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itweb.co.za - Tracy Burrows - Post-Mythos cyber security must move at machine speed
Post-Mythos cyber security must move at machine speed
www.itweb.co.za

Ali Yilmaz, Senior Manager of Solution Architects for Turkey and MEA at Picus Security. Modern cyber security has to move at machine speed to outperform automated attacks, which can exploit vulnerabilities at scale in a matter of minutes. This is…

techcrunch.com - Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai - How AI guardrails are impeding the work of offensive cybersecurity researchers
How AI guardrails are impeding the work of offensive cybersecurity researchers
TechCrunch

For months, AI giants have devised special vetted programs and strict guardrails to limit the use of their models by malicious hackers. But these limits are now hindering the work of legitimate network defenders, as well as that of offensive…

jpost.com - TOBIAS HOLCMAN - Israeli firm Pentera expands AI cybersecurity with Recorded Future deal
Israeli firm Pentera expands AI cybersecurity with Recorded Future deal
The Jerusalem Post

Israeli cybersecurity firm Pentera announced on Wednesday a deal with Recorded Future to integrate their technologies, with a demonstration expected at the Black Hat 2026 conference. Recorded Future, one of the world's largest threat intelligence…

jpost.com - TOBIAS HOLCMAN - Israeli startups dominate Google's AI cybersecurity accelerator
Israeli startups dominate Google's AI cybersecurity accelerator
The Jerusalem Post

From the 33 startups chosen to participate in Google's Gemini Startup Forum: Cybersecurity, one-third of them are Israeli, the cyber giant announced on Wednesday. In total, eight startups were fully developed in Israel, while another three are…

tomshardware.com - Bruno Ferreira - OpenAI's HuggingFace breach heralds an unprecedented age of AI cyber warfare - contemporary LLMs have caused massive upheaval in cybersecurity, and it's only going to get worse
OpenAI's HuggingFace breach heralds an unprecedented age of AI cyber warfare - contemporary LLMs have caused massive upheaval in cybersecurity, and it's only going to get worse
Tom's Hardware

This week, OpenAI revealed that during a purported capability test with no safeguards, a set of bots, including its upcoming GPT-5.6 Sol, hacked their way out of their locked-down network and into Hugging Face's production infrastructure. Only…

cyprus-mail.com - Cyprus Business Now: Techisland, cybersecurity, banks, energy, SafeIsland CY
Cyprus Business Now: Techisland, cybersecurity, banks, energy, SafeIsland CY
Cyprus Mail

According to figures included in the presentation, the fires burned more than 100 square kilometres of forest, destroyed 191 homes across 15 villages and claimed two lives, making them among the most destructive in Cyprus' history. The scale of the…

dice.com - Nathan Eddy - Manufacturing's IT Talent Crunch Creates New Opportunities
Manufacturing's IT Talent Crunch Creates New Opportunities
Dice.com

For many IT professionals, the manufacturing industry still evokes assembly lines, repetitive work and legacy technology, but the reality inside many factories is far different. Today's facilities increasingly rely on cloud platforms, artificial…

marketbeat.com - Top Cybersecurity Stocks To Keep An Eye On - July 24th
Top Cybersecurity Stocks To Keep An Eye On - July 24th
MarketBeat

Cybersecurity Stocks Are Holding Up as the AI Trade Starts to Crack Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, Fortinet, BlackBerry, and SentinelOne are the five Cybersecurity stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool.

theguardian.com - Guardian staff reporter - Be skeptical of OpenAI's rogue hacker agent story | John Thickstun
Be skeptical of OpenAI's rogue hacker agent story | John Thickstun
The Guardian

On 14 February 2019, OpenAI announced a language model called GPT-2, the precursor to the models that power modern AI chatbots and agents such as ChatGPT and Claude. But OpenAI declared GPT-2 was too risky to release, citing concerns about safety…

digitaljournal.com - Jon Stojan - Wave Hackathon 2026 advances practical AI innovation through global collaboration
Wave Hackathon 2026 advances practical AI innovation through global collaboration
Digital Journal

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Bringing together engineers, researchers, founders, and AI practitioners from around the world, Wave Hackathon 2026 provided a platform to transform innovative ideas into practical…

techcrunch.com - Rebecca Bellan - As US weighs response to Chinese AI, industry urges against broad open-weight restrictions
As US weighs response to Chinese AI, industry urges against broad open-weight restrictions
TechCrunch

Several AI companies, including Hugging Face, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral, and Nvidia, have signed an open letter urging policymakers not to impose broad “premature restrictions” on open-weight AI models. The letter comes as Washington…

thehill.com - Miranda Nazzaro - OpenAI's breach of Hugging Face stokes fears about what's next for AI
OpenAI's breach of Hugging Face stokes fears about what's next for AI
The Hill

Washington and the technology industry are on high alert this week after OpenAI revealed that some of its AI agents went rogue and hacked into the systems of technology start-up Hugging Face. The incident bore out years of warnings from the tech…

thehill.com - Miranda Nazzaro - OpenAI, Hugging Face breach stokes fear on what's next for AI
OpenAI, Hugging Face breach stokes fear on what's next for AI
The Hill

Key Senate Democrats are balking at the latest version of a cryptocurrency regulation bill over a White House-approved ethics provision that they argue falls short, complicating the bill's chances of passing in the narrow window before lawmakers…

techradar.com - Sead Fadilpašić - Bad news - paying a ransomware demand might cause hackers to come back and ask for more
Bad news - paying a ransomware demand might cause hackers to come back and ask for more
TechRadar

Proofpoint 2026 AI‑Era Ransomware Report found 54% of victims paid attackers despite warnings 37% faced repeat extortion after paying; 2% paid but never regained access to files Experts urge prevention: phishing awareness, offline backups…

newswire.ca - VersaBank - VERSABANK TO PARTICIPATE IN THE KBW SUMMER BANK CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK CITY ON JULY 28-29, 2026
VERSABANK TO PARTICIPATE IN THE KBW SUMMER BANK CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK CITY ON JULY 28-29, 2026
CNW

LONDON, ON, July 24, 2026 /CNW/ -- VersaBank ('VersaBank' or the 'Bank') (TSX: VBNK) (NASDAQ: VBNK), a North American leader in business-to-business digital banking, as well as technology solutions for cybersecurity, today announced management will…

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