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Barracuda adds PAM and identity protection with Evo Security acquisition

Barracuda Networks has acquired Evo Security. The acquisition expands the BarracudaONE platform’s identity security capabilities by adding privileged access management (PAM), access control, identity protection, and identity threat detection and response. By combining Evo Security’s identity solutions with Barracuda’s existing…

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 needed a human operator. Research about security has stayed slower and more manual, built around…

Power shortages could slow AI data center expansion

AI adoption is increasing demand for data center capacity at the same time operators are running into limits around power, equipment, land, and permitting, according to NTT Data. Access to electricity is becoming a deciding factor in where new data…

Microsoft wants to keep your AI agents from going rogue

Microsoft has introduced Microsoft Execution Containers (MXC), a cross-platform, policy-driven execution layer for AI agents on Windows and Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), now available in early preview. Updated Agent 365 platform (Source: Microsoft) Developers can define constraints for their…

Cybersecurity jobs available right now: July 7, 2026

Application Security Lead Gett | Israel | Hybrid – View job details As an Application Security Lead, you will lead application and cloud security initiatives by integrating security into the SDLC, overseeing threat modeling, secure architecture, application security testing, and…

OAuth, guest accounts, and weak MFA drive SaaS risk

Organizations often create guest accounts to give contractors, suppliers, and partners temporary access to files and SaaS applications. Many of these accounts remain active long after they are needed, creating overlooked access paths to corporate data. Guest accounts accounted for…