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Hugging Face breach reignites open-weights debate, raises liability questions

The first publicly documented cyberattack run end-to-end by an autonomous AI was an OpenAI benchmark test that escaped its sandbox and breached Hugging Face. In an incident post-mortem compiled with the input from Hugging Face and several hundred members of Cloud Security Alliance’s CISO community, the nonprofit organization laid out the most salient points for security leaders and advised on what they should do next. How the attack unfolded OpenAI was running GPT-5.6 Sol and … More → The post Hugging Face breach reignites open-weights debate, raises liability questions appeared first on Help Net Security.
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BlackCloak extends deepfake protection to the executive’s trusted circle

Deepfakes have made one of our oldest assumptions unreliable: that you can trust a familiar face or voice. While the industry focuses mainly on building “in-line detection tools” that try to spot the fake, BlackCloak, the leader in Digital Executive Protection (DEP), built Impersonation Protection to focus on validating the authenticity of communications. Circle of trust functionality is the most significant expansion of that capability to date — giving executives and high-profile individuals a new … More → The post BlackCloak extends deepfake protection to the executive’s trusted circle appeared first on Help Net Security.
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AI shifts mainframe modernization strategy

To stay or not to stay on the mainframe: AI might help enterprises do both.
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Bugcrowd introduces Savant Pathseeker for agentic penetration testing with exploit validation

Bugcrowd unveils Savant Pathseeker, the first solution in its Agentic Offensive Testing line. Savant Pathseeker gives security teams the speed and scale to test every external web application and API continuously, not just the assets that make it onto the pentest schedule, while providing the evidence to prove that the findings are genuinely exploitable. Security teams are attempting both deep and broad coverage, and getting the worst of each. Crown-jewel assets sit exposed for months … More → The post Bugcrowd introduces Savant Pathseeker for agentic penetration testing with exploit validation appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Prescient Security adds attack surface management to Cait, broadens AI-assisted pentesting

Prescient Security has announced a series of capability expansions to Cait (Cacilian AI), its continuous AI-assisted penetration testing service. The updates which will roll out through summer 2026 add attack surface management (ASM), new asset testing types and expanded environment support, extending Cait’s reach well beyond its initial web application focus. The announcements follow Cait’s general availability launch earlier this year, which introduced an autonomous, context-aware pentester that explores applications before attacking them and delivers … More → The post Prescient Security adds attack surface management to Cait, broadens AI-assisted pentesting appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Cyberhaven launches Flow to secure data across human and AI workflows

Cyberhaven has introduced Cyberhaven Flow, an AI-native data security platform built to protect data across human and AI workflows. Flow connects lineage, identity, and behavior to protect data as it is created, copied, fragmented, and shared, marking a shift in how protection adapts to the changing context of work in the AI era. Flow secures data across every human and agentic workflow, wherever people and AI agents work: on endpoints, in browsers, and in the … More → The post Cyberhaven launches Flow to secure data across human and AI workflows appeared first on Help Net Security.
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