TLDRS; Cisco stock dipped slightly as reports revealed advanced talks to acquire AI security startup Astrix in a deal worth up to $350 million. Astrix focuses on securing non-human identities like bots and AI agents, a rapidly growing cybersecurity risk area as AI adoption accelerates globally. The startup has strong backing and enterprise clients, highlighting...Read More
Double extortion is bad enough—that’s the current tactic favored by ransomware groups—but the emerging quadruple extortion promises to further complicate mitigation and response by targeted organizations, prompting an escalation in extortion payments. Yet that’s just one piece of evidence that ransomware continues to evolve despite high-profile takedowns by law enforcement—they just reincarnate or rebrand as...Read More
ZeroID is an open-source identity platform that implements an identity and credentialing layer specifically for autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. The attribution problem The core issue ZeroID targets is attribution in agentic workflows. When an orchestrator agent spawns sub-agents to carry out parts of a task, each sub-agent may call APIs, write files, or execute...Read More
Researchers said AI-based intermediary routers have four attack paths, including malicious code injection and credential theft. They found that some routers could expose private keys and seed phrases through plain-text processing, and observed asset outflows from a test Ethereum (ETH) wallet. The researchers recommended that developers avoid directly entering private keys and seed phrases in...Read More
A Flock camera located on Engineering Road. When Tulane University students walk around campus, Flock Safety Automated License Plate Readers are monitoring campus traffic. These cameras collect and store vehicle data — a practice that, while supporting safety efforts on campus, has also prompted concerns regarding privacy and transparency. Flock Safety is a security camera...Read More
A new AI model from Anthropic is rewriting assumptions about what artificial intelligence can do, exposing vulnerabilities that have been hiding in plain sight for decades and forcing enterprise security teams to rethink their defenses from the ground up. The model, called Mythos, was not built as a hacking tool. But the same reasoning power...Read More
Got story updates? Submit your updates here. › As AI browsers gain autonomous capabilities, they also present a new frontier of cybersecurity risks for enterprises.NYC Today The emergence of AI-powered web browsers like OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas is revolutionizing the digital experience, but it also introduces a new set of security challenges for enterprises. These AI...Read More
Shoplifting in Switzerland is drawing new attention to Migros and Coop as retailers boost AI cameras and analytics to cut losses. On 13 April, the trend highlights higher retail shrink risk and possible margin strain as more budgets go to security upgrades. We see AI theft prevention moving from trial to standard in large Swiss...Read More
A powerful AI model has already uncovered thousands of critical security vulnerabilities. These include flaws in every major operating system and web browser. Now it sits at the centre of a growing intelligence community debate in Washington. Anthropic unveiled Project Glasswing on Tuesday, a defensive cybersecurity initiative built around Claude Mythos Preview. The model remains...Read More
Application Security & Online Fraud , Finance & Banking , Fraud Management & Cybercrime A Financial Services Session from IDC, AWS, and Elastic April 9, 2026 Overview Join IDC, Elastic, and AWS experts as they explore how leading financial institutions are using unified, AI-powered platforms to respond to the growing convergence of cybersecurity,...Read More
