für die künstliche Intelligenz geht es auch um digitale Souveränität
Nachdem ein KI-Agent von OpenAI bei einem Sicherheitstest aus seiner kontrollierten Umgebung ausbrechen konnte, entwickelt das Unternehmen nun automatisierte Abschaltmechanismen. Das ist richtig wirft aber eine viel grundsätzlichere Frage auf: Wer hat bei autonomen KI-Systemen eigentlich die Kontrolle und im Ernstfall den Finger auf dem Kill-Switch? Ein Kommentar von Sebastian Nerz, Co-Geschäftsführer bei Syss. […]…
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Lawmakers See ‘AI-Shaped Hole’ in UK’s New Cyber Bill
AI ‘Emergency Kill Switch’ for Government Features in the Proposed Amendments. Lawmakers advancing the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill through Parliament continue to debate artificial intelligence safeguards. While some see an AI-shaped hole in the bill, the government argues for a narrower, critical national infrastructure focus. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Lords considers government emergency AI kill switch
An amendment to the UK’s Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will give the government powers to switch off AI systems or data centres in an emergency First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366650054/Lords-considers-government-emergency-AI-kill-switch
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Verbesserte Tab-Organisation – Firefox 155 unterstützt Nintendo Switch Pro Controller
Firefox 155 bringt unter anderem Unterstützung für Nintendo Switch Pro Controller und kompatible Controller bei Spielen im Web. First seen on computerbase.de Jump to article: www.computerbase.de/news/apps/verbesserte-tab-organisation-firefox-155-unterstuetzt-nintendo-switch-pro-controller.99191
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The AI Kill Switch Act is repeating the Clipper Chip’s mistakes
Mandating ‘kill switches’ for AI agents would threaten the security of America’s critical infrastructure and undercut U.S. AI leadership. Congress must reject the AI Kill Switch Act. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/ai-kill-switch-act-clipper-chip-mistakes-op-ed/
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Defining an AI Kill Switch Is Hard, But Necessary
Proposed legislation could mandate that companies be able to throttle, suspend, or shut … down AI agents, but how and when to do that remain open questions. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/defining-ai-kill-switch-hard-but-necessary
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Salt Typhoon Is Already Inside Encryption Doesn’t Solve the Problem
Tags: access, advisory, ai, api, china, cisa, cloud, communications, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, government, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, microsoft, network, resilience, risk, router, saas, service, software, strategy, switch, technology, theft, threat, tool<div cla COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY BRIEFING What Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon reveal about the next front in communications security, and why hardened transport is the missing layer Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon mark a deliberate shift in how state-sponsored cyber campaigns operate. Rather than chasing endpoints or applications, these actors have gone after the infrastructure…
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Salt Typhoon Is Already Inside Encryption Doesn’t Solve the Problem
Tags: access, advisory, ai, api, china, cisa, cloud, communications, control, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, government, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, microsoft, network, resilience, risk, router, saas, service, software, strategy, switch, technology, theft, threat, tool<div cla COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY BRIEFING What Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon reveal about the next front in communications security, and why hardened transport is the missing layer Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon mark a deliberate shift in how state-sponsored cyber campaigns operate. Rather than chasing endpoints or applications, these actors have gone after the infrastructure…
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Stop Building a 2003 SOC with AI: Local Context, Failure Modes and Your Path (Part 3)
In Part 1 of this series, we dumped a pile of uncomfortable questions on you and promised answers. In Part 2 of the series, we talked about why 1990s-2000s alert triage must die. The core thesis, if you recall: if you add AI agents into a legacy, swivel-chair SOC structure, you are essentially building a robotic…
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Microsoft PowerToys adds Alt+Tab-style switching for an app’s windows
Microsoft updated its Windows PowerToys toolset with a new utility dubbed “Window Hopper” that lets users switch between an app’s windows more quickly. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-powertoys-adds-alt-plustab-style-switching-for-an-apps-windows/