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engadget.com - Max Miller - AI is changing cybersecurity in quick and terrifying ways
AI is changing cybersecurity in quick and terrifying ways
Engadget

Can the cybersecurity industry keep up? Imagine I came to you with the following proposition: You will give me trillions of dollars. In exchange, I will build a machine that pollutes the environment, steals from every artist and academic on the…

businessinsider.com - Samuel O'Brient - A research firm shares its top cybersecurity stock picks with agentic AI threats on the rise
A research firm shares its top cybersecurity stock picks with agentic AI threats on the rise
Business Insider

Citrini Research, the market research firm that went viral for its futuristic AI doomsday scenario earlier this year, sees the rise of agentic threats boosting demand for cybersecurity. In a note published on Friday, Citrini shared its bullish…

seekingalpha.com - Max Gottlich - Cybersecurity decouples from SaaS as AI threats surge - Citrini (CIBR:NASDAQ)
Cybersecurity decouples from SaaS as AI threats surge - Citrini (CIBR:NASDAQ)
Seeking Alpha

Cybersecurity stocks benefit from a surge in attacks linked to advanced AI agents, while traditional software struggles partly due to market concerns over automation making their products obsolete. Network security hardware and data resilience…

seekingalpha.com - Mike Zaccardi - BUG: Battle-Tested Cybersecurity Stocks Look Strong, Despite AI Threats (NASDAQ:BUG)
BUG: Battle-Tested Cybersecurity Stocks Look Strong, Despite AI Threats (NASDAQ:BUG)
Seeking Alpha

Global X Cybersecurity ETF earns a reiterated buy rating as technicals strengthen and sector resilience persists amid AI-driven volatility. BUG trades at a premium 27x P/E, with concentrated exposure to US SMID-cap growth and limited international…

upworthy.com - Adam Albright-Hanna - Janet Jackson's unique song made so many laptops crash that it became a cybersecurity case
Janet Jackson's unique song made so many laptops crash that it became a cybersecurity case
Upworthy

When someone queues up a track on a laptop, the expectation is a few minutes of music. The thought of a song crashing the computer never crosses anyone's mind. Yet, that is precisely what happened when people tried to play Janet Jackson's 1989 hit…

techcrunch.com - Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai - Google's top hacker hunter explains why hacking groups get codenames
Google's top hacker hunter explains why hacking groups get codenames
TechCrunch

For more than a decade, the cybersecurity industry has been assigning names to different hacking groups. Some of them, like Fancy Bear, have crossed over into the mainstream because of their prominent hacks and memorable names. Others are only…

thehindubusinessline.com - OpenAI flags possible critical cybersecurity risk in upcoming model, tightens controls
OpenAI flags possible critical cybersecurity risk in upcoming model, tightens controls
BusinessLine

OpenAI said on Friday it cannot rule out that its upcoming AI model, Astra, ​has 'critical' cybersecurity capabilities, prompting the startup to pause some ‌internal development and trigger safety protocols. Under OpenAI's safety…

pymnts.com - PYMNTS - Wall Street's New Cybersecurity Threat Starts With a Phone Call
Wall Street's New Cybersecurity Threat Starts With a Phone Call
PYMNTS.com | Breaking News, Trends and Analysis

A campaign update shared Thursday (Aug. 6) by Google's Threat Intelligence Group showed attackers from the threat actor group UNC6671 had initiated a cyber infiltration campaign targeting companies including Blackstone, Apollo Global Management…

the-decoder.com - Matthias Bastian - OpenAI flags its new Astra model as potentially reaching the highest cybersecurity risk level for the first time
OpenAI flags its new Astra model as potentially reaching the highest cybersecurity risk level for the first time
The Decoder

Nano Banana Pro prompted by THE DECODER OpenAI is pausing parts of the development of its new AI model, Astra, after internal tests revealed cybersecurity capabilities so strong that the model could reach the highest risk level ('Critical') in the…

foreignpolicyjournal.com - David Prior - Zacks Names Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) Bull Of The Day And Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) Bear Of The Day As Cybersecurity Surges And Oil Producer Stumbles
Zacks Names Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) Bull Of The Day And Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC) Bear Of The Day As Cybersecurity Surges And Oil Producer Stumbles
Foreign Policy Journal

Zacks Equity Research has designated Fortinet, Inc. (NASDAQ: FTNT) as its Bull of the Day and Ecopetrol S.A. (NYSE: EC) as its Bear of the Day, reflecting sharply diverging outlooks for the two companies. Fortinet has earned a Zacks Rank of #1, or…

forbes.com - Will Townsend - Securing Modern AI In A Machine-Versus-Machine World
Securing Modern AI In A Machine-Versus-Machine World
Forbes

Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Large Language Model AI Technology Data Fabric Data Science As a kid, I fondly remember the Spy vs. Spy wordless comic strip in MAD Magazine. It featured two agents, each employing clever tactics to outwit…

forbes.com - Ray Fernandez - Smart Mobility Tech Opportunities: From Factory To Vehicle To Street
Smart Mobility Tech Opportunities: From Factory To Vehicle To Street
Forbes

Smart mobility AI technologies, from factory floors to in-vehicle tech to physical AI on the street, is the automobile industry and its newly extended supply chain partners are building today. Enterprise tech opportunities are abundant, despite…

digitaljournal.com - Paul Wallis - Op-Ed: Are 'Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures' the reality of chronic cyber insecurity?
Op-Ed: Are 'Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures' the reality of chronic cyber insecurity?
Digital Journal

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) are exactly that. They're endemic problems for cybersecurity. Lists of known CVEs are generated in an ongoing litany of risks for systems of all kinds. This is no minor task. The list of CVEs cited by…

techcrunch.com - Kirsten Korosec - OpenAI says it slowed Astra model development over security concerns
OpenAI says it slowed Astra model development over security concerns
TechCrunch

OpenAI said Friday it has suspended work on some aspects of its upcoming model Astra after an internal review found it had made significant advancements in agentic coding and cybersecurity — enough to warrant concern over its capabilities.

futurism.com - Victor Tangermann - Why Aren't Any AI Companies Watching Their Frontier Models to Make Sure They Don't Go on Hacking Sprees?
Why Aren't Any AI Companies Watching Their Frontier Models to Make Sure They Don't Go on Hacking Sprees?
Futurism | Science and Technology News

Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Last month, OpenAI made a headline-generating claim: that a group of its AI models had conspired to break free, access the internet, and hack into the internal systems of open source…

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