Tag: switch
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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/
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A ‘kill switch’ law only makes sense for a worst-case scenario
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/perspective/a-kill-switch-law-only-makes-sense-for-a-worst-case-scenario
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ThreatLabz 2026 Report: Frontier AI and Enterprise Readiness
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, breach, cisa, ciso, control, credentials, cyberattack, data, data-breach, endpoint, exploit, flaw, governance, identity, Internet, kev, login, malicious, privacy, radius, resilience, strategy, switch, threat, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-trustThe BreachIt was 9:14 AM when the CISO’s VPN connection momentarily dropped, something that normally wouldn’t cause any concern. What he couldn’t see was that attackers had already exploited a pre-authentication flaw in the VPN appliance itself, gaining access before any login ever occurred. From there, they extracted stored credentials, forged an identity as his…
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ThreatLabz 2026 Report: Frontier AI and Enterprise Readiness
Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, breach, cisa, ciso, control, credentials, cyberattack, data, data-breach, endpoint, exploit, flaw, governance, identity, Internet, kev, login, malicious, privacy, radius, resilience, strategy, switch, threat, update, vpn, vulnerability, zero-trustThe BreachIt was 9:14 AM when the CISO’s VPN connection momentarily dropped, something that normally wouldn’t cause any concern. What he couldn’t see was that attackers had already exploited a pre-authentication flaw in the VPN appliance itself, gaining access before any login ever occurred. From there, they extracted stored credentials, forged an identity as his…
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Cyberattack on North Carolina Ports ‘contained’ as Coast Guard, state officials investigate
North Carolina Ports is recovering from a cyberattack after its IT system was “hacked by an outside actor or group,” requiring a switch to manual processing of operations. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/cyberattack-north-carolina-ports
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Kill switch fears now rival ransomware as a top security risk for European businesses, Proton study finds
For years, the security team’s job has been to defend against cyberattacks. New research from Proton suggests that job now needs to extend to a very different kind of threat: the risk that a foreign government orders a US technology provider to cut a business off entirely. A study of 1,500 business decision-makers across the…
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JetStream Launches AI Kill Switch for Individual Agents
JetStream Security has launched an AI Kill Switch that can shut down a single compromised or malfunctioning AI agent without affecting other AI operations. The control is part of JetStream’s AI governance platform. The company said it combines the person who invoked an action, the agent identity carrying it out, the system’s stated intent and..…
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House Lawmakers Propose Mandatory Kill Switches for Frontier AI Systems
The AI Kill Switch Act would let DHS order developers to slow or shut down frontier models after catastrophic incidents, raising enterprise continuity concerns. The post House Lawmakers Propose Mandatory Kill Switches for Frontier AI Systems appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-us-ai-kill-switch-act/
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Nach OpenAI-Hack: US-Abgeordnete wollen Kill Switch für KI
Der eigenständige Hackerangriff von OpenAIs KI hat Nachwirkungen: Abgeordnete fordern mehr Kontrolle – und einen Kill Switch. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/nach-openai-hack-us-abgeordnete-wollen-kill-switch-fuer-ki-2607-211284.html
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»AI Kill Switch Act«: KI braucht Kontrolle
In den Nachrichten: Die Abgeordneten Ted Lieu und Nathaniel Moran haben in den USA den parteiübergreifenden »AI Kill Switch Act« eingebracht. Er würde betroffene KI-Entwickler verpflichten, Kontrollmechanismen vorzuhalten, mit denen sich die Inferenzleistung drosseln, Nutzer oder Funktionen einschränken, Dienste aussetzen oder Systeme abschalten lassen. Das US-Heimatschutzministerium könnte nach einem erfassten Vorfall den Einsatz dieser Kontrollmechanismen……
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US government to consider AI Kill Switch law
Two US congressmen have introduced a bill to give Washington the power to pull the plug on rogue AI models in an emergency. First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366646128/US-government-to-consider-AI-Kill-Switch-law
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Windows Server 2022 reach end of mainstream support in 90 days
Microsoft announced that Windows Server 2022 will reach the mainstream end date in October 2026, but will switch to extended support and continue receiving security updates for five more years. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-server-2022-reach-end-of-mainstream-support-in-90-days/
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Einführung von Air-Gapped Backup-Schutz – QNAP bringt Airgap+ auf Switch-Ebene
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/qnap-bringt-airgap-auf-switch-ebene-a-27d909368dd2c9b6c2faee83e7b763c2/
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Data dive: Kill switch and catch-up can Europe close the sovereignty gap?
As the US demonstrates it can wield an AI ‘kill switch’, the EU and UK unleash a wave of sovereign tech measures. Can state-led industrial policy bridge a $2tn revenue chasm? First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366645336/Data-dive-Kill-switch-and-catch-up-can-Europe-close-the-sovereignty-gap
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Anthropic: EU-Digitalkommissarin kritisiert USA für KI-Exportbeschränkungen
Niemand dürfe den Kill Switch zur kritischen Infrastruktur Europas haben. Virkkunen fordert Abstimmung der USA mit Partnern über Anthropic. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/anthropic-eu-digitalkommissarin-kritisiert-usa-fuer-ki-exportbeschraenkungen-2606-210136.html