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A server management feature designed to work when a computer’s operating system is unavailable is exposing password-derived authentication data on thousands of internet-facing systems, according to new research from Lava. Researchers identified 36,872 publicly accessible Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) interfaces using the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI). Of
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A JFrog zero-day vulnerability was at the core of the recently disclosed OpenAI-Hugging Face hack, OpenAI has confirmed. The incident was disclosed on July 16, when Hugging Face said it was hacked by an autonomous AI agent system. Several days later, OpenAI admitted that its AI models were behind the
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State and federal agencies are conducting an investigation after a coordinated cyberattack hit operational technology (OT) systems at dozens of water utilities in Minnesota. According to Minnesota IT Services (MNIT), more than 30 community water systems were targeted on July 26 and 27. Statements issued by some of the cities
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As AI security drama hijacks enterprise news cycles with unsettling regularity, I keep coming back to my conversation with Zscaler. Billed as an "AI security platform built on zero trust," Zscaler is the perfect foil for everything that is preoccupies me with AI security: * Will AI ultimately help
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AI is real at Equifax, for sure! A confident assertion from Mark Begor, CEO at the multi-national consumer credit reporting agency, and a notable one given the current rash of studies suggesting that organizations are not seeing the ROI from their AI investments to date and beginning to question the
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* Just 27% of Gen Z respondents use antivirus software for mobile devices, and are less likely to regularly change passwords * 57% of Gen Z spend more time online than offline, Kaspersky finds * And only 28% regularly backup important personal data stored on their phones Gen Z has no awareness of
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Two years ago, Arctic Wolf’s Bengaluru centre did not exist. Today it has grown to roughly 450 employees, and the cybersecurity company has used the period to build not one function but nearly the entire product stack out of India, from endpoint security and cloud to AI and applications.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang talks to members of the press as he leaves the Hart Senate Office Building on July 28, 2026 in Washington, DC. Finn Gomez/Getty Images ByAlexandra Kelley, Staff Correspondent, Nextgov/FCW July 28, 2026 09:20 PM ET The meeting follows his and other companies’ public
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OpenAI said Tuesday that the rogue AI agent that breached Hugging Face’s platform also hacked multiple third-party accounts and services as part of the attack. It's now clear that the unprecedented security incident, which arose during an internal test of OpenAI’s latest AI models, was more
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In Brief 5:09 PM PDT · July 28, 2026 Data security company Cyera, which recently raised $600 million at a $12 billion valuation, announced Tuesday that it signed a letter of intent to acquire Oasis Security for approximately $1 billion in a deal expected to be paid mostly in cash,
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Jay Clayton appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill July 15, 2026 in Washington, DC. Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images ByDavid DiMolfetta, Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW July 28, 2026 07:17 PM ET The former SEC chairman will replace acting intelligence chief Bill Pulte, whose
