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    Cisco security revenue jumps 14% as agentic AI sharpens cyberattacks

    With companies confronting more sophisticated threats, AI agents are driving demand for cybersecurity tools, CEO Chuck Robbins said.

    By Alexei Alexis • Aug. 14, 2026
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    Researchers find AI-powered hacking tools for sale in underground forums

    A report shows how criminal actors are lowering the barriers to entry with sophisticated services, without ethical constraints.

    By • Updated 16 hours ago
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    US government will let private companies hack criminal gangs

    The new program, meant to aggressively disrupt costly cybercrime schemes, carries numerous legal and security risks.

    By • Updated Aug. 13, 2026
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    Hackers abuse AI models to find new entry paths

    Network defenders are racing to secure their IT systems before criminal and state-actors circumvent existing guardrails.

    By • Aug. 12, 2026
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    CVE Program eyes automation and globalization to weather AI ‘vulnpocalypse’

    The vulnerability coordination project has had a rocky few years, but a key leader says it will “flourish and improve.”

    By • Aug. 11, 2026
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    Civil-society initiative will pay cybersecurity vendors to protect rural water systems

    DEF CON Franklin is seeking philanthropic grants, but its founder said the federal government ultimately needs to step in.

    By • Aug. 10, 2026
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    Secure development can help turn the tables as AI alters cyber landscape

    A top Microsoft executive says a shift toward memory safety and other preventative measures can limit the ability to exploit flawed software.

    By • Aug. 10, 2026
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    AI firms know policymakers won’t ‘let you make a Terminator factory,’ DHS official says

    The Trump administration believes leading AI companies have learned important lessons from recent incidents and regulation isn’t necessary to preserve those lessons.

    By • Aug. 7, 2026
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    Western government leaders call for a focus on infrastructure resilience, not AI hype

    U.S. and allied officials said companies should start preparing now for a cyberattack that changes how they provide essential services.

    By • Aug. 5, 2026
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    CISA is prioritizing work with critical infrastructure as it begins to recover from cuts

    The agency has been focused on helping secure systems at drinking and wastewater utilities in recent weeks.

    By • Aug. 5, 2026
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    White House walks tightrope on securing AI without stifling tech innovation

    National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said the administration wants to work collaboratively with the private sector.

    By • Aug. 5, 2026
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    Tech industry alliance proposes AI agent safety reporting program

    The information-sharing exchange is designed to widely share lessons learned from agentic AI security incidents.

    By • Aug. 4, 2026
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    AI widely used to exploit critical flaws, disrupt supply chains

    A report confirms the growing use of AI across a broad spectrum of threat groups.

    By • Aug. 4, 2026
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    OT security coalition urges Congress, CISA to enact reforms amid water sector hacks

    Iran-nexus hackers are suspected in a broad campaign targeting drinking and wastewater sites in at least seven U.S. states.

    By • Aug. 3, 2026
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    China-based hacker employs DeepSeek in autonomous threat campaign

    Researchers said the hacker also attempted to test Western AI tools, but ultimately was forced to revert to manual operations to succeed. 

    By • Aug. 3, 2026
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    How volunteer cyber experts are helping protect rural water systems

    A first-in-the-nation program is yielding promising results as it charts a path for supporting the U.S.’s most vulnerable infrastructure.

    By • Aug. 3, 2026
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    Shadow AI, leadership resistance make AI governance tough for worried CISOs

    Fewer than half of CISOs think their bosses see AI security as a business enabler, according to an Okta survey.

    By • July 30, 2026
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    As data breaches grow costlier, ungoverned AI creates new risks

    Meanwhile, many companies still aren’t doing the basics to protect on-premises data, IBM found.

    By • July 29, 2026
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    Microsoft launches agentic security platform designed to combat AI-based attacks

    The rollout comes amid growing concerns about the ability of hackers to launch campaigns using autonomous methods. 

    By • July 28, 2026
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    Companies fear AI risks more than common cybersecurity threats

    That misprioritization could blind companies to the threats they should be focusing on, Arctic Wolf said in a new report.

    By • July 28, 2026
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    Tech industry giants say US must embrace openness, transparency in AI

    Open-source and open-weight AI models are essential cybersecurity tools, two groups of major AI and security firms said.

    By • July 27, 2026
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    In the Mythos era, security belongs at runtime

    Frontier AI cut time-to-exploit from years to hours. Why defense now has to happen at runtime.

    July 27, 2026
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    What the Trojan horse gets right (and wrong) about AI security

    Agentic AI didn't invent new risk. It removed the friction that used to keep environments in check.

    By Christopher Garcia • July 27, 2026
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    GAO report details scope of cybersecurity regulation overlap

    A morass of rules is forcing companies to report the same information multiple times — and sometimes, those rules conflict.

    By • July 23, 2026
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    Ransomware victims fail to fix flaws that exposed them

    Many organizations still aren’t securing their email or patching vulnerabilities after recovering from attacks, a new report found.

    By • July 21, 2026