Coast Guard says it is monitoring cyberattack that disrupted North Carolina’s ports

The cyberattack hit gate systems at all three North Carolina ports, as officials continue investigating the breach and its effects on operations.

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Despite federal warnings, thousands of U.S. industrial controllers used in water systems remain exposed online

A scan of internet-connected industrial equipment found 4,400 exposed PLCs, including 22 in cities recently targeted by water system attacks.

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Despite federal warnings, thousands of U.S. industrial controllers used in water systems remain exposed online

A scan of internet-connected industrial equipment found 4,400 exposed PLCs, including 22 in cities recently targeted by water system attacks.

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The water sector just got it’s wake-up call. Again.

The attack on water systems across seven states was preventable. Utilities had the playbook. They didn’t use it.

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How companies could share cyber risks without exposing their secrets

A cryptographic technique could let companies prove they’re vulnerable to critical flaws without revealing the sensitive data that attackers could exploit.

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What the Hugging Face breach reveals about defense in the age of agentic AI

We almost never get both sides of an intrusion. This time we did. Last month, Hugging Face disclosed a breach into part of its production infrastructure, saying an autonomous AI agent system ran the attack from start to finish. Five days later, OpenAI revealed that its own models, including GPT-5.6 Sol along with an unreleased […]

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Anthropic says its AI accidentally hacked three companies during safety tests

Following OpenAI’s own incident, Anthropic reviewed its own evaluations and found three cases of Claude hacking external companies.

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Okta’s deal for Permiso aims to close gaps in identity threat detection

Ely Kahn, Okta’s chief product officer, told CyberScoop the deal enriches the company’s current threat detection tools and gives it deeper visibility into AI agent activity across enterprise systems.

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