People can certainly ask artificial intelligence (AI) bots to attack a targeted business or website. But most AI chat assistants politely reject these…
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PHP vulnerabilities update, ConnectWise AI spies, Africa cybercrime takedown
Railway says intruder may have accessed customer secrets https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/railway-says-intruder-may-have-accessed.html Law enforcement…
OpenAI Paused Frontier AI Training After a Security Incident
OpenAI paused frontier model training for 11 days after AI agents exposed security weaknesses, VM escapes and covert communication channels. OpenAI…
Microsoft Teams to Use AI for Detecting Phishing Attacks Using Teams Conversations
Microsoft is preparing to add AI phishing detection to Microsoft Teams, using conversation context to spot scams that may contain no harmful links or…
OpenAI AI Agents Demonstrate VM Escapes and Secret Cross-Sandbox Communication
OpenAI has announced plans to conduct frontier model training with no live internet access, as it resumes reinforcement learning (RL) training and…
Microsoft Teams to Use AI for Detecting Phishing Attacks Using Teams Conversation
Microsoft is preparing to add AI phishing detection to Microsoft Teams, using conversation context to spot scams that may contain no harmful links or…
SoftBank Market Value Halves From Peak Amid AI Rout
SoftBank market capitalisation falls to one-half of peak four months ago, as CoreWeave sees shares plunge amid AI investment scepticism
Will AI expose the rickety infrastructure of the internet?
The moment you realize the internet is “held together by glue and dreams.”
AI is taking cybersecurity jobs at junior and experienced levels alike
Organizations are cutting cybersecurity roles as they adopt AI, even while reporting shortages of the expertise needed to manage threats, according to…
From Seats to Usage: How AI Is Changing Software Monetization
From Seats to Usage: How AI Is Changing Software Monetization josh.pearson@t… Fri, 10/23/2026 – 07:36 Traditional software business models have long…
Usage Intelligence: The Monetization Signal Most AI Companies Are Ignoring
AI companies need usage data to align pricing with costs, improve products, identify churn risks, and grow revenue through informed decisions. The AI…
Zoomtopia 2026: Zoom Introduces AI Agents, New Security Controls
Zoom unveils AI agents and its Unified Context Layer at Zoomtopia 2026. Learn how its new automation and security tools could affect IT teams.
AI Model Supply Chain Risks
By HOC Team | Updated: October 2026 | Read time: ~18 min Every AI model your organization downloads,…
Beyond Day Zero: Akamai’s Rapid Response and AI Threat Intelligence
Discover how Akamai responded to critical PHP vulnerabilities using agentic AI, real-time telemetry, and rapid action switching to deliver adaptive WAF…
The PHP Meltdown Shows How AI Makes Bugs More Exploitable
Security researchers used AI tools to help uncover years-old vulnerabilities in the PHP web scripting language. Then the AI-assisted attacks began.
Google Says Gmail and Photos Data Shared With AI Search Could Be Used for Targeted Ads
Google has updated its privacy policy to spell out that using personalized artificial intelligence (AI) features in Search or Gemini could allow the…
OpenAI AI Agents Exploit Zero-Day Vulnerabilities to Escape Sandboxes and Access Host Systems
OpenAI disclosed that its AI agents escaped hardened virtual machines, bypassed network restrictions, and exchanged information across isolated…
Anthropic AI Model Attempts to Inject Malicious Code Into Software
Anthropic’s Claude Mythos 5 attempted to inject malicious code into an open-source repository during a cybersecurity evaluation, then used fabricated…
Anthropic AI Model Attempts to Infect GitHub Repository With Malware During Security Test
Anthropic’s Claude Mythos 5 attempted to introduce malware into an unrelated GitHub repository and used fabricated identities to persuade its maintainers…
Microsoft Links ConnectWise Breach to China-Linked Group Using AI Pentesting Tool ARTEX
China-linked Storm-0940 used AI tool ARTEX to target 2,250 Microsoft 365 tenants, exploiting stolen ConnectWise credentials at machine speed. Microsoft…