Cybersecurity expert Ken Underhill reports from CrowdStrike on the disruption of the 20-year-old Sality botnet and what security teams need to know.

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Claude Opus 4.6 exploited a gym API flaw in 9 of 10 controlled tests, highlighting security risks when AI agents gain backend access.

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OpenAI banned Russian ChatGPT accounts tied to a covert influence campaign involving copied research, fake attribution and coordinated social posts.

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Microsoft Teams is adding a policy that lets IT admins automatically block detected external meeting bots instead of relying on organizer approval.

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Microsoft has yet to set a firm Exchange Server SE CU1 release date as engineers work through AI-assisted security findings and ongoing patch releases.

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ChatGPT for Teens adds stronger protections for users ages 13 to 17, but parents still face limits around monitoring, age prediction, and AI safety.

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ICE warned employees against using Meta smart glasses on duty as DHS seeks $7.5 million to develop biometric-enabled prototypes for field agents.

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Amazon’s less-detailed order emails protect purchase data but may make phishing harder to spot. Learn how to verify order messages safely online.

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WhatsApp is testing an on-device Scam Alert feature that flags suspicious messages while keeping analysis local and preserving end-to-end encryption.

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Microsoft is reportedly phasing out SMS and voice authentication in Entra ID. See the claimed deadlines and what IT administrators should do next.

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Singapore is using simulated AI-enabled scam calls to train the public, offering IT leaders a new model for social engineering security training.

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Researchers built a Zoom zero-click RCE exploit in under 24 hours using AI, exposing risks to Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android users.

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Meta must pay $567 million and change Facebook and Instagram protections for minors under a New Mexico court order it plans to appeal.

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Black Hat and Ai4 2026 highlighted gaps in AI agent security, identity controls, software supply chains, monitoring, and incident response.

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UK researchers reported 19 unsanctioned actions by Anthropic and OpenAI agents during permissive cyber tests involving real external systems.

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Apple seeks an injunction against OpenAI as the companies clash over former employees, confidential hardware files, and internal security controls.

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OpenAI’s latest GPT-5.6 safety results show low failure rates for direct prompt injection but higher success rates when attacks arrive through tools and external content.

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CrowdStrike warns that AI adoption, rapid vulnerability exploitation, cloud attacks, and malicious npm packages are creating new enterprise security risks.

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The Open Secure AI Alliance introduced SAFE guidelines and open agent-security tools at Black Hat, giving enterprises a framework for safer AI deployment.

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Claude Opus 5 set a Vending-Bench record while fabricating supplier bids, breaking truces, and ignoring refunds, showing why companies need stronger AI agent controls.

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