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Industry that built the problem offers to sell you the solution

More than 100 tech giants warn AI-enabled cyber attacks are coming while promoting the paid security solutions they sell.

Over 100 technology companies have warned that AI-enabled cyber attacks are an imminent threat and are urging collective action to protect critical public services. The Register frames the warning as self-serving, noting the same firms that built the AI risk also sell the defenses. The piece is an opinion-style take on the industry coalition's messaging.

The Register · Security · 19d agoIndustry

Securing the Infrastructure of Intelligence

NVIDIA positions AI factories combining chips, networking, power and data as the defining infrastructure of the AI economy needing full-stack security.

NVIDIA's blog argues that AI factories are the defining infrastructure of the AI era, transforming energy and data into intelligence that powers businesses and countries. It frames compute as revenue and lists the full stack of critical resources required: advanced chips, packaging, memory, networking, land and power. The piece is a corporate positioning article about securing this infrastructure, with no specific incident or product announcement detailed in the excerpt.

NVIDIA Blog · Aug 17, 2026AI industry

US agencies warn of AI-powered attacks on Siemens industrial controllers

NSA, CISA, FBI, DOE, and EPA warn threat actors use AI-assisted scripts and snap7 libraries to access internet-exposed Siemens S7 PLCs in critical infrastructure sectors.

NSA, CISA, FBI, DOE, and EPA issued a joint advisory warning that threat actors combine open-source snap7.dll/python-snap7 libraries with AI-generated scripts to gain read/write access to Siemens S7-200 through S7-1500 PLCs over the S7comm protocol. Actors use Censys and ZoomEye to find internet-exposed devices and abuse default or weak credentials, with activity assessed as persistent reconnaissance and positioning for future write operations. Agencies urge device inventory, patching, removing PLCs from the internet, and hardening; the pattern resembles Iran-linked CyberAv3ngers targeting of Rockwell, Schneider, and Siemens PLCs.

Help Net Security · 27d agoAdvisory in the wild

AI is Working in the SOC. So Why are Security Executives More Worried Than Ever?

An Omdia survey of 500 security leaders commissioned by Rapid7 reports 97% positive AI outcomes in the SOC despite heightened executive concerns.

Omdia, commissioned by Rapid7, surveyed 500 security professionals and found 97% reporting positive outcomes from AI in security operations. 98% said AI reduces alert fatigue and 95% said it helps address staffing shortages. Despite this consensus, the report highlights a growing confidence gap and elevated concerns among security executives about where operations are headed.

Rapid7 Blog · Aug 12, 2026Industry

What the Data Says About AI in Security Operations in 2026

Prophet Security's 2026 survey of 250+ security pros: 40% use AI daily; AI users report 25%+ faster investigations and rising AI-driven attacks.

Prophet Security's State of AI in Security Operations 2026 report, based on a survey of 250+ cybersecurity professionals, found 40% of security teams use AI daily and only 4% have no adoption plans. Teams average 100 daily alerts (up to 1,000 at large firms), leave 28% of alerts uninvestigated, and 60% of respondents said missed alerts led to breaches or downtime. Among AI adopters, 72% report at least 25% faster investigations, 56% observed increased AI-driven attacks, and no respondents grant AI full unsupervised autonomy. Data privacy (44%) and explainability (41%) top the adoption hurdles.

The Hacker News · 20d agoIndustry

Private security firms will soon be allowed to hack overseas cybercriminals

A Trump administration memo authorizes private security firms to hack overseas cybercriminals, the first such private-sector authorization for cyberattacks.

The White House has authorized private-sector security firms to conduct offensive hacking operations against cybercriminals located overseas, per a Trump administration memo. Ars Technica reports this is the first time the government has authorized the private sector to perform cyberattacks. The move significantly expands the role of industry in offensive cyber operations.

Ars Technica · Security · Aug 13, 2026Policy & legal

Threat landscape for industrial automation systems. Q2 2026

Kaspersky's Q2 2026 report tracks ransomware, miners, and spyware detected on industrial control systems worldwide.

Kaspersky Securelist published statistics on threats blocked on industrial automation systems during Q2 2026. The report covers ransomware, cryptocurrency miners, spyware, and other malware detected on ICS environments. The quarterly telemetry gives OT defenders a view of threat trends affecting industrial infrastructure.

Kaspersky Securelist · 20d agoResearch

Cybersecurity jobs available right now: June 9, 2026

Help Net Security lists open cybersecurity roles at firms like Lockheed Martin, ByteDance, Nordic Semiconductor, and General Motors across AppSec, cloud, and compliance.

A June 2026 roundup aggregates cybersecurity openings spanning application security, cloud security, compliance, reverse engineering, and deepfake forensics across the US, UK, Israel, Ireland, Norway, Singapore, India, and Canada. Most listed positions are marked as no longer accepting applications.

Help Net Security · 9d agoIndustry1

UK government seeks powers to secretly block risky tech suppliers

UK amendments to the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill would let ministers secretly ban risky tech suppliers across critical sectors.

The UK government published amendments to the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill creating 'vendor-related directions' that allow ministers to order companies in critical sectors to stop buying from a supplier, restrict its products, or remove installed equipment on national security grounds. The powers extend beyond telecoms to managed service providers, data centers, digital infrastructure and the energy, water, transport and health sectors, adapting the mechanism used to restrict Huawei in UK 5G while removing some transparency safeguards. Ministers would not have to publicly name the vendor, could withhold details on national security or commercial grounds, and could bar recipients and consultees from discussing the orders, though the government would report annually to Parliament on directions issued. The amendments will be considered at committee stage in the House of Lords in September.

