Cisco Secure Access extends SSE and identity controls to agentic AI, helping organizations govern agent actions across models, MCP tools, APIs, and web.
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AI, Data Breaches, Global Security News, Risk Management
XM Cyber enhances identity risk visibility with continuous exposure management capabilities
XM Cyber has announced platform enhancements aimed at helping organizations reduce identity risk, compounded by AI-enabled attackers. According to Gartner, “By 2028, 70% of CISOs will use identity visibility and intelligence capabilities to shrink the IAM attack surface, reducing the risks of credential compromise.” Excessive permissions are a leading technique used in breaches and a…
AI, Apps, Compliance, Global Security News, Network Security
Google adds open source Agent Executor to support AI agents in production
Google has introduced Agent Executor, an open source runtime aimed at helping enterprises run AI agents more reliably at scale, as attention shifts from building agent prototypes to managing the operational challenges of putting them into production. To address those production-related challenges, the runtime, according to the company, comes with capabilities that are geared towards…
AI, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Risk Management
Microsoft, EY to spend $1 billion on helping customers buy agentic AI
Microsoft and EY will spend $1 billion on helping their customers adopt AI over the next five years. The billion will support assisting clients with pioneering AI projects and capability building, said EY’s global Microsoft alliance leader, Paul Clark. Clients will be able to access those resources based on their specific needs, he said. “We’re…
AI, Global Security News, Risk Management
NCSC Publishes Guidance on Securing Agentic AI Use
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre is helping organizations to understand agentic AI security risks
Global Security News
Thieves unlock stolen iPhones using cheap tools sold on Telegram
Helping a friend recover a stolen phone, Infoblox researchers uncovered a thriving Telegram-based underground marketplace selling unlocking tools and phishing infrastructure used to monetize stolen iPhones. Activation Lock can remotely disable a stolen iPhone and prevent normal resale, with owners also able to lock individual components. Even with those protections, more than 7.35 million iPhones…
AI, Global Security News
Two US Men Jailed for Helping North Korean Hackers Infiltrate US Firms
Matthew Knoot and Erick Prince have been jailed for 18 months each for helping North Korean hackers infiltrate US firms through remote laptop farms.
AI, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, malware, Network Security
Two US cybersecurity experts sentenced in ransomware case, third awaits July ruling
Two US security experts were sentenced to 4 years for helping ransomware attacks. A third accomplice pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing. Two US cybersecurity professionals, Ryan Goldberg and Kevin Martin, were sentenced to four years in prison for their role in supporting ransomware attacks. Both pleaded guilty to conspiracy involving extortion. A third individual, Angelo…
AI, Global Security News
realestate.com.au attracts the buyer for 9 in 10 listed homes that sell on the platform
New PropTrack data reveals the impact realestate.com.au has on property sales, with the platform helping Australian buyers find ‘the one’
AI, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
CrowdStrike Builds Project QuiltWorks for AI-era Bugs
CrowdStrike has launched Project QuiltWorks, a partner-led coalition aimed at helping enterprises respond faster to vulnerabilities uncovered by frontier AI models. The initiative brings together Accenture, EY, IBM Cybersecurity Services, Kroll, and OpenAI with CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform and partner network. The company said the goal is to help organizations identify, prioritize, and remediate AI-discovered vulnerabilities…
AI, Apps, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Network Security, Politics, privacy, Risk Management
Palantir Is Helping Trump’s IRS Conduct “Massive-Scale” Data Mining
military contractor Palantir is helping the IRS analyze dozens of different data sets on Americans to investigate a broad range of financial crimes, according to records shared with The Intercept. Since 2018, the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation division has used Palantir’s Lead and Case Analytics platform to aggregate and analyze a sprawling list of…
AI, Cybersecurity, Global Security News
Ransomware negotiator caught secretly assisting BlackCat extortion scheme
Angelo Martino pleaded guilty to helping BlackCat ransomware group while acting as a ransomware negotiator. Another U.S. cybersecurity expert, Angelo Martino, admitted helping the BlackCat ransomware group while working as a ransomware negotiator. Angelo Martino (41) admitted helping the BlackCat ransomware group while working for a U.S. incident response firm. “A Florida man, formerly employed…
Global Security News
US nationals behind DPRK IT worker ‘laptop farm’ sent to prison
Two U.S. nationals have been sent to prison for helping North Korean remote information technology (IT) workers to pose as U.S. residents and get hired by over 100 companies across the country, including many Fortune 500 firms. […]
AI, Apps, Global Security News
Hitachi Vantara Named a Leader in 2026 GigaOm Radar for Object Storage for Strength in Storage Optimisation and Enterprise Scalability
COMPANY NEWS: Recognition highlights Virtual Storage Platform One Object’s role in helping organisations manage, protect and activate unstructured data for AI, analytics and modern applications
Global Security News
CSIRO’s role in supporting NASA’s Artemis II mission to the Moon
CSIRO is helping track NASA’s Artemis II mission through the antennas and facilities it operates across the nation.
Global Security News, malware
Suspected RedLine infostealer malware admin extradited to US
An Armenian suspect was extradited to the United States to face criminal charges for allegedly helping manage RedLine, one of the most prolific infostealer malware operations in recent years. […]
AI, Global Security News
How AI Translation Fixes Multilingual Content Chaos
AI translation fixes multilingual content chaos by improving consistency, workflows, and speed, helping teams reduce errors and scale global content faster.
