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Microsoft Copilot Personal Flaws Could Let One Click Exfiltrate Data From Connected Apps

Varonis discloses CoSnitch (CVE-2026-24301), three Microsoft Copilot Personal flaws enabling one-click exfiltration of connected-app data; patched August 18, 2026.

Varonis Threat Labs found that an undocumented autorun=1 parameter, paired with the q parameter, lets an attacker-supplied prompt run automatically on page load in a victim's authenticated Copilot session, then exfiltrate data from connected services such as mail, calendar, Google Drive, chat history and the memory store via Copilot's built-in URL fetch to an attacker webhook. A separate memory-poisoning path through web summarization lets a crafted page persist attacker instructions in the user's memory, surviving password changes, session revocation and device re-enrollment. Microsoft shipped patches on August 18, 2026, tracked as CVE-2026-24301, and Varonis found no evidence of in-the-wild exploitation. The flaws were found via 'meta-hacking', asking Copilot itself to reveal the autorun parameter and its protections.

Microsoft Investigating Microsoft 365 Copilot Access Issues Under Incident CP1470554

Microsoft is investigating a Microsoft 365 Copilot access disruption tracked as incident CP1470554, with no root cause or recovery timeline published.

Microsoft is investigating reports that users cannot open Microsoft 365 Copilot or encounter errors when interacting with it, tracked under Service Health incident CP1470554 in the Microsoft 365 admin center. The company has not disclosed a root cause, affected regions, or estimated recovery time. It follows several distinct Copilot availability failures between late August and September 10, including an authentication-configuration outage and a Copilot Chat configuration fault. Microsoft says the issue is not a breach or cyberattack and directs tenant admins to the Service Health Dashboard.

Cyber Security Newsupdated · 10h agofirst · 5d agoAI industry 2 sources1

BugBase Pentest Copilot Enterprise automates black-box pentesting

BugBase launched Pentest Copilot Enterprise, an autonomous AI black-box pentesting platform using parallel agents to attack 100 vulnerability classes with validated PoCs.

BugBase announced Pentest Copilot Enterprise, which performs black-box red teaming without source-code access while maintaining authenticated context. Parallel specialized agents map pages, APIs, accounts and business functions, then execute iterative attacks across 100 vulnerability types including authentication, injection and business-logic flaws. The tool uses real Chromium browsers to preserve cookies, tokens, CSRF state and multiple identities, and navigates WAFs, bot detection, CAPTCHA and T-OTP. BugBase claims full scope coverage on OWASP Juice Shop, Broken Crystals and GOAD, NHA, and DRACARYS Active Directory labs.

Help Net Security · 12d agoTools

GitHub Introduces Project HydraFusion: Runtime Multi-Model Orchestration That Builds a Workflow Per Coding Task in Copilot CLI

GitHub's Project HydraFusion research preview builds per-task multi-model workflows (Single, Cascade, Critique) in Copilot CLI, reporting +4.9 quality at 67% lower cost on TerminalBench 2.1.

Project HydraFusion is a research preview available on all GitHub Copilot plans inside Copilot CLI that treats model routing as workflow selection, choosing among Single, Cascade (draft plus quality gate), and Critique (cross-family reviewer) execution patterns per request. Against Claude Opus 5 baselines at medium reasoning, fixed HydraFusion policies cut estimated cost 67% while adding 4.9 quality points on TerminalBench 2.1, and cut cost 36% and 65% with slight quality dips on DeepSWE and CheckpointBench. Billing is per token at each underlying model's standard rate; there are no open weights or self-hosting options.

MarkTechPost · 11d agoAI tools & infra1

Update your firewall rules: Teams and Copilot are changing address

Microsoft is redirecting Microsoft 365 and Teams web users to new *.cloud.microsoft domains, requiring firewall and proxy rule updates by early October.

Starting September 2026, Microsoft is redirecting M365 web users to copilot.cloud.microsoft and Teams web users to teams.cloud.microsoft, announced via MessageCenter posts MC1465764 and MC1462915. All redirects should complete by early October 2026, with limited Teams exceptions possible until December 31, 2026. Microsoft advises reviewing client, proxy, firewall, and secure web gateway configurations, and suggests using TenantRestrictions to control personal Microsoft account access instead of blocking the new Copilot address.

CSO Online · 5d agoAdvisory

Wiz Red Agent Finds Its Way Into Snowflake’s Internal Jira Through a Flaw in a GitHub Copilot–Assisted PR

Wiz's autonomous Red Agent found and exploited a GitHub Actions injection in a Copilot-assisted PR, reaching Snowflake's internal Jira without human help.

Wiz's Red Agent autonomously discovered a GitHub Actions injection flaw in a GitHub Copilot-assisted pull request, five days after the flaw went live. It exploited the flaw to validate access to sensitive data in Snowflake's internal Jira, bypassing detection by GitHub Advanced Security, and assessed the blast radius without human intervention. The exercise demonstrates agentic AI performing end-to-end offensive security operations against production systems.