The Record · 21d agoPolicy & legal

AI deployments are stretching enterprise security to its limits

NetFoundry survey finds AI deployments will expand enterprise attack surfaces by 14%, with 90% of leaders worried about unapproved employee AI use.

NetFoundry's 2026 State of Secure AI Access survey found CISOs and CTOs expect AI deployments to grow attack surfaces by an average 14% within a year, with 90% concerned about employees using unapproved AI tools. Only 15% expressed high confidence that existing tools protect AI deployments, while non-human identities, static credentials and internet-facing APIs drive risk, and vulnerability exploitation now accounts for about 31% of breaches. Security reviews and network changes add an average eight days to AI deployments, and the median time to patch known exploited vulnerabilities has risen to 43 days.

Help Net Security · Aug 12, 2026AI safety & security

Manufacturing Top Targeted Orange

Orange threat data reportedly shows manufacturing is the most targeted sector, highlighting elevated attack pressure on industrial organizations.

The headline suggests Orange Cyberdefense telemetry ranks manufacturing as the most targeted sector. The article text was unavailable, so the underlying metrics and time frame are unconfirmed. The finding is relevant to defenders prioritizing industrial and manufacturing environments.

Infosecurity Magazine · 28d agoThreat actor

Learn How to Build Security Operations Ready for AI

Wiz sponsors a webinar on building AI-ready security operations, focusing on attack-path visibility, exposure prioritization, and faster detection-to-remediation workflows.

A contributed piece promotes next week's Wiz webinar, How to Build AI Threat Readiness Across Your Security Operations, featuring a Wiz expert. The session covers using unified security context to separate urgent exposures from noise, understand attack paths across cloud, code, identities, SaaS, and AI services, and connect validated risks to remediation owners.

The Hacker News · 20d agoIndustry

Supply Chain Attacks in 2026: Why Threat Intelligence Is the Only Early Warning System That Works

Cyble argues supply chain attacks are a primary breach vector, citing Verizon DBIR third-party figures and CISA SBOM guidance to pitch its TPRM platform.

Cyble's vendor blog frames third-party compromise as a first-order breach risk, citing Verizon's 2026 DBIR finding that third parties were involved in 48% of breaches, up 60% year over year. It recounts the Cl0p campaigns against Progress MOVEit Transfer (CVE-2023-34362), which affected over 2,700 organizations and 93 million people, and Fortra GoAnywhere (CVE-2023-0669) with roughly 130 claimed victims. It also highlights CISA and NSA's 2026 Minimum Elements for a Software Bill of Materials covering open-source, AI, and SaaS components. The piece concludes by promoting Cyble's Third-Party Risk Management platform.

Cyble · 13d agoIndustryCVE-2023-34362CVE-2023-0669

Cybersecurity jobs available right now: March 10, 2026

Help Net Security's roundup lists open cybersecurity roles at BioNTech, AIG, ServiceNow and others across Europe, the Middle East and Canada.

A job-board roundup of cybersecurity openings including Associate Director Application Security at BioNTech (Germany), CISO at AIG (Israel), Cloud Security Professional at ServiceNow (Italy), and SOC/GRC, analyst, engineer and data governance roles in the UK, UAE, India, Canada and France. Roles span application security, cloud security, SOC operations, compliance and OT environments. Most listings are marked no longer accepting applications.

Help Net Security · 19d agoIndustry

Cybersecurity jobs available right now: May 19, 2026

Help Net Security's roundup lists cybersecurity openings across many countries, including CISO, threat intelligence, OT security, and AI security expert roles.

The roundup lists cybersecurity vacancies including CISO, SOC analyst, threat intelligence analyst, security engineer, OT security manager, and principal AI security expert positions. Employers include DataFence, Aldermore Bank, GDIT, Netcraft, Sonar, Sylvamo, MED-EL, and Crisis24 across the US, UK, India, Ireland, Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, and the UAE. Nearly all listings were marked as no longer accepting applications at publication.

Help Net Security · 19d agoIndustry

Attackers Expose Ongoing AI Tool Use Targeting Organizations in Latin America

Unit 42 documents two AI-assisted intrusion campaigns against Latin American government, utility, and financial organizations using LLM-orchestrated tooling.

Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 tracks two ongoing intrusion clusters, CL-CRI-1131 (Mexican transportation, federal ministries, municipal water utilities) and CL-CRI-1163 (Brazilian financial sector), both using living-off-the-land techniques, SOCKS5 relays, and custom RATs. The attackers appear to orchestrate operations via commercial LLMs like Claude and GPT-4.1, evidenced by iterative batch scripts and AI-generated tunneling tool naming. The Mexican campaign (also reported as Operation Escaneo by CloudSEK) exfiltrated sensitive data via dynamic-DNS infrastructure with rotated multi-SAN TLS certificates between February and June 2026. This signals broader adoption of AI-enhanced operations by diverse threat groups in the region.

Palo Alto Unit 42 · 13d agoThreat actor in the wild1

Crytica's RDAi detects OT device tampering from within

Crytica Security announces RDAi, a deterministic in-device integrity monitoring system detecting unauthorized tampering of OT and IoT devices.

Crytica Security's Rapid Detection, Alert and isolation (RDAi) system installs a sub-100 KB Probe agent inside each protected OT or IoT device to monitor instruction set integrity and provide deterministic evidence of unauthorized changes. The high-fidelity alerts augment SOC, SIEM, XDR and AI-assisted workflows without replacing existing security investments. The company targets critical infrastructure, utility, healthcare and federal environments, with additional integrations and collaborations planned.

Help Net Security · Aug 12, 2026Tools