Tech giants launch AI-powered ‘Project Glasswing’ to identify critical software vulnerabilities

The program comes as the tech industry races to secure software before similar AI-powered offensive capabilities become too much for defenders to handle.

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‘GrafanaGhost’ bypasses Grafana’s AI defenses without leaving a trace

Noma Security researchers used indirect prompt injection to turn Grafana’s own AI into an unwitting courier for sensitive corporate data.

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Security leaders say the next two years are going to be ‘insane’

Kevin Mandia, Morgan Adamski, and Alex Stamos tell CyberScoop that AI is finding bugs faster than anyone can fix them, exploit development is accelerating, and most organizations aren’t prepared for what’s coming.

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 Russian access broker sentenced to over 6 years in prison for ransomware schemes

A federal court in Indiana sentenced a Russian cybercriminal to 81 months in prison on charges related to his role as an initial access broker for ransomware groups. Aleksei Volkov, 26, of St. Petersburg, Russia, pleaded guilty in November 2025 to six federal charges stemming from his work with the Yanluowang ransomware group and other […]

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Appeals court temporarily pauses order blocking Perplexity’s AI shopping agent on Amazon

The Ninth Circuit has paused a lower-court order as the companies dispute whether user-approved automation can access password-protected accounts without the platform’s permission.

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It’s time to get serious about post-quantum security. Here’s where to start.

Quantum computing promises a revolution in science, but it also signals the end of current security standards. Here is why enterprises must transition to post-quantum cryptography before “harvest now, decrypt later” attacks take hold.

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Washington is right: Cybercrime is organized crime. Now we need to shut down the business model

The executive order finally calls cyber-enabled fraud what it is: transnational organized crime. Now the U.S. has to act like it—and the private sector has to stop settling for defense-only while the criminal infrastructure stays intact.

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Attackers are exploiting AI faster than defenders can keep up, new report warns

Cybersecurity is entering “a new phase” as artificial intelligence tools have matured and given IT defenders significantly less time to respond to cyberattacks and other threats, according to a new report released Monday. The report, authored by federal contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, concludes that threat actors have adopted AI more quickly than governments and private […]

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If consequences matter, they should apply to vendors, too

The latest executive order pushes Washington to crack down on cyber fraud, but a different mandate eases software security accountability, leaving an inconsistent strategy that keeps the attack surface cheap to exploit.

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No, it’s not ‘unnecessarily burdensome’ to control your own data

The State Department frames data sovereignty and innovation as opposing forces. Modern encryption proves we can have both.

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