Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Five Eyes Agencies Document 5-Step Chinese Job Platform Spy SchemeThe Five Eyes intelligence agencies issued a rare joint bulletin warning that Chinese military intelligence is using LinkedIn, Indeed, and Upwork to recruit government and military insiders. The operation targets clearance holders, military personnel, academics and journalists.

500-Person Team Will Help Vobis Blend AI, Data and Security Architecture ServicesVobis Ventures acquired Optiv's 500-person consulting business to combine cybersecurity architecture expertise with AI implementation, governance and agentic AI security capabilities as enterprises struggle to manage the risks of rapidly expanding AI deployments.

Social Media Platform Files Petition With Agency Over May 2022 Consent OrderElon Musk's social media company wants a do-over with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in a petition arguing the agency should terminate data security oversight 16 years early. The FTC began Tuesday a public comment period for X's request to set aside or fully modify a May 2022 consent order.

IBM, Google and Other Firms Are Focusing on Commercial Value as Quantum ProgressesIBM's $10 billion quantum computing push reflects a broader industry effort to move beyond scientific milestones and toward business value. But cybersecurity leaders say vendors should focus less on product narratives and more on meaningful progress.

Why Courts Are Scrutinizing Consultants and AI Developers AlikeAs AI becomes embedded in business decisions, courts are beginning to scrutinize not just users, but also the vendors and consultants behind the technology. Attorney Elizabeth Carter explains how liability, indemnity and governance risks are rapidly evolving in the AI era.

Healthcare Sector AI Expansion Raises Questions on Governance, Privacy and SafetyMayo Clinic and Microsoft are planning a new healthcare-specific frontier artificial intelligence model that aims to help clinicians make earlier diagnoses and deliver more personalized treatments to their patients. The clinic plans to make the new model available to patients and doctors.

CEO Nikesh Arora Says Agentic Workloads Generate Traffic Requiring InspectionPalo Alto Networks said surging AI infrastructure investment and growing enterprise demand for AI governance are expanding cybersecurity spending, while false positives from advanced AI vulnerability tools underscore the continued need for human oversight.

Auditors Accuse Agency of Mismanagement and Program OverlapManagement by the National Institute of Standards and Technology of a repository of vulnerability data came under sharp criticism from federal auditors who said the agency approached it with "lack of strategic planning and decisive action."

Healthcare Coordinating Council Highlights AI Risks, Potential Medical MishapsHealthcare organizations face an array of difficult cybersecurity, privacy, patient safety, supply chain and operational resiliency issues as they roll out artificial intelligence tools. A new Health Sector Coordinating Council playbook aims to help by providing a voluntary governance framework.

Project Glasswing Expansion Reaches Power, Healthcare, Telecom and Water OperatorsAnthropic expanded Project Glasswing to 150 additional organizations across more than 15 countries, granting critical infrastructure operators, NATO and cybersecurity agencies controlled access to Claude Mythos Preview as the company seeks broader cyber defense coverage while limiting misuse risks.

TCS to Build and Deploy Custom AI Models Using Mistral ForgeTata Consultancy Services struck a strategic partnership with Mistral AI, making it the first global systems integrator to deliver Mistral Forge to enterprise clients, the Indian and French companies announced this week. The deal hands TCS access to Paris-based Mistral's frontier models.

White House Cuts Proposed AI Review Period From 90 Days to 30President Trump signed an executive order creating a voluntary framework for evaluating advanced AI systems with significant cybersecurity capabilities, directing NSA, Treasury and CISA to establish classified benchmarks while avoiding mandatory licensing or preclearance requirements.

Study: Monitoring Vendor Risk Remains Much Harder Than Onboarding Third PartiesHealthcare organizations are getting better vetting third-party vendors, including suppliers of medical devices, software and other products. But once these vendors are on board, healthcare firms still struggle with monitoring their security posture and ensuring they keep their promises.

Former Forescout CEO, Trend Micro COO Mohamed Succeeds Corey Thomas After 13 YearsRapid7 has appointed former Forescout CEO Wael Mohamed as chief executive, betting that a renewed focus on AI-driven security operations can revive growth and investor confidence after years of slowing revenue, shrinking valuation and activist shareholder pressure.

OT Firm Looks to Secure IoT, Industrial and Medical DevicesDragos, one of the first OT cybersecurity companies, announced Monday it acquired Phosphorus, the IoT security and management player, a move analysts said was designed to catch Dragos up with its competitors and expand its offerings to cover the quickly growing IoT sector.

Anthropic Offers ENISA a Place in Project GlasswingAnthropic offered the European Union’s cybersecurity agency ENISA entry to Project Glasswing, its arrangement for giving organizations controlled early access to its vulnerability-finding Mythos AI model.

Frontier AI Market Gains Helped Anthropic Move From Challenger to Category LeaderAnthropic's new $965 billion Series H valuation, growing use of Claude for AI coding and an increasing share of the enterprise AI market indicate OpenAI's early lead in frontier models has disappeared as customers have shifted their spending, workloads and token usage to Anthropic.

OpenText CIO Shannon Bell on Governance and Operational MaturityEnterprise AI often fails not because the models are weak, but because organizations lack operational maturity. OpenText's Shannon Bell explains why governance, data context and accountability determine whether agentic AI succeeds in production.