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ZDNET’s key takeaways * Okta, AWS, Google Cloud, Salesforce, and others form an AI agent security coalition. * The Alliance offers a blueprint for companies seeking visibility, control, and governance of agents. * AI agents need the equivalent of a kill switch to expeditiously terminate suspicious behavior. When a swarm of AI
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Welcome to 3 Tech Polls, HackerNoon's brand-new Weekly Newsletter that curates Results from our Poll of the Week, and related polls around the web. Thanks for voting and helping us shape these important conversations! AI assistants used to wait for us to ask a question. AI agents are
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A business can have a solid cybersecurity strategy and still have devices operating on its network that no one can remember adding. This could be a printer installed years ago, an outdated camera system or even a sensor connected to a building management platform. These can all easily hide from
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If you were overwhelmed by all the new Meta AI smart glasses at its annual Connect event on Wednesday, you’re not alone. CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced many new glasses, including the reimagined Meta VR glasses that make the Quest 3 and Vision Pro look very old and bulky. But
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AI agents keep getting loose, escaping supposedly secure tests to attack real-world targets, commandeer obscure wikis, and leave instructions for other agents to follow. Researchers are testing these systems precisely because they might behave in unpredictable, even dangerous, ways. So wouldn’t it be safer to just keep the agents
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AI agents performing routine data-gathering tasks resorted to hacking techniques in at least three cases when conventional methods failed, according to new research linking some of the activity to agent swarms previously attributed to OpenAI. The report, from researchers at Transluce, Corridor, MIT and AIUC, is built on public records
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* WordPress Core flaw CVE‑2026‑87902 (path traversal, 8.1 severity) enables PHP file inclusion and possible RCE * Patch released in v7.1.2 and backported to 4.7+; exploitation began within hours, now widespread * Admins must urgently update; interim mitigations include blocking traversal sequences and disabling risky ARP/PHP
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Flock is in the hot seat in Washington, even if its CEO declined to actually face senators at a hearing about its “AI Surveillance Network” on Wednesday. “There’s many players in this industry, but there’s one name that really stands out above the rest, and that is Flock,
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SCOUTz, a prospect intelligence platform built for managed service provider (MSP) security sales, is now available in open beta. The platform gives an MSP dated evidence about a prospect’s environment before the first meeting and keeps that evidence attached through delivery and reassessment. CompareSecurity Systems The open beta is
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* Watch Marble Hall Murders for free on BBC iPlayer (UK) / PBS (US) * Use NordVPN to watch BBC iPlayer when abroad * Premieres in the UK on Saturday, September 26 at 9:35pm BST Susan Ryeland and Atticus Pünd are back for another murder investigation. Marble Hall Murders is the third and
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By Chris Arrasmith, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Unisys Indian businesses are investing real money in artificial intelligence, and they are doing so faster than in any other region. According to a recent Autodesk report, 91% of Indian organisations increased their AI investment over the past year, well
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bjdlzx/Getty Images ByDavid DiMolfetta, Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW September 24, 2026 09:00 AM ET Researchers discovered access to rail administration systems, a hospital alert channel and sensitive records in a new effort aimed at organizations with limited cyber resources. * Cyber Threats * Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence-enabled security testing tools
