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Robert Alexander/Getty Images ByDavid DiMolfetta, Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW July 31, 2026 09:51 AM ET A memo distributed to water industry members and obtained by Nextgov/FCW makes mention of Iran but does not directly present evidence attributing the latest Minnesota incident to the country. * Critical Infrastructure * CISA
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Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images ByAlexandra Kelley, Staff Correspondent, Nextgov/FCW July 31, 2026 09:40 AM ET Three Claude models were inadvertently given access to the internet during security evaluations, and each model took a different approach to hacking external systems. * Artificial Intelligence * Industry Anthropic’s flagship artificial
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Anthropic just realized several of its Claude AI models hacked into the systems of three different organizations during testing, acting on their own and without the company noticing. The revelation comes days after rival OpenAI said one of its own models had breached developer platform Hugging Face, adding to growing
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Welcome to the second Cloud CISO Perspectives for July 2026. Today, Chris Betz, CISO, Google Cloud, and Alicja Cade, Senior Director, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud, explain what boards of directors need to know about AI security and how to prepare their organizations for security governance and business agility
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Kaspersky has announced the launch of Partnerverse, an interactive portal designed to showcase the company’s global partner network across diverse regions and categories as well as highlight the vital role of partners in building a secure digital future. Kaspersky is a global, partner-driven cybersecurity leader dedicated to protecting businesses
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XRP’s price volatility continues to attract the attention of both traders and cybersecurity professionals. As one of the world’s most actively traded cryptocurrencies, XRP frequently experiences rapid price swings driven by changing investor sentiment, regulatory developments, and broader market conditions. While these fluctuations create opportunities for traders, they
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APUC investigating after criminals claim historical data theft Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC) says attackers gained unauthorized access to historical data in a cyberattack earlier this month. The Scottish education procurement body said it immediately contained the mid-July intrusion and was investigating claims that some of the data
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Google this week confirmed that this year’s surge in Chrome vulnerabilities has been driven by the use of AI. The increase in Chrome bugs started in April and has continued throughout July, with the latest browser release containing 370 security fixes and bringing the total number of bugs patched
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AI is changing the way software is being developed. From generating code, helping developers make sense of new frameworks, reviewing pull requests, and even suggesting solutions for existing vulnerabilities, AI is playing an increasingly active role in the software development process. There is an upside here, too. AI is speeding
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Anthropic revealed on Thursday that some of its Claude models escaped test environments and hacked into the systems of three organizations while trying to solve a challenge. The admission comes after OpenAI revealed that its models broke out of what was believed to be an isolated environment and breached Hugging
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A critical vulnerability in the Azure Cosmos DB database service could have allowed attackers to compromise all databases on the service, cybersecurity outfit Wiz reports. Referred to as CosmosEscape, the security defect could have allowed an attacker to obtain a platform-wide key and retrieve the primary key of any Cosmos
