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New infosec products of the week: July 10, 2026
Here's a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Attestiv, Automox, Codenotary, and First Recon AI. Codenotary has announced AgentMon 3, the latest generation of its enterprise AI security platform…
Meta's new AI model could spark a massive price war in the red-hot AI coding market
Meta could spark a price war in the booming AI coding market. The tech giant announced its latest AI model, Muse Spark 1.1, on Thursday, saying it performs well on industry tests for coding and AI agents. It's Meta's first AI model that it charges…
OpenAI is making its biggest play for the office
OpenAI has built a super app for work. On Thursday, the company announced it is now merging its popular Codex AI coding tool into its ChatGPT desktop app, a move to turn the flagship AI app into a one-stop shop for engineers and other…
Top OpenAI executive Fidji Simo is stepping down
Fidji Simo, one of OpenAI's top executives, is stepping down. Simo, the company's CEO of applications, wrote on X on Thursday that she has decided to leave her full-time role and transition to becoming a part-time advisor. She went on medical leave…
UK Government Rolls Out Agentic AI Defense Plan Alongside Industry Pledge
Two announcements on July 7, 2026, demonstrate the government's determination to improve the level of cybersecurity within the UK. At the first annual lecture at Bletchley Park (May 27, 2026), Director of GCHQ Anne Keast-Butler defined the UK…
'HalluSquatting' Turns AI Hallucinations Into Botnet Delivery Mechanism
Researchers from Tel Aviv University, Technion, and Intuit have detailed a new attack technique dubbed ‘HalluSquatting' that turns AI assistants' tendency to hallucinate into a scalable infection vector. The cybersecurity community has…
Network of 200 GitHub Repositories Used for Malware Infection
A threat actor has built a network of over 200 GitHub repositories that have been delivering Windows malware, supply chain protection provider Socket reports. Dubbed Operation Muck and Load, the campaign involves 222 lure repositories across 190…
Uber's CTO embedded its top AI engineers in HR, finance, and legal, and found better ways to build
Uber has a new approach to using AI: 'Agentic pods.' Praveen Neppalli Naga, the ride-hailing company 's tech chief, said in an X post on Tuesday that Uber embedded 30 of its 'most AI-proficient engineers' with teams across the company, including…
FSC chief vows swift plan to ease network separation rules
Financial Services Commission Chairman Lee Eok-won said Friday that authorities will move quickly to draw up plans to fully lift network separation requirements for financial institutions with sufficient artificial intelligence and cybersecurity…
Palo Alto Networks Patches 13 Vulnerabilities
Palo Alto Networks on Wednesday published advisories describing more than a dozen vulnerabilities affecting its products. The new advisories cover 13 vulnerabilities specific to Palo Alto Networks products, as well as more than 500 flaws patched…
12 Million Impacted by Data Breach at Japanese Telco KDDI
Japanese telecommunications giant KDDI this week confirmed that over 12 million people were affected by a June data breach. The incident occurred on June 17 and involved unauthorized access to a system developed by KDDI as part of the email…
Mount Royal University Confirms Data Stolen in Ransomware Attack
Mount Royal University (MRU), a public university in Alberta, Canada, has confirmed that employee and student data was stolen from its network in a disruptive ransomware attack. The incident was discovered on June 17, after hackers deleted two file…
Coffee Prices Finish Sharply Higher in Illiquid Market
September arabica coffee (KCU26) on Thursday closed up +38.10 (+12.30%), and September ICE robusta coffee (RMU26) closed up +302 (+8.07%). Coffee prices settled sharply higher on Thursday, continuing the volatile price swings seen this week. After…
AI-powered scams cost Americans billions; here's why it could get worse
Navy veteran Mitchell Gordon saw a social media video promoting a government refund website. Thinking it was real, he entered his personal information and paid $200. The next day, he tried to cancel. 'All I wanted was the $200 back, so that's when…
Nasdaq Futures Climb as Chipmakers Provide a Boost, Middle East Developments in Focus
September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU26) are up +0.46% this morning, led by advances in chip and other AI-linked shares, while investors kept a close eye on developments in the Middle East. Chip and AI infrastructure stocks advanced in…
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