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ServiceNow gives AI agents a passport, and limits on what they can do

ServiceNow has announced a new AI Passport solution and significant advances in AI governance to help ensure AI agents are production-ready by comb...
Posted on 15 October 2026 | 1:51 pm

KGB RAT trojan packs webcam spying, password theft and a “fun” menu to terrorize victims

A Windows trojan advertised on hacking forums for as little as $150 a month promises buyers access to a victim’s webcam, microphone, keystrokes and...
Posted on 15 October 2026 | 1:51 pm

Fake CAPTCHAs are tricking users into running malware on their own devices

Fake CAPTCHA checks are being used to do more than hide phishing pages. Attackers are turning the familiar “prove you’re human” step into a gateway...
Posted on 15 October 2026 | 1:29 pm

CISA flags exploited flaws in Palo Alto, Cisco and Ahsay products

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added four new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) cata...
Posted on 15 October 2026 | 10:43 am

Microsoft disrupts phishing network behind more than a billion scam messages

Microsoft uncovered a criminal marketplace supplying tools and accounts used in phishing scams worldwide. Attackers used these resources to target ...
Posted on 15 October 2026 | 10:10 am

Optro automates GRC workflows with auditable AI agents

Optro has expanded its portfolio of autonomous AI agents for enterprise risk teams. Its GRC Intelligence Platform combines purpose-built governance...
Posted on 15 October 2026 | 7:43 am

Qualys introduces TruConfidence to orchestrate cyber risk remediation

Qualys has announced TruRisk Eliminate 2.0 with TruConfidence, a new remediation intelligence and orchestration engine that powers Qualys’ vision f...
Posted on 15 October 2026 | 7:31 am

Immuta CISO predicts critical AI incidents at major enterprises within 18 months

In this Help Net Security interview, Michael Scott, CISO at Immuta, talks about how organizations should handle permissions for AI agents. He argue...
Posted on 15 October 2026 | 5:30 am

The internet’s attack surface moves at very different speeds

Censys found that AI-related software exposed to the public internet grew 63% in nine months, from 164,088 IP addresses in October 2025 to 267,915 ...
Posted on 15 October 2026 | 5:00 am

AI-generated changes create review bottlenecks in software delivery

83.4% of respondents who use DevOps practices run CI/CD pipelines, making them the most widely adopted practice in that group, according to JetBrai...
Posted on 15 October 2026 | 4:30 am