Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with major U.S. bank CEOs this week to discuss the possible cyber risks raised by Anthropic‘s Mythos model, CNBC confirmed Friday. The bank heads were already in Washington, D.C., for a Financial Services Forum board meeting when a special gathering was called on Tuesday...Read More
Persistent Systems (BSE: 533179 and NSE: PERSISTENT), a global leader in Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization, has announced the release of its Merchant Risk Management and Fraud Detection solution, built on the Databricks Data Intelligence platform. The offering is designed to help financial institutions mitigate fraud losses, enhance detection precision, and reduce reliance on manual...Read More
Rubrik’s RBRK aggressive push into AI security through Agent Cloud is emerging as a credible new growth driver. The company’s newly launched Rubrik Agent Cloud (RAC) extends its core platform into AI operations, enabling enterprises to monitor, govern and recover AI-driven workflows. Built on the same unified architecture as Rubrik Security Cloud, RAC leverages data,...Read More
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with top bank CEOs in a closed-door meeting on Tuesday to discuss the cybersecurity risks posed by Anthropic’s latest AI model, Mythos, sources told CBS News. JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon was invited but was unable to attend, according to the sources. The...Read More
Alcatraz AI Secures $50 Million for Physical Access The Cupertino-based firm will use Series B funding to scale its privacy-focused facial authentication technology globally.
By Jesse Jacobs Apr 10, 2026
Alcatraz, a physical security technology company, has closed a $50 million Series B funding round to expand the reach of its AI-powered access...Read More
In 2025, artificial intelligence (AI) was everywhere. While we maintain in the 2026 Threat Detection Report that AI favors defenders, it’s also helping lower the barrier of entry to conduct cyber attacks. To counter this, organizations need to implement defense-in-depth strategies, including identity controls and continuous threat monitoring. Meanwhile, as AI adoption grows, security teams need to proactively vet...Read More
Concerns about AI’s ability to turbocharge cybersecurity threats have been building for years. Anthropic’s latest model could mark a turning point after the company claimed the model could identify and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities in every major operating system and web browser. One of the standout use cases for large language models is analyzing and writing...Read More
General Informatics’ recent acquisition of fellow MSP IMS Solutions Group not only expands its customer and geographic base, but brings a business that complements the AI strategy GI has been developing for at least three years, and also finally gives it its first CIO, CEO Don Monistere told CRN. IT solution provider and managed services...Read More
As AI grows more capable of identifying software vulnerabilities, experts are increasingly warning of a potential disaster scenario: the so-called “Vulnpocalypse.” Hackers could quickly turbocharge their attacks with AI technology designed to identify holes in cyber defenses, security researchers warn. This week, that scenario started to feel less theoretical. Subscribe to read this story ad-free...Read More
In early April 2026, the Ultra Accelerator Link Consortium ratified new UALink specifications and Anthropic launched Project Glasswing with partners including Cisco Systems, expanding open AI accelerator standards and using advanced frontier models to harden critical software against emerging cyber threats. Together with Cisco’s latest AI security tools and industrial AI research, these moves underline...Read More
