Sysdig has announced the general availability of Sysdig AI Defense, giving organizations tools to monitor and control AI agent activity across endpoints…
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PortSwigger’s Burp AT lets enterprises delegate pentests with defined limits
PortSwigger has announced the availability of Burp AT for enterprises, an agentic pentesting solution that helps security teams investigate important…
Patched Zyxel GS1900 switches remained open to in-the-wild exploit (CVE-2026-107441)
Zyxel GS1900 series network switches that received a fix for a flaw that was later reported to have been exploited in the wild are still open to an…
Scammers capitalize on GTA 6 hype to push malware and crypto cons
Scammers are offering supposed leaked builds, early copies and phone versions of Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6) weeks before the game’s November 19 launch,…
Google puts new limits on AI agents that hunt threats and fix vulnerabilities
Google Cloud is adding new controls to CodeMender, its AI tool for finding and fixing software vulnerabilities, allowing businesses to isolate attack…
OpenAI’s upcoming AI model built 948 working Linux root exploits in a single run
An automated system running on an upcoming AI model turned hundreds of Linux kernel bugs into working exploits that give an ordinary user root access, and…
A banking malware sample led researchers to an Android bug that can loop-crash phones
Bitdefender Labs researchers built an Android app that contains no executable code and requests no permissions, and installing it leaves a Pixel 10 in a…
Apple is bringing harmful content checks to iCloud link sharing with potential account penalties
Apple will begin checking iCloud content shared using the “Anyone with the link” option for harmful material in iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS 27.3 or…
AI agent detection signals that still work when agents look human
Bots follow a script. AI agents work toward a goal and choose their own steps, which makes them harder to catch. In this Help Net Security interview,…
Healthcare can’t govern the AI tools it hasn’t found yet
Nearly nine in ten healthcare leaders say security or compliance staff always or usually review AI-written code that touches patient data before it goes…
Companies are spending more on AI governance and getting less control
Companies are increasing their cybersecurity budgets, with AI security and governance the top priority for additional spending, followed by cloud…
Most consumers aren’t ready to let AI agents shop unsupervised
Customer control, account security and ease of use are influencing the adoption of AI agents that make purchases, book services and access personal…
Russian hackers target iOS and Android users with n-day exploits
Russia’s APT29 has been using compromised websites, lookalike domains and a hijacked web analytics service to target iOS and Android users with exploits…
Descope Envoy brings AI agent authentication to consumer apps
Descope has announced Envoy, a set of capabilities that gives personal AI agents a delegated sign-in path alongside a consumer app’s existing…
Cycurion Habit verifies threats and validates fixes before closing cases
Cycurion has launched Habit, an AI-driven security operations center (SOC) built to identify threats before they disrupt operations. The launch also marks…
Citrix expands oversight of autonomous browsing and AI agent activity
Citrix has announced new capabilities across Citrix SecurSpaces, Citrix SecurAccess and Citrix Platform Flex designed to help organizations securely…
Live Q&A: CISSP exam prep with ISC2 experts
Join ISC2 on November 6, 2026 at 7:00pm CET for a live Q&A about the CISSP exam. A panel of experts will answer your questions, explain what it takes to…
BlueFlag Security adds controls for AI agents working under developer identities
BlueFlag Security has expanded AI Agent Governance that fully maps the access, behavior and oversight of both approved and shadow AI agents, including…
Cyberattack hits French blood banks
Three blood banks have detected and reversed a potentially destructive temperature spike in their cold rooms, following a cyberattack that targeted a…
Impart uses AI to build virtual patches without putting models in the traffic path
Impart Security has launched the Runtime Defense Harness, a controlled environment where AI agents write and test virtual patches for new vulnerabilities…