AI-based assistants or “agents” — autonomous programs that have access to the user’s computer, files, online services and can automate virtually any task — are growing in popularity with developers and IT workers. But as so many eyebrow-raising headlines over the past few weeks have shown, these powerful and assertiveRead More »How AI Assistants are Moving the Security Goalposts
WatchTowr reports seeing exploitation attempts for CVE-2026-20127 from numerous unique IP addresses. The post Recent Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Vulnerability Now Widely Exploited appeared first on SecurityWeek.
OpenAI on Friday began rolling out Codex Security, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered security agent that’s designed to find, validate, and propose fixes for vulnerabilities. The feature is available in a research preview to ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, Business, and Edu customers via the Codex web with free usage for the nextRead More »OpenAI Codex Security Scanned 1.2 Million Commits and Found 10,561 High-Severity Issues
Trump’s Cyber Strategy calls for stronger deterrence against cyber adversaries, modernization of federal networks, protection of critical infrastructure, and investment in technologies such as AI and post-quantum cryptography. The post US Cyber Strategy Targets Adversaries, Critical Infrastructure, and Emerging Technologies appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The malware targets browser and cryptocurrency wallet data, along with system information and user files. The post Over 100 GitHub Repositories Distributing BoryptGrab Stealer appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Pentagon CTO Emil Michael said the military is developing procedures for enabling different levels of autonomy in warfare depending on the risk posed. The post Pentagon’s Chief Tech Officer Says He Clashed With AI Company Anthropic Over Autonomous Warfare appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Anthropic on Friday said it discovered 22 new security vulnerabilities in the Firefox web browser as part of a security partnership with Mozilla. Of these, 14 have been classified as high, seven have been classified as moderate, and one has been rated low in severity. The issues were addressed inRead More »Anthropic Finds 22 Firefox Vulnerabilities Using Claude Opus 4.6 AI Model
The bureau is working to determine the scope and impact of the problem, according to a notification sent to members of Congress. The post FBI Investigating ‘Suspicious’ Cyber Activity on System Holding Sensitive Surveillance Information appeared first on SecurityWeek.
This is a very weird story about how squid stayed on the menu of Byzantine monks by falling between the cracks of dietary rules. At Constantinople’s Monastery of Stoudios, the kitchen didn’t answer to appetite. It answered to the “typikon”: a manual for ensuring that nothing unexpected happened at mealtimes.Read More »Friday Squid Blogging: Squid in Byzantine Monk Cooking
While women in security have seen forward progress, the path hasn’t always been linear.
