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Anthropic forms institute to study long-term AI risks facing society

Anthropic has established the Anthropic Institute, a research unit focused on studying the societal effects of AI and informing policy responses to risks from more advanced systems. “In the five years since Anthropic began, AI progress has moved incredibly quickly. It took us two years to release our first commercial model, and just three more to develop models that can discover severe cybersecurity vulnerabilities, take on a wide range of real work, and even begin … More → The post Anthropic forms institute to study long-term AI risks facing society appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Microsoft patches 80+ vulnerabilities, six flagged as “more likely” to be exploited

On March 2026 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft addressed 80+ vulnerabilities affecting its software and cloud services. Of these, two were publicly disclosed, but not actively exploited. Privilege escalation vulnerabilities abound The two publicly disclosed flaws are CVE-2026-21262, a vulnerability in SQL Server that may allow attackers to gain SQLAdmin privileges, and CVE-2026-26127, a .NET flaw that can be triggered for a denial of service attack. The former is “less likely” to be exploited, and the latter … More → The post Microsoft patches 80+ vulnerabilities, six flagged as “more likely” to be exploited appeared first on Help Net Security.
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CEOs think AI use is mandatory — but employees don’t agree, survey says

Perception of AI tools as equal members of the team varies drastically between employeers and workers as adoption advances.
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YouTube draws a line on deepfakes involving politicians and journalists

With deepfakes becoming more common, YouTube has expanded access to its AI-driven likeness detection system to a pilot group of government officials, journalists and political candidates. The step follows an earlier rollout of the tool to creators in the company’s Partner Program. AI video tools are easy to access, and the content they produce keeps getting more realistic, flooding social media platforms, including YouTube. Issues arise when this content is used beyond entertainment to fabricate … More → The post YouTube draws a line on deepfakes involving politicians and journalists appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Armis improves vulnerability accuracy and speed with unified real-time visibility

Armis has announced Armis Centrix for Vulnerability Management Detection and Response. The solution enables security teams to identify and validate vulnerabilities across all organizational assets in real time. Armis’ unified approach to vulnerability assessment delivers greater accuracy, faster detection times, and reduced operational costs. “Waiting weeks for a vulnerability scan that still misses essential assets is no longer sufficient to combat AI-powered cyberattacks,” said Nadir Izrael, CTO at Armis. “Organizations need a continuous view of … More → The post Armis improves vulnerability accuracy and speed with unified real-time visibility appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Virtana enables full-stack root cause analysis beyond legacy APM

Virtana has launched an Application Observability offering that traces performance issues from application code through infrastructure, networks, storage, and AI workloads to deliver evidence-based root cause analysis without manual correlation. Built for autonomous operations at scale, the solution redefines the application as a system rather than software, automatically correlating performance issues across the full enterprise stack, from code and services to infrastructure, networks, storage, and AI platforms. By enabling operators and AI agents to identify … More → The post Virtana enables full-stack root cause analysis beyond legacy APM appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Forescout replaces manual audits with automated, always-on compliance validation

Forescout Technologies has announced Automated Security Controls Assessment, a new Forescout 4D Platform capability that continuously evaluates trust, control effectiveness and compliance posture across an organization’s attack surface. Replacing manual, static and error-prone spreadsheet-driven audits with real-time, automated evidence-based collection and reporting, the Automated Security Controls Assessment feature gives security and governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) teams immediate visibility into control effectiveness and compliance posture as it exists. This enables continuous verification rather than point … More → The post Forescout replaces manual audits with automated, always-on compliance validation appeared first on Help Net Security.
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OPSWAT delivers AI-powered perimeter defense with unified zero-day verdicts

OPSWAT has introduced MetaDefender Aether, an AI-powered decision engine for fast zero-day detection, purpose-built for the perimeter. Unlike sandbox or antivirus solutions designed for endpoint protection, MetaDefender Aether intercepts files at every entry point, e.g. file transfers, removable media, email attachments, cloud storage, and web traffic, to detect unknown threats before they reach users, devices, or internal systems. Every file is processed through four progressively deeper AI-powered layers of threat reputation, dynamic analysis, threat scoring … More → The post OPSWAT delivers AI-powered perimeter defense with unified zero-day verdicts appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Secureframe automates CMMC compliance with secure infrastructure and AI SSPs

Secureframe has launched Secureframe Defense, an end-to-end solution for CMMC certification. It provides secure infrastructure deployment, AI-generated System Security Plans (SSPs), policies, and comprehensive monitoring that Defense Industrial Base (DIB) organizations need to achieve and maintain certification faster, without unnecessary cost or complexity. With CMMC enforcement underway, readiness across the DIB remains critically low. The Department of Defense (DoD) estimates nearly 80,000 organizations will ultimately require CMMC Level 2 certification, yet fewer than 800 organizations—less … More → The post Secureframe automates CMMC compliance with secure infrastructure and AI SSPs appeared first on Help Net Security.
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