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Presented by Rubrik Enterprise cybersecurity is facing a fundamental speed problem. Frontier AI models are now enabling autonomous attacks that can move from initial access to full system breakout in as little as 27 seconds. That’s faster than any human-operated security workflow can detect, escalate, and respond. As a
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In Brief 8:00 AM PDT · July 8, 2026 Vermilion Cliffs Ventures announced Wednesday the close of a $25 million Fund II. The firm was founded in 2023 by operator-turned-investor Ashley Smith, who runs it as one of the few solo women GPs in venture capital. Speaking to TechCrunch, Smith
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OpenAI is getting ready to release its next generation of AI models. The GPT-5.6 series, which includes a trio of new models, will be released on Thursday, CEO Sam Altman confirmed in a post on X Wednesday. The flagship model is called GPT-5.6 Sol. It's meant
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Cybersecurity researchers at Kaspersky have named a previously undocumented threat actor behind an ongoing spear-phishing operation targeting government agencies and electric power organizations in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Brazil. The group, which they call Armored Likho, is running an extensive malware toolkit built to steal credentials, sensitive documents, and other high-value
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The US-China AI split hardened this week. Beijing branded Anthropic’s Claude Code a security back-door, just as US lawmakers moved against American firms that lean on cheap Chinese models. China has told companies to drop Anthropic’s Claude Code. Its Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said its cybersecurity
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External cyberattacks, especially ransomware, are now viewed as a matter of when, not if. It’s no wonder they dominate cybersecurity discussions and make frequent headlines. IBM’s 2025 Cost of a Data Breach report found that the average global cost of a data breach stands at $4.4million, underscoring
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The latest cyberattack headlines leave security leaders asking a critical question: Does an AI agent's successful execution of an end-to-end ransomware attack signal a fundamental shift in threat response strategies, or does it simply underscore the enduring importance of cybersecurity fundamentals? The Sysdig Threat Research Team last week
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Commentary: Protecting your personal data often requires more time, energy and money than the average person might be able to invest. 4 min read I recently signed up for a service and was greeted with the usual requests for access to my location, contacts, camera and microphone. Later, I went
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Startups are at the forefront of tackling some of the world’s most complex challenges, especially in cybersecurity, where new ideas and adaptability are always needed. These companies are embracing AI as a powerful tool, enabling them to scale their impact. Google believes that enabling the next generation of AI-native
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Telstra outage: Failed emergency services calls, train chaos, payment systems down Telco says issues all sorted, but transport networks expected to be disrupted well into Thursday Aussie telco Telstra is currently battling the mother of all borks after blaming a “software defect” for an outage that downed emergency services calls
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A cybersecurity startup dangling millions of dollars to acquire zero-day security vulnerabilities in popular software is run by a pair of far-right conspiracy theorists and convicted felons whose most recent ventures included fake intelligence companies and a now-defunct AI-based lobbying platform they operated under assumed names. The X/Twitter account
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A vulnerability in Google Cloud’s Dialogflow CX service could have allowed attackers to silently control agents, manipulate conversations, and exfiltrate sensitive information, Varonis reports. Dialogflow CX is an enterprise-grade conversational AI platform that allows organizations to build complex virtual agents and chatbots for customer support, financial services, healthcare assistance,
