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…
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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,…
Training an AI agent to attack LLM applications like a real adversary
Most enterprise software development teams now ship AI-powered applications faster than traditional penetration testing can keep up with. A security team with 500 applications may test each one once a year, or less. In the time between tests, the underlying…
Why your phishing simulations aren’t building a security culture
Security culture isn’t built by phishing simulations. In this Help Net Security video, Dan Potter, VP of Cyber Resilience at Immersive, argues that annual training videos and quarterly phishing tests happen in calm, controlled settings that tell us nothing about…
You don’t have to choose between BAS or automated pentesting, you shouldn’t
There’s a debate making the rounds in security circles that sounds reasonable on the surface but falls apart under operational scrutiny: Which is better, breach and attack simulation (BAS) or automated penetration testing (APT)? Security vendors have stoked this debate…
Kali Linux 2026.1 ships BackTrack mode, eight new tools, and a kernel upgrade to 6.18
Penetration testers running Kali Linux have a new release to work with. Version 2026.1 delivers the annual theme refresh, a new BackTrack-inspired mode in kali-undercover, eight tools added to the network repositories, a kernel bump to 6.18, and several Kali…
Your security stack looks fine from the dashboard and that’s the problem
One in five enterprise endpoints is operating outside a protected and enforceable state on any given day, according to device telemetry collected across tens of millions of corporate PCs. That figure, drawn from Absolute Security’s 2026 Resilience Risk Index, has…
Uncle Sam closes the door on all new foreign-made routers
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has imposed a ban on all new routers manufactured overseas being imported into and sold within the United States. The post Uncle Sam closes the door on all new foreign-made routers appeared first on…
The AI safety conversation is focused on the wrong layer
Organizations have spent years accumulating fragmented identity systems: too many roles, too many credentials, too many disconnected tools. For a workforce of humans, that fragmentation was manageable. Humans log in, log out, and make decisions slowly enough that gaps in…
Critical NetScaler ADC, Gateway flaw may soon be exploited (CVE-2026-3055)
Citrix has fixed two vulnerabilities in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway, with the more serious flaw (CVE-2026-3055) potentially allowing attackers to extract active session tokens from the memory of affected devices. Anil Shetty, senior VP of Engineering with Cloud Software…
Russian initial access broker helped ransomware gangs extort millions, sentenced to 81 months
A Russian citizen, Aleksei Volkov, was sentenced to 81 months in prison for helping ransomware groups carry out attacks causing over $9 million in actual losses and over $24 million in intended losses, after being arrested in Italy and extradited…
Mimecast expands Incydr with runtime data security for AI and human risk
Mimecast has announced a major expansion of its Incydr offering with new data security capabilities and a preview of the Agent Risk Center. These enhancements deliver runtime data security through a unified approach to detect, govern, and remediate data exposure…