AI, Apps, Global Security News, Risk Management
Cisco Reimagines Security for the Agentic Workforce
COMPANY NEWS: With end-to-end security across AI actions, Cisco is helping organizations confidently deploy AI agents at scale News Summary: Cisco extends Zero Trust Access to agents with agent discovery in Cisco Identity Intelligence, agentic Identity and Access Management (IAM) in Duo, and model context protocol (MCP) policy enforcement and adaptive risk protection in Secure Access…
AI, Global Security News, Network Security, Russia
Russian initial access broker helped ransomware gangs extort millions, sentenced to 81 months
A Russian citizen, Aleksei Volkov, was sentenced to 81 months in prison for helping ransomware groups carry out attacks causing over $9 million in actual losses and over $24 million in intended losses, after being arrested in Italy and extradited to the United States where he pleaded guilty. According to prosecutors, Volkov was an initial…
AI, Global Security News, Network Security
Corelight’s Agentic Triage turns SOC alerts into evidence-backed investigations
Corelight has introduced a new set of agentic AI capabilities aimed at helping security operations centers (SOCs) cut down on repetitive, time-consuming tasks. The updates are designed to boost analyst efficiency, speed up response times, and build trust through greater transparency. The release includes Agentic Triage to streamline SOC workflows, a new suite of machine…
AI, Compliance, Europe, Global Security News
Mistral launches Forge to help enterprises build their own AI models
Mistral has introduced Forge, a new platform aimed at helping enterprises move beyond generic AI systems by enabling them to train and adapt models on proprietary data. Today’s AI systems are largely developed using open internet data and are built to handle a wide variety of general tasks. However, enterprises depend on deeply embedded internal knowledge, including…
AI, Global Security News, Risk Management
Okta unveils blueprint to help enterprises secure rapidly growing AI agent deployments
COMPANY NEWS: Okta has outlined a new framework aimed at helping organisations manage the growing operational and security risks associated with AI agents, as businesses increasingly move from experimentation to real-world deployment.
AI, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Risk Management
Hack the Box: AI Boosts Productivity, Creates Skills Risk
AI is helping cybersecurity teams move faster than ever, but new research suggests the speed boost could come at the cost of long-term workforce risks. A new benchmark report from Hack The Box suggests that teams using AI can significantly outperform human-only cybersecurity teams, completing tasks faster and solving more challenges during simulated security competitions.…
AI, Compliance, Cybersecurity, Endpoint, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
How AI Aids Incident Response: Why Humans Alone Cannot Do IR Efficiently
AI accelerates incident response by correlating alerts and generating reports in minutes, helping teams scale beyond manual limits. Incident response has always been a race against the clock. It starts ticking the moment an alert is triggered, and each minute thereafter can lead to lost revenue, regulatory exposure, reputational damage, or customer churn. Traditionally, incident…
AI, Global Security News
Ukrainian convicted for helping fake North Korean IT workers
A Ukrainian man has been sentenced to five years in prison after helping North Korean IT workers infiltrate American companies using stolen identities, reports Bleepingcomputer. The 39-year-old man from Kiev pleaded guilty in November 2025 to charges including aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit fraud. He has also agreed to surrender assets worth over…
AI, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Network Security
North Korean IT worker scam nets Ukrainian five-year sentence in the U.S.
A Ukrainian man was sentenced to five years in the U.S. for helping North Korean IT workers use stolen identities to get hired by U.S. firms. Oleksandr “Alexander” Didenko, a 29-year-old Ukrainian national, has been sentenced to five years in a U.S. prison for supporting North Korea’s fraudulent IT worker scheme. Didenko admitted stealing U.S.…
AI, Global Security News
MVP Development in the Age of AI: How Startups Can Build Smarter, Faster and Leaner
How AI is reshaping MVP development, helping startups build faster, validate smarter, avoid overbuilding, manage tech debt, and embed security early.
AI, Global Security News
AWS coding agents gain new plugin support across development tools
AI coding assistants have become a routine part of many development workflows, helping engineers write, test, and deploy code from IDEs or command line interfaces. One recent change in this ecosystem makes it possible for those agents to interact with AWS in a broader set of ways by adding a library of plugins that give…
AI, Channel Analysis, Global Security News, Network Security, Venture
How R8dius’ Shauna McAllister Brings Indigenous Lens to Tech
Shauna McAllister, a sales leader at Canadian services firm R8dius, is helping reshape how technology companies think about Indigenous representation, data sovereignty, and responsible AI as demand for infrastructure and services accelerates across Canada. We spoke with McAllister about her experiences in technology and what she hopes the future looks like for communities and companies…
AI, Channel Analysis, Global Security News, Network Security, Venture
How R8dius’ Shauna McAllister Brings Indigenous Lens to Tech
Shauna McAllister, a sales leader at Canadian services firm R8dius, is helping reshape how technology companies think about Indigenous representation, data sovereignty, and responsible AI as demand for infrastructure and services accelerates across Canada. We spoke with McAllister about her experiences in technology and what she hopes the future looks like for communities and companies…