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US autonomous systems policy struggles to keep pace with drones

SC StaffAugust 21, 2026

U.S. policymakers race to keep drone and autonomous systems rules aligned with rapidly advancing technology.

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Trump pushes back on Anthropic CEO’s call for an AI slowdown

Steve ZurierSeptember 14, 2026

Trump rejects calls to slow frontier AI as security experts debate the risks and need for guardrails.

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Security Conversations on AI, Agents, and Emerging Threats from Black Hat 2026 – Michael Leland, Sean Murphy, Idan Plotnik, Ido Geffen – ASW #399

September 8, 2026

We showcase recordings from this year's Black Hat. The Hidden Risks of the AI Supply Chain - Black Hat interview with Michael Leland, VP and Field CTO of Island. Agents can independently discover and install tools, but the emerging ecosystem of Skills and MCP servers lacks many of the trust and security controls applied to traditional software. Mic...

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Critical Infrastructure Security

China-linked campaign targets high-value networks, critical infrastructure

Steve ZurierAugust 31, 2026

Fire Ant targets routers and authentication systems to spy, steal credentials and evade detection.

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Dead drops in public: What the AI agent stashed on Hugging Face

Hidden Layer Research TeamSeptember 11, 2026

A technical breakdown of artifacts the agent left in public repositories during the July 2026 Hugging Face intrusion.

China Bans Cyber Attacks: Examining Internet Security with Chinese Flag and Binary Data Through a Magnifying Glass Concept

Critical Infrastructure Security

US denies access to China-linked group behind hacking federal agencies

Steve ZurierAugust 27, 2026

DOJ and FBI seized China-linked cyber platforms used to target U.S. agencies and infrastructure.

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Critical Infrastructure Security

Over 100 US water utilities had cyberattacks in July, says CISA

Steve ZurierAugust 26, 2026

More than 100 water systems faced attacks in July as CISA urges utilities to reduce OT exposure.

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Vulnerability Management

TrueConf flaws enabling attacks on meeting participants added to KEV catalog

Laura FrenchAugust 21, 2026

The flaws have been used by the Head Mare APT hacktivist group to spread PhantomCore malware.

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Application security

How coding agents are changing application risk

Hidden Layer Research TeamSeptember 11, 2026

Coding agents expand application risk beyond AI models to the tools, context and systems around them.

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Student thwarted real-world supply chain attack by rogue Mythos 5 agent

Laura FrenchAugust 21, 2026

The agent used social engineering against real people during testing by the UK AI Security Institute.

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Critical Infrastructure Security

Unspecified actors making AI-assisted attacks on critical infrastructure

Steve ZurierAugust 20, 2026

Feds warn that critical infrastructure organizations to treat attacks with the utmost urgency.

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