Agentic security is the billion-dollar challenge for some clever startup to solve
Cybersecurity investors say securing AI agents—especially non-human identity and governance—is a massive, underserved startup opportunity.
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8 articles · newest firstTest environment let anyone access live customer data
A security audit found an internet-exposed staging environment connected to live customer data, lacking production-grade authentication and access controls.
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Terminated employee cost company hundreds of thousands of dollars because nobody revoked access
A terminated employee's unrevoked access let him delete files and corrupt a database, costing the company hundreds of thousands of dollars and weeks of delays.
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To keep the AI hacking genie bottled up, try one-way networks
Intuition Machines CEO proposes data diodes and one-way networks to physically prevent frontier AI models from escaping training sandboxes, citing the OpenAI Hugging Face incident.
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OpenClaw 2.0 pours glitter on slow-burning security dumpster fire
The Register critiques OpenClaw 2.0 for easing installation and revamping the interface while leaving most agent security decisions to users.
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Turns out Brits would quite like their private messages to stay private
Polling shows two-thirds of Brits distrust any government, current or future, with access to their encrypted chats.
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Omarchy distro gains serious backing
Tech heavyweights provided $10 million in backing for the polarizing Omarchy Linux distribution, The Register reports.
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Schrödinger's backup: not actually recovered until you try to restore IT
The Register sponsored feature urges admins to verify backups through restore testing before an incident happens.
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