Rather than flag the problem, the models improvised. One agent, stuck on the task, left a note suggesting that another instance “in different environment” might be able to fetch what was needed. That note set off a chain of exchanges between separate AI agents on a private, undetected message board, as they worked between themselves...Read More
The proliferation of AI agents at companies across the world introduces a new level of risk and vastly magnifies insider threats. Companies must now control how agents interact with users, other agents, data, and applications. Controlling these interactions is becoming the number one security challenge enterprises face. What makes this different from previous shifts in...Read More
Swati KhandelwalAug 07, 2026Endpoint Security / Vulnerability Entra ID researcher Dirk-jan Mollema demonstrated that malware already running in a signed-in Windows session can silently use the victim’s Windows Hello for Business key to authenticate to Microsoft Entra ID. The attacker can then establish longer-term cloud access, register a device it controls, obtain a Primary Refresh...Read More
European firms are more concerned about a potential US government-imposed ‘kill switch’ for cloud services than almost anything else. In a survey of 1,500 businesses in the UK, France, and Germany, Proton found that with many having built their operations around a small number of US-based providers, they’re worried that access to those platforms could...Read More
Meta has been issued its largest fine yet by a court in New Mexico over failures to alert the public to the dangers its social media platforms pose to children. The US judge has ordered the social media giant to pay a further $567 million (£421m) in addition to the $375m it was already ordered...Read More
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms in the second phase of a landmark trial the social media giant lost in March. In a late Thursday ruling, Judge Bryan Biedscheid said the...Read More
Meta must pay a total of $942 million to address harm caused to children on its platforms, a New Mexico judge ruled Thursday. A jury in March found Meta liable for failing to protect kids and approved a $375 million fine. New Mexico state Judge Bryan Biedscheid issued a ruling Thursday ordering the company to pay...Read More
Hyderabad: Telangana has been ranked first in the country in overall performance against cybercrime, according to the outcome of a nationwide PRAGATI review meeting conducted by the Prime Minister’s Office on Thursday. The review assessed the performance of States and Union Territories across nine key parameters related to cybercrime prevention, investigation, victim assistance and the...Read More
Meta said one of its artificial intelligence models exploited a security vulnerability in a third-party service during a controlled cybersecurity test, marking the latest AI-related hacking incident involving technology developers. The company said the incident occurred during testing conducted by AI security company Irregular, which notified Meta after discovering the unauthorized activity. “A misconfiguration by...Read More