Wiz Blog · Aug 17, 2026AI safety & security1

Microsoft says virtually nobody was grabbing NYT articles through its chatbot

Microsoft files summary judgement briefs in NYT copyright lawsuit, arguing only 59,545 of 8.2M Copilot logs show substantial overlap with news content.

Microsoft filed new legal filings in the consolidated copyright lawsuit brought by The New York Times, authors, and publishers against Microsoft and OpenAI, arguing for summary judgement. Analysis of 8.2 million Copilot chat logs found only 59,545 contained at least 16 words in common with news content, with just 24 responses showing at least 30 matching words in the authors' case. Microsoft argues the numbers support fair use, claiming Copilot rarely reproduces substantive chunks; the Times says discovery shows Microsoft and OpenAI stole from it, and the Trump administration filed a statement of interest supporting OpenAI.

The Verge · AI · 12d agoAI policy1

New infosec products of the week: September 4, 2026

Weekly roundup covers F5's AI-powered WAF enhancements, Ping Identity's personal AI agent access, Superna 2.15 cyberstorage, and BugBase Pentest Copilot Enterprise.

This week's product roundup features releases from BugBase, F5 Networks, Ping Identity, and Superna. F5's WAF for Distributed Cloud adds anomaly detection and agentic threat intelligence for real-time virtual patching, Ping Identity launched Enterprise Personal Agent Access for securing personal AI agents, Superna 2.15 adds guided event-closing workflows for cyberstorage operations, and BugBase's Pentest Copilot Enterprise automates black-box pentesting across 100 vulnerability types using real Chromium browsers.

Help Net Security · 12d agoTools

Exaforce extends its AI security tool to monitor more than just Claude

Exaforce AI Security extends beyond Claude to monitor OpenAI, Gemini, and Copilot agents using existing SOC telemetry, no new endpoint agents.

Exaforce expanded its June Claude Compliance API integration into Exaforce AI Security, adding monitoring for OpenAI, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, and OAuth-connected AI apps. The tool inventories AI agents by correlating EDR, cloud, SaaS, and model-provider logs without new gateways or endpoint agents, and can respond by revoking sessions, deactivating API keys, isolating devices, or killing agent processes via existing controls. Analysts note the agentless approach lowers friction but lacks runtime inspection and inline blocking offered by competitors such as Palo Alto Prisma AIRS, SentinelOne Prompt AI Agent Security, and CrowdStrike Falcon Guardian. A March 2026 Cloud Security Alliance survey found 68% of organizations cannot distinguish human from AI-agent activity and 74% report AI agents receive excessive access.

CSO Online · 1d agoTools

Proofpoint 2026 Voice of the CISO Report Finds Cyber Resilience Improving, While AI Expands the CISO Mandate

Proofpoint's 2026 survey of 1,600 CISOs finds improving cyber resilience, rising human risk, and expanding AI responsibilities without added resources.

Proofpoint released its 2026 Voice of the CISO report, a Censuswide-conducted survey of 1,600 CISOs across 16 countries fielded in May 2026. Expected material cyberattacks fell from 76% to 61% year over year and material data loss declined from 66% to 53%, but 79% of CISOs now identify human risk as their biggest vulnerability and GenAI security concerns jumped 18 points to 78%. The report also finds 79% of CISOs expect to manage AI-related risks without proportional resources, and 85% say boards are evaluating cyber risk through a commercial lens.

Proofpoint Threat Insight · 7d agoIndustry

[AINews] Andrew Ng gets into AI Engineering

Andrew Ng relaunches DeepLearning.AI around AI Engineering, defining four core skills from an analysis of 10,000+ job postings and expert interviews.

Andrew Ng, cofounder of Google Brain and Coursera, relaunched DeepLearning.AI with a focus on AI Engineering, basing the curriculum direction on an analysis of over 10,000 job postings plus interviews and surveys. He identifies four key skills: building and deploying AI applications, software engineering fundamentals, effective use of coding agents, and shaping the build with product sense. The Latent Space AI News issue also recaps agent ecosystem developments, including NVIDIA's 'Skill Lift' evaluation proposal showing skill scan scores correlate only weakly (Spearman rho = 0.14) with judged quality, and Konwinski's open-source persistent-agent 'microharness' Headlong, which achieved an unattended self-debugging repair in 48 minutes.

Latent Space · 22d agoAI industry1

The Outsized Shadow: Why 5% of AI Users Are Your Biggest Security Risk

Akamai's 2026 Enterprise AI Usage report finds the top 5% of AI power users create outsized shadow AI, data leakage, and agent security risks.

