Enterprise teams are running AI agents that write code, drive browsers, answer customer calls, manage cloud infrastructure, and query data warehouses with standing credentials. A new independent assessment of 100 production agents finds that nearly all of them carry the conditions for a single hostile document to take them over. The AI Risk Quadrant (AIRQ)…
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Browser Threats Expand Across Enterprise Networks
A NordLayer report warns that browsers have become the primary workplace interface, increasing exposure to credential theft, phishing, malware, and session hijacking attacks. The study found that 100% of the 504 analyzed workplace applications supported browser access, while 78.8% were entirely browser-based. According to the report, browser-related incidents are now widespread across organizations. The report…
AI, Global Security News
7 Key Features That Make Secure Browsers Safer
Secure Browsers boost safety with tracking blocks, fingerprint protection, session control, and real-time threat defense against modern web attacks.
AI, Global Security News, privacy, Risk Management, Venture
8 advanced ways Vivaldi boosts your productivity
Switching browsers is almost akin to switching to a new operating system — or, for a more physical analogy, moving into a completely new office where everything’s unfamiliar. Most of us spend so much time in our browsers and handle so much work in that environment that in many ways, the browser essentially is the…
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Researchers Trick Perplexity’s Comet AI Browser Into Phishing Scam in Under Four Minutes
Agentic web browsers that leverage artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to autonomously execute actions across multiple websites on behalf of a user could be trained and tricked into falling prey to phishing and scam traps. The attack, at its core, takes advantage of AI browsers’ tendency to reason their actions and use it against the model…
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The vulnerability that turns your AI agent against you
Zenity Labs disclosed PleaseFix, a family of critical vulnerabilities affecting agentic browsers, including Perplexity Comet, that allow attackers to hijack AI agents, access local files, and steal credentials within authenticated user sessions. The vulnerabilities can be triggered through malicious content embedded in routine workflows, enabling unauthorized actions without user awareness. The disclosure includes PerplexedBrowser, a…
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Speakeasies to Shadow AI: Banning AI Browsers Will Fail
Lessons from history highlight why AI-enabled browsers require controlled enablement.
AI, Apps, Global Security News
Closing the gap: why traditional security fails to protect the modern web browser
As the primary gateway to the internet – and now to most enterprise applications – web browsers are one of the most heavily used applications in any enterprise. Yet as cybercrime has grown to unprecedented levels, browsers remain one of the least protected elements of the security stack.