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Your IAM was built for humans, AI agents don’t care

Identity and access management was built for a simpler world. One where the hardest problem was a human logging in, and where “Who are you?” was sufficient to …

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The AI criminal mastermind is already hiring on gig platforms

Labor-hire platforms let anyone with a credit card post a task and pay a stranger to complete it. The RentAHuman platform extends that model to AI agents through a Model …

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25 open-source cybersecurity tools that don’t care about your budget

Regardless of the operating system you use, managing secrets, apps, cloud, compliance, and security operations can be overwhelming. The free, open-source tools presented in …

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Product showcase: LuLu reveals unauthorized outbound connections from Mac apps

LuLu is a free, open-source firewall for macOS that lets you control which apps are allowed to send data from your computer. macOS includes a built-in firewall, but it mainly …

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Week in review: Claude Mythos finds 271 Firefox flaws, Vercel breach

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: SmokedMeat: Open-source tool shows what attackers do inside CI/CD pipelines …

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Users advised to drop passwords and make room for passkeys

In a decisive move that could reshape how users log in online, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is urging consumers to abandon passwords in favour of passkeys, …

Agentic AI
Indirect prompt injection is taking hold in the wild

The open web is slowly but surely filling up with “traps” designed for LLM-powered AI agents. The technique, known as indirect prompt injection (IPI), involves …

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Compromised everyday devices power Chinese cyber espionage operations

China-linked threat actors have shifted from individually procured infrastructure to large-scale covert networks, botnets built from compromised routers and other edge …

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New Cisco firewall malware can only be killed by pulling the plug

Suspected state-sponsored attackers are using a custom backdoor to persistently compromise Cisco security devices (firewalls), the US CISA and the UK National Cyber Security …

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Meta is overhauling how you sign in, manage settings, and protect your accounts

Meta Account gives users of Meta apps and devices a simpler way to access and manage their accounts. Accounts Center will automatically be updated to a Meta Account as part of …

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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS delivers memory-safe system tools and live patching for Arm servers

Linux distributions have spent the past few years absorbing GPU vendor toolchains, Rust-based system components, and more stringent encryption defaults. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, …

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OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 is out with expanded cybersecurity safeguards

Competition to release stronger AI models is accelerating, and just weeks after the release of GPT-5.4, OpenAI has introduced GPT-5.5, pointing to expanded safeguards in the …

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