Akamai's State of the Internet: Enterprise AI Usage Risk Report 2026, based on real-world usage telemetry, finds the top 5% of enterprise AI power users interact with AI models at 12 times the rate of the bottom 50% of the workforce. 47.11% of enterprise AI conversations occur through personal identities rather than corporate-managed accounts, and 14.4% run through corporate email addresses tied to personal freemium subscriptions. 17.7% of employees at midsize enterprises use AI browser or IDE extensions, of which 16.31% contain known CVE vulnerabilities and nearly 75% request high or critical permissions. The report also describes emerging attack vectors including Vibe Hacking, CursorJacking, and CometJacking indirect prompt injection.

The Hacker News · 23d agoAI safety & security1

Cohesity adds recovery capabilities for AI agents and the data they manage

Cohesity launched Agent Resilience to discover, protect, and recover AI agent memory, configuration, and agent-managed data, debuting with Amazon Bedrock integration.

At Cohesity Catalyst, Cohesity introduced Agent Resilience within Cohesity Data Cloud, protecting AI agent memory and configuration with snapshot architecture, immutable backups, and clean-room recovery, plus recovery for databases and file systems that agents manage. It launches with Amazon Bedrock integration, support for Microsoft and Google platforms planned, and general availability targeted for year-end. The company cited Gartner's prediction that up to 40% of enterprise applications will include task-specific agents by 2026, and Cohesity research showing 56% of organizations are unprepared to detect or contain unintended agent actions while 58% lack confidence in verifying AI model integrity after attacks. Cohesity also outlined an Autonomous Cyber Resilience vision using agentic workflows and introduced the AI Resilience Academy.

Help Net Security · 11h agoTools

Most Organizations Skip Permissions Reviews Before Deploying AI Tools

Syskit survey of 327 US/UK IT leaders finds 76% deployed M365 AI tools but only 43% reviewed permissions and oversharing risk first.

Syskit's State of Microsoft 365 Governance Report 2026, based on a survey of 327 IT and security decision-makers at US and UK organizations with 500+ employees, shows most enterprises deploy AI tools like Copilot without thorough permissions reviews. Only 22% have a formal policy defining what AI agents may access, and 9% let agents inherit the deployer's full permissions. 90% report experiencing or suspecting a security incident tied to M365 misconfigurations or over-permissioned access in the past two years.

Infosecurity Magazine · 5d agoAI safety & security2· 1 read

Proofpoint Expands AI-Powered Investigations to Microsoft 365 and Deepens Insider Risk Visibility into AI Activity

Proofpoint expands AI-powered investigations into Microsoft 365 and adds AI interaction visibility to insider risk investigations.

Proofpoint announced that Prism Investigator will connect directly to Microsoft 365 email, Teams, and files without requiring archived content, expected in Q4 2026. Human Communications Intelligence agents will incorporate AI communications governance signals, capturing interactions with copilots and AI agents, into Insider Threat Management. The vendor positions these as part of a unified platform for data security, insider risk, and communications governance.

Proofpoint Threat Insight · 6d agoIndustry1

Why 2026 is the Year to Upgrade to an Agentic AI SOC

Elastic Security Labs argues 2026 is the production inflection point for agentic AI in security operations centers.

Elastic Security Labs argues 2026 is the practical inflection point for agentic AI SOCs, noting nearly two-thirds of organizations are experimenting with AI agents while fewer than one in four have production deployments. The piece outlines operational challenges and recommendations: treat agents as non-human identities with least-privilege tool access, version-control system prompts as code, deploy unified agents with on-demand task packages, and enforce per-agent budgets and rate limits. It stresses explainability via RAG and transparent reasoning traces so analysts can verify and override autonomous decisions.

Elastic Security Labs · 8d agoIndustry

Phishing 3.0: The Fight Moves to Agent Versus Agent

Agentic AI transforms phishing economics, enabling personalized multi-channel attacks with deepfakes like the $25M Arup deepfake heist.

The article argues phishing has evolved through three stages: from malicious content, to intent-based BEC, to AI-powered multi-channel campaigns where attacker agents autonomously conduct reconnaissance and generate tailored lures. The widely reported Arup case saw a deepfake video call impersonating colleagues convince an employee to approve transfers worth roughly $25 million. An Osterman Research study of 128 security leaders found 88% experienced trust-undermining incidents, while Microsoft 365 EOP and Google Workspace were measured missing hundreds of phishing messages per 100 mailboxes monthly. The author argues defenders must adopt their own agents to match attacker speed.

The Hacker News · 28d agoPhishing & fraud2

macOS 27 Golden Gate – Review

Ars Technica reviews macOS 27 Golden Gate, highlighting an unavoidable Apple Intelligence upgrade, new AFM 3 Core models, and dropped Intel Mac support.

macOS 27 Golden Gate delivers the first significant Apple Intelligence upgrade two years after launch, and the toggle to disable the AI features or delete downloaded models is gone. Apple Intelligence runs on a new AFM 3 Core model built in collaboration with Google, while the more capable AFM 3 Core Advanced requires an M3 chip and at least 12GB of RAM. The release drops all Intel Mac support, requiring Apple Silicon, with Sequoia security updates expected to end in fall 2027 and Tahoe's in 2028.