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Claude
Claude Sonnet 5.5 gets faster without a price hike

Anthropic has released Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model for coding and office work. The company says it responds more than 30% faster than its predecessor and uses fewer tokens …

GitHub
GitHub’s AI agent found 24 Android app vulnerabilities

GitHub Security Lab researcher Kevin Stubbings built custom AI-driven audit workflows, called taskflows, on top of the lab’s open source Taskflow Agent, and used them to …

open-source cybersecurity tools
Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: September 2026

Presented here is a curated selection of noteworthy open-source cybersecurity solutions that have drawn recognition for their ability to enhance security postures across …

cybersecurity jobs
Cybersecurity jobs available right now: September 29, 2026

Application Security Researcher Novee Security | Israel | Hybrid – View job details As an Application Security Researcher, you will test web applications and APIs to …

surveillance
Other users can watch your browsing and time your keystrokes through OS file notifications

Researchers at Graz University of Technology have used the file-notification systems in Windows, Linux, and macOS to spy on activity in other accounts. On Windows, a standard …

NVIDIA
NVIDIA wants AI agent safety enforced in silicon, not left to the agent

NVIDIA has introduced an open software platform and a hardware-based reference design intended to keep AI agents within the limits set by the organizations that use them. The …

LinkedIn
LinkedIn tests a way for connections to verify your work history

LinkedIn is testing a way for members to verify the work and education history of people they know. The platform prompts verified members to confirm that they worked or …

Verdict
Product showcase: A photo can fool your eyes, Verdict checks the evidence

Verdict is an AI image and video detector designed for iPhone. It works offline and requires no account. Choose a photo or video, run a scan, and the app returns a 0–100 score …

numbers
Quantum random numbers can pass the tests and still leak clues to attackers

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s (ETSI) technical report, ETSI TR 104 171, offers guidance on building and evaluating quantum random number generators …

signal
Half of threat hunters say bad data is their biggest problem

Half of security professionals name data quality or quantity as their biggest barrier to effective threat hunting, according to the SANS 2026 Threat Hunting Survey. Teams with …

lock
Your incident count is missing a few incidents

If you run security for a brand with hundreds or thousands of locations, the tools you’ve bought may have little to do with whether an attack stays at one store. A new …

Infosec products of the month
New infosec products of the month: September 2026

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Akeyless, Akuity, Bitsight, BugBase, Cloud Range, Cohesity, Dataminr, Gurucul, …

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