Think You’ve Eliminated Chinese AI? Check the Model’s Lineage, Cisco Says
If you think you’ve excluded all Chinese AI from your tech stack, you may need to think again. The US government’s attitude toward Chinese AI…
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Tech, Cybersecurity Giants Unite Behind OpenAI-Led Cyber Defense Pledge
Nearly 130 organizations spanning cybersecurity, cloud computing, finance and other industries have signed an open letter calling for a coordinated, global surge in cyber defense…
ATF Confirms Cyber Incident After Ransomware Group Claims Attack
The US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has confirmed suffering a cybersecurity incident after the Qilin ransomware group claimed to have targeted…
In Other News: Log4j RCE Scare, Minimus Shutdown, Iranian Hacker Sanctions
SecurityWeek’s weekly cybersecurity news roundup offers a concise overview of important developments that may not receive full standalone coverage yet remain relevant to the broader…
OpenAI Agents Exploited Linux Kernel Flaw on Company’s Own Systems
Around the time some OpenAI models escaped their testing environment and hacked Hugging Face, some agents exploited a Linux kernel vulnerability to escalate privileges on…
CISO Conversations: Chris Wheeler – Trust Is the Job, From the Navy to the C-Suite
Chris Wheeler is the CISO at Resilience. He has a long history in cybersecurity: a threat researcher and analyst at Efflux Systems and then threat…
Okta Shares Surge on Strong Earnings, Growing Demand for AI Identity Security
Shares of Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA) are surging after reporting stronger-than-expected second-quarter financial results and raised its outlook for the full fiscal year, with artificial intelligence…
OpenAI Agents Coordinated via Makeshift Message Board Ahead of Hugging Face Hack
OpenAI says an improvised, unauthorized message board built by its own AI agents was central to how those agents came to breach parts of Hugging…
Trump Order Aims to Block Foreign Backdoors in US Power Grid Gear
President Trump issued Executive Order 14420 on Wednesday, declaring a national emergency to mitigate vulnerabilities in the United States’ bulk power system arising from foreign-supplied…
Australia Arrests 2 Alleged TeamPCP Hackers
Two men suspected of being members of the notorious cybercrime group TeamPCP have been arrested and charged by Australian authorities. The suspects, Ruben Ian Thomson,…
Recent Citrix NetScaler Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging government organizations to immediately address a recently patched Citrix NetScaler vulnerability that is being exploited in…
The MFA Identity Trap: When Authentication Creates a False Sense of Security
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) has become one of cybersecurity’s most important controls. Roughly 70% of enterprise workforce users are now protected by it. But its success…