Security Week

Altman made a slew of product announcements and updates, including the company’s new agents, called Dots.

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The AIxCC competition winner will analyze messaging app code and compiled binaries for vulnerabilities, with technology that could also help commercial customers secure their software.

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Branch Target Reuse (BTR) is a new Spectre v2 attack targeting JIT compilers in web browsers, language runtimes, and the operating system kernel

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The company emerged from stealth mode with pre-seed funding from Osage University Partners and DataTribe.

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The company will use the funds to expand its sales, partnerships, channels, and customer support teams.

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The personalized versions of ChatGPT were used to impersonate legitimate products and trick users into executing PowerShell commands.

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The data breach affects the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), which maintains personnel records for the Department of Defense.

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Rig provides an identity dependencies graph to distinguish between legitimate users and rogue AI agents

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- AI, supply-chain exposure, quantum computing and geopolitical conflict are testing security programs. Preparing for disruption must become part of day-to-day operations.

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The GPT-6.1 Astra model was slated to debut in ChatGPT and Codex in October, but it fell short of expectations. 

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Pepijn van der Stap was convicted in 2023 for hacking multiple organizations, stealing their data, and extorting them.

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The malware framework uses a modular architecture and a custom executable file format for long-term persistence.

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Apple has released iOS and macOS updates to patch the zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-86950.

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The misuse and abuse of AI-generated voice is growing. Modulate’s intention is to allow real time detection and intervention. 

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SecurityWeek seeks original, vendor-neutral presentations that help cybersecurity leaders navigate emerging threats, strengthen resilience, and address the strategic challenges facing today’s enterprise security programs.

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Cameron John Wagenius was sentenced to 70 months in prison for stealing information from the wireless carriers.

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The Medicaid IDs and other information of Medicaid and DC Healthcare Alliance beneficiaries were exposed.

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The extortion group has modified its exploit in new attacks targeting the PeopleSoft vulnerability CVE-2026-35273.

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A New Mexico jury has found Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy protections on the platform.

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The platform combines open source software and a reference system design to keep AI agents within set boundaries.

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