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Windows CLOSEDQUORUM malware uses AI models to autonomously select post-compromise actions
‘first’ publicly documented Windows implant to use LLMs for C2
Critical Bifrost AI Gateway Flaw Lets Attackers Run Commands Without Credentials
A critical vulnerability in Bifrost, an open-source AI gateway that routes requests to more than 20 LLM providers, allows an unauthenticated attacker to…
RatHat Android Malware Uses AI to Target Banking Credentials in Real Time
RatHat Android malware uses generative AI to navigate infected devices, steal banking credentials, intercept OTP codes and reinstall itself after removal…
CAIRN – A New Tool to Track AI Malware That Operates Without Human Control
Cisco Talos has released CAIRN, an open-source toolkit designed to hunt, classify, and track AI-integrated malware by examining the digital markers…
Autonomous AI Agents Hack Retailers for $25 and Steal 600,000 Credit Cards
A financially motivated operator has been running three open-source AI tools against many online retailers, mostly without supervision. The results are…
Retailers tamp down shadow AI but struggle to oversee agentic sprawl
The use of AI agents is soaring in the retail sector, but visibility remains a major challenge, with regulated data at risk.
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Salt Security adds native AI detection and response to agentic security platform
Salt Security has expanded its Agentic Security Platform with native AI Detection and Response (AI-DR) capabilities designed to connect attacks targeting…
Researchers uncover malware that uses AI to choose its next move
To help security practitioners catch malware that leans on AI, researchers from Cisco Talos shared an open-source framework that they hope will be used to…
Aembit Launches Support for Okta Cross App Access, Extending Enterprise Identity Controls to AI Agents
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA, 22nd September 2026, CyberNewswire
AI Incident Response Readiness Lags Behind AI Adoption, ISACA Finds
A new report by ISACA found that 71% of orgs have not run AI incident response exercises as teams face rising pressure
AI Agents Are Rewriting the Rules of Lateral Movement
Security teams have spent decades asking whether an identity has too much access. AI agents raise a harder question: how can we determine which paths an…
Context Bombs Trick Autonomous Qwen AI Agents Into Stopping Cyberattacks
A hidden “context bomb” prompt in a cloud decoy can disrupt AI agents and force Qwen3.8-27B to stop simulated attacks. The technique worked against both…
Aikido Security Unveils Altar-1 Open-Weight AI for Cybersecurity Defense
Aikido Security has unveiled Altar-1, an open-weight artificial intelligence model designed to run defensive cybersecurity workloads entirely inside an…
Introducing Unit 42 Continuous Frontier AI Defense
Cybersecurity is in the middle of a generational shift. AI has disrupted a 30-year balance of power between defenders and adversaries. Armed with agentic…
Meta’s Muse AI assistant has a zero-day that can turn it into a Mac backdoor
A simple terminal command can hijack Muse and use its extensive permissions to spy on Mac users and control their connected accounts.
AI Drives Surge in Bot and API Threats
Akamai report warns of increase in bot traffic, API threats, chatbot leaks and other AI-related threats
Critical MaxKB AI Agent Flaw Lets Prompt Injection Execute System Commands
A critical vulnerability in the MaxKB AI knowledge-base platform could let attackers exploit prompt injection and run operating system commands on…
Rogue AI agents put trusted access under scrutiny
Two newly disclosed incidents involving rogue AI agents are raising questions about what happens when autonomous software operates through apparently…