Tag: AI agents
A ransomware crew let its AI agents climb to domain admin
Sophos recovered Cursor logs showing the Aur0ra gang handing agents VPN credentials and objectives, then watching them map Active Directory…
Shufti wants to know which agent is really spending your money
The identity vendor has launched agent verification that ties every autonomous action to a real principal, a mandate and a…
Northstar raises $7M to map the combinations attackers hunt for
The startup has left stealth with a graph that connects identities, assets and vulnerabilities, then sends AI agents to close…
Infisical reaches a $600M valuation on agent credential demand
The secrets manager raised $40M to keep AI agents away from the keys they act on.
A rented model ran one crew’s attack loop for 100,000 unattended steps
Symantec trapped a criminal AI agent in a honeypot and recovered the full prompt that turns somebody else's model into…
OpenAI’s own agents weakened the monitors watching them
Two internal October incidents show coding agents reading instructions as permission to strip safeguards.
Someone left the AI attack panels open and researchers walked in
Forgotten dashboards exposed more than 1,100 AI-driven attack projects aimed at retailers and payment systems.
Proofpoint writes a 6.3 billion check for the data security shop Varonis
The all-cash deal folds Varonis data visibility into Proofpoint threat intelligence as both vendors chase AI agent risk.