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AI is reshaping cyber security
Anthony Laing, General Manager of the Networking Business Unit at NEC XON. (Image: NEC XON) As digital transformation, artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging quantum computing threats reshape the security landscape, NEC Africa has expanded its…
Microsoft Says Its New Cybersecurity AI Beats Industry Leaders at Half the Cost
Microsoft has a new AI cybersecurity model called MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, and when it's combined with agentic security system MDASH and OpenAI's GPT-5.4 model, it outscores Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 by 12 points on a key benchmark. The security…
AI Seed Investors Flock To Cybersecurity
Seed funding trends tell us a lot about how savvy investors see the future unfolding. And lately, the data tells us there's great concern about cybersecurity risks posed by AI. It's a worry that spilled over into headlines last week, after an…
CrowdStrike will be the cybersecurity winner in the AI agentic era, Loop Capital says
CrowdStrike will dominate the new market around agentic artificial intelligence security, according to Loop Capital. The investment firm initiated coverage on the cybersecurity company with a buy rating. It also placed a $230 price target on the…
This Cybersecurity Course Bundle Is Only $21 With This Code
TL;DR: Use code COURSE30 through August 2 to get the 2026 AI Security & Cybersecurity Expert Bundle, six courses covering CompTIA CySA+ exam prep, ethical hacking, and AI-driven security work, for $21 (MSRP $120). The cybersecurity job market has a…
Armata invests in trust at the Armata Cybersecurity Leadership Summit 2026
Caesar Tonkin, Managing Director at Armata Cyber Security. The threat environment has evolved at a pace that outstrips that of corporate risk committees. Companies are dealing with unplanned AI adoption, a stretched skills base and a regulatory…
The OpenAI hack was a cybersecurity warning shot
OpenAI models' accidental hack of Hugging Face is the warning shot defenders have been afraid was coming. Why it matters: If defenders and policymakers don't take the warning seriously, public utilities, financial firms, hospitals and…
Microsoft touts cost-saving AI model for cybersecurity
Microsoft talked up its first artificial intelligence model for finding risky parts of source code. When connected with OpenAI's general-purpose GPT 5.4, Microsoft says the new model can outperform Anthropic's security models from a variety of…
U.S. Big Tech companies call for American open-weight models as Anthropic CEO disagrees over cyber-security risks
Days after Chinese lab Moonshot's Kimi K3 model made headlines due to its specifications and open-weight labelling, AI giants in the U.S.—excluding Anthropic—released an open letter that stressed the importance of American open-weight…
What Role Does Cybersecurity Play in the Global Economy?
Every digital transaction, cross-border payment, and trade agreement now relies on protective technology layers that most people never notice. As economies become increasingly connected through constant data flows and shared cloud platforms, the…
Microsoft Launches AI Cybersecurity Model to Boost MDASH Performance and Cut Costs
Microsoft has introduced MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, its first AI model built specifically for cybersecurity, as part of MDASH, the company's multi-model platform for identifying and remediating software vulnerabilities. The new configuration, which pairs…
Microsoft Launches MAI-Cyber-1-Flash and 'Perception' Security Platform, Sharpening AI Cybersecurity Battle With Anthropic, Google and OpenAI
Microsoft launched its first cybersecurity-specialised AI model and a new agentic security platform at a San Francisco event on Monday, extending the MDASH multi-agent security system already rolling out to South African customers and putting the…
Microsoft launches AI cybersecurity platform developed in Israel
Microsoft yesterday launched Project Perception, a new cybersecurity platform based on autonomous AI agents. The company also unveiled MAI Cyber 1 Flash, its first dedicated AI model for cybersecurity missions. Microsoft says the launch comes amid…
Saxophonist merging music and cybersecurity
Ryeem Fletcher can spend one part of his day breathing life into a saxophone and another learning how to keep digital systems secure. At 23, the saxophonist is in his third year at the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech), pursuing…
Cybersecurity jobs available right now: July 28, 2026
Toyota Automated Logistics | USA | On-site – View job details As a Cloud Security Engineer, you will design and enforce security controls across Azure and on-premises environments, strengthen identity and access management, and maintain…
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