A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has asked the U.S. government to ban several hack-for-hire firms — companies that carry out cyberattacks on behalf of paying clients. The lawmakers accuse the firms of targeting Americans…
As AI agents gain access to the same sensitive corporate data and systems as human workers while operating at machine speed, enterprises are prone to new security risks. Storied venture firm Sequoia Capital is betting…
WASHINGTON – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released today the updated Insider Threat Mitigation Guide which provides security support consistent with our statutory mission. The guide gives organizations a current look at insider…
The Hacker NewsSep 09, 2026Security Operations / Artificial Intelligenc A major vulnerability is disclosed. The alert lands immediately. Then comes the harder question: Are we actually exposed? For many security teams, answering that means jumping…
A flaw in DeepSeek Harness, DeepSeek’s open-source tool for running AI coding agents on a developer’s machine, let a sandboxed agent turn off its own sandbox with a single command. The tool runs an agent’s…
This isn’t the best time to be thinking about buying a computer. High memory prices have driven up the cost of almost everything. But if you need a new computer, then go for it —…
Swati KhandelwalSep 09, 2026Vulnerability / Cryptocurrency Bitcoin wallet company Alby has warned of a critical flaw in Alby Hub that could have let an attacker take over a wallet and send its funds, but only where the…
U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have accused China-based artificial intelligence (AI) companies of conducting “systematic extraction” of proprietary functionalities and capabilities of American frontier models through distillation attacks. The activity has been described as occurring…
Ravie LakshmananSep 09, 2026Vulnerability / Browser Security Google on Thursday released updates to patch 230 security vulnerabilities, including one that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The medium-severity vulnerability, assigned the CVE identifier…
Swati KhandelwalSep 09, 2026Vulnerability / Web Security cPanel has patched a flaw that it says lets a single hosting account take control of an entire server. An authenticated account holder with mail-related privileges can create…