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Agentic AI
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
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 …

user
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. …

cybersecurity budgets
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 …

AI
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. …

insider threat video
The $19.5 million insider risk problem

Routine employee activity across corporate systems carries an average annual cost of $19.5 million per organization. That figure comes from the 2026 Cost of Insider Risks …

Windows 365
Windows 365 for Agents brings managed cloud PCs to autonomous workflows

Microsoft’s Windows 365 for Agents is a cloud platform that gives AI agents secure access to cloud PCs. It lets builders run copilots, agents, and automated workflows in …

Agentic AI
Security and complexity slow the next phase of enterprise AI agent adoption

Enterprise AI agents are embedded in routine business processes, particularly inside engineering and IT operations. Many organizations report active production deployments, …

AI
Enterprises are racing to secure agentic AI deployments

AI assistants are tied into ticketing systems, source code repositories, chat platforms, and cloud dashboards across many enterprises. In some environments, these systems can …

EVMbench
Open-source benchmark EVMbench tests how well AI agents handle smart contract exploits

Smart contract exploits continue to drain funds from blockchain projects, even as auditing tools and bug bounty programs grow. The problem is tied to how Ethereum Virtual …

Amazon AWS
AWS coding agents gain new plugin support across development tools

AI coding assistants have become a routine part of many development workflows, helping engineers write, test, and deploy code from IDEs or command line interfaces. One recent …

John White
Security at AI speed: The new CISO reality

The CISO role has changed significantly over the past decade, but according to John White, EMEA Field CISO, Torq, the most disruptive shift is accountability driven by agentic …

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