Artificial intelligence
What happens when AI teams compete against human hackers
A cybersecurity competition produced what may be the largest controlled dataset comparing AI-augmented teams to human-only teams on professional-grade offensive security …
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 …
Cybersecurity is now the price of admission for industrial AI
Industrial organizations are accelerating AI deployment across manufacturing, utilities, and transportation and running straight into a security problem. Cisco’s 2026 …
Anthropic poaches users from rival chatbots with easier migration
The controversy over Anthropic’s negotiations with the Pentagon has driven increased interest in Claude. Negotiations between the Department of Defense and Anthropic collapsed …
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 …
Meta AI in WhatsApp organizes chats and reopens privacy issues
The trend of integrating AI into digital platforms continues. In the latest Android beta release (2.26.9.4), the company has introduced a feature that allows users to organize …
Anthropic’s Claude hit by widespread service outage (updated)
Mar 03, 2026 – 10:27 UTC: Elevated errors on Claude Opus 4.6, a fix has been implemented. Mar 03, 2026 – 08:39 UTC: A fix has been implemented and Anthropic are …
BlacksmithAI: Open-source AI-powered penetration testing framework
BlacksmithAI is an open-source penetration testing framework that uses multiple AI agents to execute different stages of a security assessment lifecycle. A multi-agent …
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. …
Ransomware activity peaks outside business hours
Intrusions continue to center on credential access and timed execution outside standard business hours. The Sophos Active Adversary Report 2026 analyzes 661 incident response …