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Are we ready to give AI agents the keys to the cloud? Cloudflare thinks so

Cloudflare is giving AI agents full autonomy to spin up new apps. Starting today, agents working on behalf of humans can create a Cloudflare account, begin a paid subscription, register a domain, and then receive an API token to let them immediately deploy code. To kick things off, human users must first accept the cloud […] more…

Anthropic Unveils Claude Security to Counter AI-Powered Exploit Surge

With Mythos signaling a new era of near-instant exploitation, Anthropic positions Claude Security to help defenders keep pace. The post Anthropic Unveils Claude Security to Counter AI-Powered Exploit Surge appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

AI Fuels ‘Industrial’ Cybercrime as Time-to-Exploit Shrinks to Hours

Industrialized cybercrime delivers attacks with greater scale, speed and success. Defenders must match this with use of AI and automation. The post AI Fuels ‘Industrial’ Cybercrime as Time-to-Exploit Shrinks to Hours appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Friendlier chatbots can be less reliable, study says

New research from the Oxford Internet Institute indicates that AI chatbots trained to be extra warm, friendly, and empathetic can also become less reliable, according to the BBC. The researchers analyzed more than 400,000 responses from five different AI models from Meta, Mistral AI, Alibaba, and OpenAI. The results showed that the “kinder” versions more […] more…

Gartner sees untamed growth in agentic AI

Fortune 500 enterprises will be deploying armies of AI agents by 2028 — to the tune of 150,000 digital “workers,” Gartner said in a survey released this week. That would represent a sharp jump from the average of about 15 agents deployed per company last year. And agents as actual co-working tools are likely to […] more…

SonicWall Urges Immediate Patching of Firewall Vulnerabilities

The bugs could be exploited to bypass security controls, access restricted services, and crash firewalls. The post SonicWall Urges Immediate Patching of Firewall Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

SAP NPM Packages Targeted in Supply Chain Attack

The Mini Shai-Hulud attack introduced a preinstall hook to fetch and execute a Bun binary and bypass security monitoring. The post SAP NPM Packages Targeted in Supply Chain Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Apple reportedly abandons Vision Pro

It was only this month that incoming Apple CEO John Ternus said of the Vision Pro, “I think we’re still very much in the early innings of spatial computing. We’re super excited about it.” Now, we’re hearing Apple has stopped working on the headset following lackluster sales of the only slightly upgraded M5 chip-powered model introduced in October, which retained […] more…

Critical Gemini CLI Flaw Enabled Host Code Execution, Supply Chain Attacks

An attacker could have planted a malicious configuration to execute commands outside the sandbox. The post Critical Gemini CLI Flaw Enabled Host Code Execution, Supply Chain Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

EnOcean SmartServer Flaws Expose Buildings to Remote Hacking

Claroty researchers discovered two vulnerabilities that can be exploited for security bypass and remote code execution. The post EnOcean SmartServer Flaws Expose Buildings to Remote Hacking appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Critical cPanel & WHM Vulnerability Exploited as Zero-Day for Months

The authentication bypass flaw allows attackers to gain administrative access to vulnerable servers. The post Critical cPanel & WHM Vulnerability Exploited as Zero-Day for Months appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

AI venture funding to shoot up this year as bubble looms

Venture funding of AI companies in 2026 will easily smash funding records set in 2025, with some heavy deals already consummated in the first quarter, according to market researchers. Data from Crunchbase shows that $300 billion poured into 6,000 startups worldwide during the first quarter of 2026. That’s a quarterly record for venture funding in […] more…

‘Copy Fail’ Logic Flaw in Linux Kernel Enables System Takeover

Affecting the kernel’s authencesn cryptographic template, the vulnerability was introduced in 2017 and impacts all distributions. The post ‘Copy Fail’ Logic Flaw in Linux Kernel Enables System Takeover appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Sandhills Medical Says Ransomware Breach Affects 170,000

It took the healthcare organization nearly one year to publicly disclose a data breach after it was targeted by Inc Ransom. The post Sandhills Medical Says Ransomware Breach Affects 170,000 appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Scaling up a tech startup in Europe is hard — ‘EU Inc.’ aims to help

Europe produces a large number of new tech startups each year – 28 crossed the $1 billion valuation mark in 2025 alone – yet few become global technology leaders. Many that do succeed look elsewhere to scale, particularly in the US. Founders point to multiple barriers to growing their business in the European Union (EU), […] more…

A photon was teleported across 270 meters in stunning quantum breakthrough

Scientists have pulled off a first: teleporting a photon’s state between two separate quantum dots. This was done over a 270-meter open-air link, proving quantum information can travel between independent devices. The achievement marks a key step toward building quantum networks for ultra-secure communication. It also sets the stage for more advanced systems like quantum […] more…

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