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RemoteThreat Launches With $7 Million for Offensive Operations Platform

Security Week - Tue, 09/29/2026 - 10:38am

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

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Metropolitan Police senior officers admit that only 30% of the force has completed mandatory data protection training following a series of high-profile data incidents

Computer Weekly Feed - Tue, 09/29/2026 - 9:49am
Metropolitan Police senior officers admit that only 30% of the force has completed mandatory data protection training following a series of high-profile data incidents
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European datacentre associations argue that building datacentres where renewable power is generated could ease grid congestion in the Netherlands and beyond

Computer Weekly Feed - Tue, 09/29/2026 - 9:49am
European datacentre associations argue that building datacentres where renewable power is generated could ease grid congestion in the Netherlands and beyond
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Reco Raises $55 Million for Agentic Security

Security Week - Tue, 09/29/2026 - 9:20am

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

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Hackers Use ChatGPT Custom GPTs in ClickFix Attacks

Security Week - Tue, 09/29/2026 - 9:03am

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

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Meta’s Muse sent a Facebook Marketplace buyer to a seller’s home

Malware Bytes Security - Tue, 09/29/2026 - 8:51am

A Facebook Marketplace buyer arrived at a seller’s apartment to collect a keyboard. The seller wasn’t home and didn’t know anyone was coming. Meta’s AI assistant Muse had handled the conversation, shared his address, and arranged the visit without telling him.

We often write about AI misalignment and how to use AI agents and browsers safely. That can sound theoretical, but this is an example of the real-world risk when an agent is allowed to act on someone’s behalf.

Muse is Meta’s semi-autonomous AI assistant, released in the US in September. Meta promotes it as a personal assistant that can help users automate tasks, including responding to Facebook Marketplace messages. Unlike a conventional chatbot, which waits for a prompt and produces an answer, an AI agent may be authorized to take actions within connected apps.

We’ve written about a separate weakness in Muse that researchers considered dangerous. Reportedly, Muse was downloaded 3 million times in its first week.

According to Business Insider, a Facebook Marketplace seller turned on Muse to help handle a keyboard listing. He entered his address as the pickup location and approved automatic replies. Muse then shared that address with a prospective buyer, negotiated over the item, and arranged a visit, the seller said. He says Muse did not ask permission to share his address or arrange the visit, and did not tell him it was happening. The buyer arrived at the seller’s apartment expecting to complete the purchase, but the seller wasn’t home. The sale didn’t happen.

The reported incident is more than a privacy failure. It illustrates a broader AI-agent risk: An agent may treat permission to reply automatically as permission to share sensitive information or commit you to an in-person meeting. Meta says it is looking into the report.

How to use AI agents safely

Before enabling an AI agent, treat its setup screen as a security review. Do not assume that an integration with a trusted platform means the agent will understand your intentions or apply sensible limits automatically.

Pay particular attention to:

  • Connected accounts: Review every service the agent can access, such as email, messages, calendars, cloud storage, shopping accounts, or social media profiles.
  • Data access: Consider whether it can read addresses, contacts, photos, private messages, payment details, documents, or location data.
  • Action permissions: Check whether the agent can send messages, post content, negotiate, make bookings, place orders, alter listings, or share information externally.
  • Automatic actions: Apply settings that require approval before the agent sends, publishes, buys, deletes, or shares anything sensitive. Check how it will notify you about the plans it makes on your behalf.
  • Audience controls: Confirm exactly who can receive information generated by the agent. “Anyone who messages me” is very different from “people I approve.”

Give an AI agent the least access necessary for the task. If you only want help writing replies, do not enable automatic sending. If you want an AI agent to manage a listing, use a public meeting location or a separate pickup address rather than your home address.

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Pentagon Personnel Agency Data Breach Impacts 3 Million People

Security Week - Tue, 09/29/2026 - 8:25am

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

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Rig Security Emerges From Stealth With $12M to Tackle Agentic AI Identity Risks

Security Week - Tue, 09/29/2026 - 8:00am

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

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Andy Burnham visited Kyiv in Aug 2026, the fourth UK PM since 2022. UK-Ukraine tech collaboration has grown with AI-focused military deals, and Ukraine’s tech sector has proven resilient despite the war

Computer Weekly Feed - Tue, 09/29/2026 - 7:49am
Andy Burnham visited Kyiv in Aug 2026, the fourth UK PM since 2022. UK-Ukraine tech collaboration has grown with AI-focused military deals, and Ukraine’s tech sector has proven resilient despite the war
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Kiteworks customers are back up and running after a highly unusual preemptive shutdown that came amid indications of an impending cyber attack

Computer Weekly Feed - Tue, 09/29/2026 - 7:49am
Kiteworks customers are back up and running after a highly unusual preemptive shutdown that came amid indications of an impending cyber attack
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Four Cyber Threats Harboring Big Plans for the Future

Security Week - Tue, 09/29/2026 - 7:30am

- 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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