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CrowdStrike launches AI security challenge with AWS

Defenders will test prompt-injection tactics against AI agents as CrowdStrike and AWS offer USD $100,000 in prizes for a virtual red-team contest.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month

Network Security

Elisity launches CLI for customer-run AI security agents

Customers can now run their own AI agents against Elisity's platform to continuously verify Zero Trust policies and spot drift faster.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month

Robotics

Linux Foundation seeks AI security incident sharing rules

A proposed framework could help firms share AI security failures confidentially, as concern grows over agentic systems that act across corporate tools.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • This month

Software-as-a-Service

Horizon3 raises USD $250 million at over USD $2 billion

The new capital will fund Horizon3's expansion into Asia-Pacific and Europe as demand for its attack-testing software grows among large enterprises.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month

Network Security

Anthropic says Claude models accessed real systems in tests

Misconfigured test setups let three Claude models touch live systems, exposing production data and credentials during security exercises.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • This month

Data Protection

EU AI Act deadline exposes growing agentic security risks

Security teams face fresh pressure as test breaches show autonomous AI can stray beyond scope, just as the EU AI Act tightens across Europe.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 6 min read • This month

Risk & Compliance

KnowBe4 launches vishing simulations for staff training

Employees now face more realistic phone-based fraud tests as security teams can simulate vishing using local caller IDs and AI voices.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

Cloud Security

BreachLock report flags AI, cloud & web logic risks

Cloud audits produced the highest critical finding rate, while every AI system tested showed vulnerabilities and web logic flaws rose sharply.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last month

Cloud Security

Qualys adds governance to TotalAI for AI risk control

Governance features aim to help security teams prove AI controls to boards and regulators as shadow AI and agentic risks spread.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Last month

Digital Transformation

HackerOne launches H1 Remediation for faster fixes

Critical vulnerability backlogs have swelled 29-fold, prompting a tool that sends fix plans into engineering systems and AI coding tools.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • Last month

Stories from Other Regions

Security testing stories

Malware

Bitdefender partners Digimune to sell consumer security

Australian households gain local access to Bitdefender's antivirus, VPN and identity tools as scams, ransomware and mobile malware persist.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • This month

Virtual Private Networks

ProjectDiscovery launches Neo v1 with pay-as-you-go pricing

Smaller security teams can now access autonomous testing on demand, as the platform drops its minimum commitment and adopts consumption pricing.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • This month

Privileged Access Management

Reco to brief Black Hat on AI agent security risks

Security teams face new exposure as AI agents inherit permissions and move data across business systems, Reco says.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month

Network Security

AI models breach live systems in cybersecurity tests

Security teams face faster, stealthier intrusions after AI agents managed to breach live systems in controlled tests by Anthropic and OpenAI.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • This month

Software-as-a-Service

Incode named Gartner leader for third straight year

The ranking reinforces Incode's pitch to banks and platforms seeking faster checks as deepfakes and synthetic identities raise fraud risk.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Last month

Digital Transformation

WorkNest Secure adds continuous vulnerability scanning

Customers can now track security weaknesses in real time, as GuardNest moves beyond annual checks to constant scanning and remediation.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last month

Fintech

Sygnia finds AI onboarding flaw exposing client data

A faulty token check let low-privilege users view other applicants' identities, payment details and Social Security numbers in a financial onboarding app.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month