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Augur lands $15 million funding to strengthen critical infrastructure security
10+ hour, 13+ min ago (270+ words) Augur has announced a $15 million seed round led by Plural, with participation from First Kind, SNR, Flix, and Tiny VC. The funding will support the deployment of Augur's technology as governments, operators, and venue owners across Europe face rising security threats…...
OpenAI to acquire AI security platform Promptfoo
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (304+ words) OpenAI to acquire AI security platform Promptfoo'Help Net Security OpenAI to acquire AI security platform Promptfoo OpenAI are acquiring Promptfoo, an AI security platform that helps enterprises identify and remediate vulnerabilities in AI systems during development. Once the acquisition is…...
Fake Claude Code install pages highlight rise of "InstallFix" attacks
9+ hour, 20+ min ago (312+ words) Users looking for Anthropic's Claude Code agentic AI coding tool are being tricked via fake Claude Code install pages into running malware, Push Security researchers have warned. The attackers behind this scheme are faithfully cloning Anthropic's installation page, hosting it…...
More AI tools, more burnout! New research explains why
10+ hour, 7+ min ago (677+ words) Workflows built around multiple AI agents and constant tool switching are adding cognitive strain across large enterprises. A recent Harvard Business Review analysis describes this pattern as "AI brain fry," a form of mental fatigue tied to intensive use and…...
OpenAI joins the race in AI-assisted code security
10+ hour, 38+ min ago (253+ words) OpenAI introduced Codex Security, an AI agent that reviews codebases to find, verify, and help fix software vulnerabilities. The launch comes a few weeks after rival Anthropic unveiled its Claude Code Security tool. Codex Security (Source: OpenAI) The feature is…...
Decoding silence: How deaf and hard-of-hearing pros are breaking into cybersecurity
13+ hour, 7+ min ago (740+ words) Stu Hirst was already a CISO when he started to go deaf. It was 2023, and the hearing loss crept in over months, enough for him to adapt, to lean on hearing aids and captions, to quietly reorganize his calendar around…...
Turning expertise into opportunity for women in cybersecurity
13+ hour, 38+ min ago (805+ words) Speaker diversity in cybersecurity has been a talking point for over a decade, with panels, pledges, and dedicated conference tracks failing to produce change. Stages still skew heavily male, even as women represent millions of qualified professionals in the field....
Open-source tool Sage puts a security layer between AI agents and the OS
14+ hour, 7+ min ago (279+ words) Autonomous AI agents running on developer workstations execute shell commands, fetch URLs, and write files with little or no inspection of what they are doing. Open-source project Sage inserts an interception layer between an AI agent and those operations, checking…...
Western governments lay the groundwork for secure 6G networks
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (256+ words) Governments are preparing for 6G, the next generation of mobile networks, placing security and resilience among their top priorities. In response, seven countries participating in the Global Coalition on Telecoms (GCOT) have introduced a set of 6G Security and Resilience Principles, developed…...
Microsoft working on Teams feature to help admins block unauthorized bots
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (247+ words) Microsoft plans to add a new Teams feature that lets meeting admins identify and control third-party bots before they join. According to the Microsoft 365 Roadmap, the feature is scheduled to begin rolling out in May 2026 on Desktop, Mac, Linux, iOS,…...