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szakalikus/Getty Images ByDavid DiMolfetta, Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW October 1, 2026 05:00 AM ET Proofpoint identified phishing campaigns that borrowed prominent figures’ identities to approach U.S. policy researchers before attempting to steal access to their cloud accounts. * International * Cyber Threats Chinese hackers impersonated a former senior White
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Global management consultancy Bain & Co has made a name for itself in recent years with some astute analysis of enterprise AI adoption trends, contrasting strategic aims with operational realities, and documenting the gap that sometimes appears between them. This week sees the publication of its Global Technology Report 2026,
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Cisco on Wednesday rolled out urgent patches for a critical authentication bypass in Catalyst SD-WAN Manager that has been exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2026-76504 (CVSS score of 9.8), the flaw impacts the API session-based authentication mechanism and could allow remote, unauthenticated attackers to gain administrative access to
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Google on Wednesday announced Gemini 4 Argon, its new frontier AI model, which it is initially rolling out to a select group of trusted cyber defenders through its Fairwind Program. Google’s internal teams are also using the model. The company says it will expand access gradually as it gathers
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ESET, a global leader in cybersecurity, is refining its B2B portfolio by adding a new AI Security module to the ESET PROTECT Platform. By helping organizations protect against threats across the AI ecosystem, ESET enables businesses to adopt AI with greater confidence through the following capabilities: * AI Agent Security: A
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Autonomous AI agents go on a hacking spree, and Microsoft ships what used to be a year's worth of security patches in one go – here's how to keep pace 30 Sep 2026 As another month draws to a close, ESET Chief Security Evangelist Tony Anscombe reviews
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4:43 PM PDT · September 30, 2026 Google parent company Alphabet has launched Gemini 4 Argon, a new AI model built to handle a variety of tasks such as coding, research, and writing. But it’s cybersecurity that Gemini 4 Argon is supposed to have a particular knack for, according
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Gartner expects worldwide spending on AI to reach $2.67 trillion this year and $3.64 trillion in 2027, yet when IBM surveyed 2,000 chief executives it found that only a quarter of their AI initiatives had delivered the return they expected over the previous three years. That gap
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Google has unveiled Gemini 4 Argon, the first new generation of its flagship AI model since Gemini 3 last November. A small group of cybersecurity defenders gets it first. Paid API customers and Google AI Ultra subscribers are next, Google said on Wednesday. Koray Kavukcuoglu, who now runs Google DeepMind
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Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich will co-direct Project Meridian. The Pentagon study will identify the technology the US military needs to fight future wars. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth commissioned it on Wednesday, the Department of War said. The findings are due by 28 January 2027, 120 days
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Dive Brief Enrollment in AI security training programs surged 665% globally as businesses rush to protect systems from vulnerabilities. Published Sept. 30, 2026 Dive Brief: * Interest in AI security training rose dramatically this year as businesses grapple with the complex task of securing systems and data against vulnerabilities, according to
