New research from the Oxford Internet Institute indicates that AI chatbots trained to be extra warm, friendly, and empathetic can also become less reliable, according to the BBC. The researchers analyzed more than 400,000 responses from five different AI models from Meta, Mistral AI, Alibaba, and OpenAI. The results showed that the “kinder” versions more…
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AI, Global Security News
Stripe builds out the economic infrastructure for AI with 288 launches
New partnership with Google will allow businesses to sell inside AI Mode and the Gemini app Stripe launches wallets for agents, powered by Link, and support for new AI-native business models Major expansion to Stripe Treasury, including instant, free money transfers between businesses on Stripe
AI, Compliance, Global Security News
Employment Hero AI unlocks new employment model targeting $12.6 billion in duplicated employment admin holding Australia back
New modelling shows businesses are paying $12.6 billion more than they should in employment administration Complex, manual HR processes are driving duplication, costing up to a quarter of an employee’s salary and dragging down productivity Despite Australian businesses spending $160 billion annually on compliance, hundreds of thousands of workers remain underpaid and over half of…
AI, Global Security News
Siemens brings AI to the physical world with Eigen Engineering Agent
New class of industrial AI product moves beyond AI-powered guidance to autonomous task completion Now commercially available, Eigen Engineering Agent delivers up to 50 percent efficiency gains in automation engineering tasks Latest milestone in Siemens’ announced €1 billion industrial AI investment advances company’s AI-centric growth strateg
AI, Global Security News, malware, Network Security
Inside ZionSiphon: politically driven malware aims at Israeli water systems
New ZionSiphon malware targets water systems, and allows attackers to alter pressure and chlorine levels. A flaw makes it ineffective for now. Darktrace analyzed ZionSiphon, a new malware designed to target water treatment and desalination systems, which aims to disrupt operations by altering hydraulic pressure and increasing chlorine levels to unsafe levels. The malware combines…
AI, Global Security News
Nutanix Delivers Complete Platform for the Agentic AI Era
New capabilities for Agentic AI infrastructure will enable enterprises and neoclouds to optimise, govern, and accelerate Agentic AI use cases Growing ecosystem of infrastructure, cloud, and service providers empower customers with choice and control Expanded options to modernise virtual machines and containers leveraging server and storage investments help customers navigate a constrained hardware supply chain…
AI, Compliance, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
Yael Nardi joins Minimus as Chief Business Officer to drive hyper-growth
New York, NY: Minimus, a provider of hardened container images and secure container images designed to reduce CVE risk, today announced the appointment of Yael Nardi as Chief Business Officer (CBO). In this newly created role, Nardi will lead the company’s next phase of operations, overseeing top-of-funnel growth strategy, strategic operations, and future corporate development. As the market landscape…
AI, Compliance, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
Minimus Taps Yael Nardi to Lead Strategic Operations as Chief Business Officer
New York, United States: Minimus, a provider of hardened and secure container images designed to mitigate CVE risk, today announced the appointment of Yael Nardi as Chief Business Officer (CBO). In this newly created role, Nardi will lead the company’s next phase of scale, overseeing top-of-funnel growth strategy, operations, and corporate development. As the market landscape evolves…
AI, Global Security News, Network Security
HPE Introduces Sweeping Security To Strengthen AI Adoption
New HPE Juniper Networking SRX400 Series Firewalls extend consistent protection from core to edge as AI expands across distributed sites Expanded hybrid mesh firewall puts enterprise guardrails around AI to reduce exposure without slowing productivity Built-in security enhancements support resilience as a core business requirement across the hybrid cloud foundation
AI, Global Security News
Darktrace Brings AI-Native Service Delivery to MSSPs with New Managed Email Security Offering
New offering empowers MSSPs to deliver AI-native email security powered by Darktrace’s Self-Learning AI Expansion of the Darktrace Defenders Partner Program gives MSSPs greater flexibility and scalability to build and grow managed security services
AI, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Risk Management
Trend Micro’s Enterprise Business Is Now TrendAI
New identity for solving enterprise challenges reflects company’s evolution and AI leadership. The global leader in AI cybersecurity has adopted a name to match. TrendAI™ is the new name for the enterprise cybersecurity business unit of parent company Trend Micro Incorporated. The new identity aligns with the company’s focus on solving real-world security challenges as AI…
AI, Global Security News, malware
15,500 Malicious Domains: How Threat Actors Abuse a Popular Ad Tracker for Cloaked AI Investment Scams
GUEST RESEARCH: New research from Infoblox Threat Intel and Confiant reveals that cybercriminals are abusing Keitaro, a widely used advertising performance tracker, to hide (“cloak”) scams and malware behind ordinary web traffic; with many posing specifically as AI investment opportunities.
Exploits, Global Security News
Rapid7 2026 Global Threat Landscape Report Shows Exploited High and Critical-Severity Vulnerabilities Surged 105% as Attack Timelines Collapsed
GUEST RESEARCH: New research reveals exploitation now occurs within days of disclosure, reinforcing the need for preemptive security operations
AI, Data Breaches, Data Security, Global Security News, Risk Management
AI Now Top Risk as 47% of Cloud Data Unencrypted: Thales
A new report warns that artificial intelligence is quickly becoming what it calls the “new insider threat,” and many companies are not ready. According to the 2026 Thales Data Threat Report, nearly half of sensitive cloud data, 47%, remains unencrypted, even as AI systems gain broader access to corporate information. AI ranked as top data…
AI, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Network Security, Risk Management
CVE-2026-20127: Cisco SD-WAN Zero-Day Exploited Since 2023
New day, new vulnerability in the spotlight. We’re once again seeing how quickly weaponized flaws in widely deployed platforms turn into real operational risk. Coverage of maximum-severity Cisco bugs (CVE-2025-20393, CVE-2026-20045), as well as the Dell RecoverPoint zero-day CVE-2026-22769, shows that attackers are increasingly prioritizing edge-facing infrastructure that quietly controls traffic flows, identity paths, and…