Topic: ai cybersecurity
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Enterprise Security's Triple Threat: Cybercrime, AI, and Supply Chains
The cybersecurity landscape is defined by a triple threat from advanced cybercrime, the dual risks and benefits of artificial intelligence, and pervasive supply chain vulnerabilities, forcing a strategic shift in defense. AI is both a critical security tool for detection and response and a major ...
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AI Hacking Skills Near Critical 'Inflection Point'
AI is rapidly approaching an inflection point where its ability to discover software vulnerabilities could soon surpass traditional cybersecurity defenses, creating a powerful dual-use technology. Recent breakthroughs, like simulated reasoning and agentic AI, have drastically enhanced models' cap...
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Top 6 Cyber Threats to Watch in 2026
The cybersecurity landscape is defined by a dangerous synergy between AI and human ingenuity, creating adaptive, automated threats that require a proactive, intelligence-driven security posture beyond traditional defenses. Key emerging threats include autonomous agentic AI exploits, weaponized de...
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OpenAI warns of 'high' AI weaponization risk, unveils countermeasures
OpenAI warns of a high risk of AI weaponization for cyberattacks and is implementing countermeasures to safeguard its technology while aiding defenders. AI's rapid advancement, demonstrated by a sharp increase in performance on cybersecurity challenges, suggests it could soon develop sophisticate...
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Human Control in AI Cybersecurity: A Guide to Building Trust
AI should augment human expertise in cybersecurity by enhancing speed and precision, not replacing it, while maintaining security and accountability through responsible implementation. AI systems must recommend actions rather than autonomously execute them, ensuring human control over critical de...
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AI Skills Key to Closing Cybersecurity Gap, Fortinet Finds
A significant cybersecurity skills gap exists, with artificial intelligence expertise being crucial for defense, yet organizations lack professionals to effectively implement AI security tools, creating vulnerabilities. Security breaches are increasing in frequency and severity, with 86% of organ...
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AISLE Launches AI-Powered System to Stop Zero-Day Threats
AISLE has launched an AI-native cyber reasoning system that autonomously detects, prioritizes, and fixes known and zero-day vulnerabilities, addressing the primary cause of security incidents. The platform reduces remediation time from weeks or months to days or minutes by generating ready-to-mer...
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Secure Your Future: Building Trust in AI Security
AI integration in cybersecurity enables proactive threat detection and faster responses by analyzing large datasets beyond human capabilities. The growth of machine-generated data is driving adoption of federated analytics and edge-based detection to manage information without centralized storage...
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Microsoft Sentinel's AI Cybersecurity Strategy
Microsoft is enhancing its Sentinel platform with a "graph-based" operational context, enabling real-time threat evaluation and trajectory mapping across interconnected networks. The platform's Security Copilot agents now leverage this graph-based system to automate tasks, prioritize alerts, and ...
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CrowdStrike & Meta Simplify AI Security Tool Evaluation
CrowdStrike and Meta have launched CyberSOCEval, an open-source benchmarking suite to evaluate large language models' effectiveness in critical security tasks. The framework tests LLMs in incident response, threat analysis, and malware detection to help organizations identify genuinely effective ...
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AI Agents Attempted to Hack My Vibe-Coded Website
Artificial intelligence agents recently attempted to breach a custom-built website designed to filter AI research papers, showcasing how emerging technologies are reshaping cybersecurity. The experiment involved a team of AI-powered agents from startup RunSybil, which spent roughly ten minute...
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AI in Cybersecurity Threatens Entry-Level Job Growth
Nearly a third of cybersecurity professionals use AI to enhance security operations, automating tasks and improving efficiency, though concerns persist about its impact on entry-level jobs. 70% of teams leveraging AI report improved effectiveness in areas like network monitoring and vulnerability...
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6 Must-Read Books on AI’s Rise, Risks & Realities
AI is revolutionizing cybersecurity by enhancing threat detection, identity management, and attack response across digital environments, with six recommended books offering insights into its capabilities and risks. While some experts like OpenAI's Sam Altman predict AI will transform business tas...
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Is AI Security on Par with Cloud Standards?
AI in cybersecurity is a double-edged sword, enhancing defenses while also equipping attackers with advanced tools, creating a dynamic threat landscape in cloud environments. AI-powered tools automate penetration testing and social engineering, but lack transparency and require continuous monitor...
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AI Agents Advance in Writing and Hacking Code
AI is revolutionizing cybersecurity by identifying critical vulnerabilities in complex codebases, including previously unknown flaws, at an unprecedented scale. UC Berkeley researchers found AI models detected 17 vulnerabilities (15 zero-day exploits) in open-source projects, showcasing advanced ...
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Netpoleon, Vectra AI Strengthen ANZ Cybersecurity Alliance
Netpoleon and Vectra AI have expanded their strategic alliance to deliver advanced AI-driven Network Detection and Response solutions across Australia and New Zealand, enhancing cybersecurity capabilities for enterprise clients and government agencies. Vectra AI has been recognized as a Leader in...
