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Also: Australia's AI Policy Backtrack, Legal Protections for White Hat HackersIn this week's ISMG Editors' Panel, four editors explored Australia's shift in artificial intelligence regulatory policy, a resurgence of white hat hackers in the news and the shadow Telegram market of Russian fraudsters who are selling identities of former U.S. immigrants for $1,000 a person.

Trump Tees Up Federal Lawsuits Against State Rules in Executive OrderThe Trump administration says it'll sue states that establish rules for artificial intelligence that go beyond a standard of "minimally burdensome" regulation - a step the U.S. president said is necessary to ensure China doesn't pull ahead in a global race for AI supremacy.

Cybersecurity researchers have documented four new phishing kits named BlackForce, GhostFrame, InboxPrime AI, and Spiderman that are capable of facilitating credential theft at scale

The browser has become the main interface to GenAI for most enterprises: from web-based LLMs and copilots, to GenAI‑powered extensions and agentic browsers like ChatGPT Atlas. Employees are leveraging the power of GenAI to draft emails, summarize documents, work on code, and analyze data, often by copying/pasting sensitive information directly into prompts or uploading files.  Traditional

Brave has introduced a new AI browsing feature that leverages Leo, its privacy-respecting AI assistant, to perform automated tasks for the user. [...]

Boards are becoming increasingly focused on understanding the mechanics and implications of agentic artificial intelligence, but traditional governance processes aren't built for the speed and complexity of today's AI-driven innovation cycles, said Joanne Stonier, former chief data and AI officer at Mastercard.

KKR-Led Series B Investment Propels AI Agent, Nonhuman Identity Management PushBacked by $700 million in funding from KKR at a $3 billion valuation, Saviynt plans to accelerate innovation in identity security for humans, machines and AI agents. The Series B investment supports global expansion and continued platform development to meet evolving enterprise needs.

AI Firm Says New Models May Be 'High Risk' as Dual-Use Capabilities GrowOpenAI said Wednesday it is preparing for artificial intelligence models to reach "high" cybersecurity risk levels, marking an escalation in the dual-use capabilities that could strengthen defenses or enable sophisticated attacks.

OpenAI has reported a surge in performance as GPT-5.1-Codex-Max reaching 76% in capability assessments, and warned of upcoming cyber-risks

AI-driven attacks now automate reconnaissance, generate malware variants, and evade detection at a speed that overwhelms traditional defenses. Corelight explains how network detection and response (NDR) provides the visibility and behavioral insights SOC teams need to spot and stop these fast-moving threats. [...]

Using artificial intelligence in operational technology environments could be a bumpy ride full of trust issues and security challenges.

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new fully-featured Windows backdoor called NANOREMOTE that uses the Google Drive API for command-and-control (C2) purposes

Goldman Sachs-Led Round Supports Harness's Push Into AI Security and AutomationWith $200 million in Series E funding and a new $5.5 billion valuation, Harness will scale its AI-powered platform for security, compliance and reliability in software development. The investment will support R&D into AI agents, testing, cost optimization and security for AI workloads.

A high-severity unpatched security vulnerability in Gogs has come under active exploitation, with more than 700 compromised instances accessible over the internet, according to new findings from Wiz

Microsoft puts the power of AI in the hands of everyday non-technical Joes. It's a nice idea, and a surefire recipe for security issues.

CTO Matthew Fraser Says Administrations May Change But AI Program Is Built to LastNew York City gets a new mayor on Jan. 1, and while no one knows Zohran Mamdani's plans for using artificial intelligence, the city's AI Action Plan will ensure a strong foundation for innovation, city Chief Technology Officer Matthew Fraser told attendees at The AI Summit in Manhattan on Wednesday.

Lessons From Lightning-Fast AI-Based Attacks and How Cyber Defenders Should RespondAI-based attacks will come faster and the sequence of activities will be less predictable. Cyber defenders are skilled in network analysis, incident response and cloud or identity management, but in the face of AI-based attacks, they need new skills, tools and defensive tactics.

A new AMOS infostealer campaign is abusing Google search ads to lure users into Grok and ChatGPT conversations that appear to offer "helpful" instructions but ultimately lead to installing the AMOS info-stealing malware on macOS. [...]

A new twist on the social engineering tactic is making waves, combining SEO poisoning and legitimate AI domains to install malware on victims' computers.

The flaw, dubbed ‘GeminiJack,’ exploits the trust boundary between user-controlled content in data sources and the AI model’s instruction processing