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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…

dice.com - Dice Guest - As AI Adoption Accelerates, Cybersecurity Pros Confront Security Blind Spots
As AI Adoption Accelerates, Cybersecurity Pros Confront Security Blind Spots
Dice.com

With cybersecurity spending expected to exceed $300 billion globally this year, organizations are accelerating their investments in artificial intelligence-based security platforms. Security teams and cybersecurity professionals, however, are…

federalnewsnetwork.com - Commentators - The cybersecurity perimeter is gone. Federal agencies need to govern identity, data and compute instead.
The cybersecurity perimeter is gone. Federal agencies need to govern identity, data and compute instead.
Federal News Network

For decades, federal cybersecurity strategies were built around a traditional cybersecurity perimeter. Agencies invested heavily in securing network boundaries, managing approved devices and controlling access to applications operating within…

breitbart.com - Lucas Nolan - 'The Game Has Changed': Tech Platform Hacked by OpenAI's Out of Control Models Calls for Cybersecurity 'Wake-Up Call'
'The Game Has Changed': Tech Platform Hacked by OpenAI's Out of Control Models Calls for Cybersecurity 'Wake-Up Call'
Breitbart

The cofounder of Hugging Face, a technology start-up compromised when OpenAI's advanced AI models broke containment protocols, stated Thursday that the breach by self-directed AI models represents a critical warning for the technology sector. BBC…

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…

thejournal.ie - David MacRedmond - What does the OpenAI 'autonomous' hack incident tell us about AI and cybersecurity?
What does the OpenAI 'autonomous' hack incident tell us about AI and cybersecurity?
TheJournal.ie

INDUSTRY GIANT OPENAI said this week that one of its Artificial Intelligence models had breached the parameters of a controlled experiment, gained access to the internet and compromised the systems of another company, all by itself. The incident…

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…

digitaljournal.com - Dr. Tim Sandle - How a $2,100 server chip outperforms a high-end GPU rig against Argon2 password hashes
How a $2,100 server chip outperforms a high-end GPU rig against Argon2 password hashes
Digital Journal

For several years the cybersecurity industry has assumed that throwing more graphics processing units (GPUs) at a password-cracking problem would dramatically accelerate results. New research from Specops Software, however, suggests that when it…

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…

globenewswire.com - Atos IT Solutions and Services, Inc. - Atos achieves CMMC 2.0 Level 2 certification, strengthening readiness for mission-critical and complex defense programs
Atos achieves CMMC 2.0 Level 2 certification, strengthening readiness for mission-critical and complex defense programs
GlobeNewswire

Irving, Texas, USA – July 23, 2026 – Atos IT Solutions and Services Inc. has achieved Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 Level 2 for its North America Managed Detection & Response (MDR) Security Operations Center…

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…

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…

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