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SentinelOne Leads 2025 IDC XDR MarketScape
SentinelOne has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for XDR software in 2025, highlighting its AI-native cybersecurity platform, Singularity, which unifies security data and analytics to combat threats effectively. The platform integrates endpoint, cloud, identity, and generative AI securi...
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UAE Cybersecurity Council Announces Second 'CyberQ' Conference in November
The UAE Cybersecurity Council will host the second CyberQ conference in Abu Dhabi on November 26–27, focusing on the convergence of quantum computing, AI, and cybersecurity. The event aims to address emerging threats like AI-driven cyber risks and the need for post-quantum cryptography, fostering...
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Debunking the Top Cybersecurity Myths That Still Haunt Businesses
Persistent cybersecurity myths, such as Macs being immune to viruses or frequent password changes ensuring safety, mislead businesses and create protection gaps. AI cannot fully replace human security teams, as it requires oversight to avoid false positives and missed threats, with only 12% of pr...
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Microsoft's Project Ire: AI Agent Detects Malware Autonomously
Microsoft's Project Ire is an advanced AI system that autonomously detects malware with high accuracy, achieving 90% correct classification in early tests and a low false positive rate. The system combines Azure AI with reverse engineering tools, providing transparent decision-making through deta...
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AI Transforms Enterprise Ransomware Defense Strategies
Ransomware attacks are increasing globally, with 70% of organizations reporting incidents, but fewer are paying ransoms (down from 76% to 57%), as cybercriminals now often threaten data exposure even after payment. Paying ransoms no longer ensures data recovery, with 25% of organizations failing ...
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Cybersecurity Landscape in 2025: Trends, Challenges, and Strategies
▼ Summary - The technology industry experienced a slowdown in tech hiring in mid-2024, but cybersecurity remains a critical area with projected growth in spending and job openings.- Both CompTIA…
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Bitdefender Launches Standalone PHASR for Proactive Endpoint Security
Bitdefender has launched GravityZone PHASR as a standalone solution, enabling businesses to add advanced pre-emptive protection to their existing security systems without replacing them. PHASR merges behavior-based security hardening with live threat intelligence to proactively block ransomware a...
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G42 Drives UAE's AI Dominance with Sector-Wide Breakthroughs
The UAE is advancing as a global AI leader, with G42 Group driving progress in digital sovereignty, data security, and AI integration across key economic sectors during the first half of 2025. In cybersecurity, CBX launched AI-powered threat detection and sovereign data services to enhance nation...
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From Skeptic to Secure: How a CISO Safeguarded $8.8T in 90 Days
Sam Evans, CISO of Clearwater Analytics, tackled shadow AI risks by deploying enterprise browsers like Island, balancing security with productivity while protecting $8.8 trillion in assets. AI-powered security tools improve threat detection, but internal risks like employees pasting sensitive dat...
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Future-Proof Cybersecurity: What Actually Works
Future-proofing cybersecurity requires strategic focus on core principles like reducing exposure, strengthening identity controls, and leveraging AI responsibly, rather than just adopting the latest tools. Visibility is foundational; organizations must maintain real-time awareness of assets, data...
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IRISSCON 2025: The Human Factor in Cybersecurity
IRISSCON 2025, held in Dublin, will focus on the human factor in cybersecurity, addressing its role in recent breaches and uniting professionals to tackle digital security issues. The conference will explore how human behavior is both a vulnerability and a defense, featuring expert sessions on ps...
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SaaS Security Demand Surges as Data Breaches Rise
Businesses overestimate their SaaS security, with 75% reporting incidents in the past year, a 44% increase from previous figures, highlighting a gap between confidence and actual protection. Many organizations rely too heavily on SaaS providers' security assurances instead of verifying their own p...
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Mitiga Helios AI Boosts SecOps Alert Triage & Incident Response
Mitiga’s Helios AI enhances threat detection and response by automating workflows, reducing investigation times, and cutting false positives, enabling 90% faster alert triage and 70x quicker incident resolution. Designed for multi-cloud environments, Helios AI integrates with Mitiga’s CDR platfor...
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Google Patches Chrome Zero-Day Exploit, Patch Tuesday Updates
Google released critical Chrome security updates to fix a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-5419) actively exploited by attackers, coinciding with Microsoft's high volume of emergency patches. Cybercriminals are impersonating IT support to breach Salesforce environments, while ConnectWise disclose...
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Is Your Hospitality Business a Sitting Duck? Cyberattacks Are Costing the Industry Millions
The hospitality industry faces increasing cybersecurity threats, with rising financial losses due to breaches targeting sensitive guest data, necessitating stronger security measures. Hospitality systems are highly vulnerable, with thousands of critical security flaws and interconnected operation...
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