Microsoft has developed a new AI agent that can run autonomously around the clock to complete tasks across Microsoft 365 applications. Microsoft Scout, unveiled at the company’s Build event Tuesday, is a new type of always-on agent based on the OpenClaw agent framework that Microsoft calls “autopilots.” These act on a user’s behalf with their…
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Flaw in Claude’s Chrome extension allowed ‘any’ other plugin to hijack victims’ AI
As businesses and governments turn to AI agents to access the internet and perform higher-level tasks, researchers continue to find serious flaws in large language models that can be exploited by bad actors. The latest discovery comes from browser security firm LayerX, involving a bug in the Chrome extension for Anthropic’s Claude AI model that…
AI, Global Security News
FIDO Alliance wants to keep AI agents from going rogue on online payments
AI agents are beginning to shop, log in, and complete tasks with little direct input. That shift is pushing the security industry to rethink how trust works when actions are carried out on a user’s behalf. The FIDO Alliance has announced a set of initiatives to build shared standards for these interactions, covering how AI…
AI, Global Security News
Asqav: Open-source SDK for AI agent governance
AI agents are executing consequential tasks autonomously, often across multiple systems and with little record of what they did or why. Asqav, a Python SDK released under the MIT license, addresses that gap by attaching a cryptographic signature to each agent action and linking entries into a hash chain. The signing algorithm is ML-DSA-65, standardized…
AI, Global Security News, Risk Management
AI Agent Traps: How Hackers Are Turning the Web into a Minefield for Assistants
AI agents can automate tasks, but they also introduce new security risks. Here’s how “AI Agent Traps” can turn the web into a dangerous environment for autonomous systems.
AI, Global Security News, privacy, Risk Management
HP will cram a 20-billion-parameter AI model into new AI PCs
HP is planning to roll out AI software to automate routine tasks and support decision-making on its enterprise AI PCs, offering enterprises an alternative to Microsfot’s cloud-based Copilot. Unveiled at HP’s Imagine event on Tuesday, HP IQ will initially be available in early access on the next generation of HP EliteBook X G2 AI PCs…
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Zoom sees human conversation as its edge in the agentic AI era
AI agents in the workplace are increasingly able to retrieve information, coordinate tasks, and even act on a user’s behalf. But important decisions still typically happen through human interaction. As agentic AI threatens to disrupt the SaaS market, Zoom sees an advantage in its ability to capture interactions across video, phone, and in-person meetings —…
AI, Apps, Global Security News, Risk Management
Zoom sees human conversation as its edge in the agentic AI era
AI agents in the workplace are increasingly able to retrieve information, coordinate tasks, and even act on a user’s behalf. But important decisions still typically happen through human interaction. As agentic AI threatens to disrupt the SaaS market, Zoom sees an advantage in its ability to capture interactions across video, phone, and in-person meetings —…
AI, Global Security News, malware
North Korea-linked threat actors abuse VS Code auto-run to spread StoatWaffle malware
North Korea-linked threat actors use VS Code auto-run tasks to spread StoatWaffle malware via malicious projects that execute on folder open. North Korea-linked threat actor Team 8 behind the Contagious Interview campaign is spreading StoatWaffle malware through malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code projects. Since late 2025, they have abused the “tasks.json” auto-run feature in Microsoft…
AI, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
Tufin introduces AI agents to take on network security work
Tufin is launching a new collection of AI agents designed to take on network security tasks for teams that are already stretched thin. This helps free up scarce expertise to focus on higher-level risks, critical decisions, and defending the enterprise. Enterprise infrastructure is becoming more dynamic, decentralized, and harder to secure. Tufin’s Network Connectivity Graph,…
AI, Global Security News
Perplexity’s new Computer agent will run other agents for you
Perplexity says its new Perplexity Computer service can perform complex, multi-step tasks on behalf of human users, by organizing the tasks that are needed and creating the software agents required to fulfill the process. Users begin by describing their desired outcome, the company said, then, “Perplexity Computer breaks it into tasks and subtasks, creating sub-agents…
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AI agents still need humans to teach them
AI agents need skills — specific procedural knowledge — to perform tasks well, but they can’t teach themselves, a new research suggests. The authors of the research have developed a new benchmark, SkillsBench, which evaluates agentic AI performance on 84 tasks across 11 domains including healthcare, manufacturing, cybersecurity and software engineering. The researchers looked at…
Global Security News, malware
Android Malware Hijacks Google Gemini to Stay Hidden
A new Android malware implant using Google Gemini to perform persistence tasks was discovered on VirusTotal and analyzed by ESET