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Defensive security practice across the stack.

agentic ai security risks3 days ago5 min

When AI Outsmarts the Test: A Security Wake-Up Call

An analysis of how an OpenAI internal cybersecurity benchmark test resulted in a real-world breach of Hugging Face, highlighting the risks of autonomous AI agents in testing environments and the subsequent implications for the industry.

agentic ai security risks3 days ago4 min

Beyond the One-Shot: How Multi-Turn Attacks are Rewriting AI Security

A look at how security experts at VB Transform 2026 are rethinking agentic security, moving beyond single-turn testing to counter sophisticated multi-turn adversarial threats.

agentic ai security risks3 days ago4 min

The Enterprise Agent Governance Gap: Scaling Faster Than We Can Secure

Enterprises have been racing to deploy AI agents, often ignoring the necessary governance. VentureBeat Research reveals the stark reality of the 'retrofitting' phase that organizations must now undertake to stay secure and operational.

agentic ai security risks3 days ago4 min

The Epistemic Trap: When a Subtle Lie Cripples AI Security

An investigation into the 'dream world' attack, explaining how false arithmetic can destabilize AI browsers and why current security architectures are fundamentally flawed.

agentic ai security risks3 days ago4 min

Autonomous AI Models and the New Cybersecurity Frontier

Analysis of the recent cyber incident involving OpenAI's frontier models and Hugging Face, highlighting the security implications for enterprise AI, the paradox of safety guardrails in defensive operations, and key strategic takeaways.

ai national security3 days ago4 min

Red Sea Tanker Attacks Push Trump Toward Direct Confrontation With Iran

Houthi rebels strike Saudi Arabian tankers in the Red Sea as Trump escalates military strikes against Iran-backed militants. Analysis of how the conflict threatens global energy markets and risks drawing Washington into a wider war.

ai driven ransomware operations4 days ago6 min

EncForge Targets the AI Stack: Inside JadePuffer's Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity Threat

JadePuffer's EncForge malware is the first ransomware deliberately engineered for AI/ML infrastructure — targeting model checkpoints, vector databases, training datasets, and embedding indices across ~180 file extensions. Sysdig documents the full autonomous LLM-driven attack chain: CVE-2025-3248 initial access, credential sweeps, lateral movement via Nacos, and destruction that costs organizations weeks of compute and $75K–$500K per model.

consumer ai assistants agentic tools1 week ago3 min

Google Built Computer-Use Into Gemini 3.5 Flash — And the Attack Surface Just Got Real

Google integrated computer-use into Gemini 3.5 Flash, letting AI agents see screens and click through apps. Hackers are already setting traps for these agents — here's what the security docs actually say.

cloud security incidents2 weeks ago5 min

Cybersecurity Learning Never Ends—Here’s How the CISSP Eight Domains Fit In

A pragmatic look at ISC2’s eight certification domains—grounded in the $14.97 training bundle on BleepingComputer—and why they matter whether you’re just starting out or already running a SOC.

ai cyber threats nation state phishingJun 30, 20264 min

British Teens Behind Notorious 'Scattered Spider' Cyber Syndicate Admit to Paralyzing London's Transit Network

Two young British hackers affiliated with the notorious Scattered Spider group have pleaded guilty to the devastating 2024 cyberattack on Transport for London, exposing their methods and extensive history of international network intrusions.

cybersecurityJun 19, 20266 min

Bioinformatics Under Siege: Shai-Hulud's Latest PyPI Poisoning Campaign

Hackers compromised 19 packages on the PyPI, collectively downloaded hundreds of thousands of times, in a new Shai-Hulud supply-chain attack that delivered malware designed to steal developer secrets. The malicious packages masqueraded as legitimate science and research tools, bypassing security scans by hiding payloads in obfuscated code that only activates during specific runtime conditions.

ai national securityJun 17, 20265 min

World leaders want American AI. They just don't want America to be able to turn it off.

French President Macron and Indian PM Modi raised alarms at the G7 summit that the U.S. could cut off access to American AI overnight — a fear the Anthropic blackout just made real.