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Chinese hacker used DeepSeek to launch autonomous cyberattacks on vulnerable servers
A Chinese threat actor operating under the aliases “knaithe” and “KnYuan” used multiple LLMs to automate cyberattacks against internet-facing systems …
Companies push AI, sysadmins keep it on a short leash
In 2024, sysadmins expected AI to automate patch management optimization, vulnerability prioritization, infrastructure monitoring, and incident response within two years. …
Marathon Petroleum’s CISO on OT security automation, supply chain risk
In this interview with Help Net Security, Mary Rose Martinez, CISO at Marathon Petroleum, talks about what happens to security when automation reaches deep into refineries, …
The AI code vulnerabilities that grow with your app
Theori built 28 apps with AI coding agents and scanned each one through its pentesting platform. Five models did the building, split between Anthropic and OpenAI, across apps …
OpenAI Presence connects AI agents to enterprise data with built-in guardrails
OpenAI has introduced Presence, a product designed to help companies deploy AI agents that handle customer support and internal service requests across voice and chat. …
AI can’t fix cybersecurity’s hiring problem
Organizations are redefining cybersecurity roles through workforce frameworks and placing greater emphasis on verified skills as AI and new regulatory requirements change …
Cloud operations become the next big role for agentic AI
Companies are using agentic AI to manage growing application environments, automate routine tasks, and support decisions. Business and IT leaders increasingly see the …
Prompt injection is becoming the XSS of the web agent era
Autonomous web agents read whatever a page displays, and much of that content comes from strangers. Product reviews, seller listings, and advertisements sit beside trusted …
Fake smart home residents could stand in for real ones in security research
Smart home security research runs on a scarce ingredient: recordings of how real people use the gadgets in their homes. Getting that data means wiring up someone’s house …
AWS gives its ERP agent deny-by-default rules and a separate identity
Accounts receivable teams at large companies spend hours each day matching incoming bank payments to invoices by hand. When those payments sit unmatched for days, cash flow …
macOS is becoming a proving ground for AI agents
Somewhere right now, a Mac Mini is sitting on a shelf doing someone’s chores. Nobody’s watching it. It reads a version number out of Terminal, hops over to Safari, …
Researchers make the case for a cybersecurity AI scientist
Autonomous AI agents have started doing real security work. Language-model agents probe software for flaws, run penetration tests, and chain together attack steps that once …
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