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upi.com - Joe Fisher - Meta says its AI hacked another company during cybersecurity test
Meta says its AI hacked another company during cybersecurity test
UPI

Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Meta is the latest tech company to share that its AI model hacked into another company's systems, marking at least the third such incident in recent weeks. Meta said Wednesday that this occurred during cybersecurity testing when one…

scmp.com - Ji Siqi - Developing | China launches probe into US cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks
Developing | China launches probe into US cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks
South China Morning Post

Beijing has launched a cybersecurity review into products sold in China by US technology firm Palo Alto Networks, the Cyberspace Administration of China announced on Thursday. The administration said the probe was being conducted to “ensure…

bloomberg.com - Alan Wong - China Launches Cybersecurity Review Into Palo Alto Networks
China Launches Cybersecurity Review Into Palo Alto Networks
Bloomberg

China launched a formal security review into products sold by US technology firm Palo Alto Networks Inc. within the Chinese market. The Cybersecurity Review Office of the Cyberspace Administration announced the move in a statement Thursday. It…

newswire.ca - AXA XL to acquire S-RM, a global corporate intelligence and cyber security consultancy
AXA XL to acquire S-RM, a global corporate intelligence and cyber security consultancy
CNW

LONDON, Aug. 6, 2026 /CNW/ -- AXA XL, which currently holds approximately 49% of S-RM, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the remaining shares of the company. S-RM is a specialist corporate intelligence and cyber…

informationweek.com - Sam Curry - CISO principles for navigating cybersecurity incident disclosure
CISO principles for navigating cybersecurity incident disclosure
Information Week

If you've been a CISO long enough, you've probably learned the same lesson I have: The hardest part of incident response often isn't detection, containment or eradication. It's deciding when and how to tell customers what's going on, especially…

thecentersquare.com - Robert Matteson - California expands cybersecurity protection plan
California expands cybersecurity protection plan
The Center Square

(The Center Square) - Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced an expansion of the state's cybersecurity plan to protect state agencies from increasing cyber threats and artificial intelligence-enabled cyberattacks. Cal-Secure 2.0 builds upon the original…

afr.com - Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood, Angira Bharadwaj - Boston-based $2.9b cybersecurity player Point Wild bankers up for ASX debut
Boston-based $2.9b cybersecurity player Point Wild bankers up for ASX debut
Australian Financial Review

Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.

securityweek.com - Eduard Kovacs - Meta AI Hacked External Systems During Cybersecurity Testing
Meta AI Hacked External Systems During Cybersecurity Testing
SecurityWeek

Meta is the latest major AI developer to admit that its models broke loose during cybersecurity testing and hacked external systems. The tech giant said in a statement to the media on Wednesday that the incident occurred during independent…

siliconangle.com - Maria Deutscher - Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 hacked an external organization during cybersecurity test
Meta's Muse Spark 1.1 hacked an external organization during cybersecurity test
SiliconANGLE

A large language model developed by Meta Platforms Inc. hacked a third party organization during a cybersecurity evaluation. The Facebook parent disclosed the incident on Wednesday without specifying the LLM. According to The Information, the…

marketbeat.com - Best Cybersecurity Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - August 6th
Best Cybersecurity Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - August 6th
MarketBeat

Cybersecurity Stocks Are Holding Up as the AI Trade Starts to Crack Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, Fortinet, SentinelOne, BlackBerry, Globant, and NetScout Systems are the seven Cybersecurity stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock…

tomshardware.com - Stephen Warwick - Rogue OpenAI models behind 'unprecedented cybersecurity incident' teamed up to break out of their testing environment - multiple agents left each other messages for months, communicating undetected
Rogue OpenAI models behind 'unprecedented cybersecurity incident' teamed up to break out of their testing environment - multiple agents left each other messages for months, communicating undetected
Tom's Hardware

The rogue OpenAI models that broke out of their testing environment in an 'unprecedented cybersecurity incident' recently reportedly spent months communicating with each other, unbeknownst to researchers conducting the test, Bloomberg reports. The…

cnbc.com - Sarah Min - S&P 500 futures are little changed as traders await big jobs report: Live updates
S&P 500 futures are little changed as traders await big jobs report: Live updates
CNBC

S&P 500 futures were little changed on Thursday night as traders awaited the release of the July jobs report. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures added 3 points, or 0.01%, while S&P 500 futures gained 0.07%. Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 0.3%. In…

themarysue.com - Terrina Jairaj - Tech industry's 'rogue AI' problem gets worse as Meta's AI reportedly hacked another company
Tech industry's 'rogue AI' problem gets worse as Meta's AI reportedly hacked another company
The Mary Sue

Meta just became the latest tech giant to admit one of its AI models broke free during testing and hacked into another company's systems. This marks the fourth incident in recent weeks where an AI agent went rogue, following similar disclosures…

securityweek.com - SecurityWeek News - Podcast: Compliance Won't Save You: The Future of Cyber Risk with Edna Conway
Podcast: Compliance Won't Save You: The Future of Cyber Risk with Edna Conway
SecurityWeek

In today's digital age, cybersecurity is more critical than ever, and organizations must prioritize resilience to protect themselves against evolving threats. In this podcast, we share insights from Edna Conway, a recognized leader in cybersecurity…

chron.com - BARBARA ORTUTAY - Meta says its AI model hacked another company, adding to worries about bots going rogue
Meta says its AI model hacked another company, adding to worries about bots going rogue
Chron

Meta said Thursday that one of its artificial intelligence models accessed the internet on its own and hacked another company, the latest in a series of disclosures about AI models going rogue. In recent weeks OpenAI and Anthropic also have…

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