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Artificial intelligence (AI) describes computer systems that perform tasks such as recognizing patterns, making predictions, understanding language, or generating content. In security reporting, the term commonly includes machine-learning models used for detection and analysis, as well as generative AI applications that produce text, code, images, or other outputs.
AI can help analyze security telemetry, prioritize vulnerabilities, and support investigations, but its outputs can be wrong or manipulated. Important attack surfaces include prompt injection that steers an application into unintended actions, sensitive data being exposed through prompts or model outputs, and excessive permissions granted to AI systems that use external tools. Models can also be degraded by poisoned training data or evaded with carefully crafted inputs. Practitioners should protect training and operational data, limit model access and tool permissions, test for adversarial behavior, and require appropriate human validation before high-impact decisions.
Fake AI-powered video generation tools are being used to distribute a new information-stealing malware family called 'Noodlophile,' under the guise of generated media content. [...]
Strategic Plan Includes Human Risk Management Platform Expansion, IPO PreparationBryan Palma outlines his vision to grow KnowBe4 beyond security awareness training by investing in agentic AI, expanding email and behavioral tools and positioning the company for IPO readiness. He highlights Vista Equity's support and platform depth as key assets.
Also: Cyber IPOs and the Investment Climate, the Urgency of AI ExplainabilityIn this week's update, ISMG editors unpacked Trump's teased "grand cyber plan" amid budget cuts to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, key business takeaways from RSAC Conference 2025 and why explainability in artificial intelligence is becoming critical to trust and security.
Partners Use Bedrock, SageMaker for Threat Detection, Response, Vital to InnovationAWS is enabling cybersecurity firms to enhance detection, triage and response capabilities by embedding generative AI into services like Bedrock and SageMaker, while reinforcing its position as a partner-centric cloud security leader, said Managing Director Rohan Karmarkar.
University of Texas CISO George Finney on Zero Trust Challenges and His New BookEnterprises need to mature their zero trust models to recognize how trust is inherently built into artificial intelligence and how to proactively identify vulnerabilities. George Finney, CISO at University of Texas Systems, says security teams need to be trained to spot implicit trust across systems.
Old Visuals, AI Deepfakes and Fake Claims Go Viral Amid Escalating ConflictMisinformation is going viral in India as the New Delhi government called Friday on the financial sector to strengthen cyber defenses amid growing military activity along the Pakistani border. Tensions between the two countries ratcheted significantly upward Friday.
Pixtral Models 60 Times More Likely to Generate Harmful Content Than RivalsPublicly available artificial intelligence models made by Mistral produce child sexual abuse material and instructions for chemical weapons manufacturing at rates far exceeding those of competing systems, found researchers from Enkrypt AI.
On Dark Reading's 19-year anniversary, Editor-in-Chief Kelly Jackson Higgins stops by Informa TechTarget's RSAC 2025 Broadcast Alley studio to discuss how things have changed since the early days of breaking Windows and browsers, lingering challenges, and what's next beyond AI.
Google is implementing a new Chrome security feature that uses the built-in 'Gemini Nano' large-language model (LLM) to detect and block tech support scams while browsing the web. [...]
The tech giant plans to leverage its Gemini Nano LLM on-device to enhance scam detection on Chrome
AI agents are changing the way businesses work. They can answer questions, automate tasks, and create better user experiences. But with this power comes new risks — like data leaks, identity theft, and malicious misuse
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged three malicious npm packages that are designed to target the Apple macOS version of Cursor, a popular artificial intelligence (AI)-powered source code editor
Google on Thursday announced it's rolling out new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered countermeasures to combat scams across Chrome, Search, and Android
CISOs Seek Real Value as Vendors Tout the Latest Batch of AI-Driven SolutionsAs the conversation shifts from generative to agentic AI, it's clear that AI holds tremendous potential to ease zero trust fatigue, but only when guided by business context, quality data and human oversight. CISOs see AI as a "basket of opportunities but plenty of "vendor blind spots."
The NATO-run live cyber exercise event helps countries test and develop defenses against current and emerging cyber threats including disinformation, quantum, and AI.
Organizations can start defending against deepfakes now, before efficient detectors are available
CEO: Neural net tech 'flattens our hiring curve, helps us innovate' CrowdStrike – the Texas antivirus slinger famous for crashing millions of Windows machines last year – plans to cut five percent of its staff, or about 500 workers, in pursuit of "greater efficiencies," according to CEO and co-founder George Kurtz.…
Microsoft researchers identify 10 new potential pitfalls for companies who are developing or deploying agentic AI systems, with failures potentially leading to the AI becoming a malicious insider.
Funding Will Fuel R&D Push Into Automated Remediation and Risk Prioritization ToolsWith code increasingly generated by AI and attackers using AI for exploits, OX Security raised $60 million to scale R&D and help developers prioritize critical vulnerabilities. The company aims to close detection gaps and reduce time-to-remediation in application security.
Agentic AI Is More Than Just the Latest Cybersecurity Buzzword at RSAC ConferenceAt RSAC 2025, the message came through loud and clear: Agentic AI is no longer just a concept. It's being deployed today. While much of the buzz focused on performance gains and trust concerns, another story emerged - one that speaks directly to security professionals and those entering the field.