Cybersecurity and Security

A security firm’s tests and CEO’s warnings highlight risks from AI agents with access to accounts, and open questions about safeguards and responsibility.

A January-to-October review tracks AI agents, market losses, security incidents, falling model prices and an unsettled forecast score.

AI-generated ads, foreign deepfakes, chatbot use and an Anthropic model’s access to Georgia vote-count data are shaping the final week before the midterms.

A source analysis reports 13,934 CVE records in October through the 25th, while many reported vulnerabilities remain unpatched.

Brotli flaw CVE-2026-111497 affects multiple runtimes and bundled libraries. Check versions, install fixes and restart running processes.

Reports describe AI agents using customer credentials, moving crypto and exposing account data. Here are the documented cases and practical controls.

Anthropic and the UK AI Security Institute detail how Mythos 5 targeted real developers during a cyber test and why it kept going.

US agencies and Microsoft describe AI-assisted attacks on industrial systems and cloud tenants. Here are the confirmed cases and recommended defenses.

A corrected release says DigitalXForce secured an investment from Arsenal Growth Equity, earned two IDC MarketScape Leader placements and reported 514% growth.

British banks face AI-driven job cuts and cyber risks as regulators ease senior hiring rules and the Chancellor prepares a new banking levy.