Vendors selling AI-powered security operations platforms have built their pitches around a consistent set of promises: autonomous threat investigation, dramatic reductions in analyst workload, and an accelerating path toward humanless operations. Practitioners buying and deploying those platforms describe something different.…
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Your facilities run on fragile supply chains and nobody wants to admit it
In this Help Net Security interview, Christa Dodoo, Global Chair at IFMA, discusses how facility managers are managing supply chain risk in critical building systems. She explains how sourcing, localized redundancy, and flexible infrastructure design are being integrated into resilience…
A nearly undetectable LLM attack needs only a handful of poisoned samples
Prompt engineering has become a standard part of how large language models are deployed in production, and it introduces an attack surface most organizations have not yet addressed. Researchers have developed and tested a prompt-based backdoor attack method, called ProAttack,…
Who owns AI agent access? At most companies, nobody knows
AI agents are operating across production enterprise environments at scale, and the identity infrastructure managing their access has not kept up with their deployment. A January 2026 survey of 228 IT and security professionals, conducted by the Cloud Security Alliance,…
Botnet operator behind $14 million in ransomware extortion payments gets 24 months behind bars
A Russian national has been sentenced to 24 months in prison after admitting he managed a botnet used to launch ransomware attacks against dozens of U.S. companies. The judge also imposed a $100,000 fine and ordered him to forfeit $1.6…
Vorlon adds forensics and response to secure AI agents
Vorlon has unveiled AI Agent Flight Recorder and AI Agent Action Center, adding forensics and coordinated response to secure enterprise agentic ecosystems and close a key security gap. The agentic ecosystem contains SaaS applications, AI agents, API integrations, non-human identities,…
DigiCert Document Trust Manager enhancements improve document security and compliance
DigiCert has announced enhancements to its Document Trust Manager solution to help organisations combat rising document fraud, simplify global compliance, and strengthen trust in digital transactions in the age of AI. Unlike traditional signing tools that require separate regional or…
Gemini picks up criminal activity buried in dark web noise
To help teams make faster and more accurate decisions on emerging threats, Google has introduced a dark web intelligence capability in Google Threat Intelligence. Powered by Gemini, the feature analyzes millions of dark web events each day and surfaces threats…
LiteLLM PyPI packages compromised in expanding TeamPCP supply chain attacks
A slew of supply chain attacks against popular open source tools and packages appears to have been orchestrated by TeamPCP, a cybercriminal group that rose to prominence in late 2025. The latest victim of the group is BerryAI’s popular LiteLLM…
Njordium AI blocks fake invoices and fraudulent payments
Njordium Cyber Group has launched its new AI Fraud Detection Module, a self-learning AI engine integrated into the recently released Vendor Management System (VMS). The module instantly detects and neutralises fake invoices, phantom services or products, and inflated pricing. Fully…
Akamai Brand Guardian detects and removes AI-driven brand impersonation
Akamai has introduced Akamai Brand Guardian, an evolution of Brand Protector that uses AI to identify and manage brand impersonation at scale. Scammers are exploiting the widespread availability of generative AI to deploy sophisticated fake websites and digital identities in…
Microsoft hands Entra ID users new option for MFA
Organizations rely on MFA to enforce identity checks before granting access to systems and services. Microsoft has made external MFA generally available in Microsoft Entra ID, expanding support for third-party identity providers. Configure external MFA in Microsoft Entra ID (Source:…
Anthropic trims action approval loop, lets Claude Code make the call
Auto mode is a new permissions feature in the Claude Code system that allows the AI to make approval decisions on a user’s behalf while safeguards review actions before execution. The feature is available on Team plans and requires administrator…
Anthropic cuts action approval loop, lets Claude Code make the call
Auto mode is a new permissions feature in the Claude Code system that allows the AI to make approval decisions on a user’s behalf while safeguards review actions before execution. The feature is available on Team plans and requires administrator…
Spur Intelligence delivers deeper visibility into anonymized infrastructure
Spur Intelligence has announced new enhancements to its IP intelligence platform, designed to give security and fraud teams deeper visibility into anonymized infrastructure and enable informed, real-time decisions on risky user sessions. New capabilities include AI service identification, a policy…
Codenotary introduces AgentX for autonomous Linux infrastructure security
Codenotary has announced the availability of AgentX, an autonomous platform designed to manage, secure, and protect large-scale Linux infrastructure in the cloud or on-premises through coordinated networks of AI agents. AgentX introduces a new approach to infrastructure operations by allowing…
Barracuda strengthens cyber resilience with BarracudaONE platform updates
Barracuda Networks has announced advancements to the BarracudaONE cybersecurity platform and Barracuda Partner Success Program. The latest innovations strengthen cyber resilience across email, network access and generative AI usage, while the enhanced partner program delivers new benefits, incentives and tools…
Tenable Hexa AI automates exposure management and security workflows
Tenable has revealed Tenable Hexa AI, the agentic AI engine of the Tenable One Exposure Management Platform that automates security workflows and transforms exposure intelligence into coordinated action to reduce cyber risk. AI-powered cyberattacks, rapid vulnerability discovery and the explosion…
HPE enhances security to support AI and distributed enterprise environments
HPE has unveiled new security innovations designed to help organizations scale distributed operations, reduce cyber risk, and maintain consistent governance as AI adoption accelerates across the enterprise. To help enterprises securely adopt AI and turn resilience into a core business…
Google’s TurboQuant cuts AI memory use without losing accuracy
Large language models carry a persistent scaling problem. As context windows grow, the memory required to store key-value (KV) caches expands proportionally, consuming GPU memory and slowing inference. A team at Google Research has developed three compression algorithms: TurboQuant, PolarQuant,…