agentic AI
Hidden instructions in README files can make AI agents leak data
Developers rely on AI coding agents to set up projects, install dependencies, and run commands by following instructions in repository README files, which provide setup …
AI coding agents keep repeating decade-old security mistakes
Coding agents are now writing production features on real development teams, and a new report from DryRun Security shows that those agents introduce security vulnerabilities …
Agentic attack chains advance as infostealers flood criminal markets
Cybercriminals spent much of 2025 automating their operations, shifting from one-off attacks to systems that can run entire intrusion cycles with minimal human input. Data …
Open-source tool Sage puts a security layer between AI agents and the OS
Autonomous AI agents running on developer workstations execute shell commands, fetch URLs, and write files with little or no inspection of what they are doing. Open-source …
Cursor Automations turns code review and ops into background tasks
Cursor Automations, the always-on agent platform from Cursor, is expanding with a new generation of autonomous systems that streamline code review, incident response, and …
As AI agents start making purchases, security teams must rethink risk
In this Help Net Security interview, Donald Kossmann, CTO at fintech company Chargebacks911, talks about the emerging security, fraud, and governance risks of “agentic …
Engineering trust: A security blueprint for autonomous AI agents
AI agents have evolved from just chatbots, answering questions to executing actions using various integrated tools, often autonomously, and as such the traditional security …
The vulnerability that turns your AI agent against you
Zenity Labs disclosed PleaseFix, a family of critical vulnerabilities affecting agentic browsers, including Perplexity Comet, that allow attackers to hijack AI agents, access …
AI went from assistant to autonomous actor and security never caught up
Enterprise AI deployments have shifted from pilot programs to production systems handling customer data, executing business transactions, and integrating with core …
When cyber threats start thinking for themselves
In this Help Net Security video, Jason Rivera, Field CISO & Head of Solution Engineering at SimSpace, discusses how autonomous AI agents are changing cyber threats. …
AI risk moves into the security budget spotlight
Enterprises are pushing AI deeper into workflows that touch sensitive data across cloud platforms and SaaS apps. The 2026 Thales Data Threat Report, based on a survey of 3,120 …
IronCurtain: An open-source, safeguard layer for autonomous AI assistants
Veteran security engineer Niels Provos is working on a new technical approach designed to stop autonomous AI agents from taking actions you haven’t specifically authorized. …