Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is changing trust, access, execution, and methods of deception. With 88% of organizations using AI in at least one business function, associated risks have snowballed into a clear and present danger. As AI-driven risks continue to evolve, security teams must learn to stay ahead of the attack patterns.1. Document Forgery is […]
The number of cybersecurity job adverts that require AI skills have doubled year-over-year across G7 countries, encompassing over a quarter of new roles, according to new research by the Cisco-founded AI Workforce Consortium. Analysis of data from recruitment firms Cornerstone and Indeed found that 28.5% of cybersecurity job postings between October 2025 to March 2026 […]
The Rust Project has deleted malicious versions of three widely used Rust crates from crates.io after a compromised maintainer account published releases that added a typosquatted dependency whose build script downloaded and executed a remote payload during compilation. The affected releases are arrayref 0.3.10, internment 0.8.7, and append-only-vec 0.1.9, all published from the same owner […]
Kyle Kucharski/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeaways I’m already impressed by the Pixel Watch 5’s feature set. However, it’s still a clunky device to wear. You’ll have to wait to try out some of the best new features, like weight training or Health Guardian. Today marks the first day you can buy the Pixel Watch […]
Three distinct suspected Russian cyber espionage threat clusters have been observed leveraging legitimate authentication flows to single out individuals working in academia, aerospace and defense, governments, and think tanks across Europe, as well as academia and think tanks within the U.S. These clusters include UNC6293, UNC7005, and UNC5976. “These clusters engage in persistent, adaptive phishing […]
An original member of 764 and leader of one of its offshoots was sentenced to 77 years in prison, the longest imprisonment ever imposed on a nihilistic violent extremist, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Kyle William Spitze pleaded guilty in December 2024 to two counts of producing child sexual abuse material, possession of CSAM and […]
June Wan/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysTen devices, including a new HomePod mini and security camera, were accidentally leaked.An Apple smart home display, rumored for years, also appears in the leak.We expect Apple’s product launch event to take place within the next four weeks.A recent leak included references to unreleased Apple […]
J Studios/ DigitalVision via Getty ImagesFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysSome firms cut jobs due to AI and regret their decisions.Smart business leaders focus on value creation instead.They help professionals find new avenues to growth. Defaulting to AI-enabled layoffs is often seen as a shortcut to cost-cutting. Specialist site jobloss.ai, which tracks AI-enabled layoffs, […]
Research from Genetec shows modern difficulties are shaping how retail organizations approach modernization. When asked to identify their greatest operational challenges, retailers reported that outdated physical security infrastructure (40%), staff training/upskilling (38%), hiring talent (37%), and outdated IT infrastructure (33%) were the most significant hurdles. Many retail organizations are aiming to modernize aging environments prior […]
On August 19, OpenAI confirmed a ChatGPT outage affecting users worldwide. The outage began around 8 pm EDT and lasted about an hour. The outage affected logins, signups, and prevented users from loading current or previous chats. “This outage is a useful reminder that we need to distinguish between the consumer-facing application and the infrastructure […]
A bill to battle organized retail theft has wide bipartisan support and momentum on Capitol Hill, even as opponents say it threatens to dangerously expand surveillance centered in Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a time when the agency’s aggressive conduct is under scrutiny. Backers counter that critics are wrong about the bill that they say […]
Adversa AI has disclosed an attack technique that it says can cause xAI’s Grok chatbot to send a user’s name, approximate location, subscription tier, and the prompts from the ongoing conversation to an attacker-controlled server after the user asks it to summarize an ordinary web page. The AI security company, which has codenamed the technique […]
Two vulnerabilities in JFrog Artifactory have been found which allow anonymous or low-privileged users to manipulate package metadata without modifying the underlying artifacts, creating a potential route to software supply chain compromise. Oligo Security reported the flaws to JFrog on June 25 and detailed them in research published on August 20. The findings cover CVE-2026-69106 […]
The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has urged organizations deploying autonomous AI agents to use sandboxing, human oversight and tightly controlled access to limit the impact of unintended or malicious activity. The agency has published interim practical advice for organizations building or operating agentic AI systems, following several incidents involving AI models carrying out […]
Industrial control systems (ICS) operators have been warned that threat actors are using AI to target Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers (PLCs). Attackers are deploying AI to assist with a number of malicious objectives designed to compromise operational technology (OT) systems in critical sectors like water and energy. These include to generate exploitation scripts […]
Kayla Solino/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.As a full-time work-from-home employee, I’ve come to realize that a functional setup is very important. I’ve optimized my space with tiny, practical gadgets like cord wranglers to more expansive upgrades, like my favorite desktop charging mat and an under-desk treadmill. Also: I overhauled my WFH […]
Ravie LakshmananAug 20, 2026Vulnerability / Web Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a critical flaw in the Elementor Pro WordPress plugin that, if successfully exploited, could lead to remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-32475, carries a CVSS score of 9.0 out of 10.0. It has been described as a case of unrestricted […]
Jason Hiner/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysThe Apple Upgrade Program lets you lease devices through Klarna for 24 or 36 months.The device isn’t yours to keep at the end of the term, unless you pay an additional fee.The program benefits serial upgraders rather than people trying to save money. Whether you’ve gotten […]