Spain reports first data breach involving autonomous AI agent
Spain’s data protection authority (AEPD) has reported its first data breach blamed on an AI agent acting on its own, after the system reportedly logged…
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AWS’s new sign-up gives accounts spend caps, email invites, and agent-set permissions
New AWS customers can now sign up with a Google, GitHub, or Apple login, start with $100 in Free Tier credits, and build inside a…
Cohesity adds recovery capabilities for AI agents and the data they manage
Cohesity has introduced Cohesity Agent Resilience. This new Cohesity Data Cloud capability will discover, protect, and recover the infrastructure behind enterprise AI agents. A unified…
Self-improving AI should slow down, von der Leyen tells EU lawmakers
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants frontier AI development slowed, and said on Wednesday that she will invite the leading AI labs to…
Parallels Desktop flaw hands any local user root on a Mac (CVE-2026-90894)
A newly disclosed vulnerability in Parallels Desktop, tracked as CVE-2026-90894 and dubbed “ParaShells,” can allow any local user on a Mac to gain root privileges…
One runaway AI agent racked up a $50,000 cloud bill
Organizations are deploying autonomous AI systems that execute API calls, optimize production configurations, and analyze telemetry across hybrid cloud environments. At the same time, attacks…
Cisco patches actively exploited email gateway zero-day (CVE-2026-76461)
Attackers have leveraged a zero-day SQL injection vulnerability (CVE-2026-76461) to compromise Cisco Secure Email Gateway appliances, Cisco confirmed on Monday. The vendor’s Product Security Incident…
Uncensored AI sold on hacking forum as alternative to ChatGPT and Claude jailbreaks
A new AI subscription service called Luciferus is being marketed on a hacking forum as an alternative to jailbreaking ChatGPT or Claude, Sophos found. The…
Postman Passport controls API access without exposing credentials
Postman has announced the general availability of Passport by Postman, marking the company’s expansion into API security with a standalone product that gives organizations a…
Akuity gives AI agents operational context to safely ship software
Akuity has introduced its Agentic Control Plane and MCP Server. Akuity’s Agentic Control Plane lets AI agents accelerate software delivery by giving them the operational…
Your employees are already using AI tools you never approved
Seventy-four percent of respondents report departmental or scaled AI adoption at their organizations, including within individual teams or departments, across business functions, and as part…
Apple parental controls in iOS 27 let kids ask before opening new websites
Apple has overhauled the child-safety tools that ship across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. One idea runs through the redesign. Give a child a device that…