Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming embedded in the modern workplace, with employees are increasingly turning to AI tools to work more efficiently and boost productivity. This growing demand for faster, more effective ways of working is driving the rise of shadow AI – the use of AI tools outside approved organisational controls and governance…
Generative AI has fundamentally changed the economics of identity fraud. Deepfakes, synthetic identities and injection attacks have reduced the cost of sophisticated attacks while increasing their scale and realism, forcing organizations to rethink how they secure digital identity. Deepfake detection is rapidly evolving from a specialist fraud tool into a foundational layer of modern identity…
So many of us complete several activities on a computer or phone in a single day: banking, shopping, gaming, messaging, video calling, working – often all within a couple of hours. But the convenience of the digital age comes with constant background risk, including data theft and payment fraud. A mix of security technology…
TL;DR OpenAI has launched “Patch the Planet,” a Daybreak initiative with security firm Trail of Bits to identify and help patch vulnerabilities in critical open-source software. The program combines AI-powered scanning tools like Codex Security and GPT-5.5-Cyber with human-led security reviews to reduce the burden on open-source maintainers. Supported by partnerships with HackerOne, Calypso, and…
Employees are using AI tools to summarize contracts, rewrite reports, extract information from PDFs, review policies, or analyze spreadsheets. The question is, how many of those tools have been vetted, secured, and authorized by your IS, legal, and compliance teams? As AI adoption grows, sensitive business documents are increasingly flowing into unmanaged AI systems outside…
SAN FRANCISCO, May 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Operant AI, the leader in AI security, today announced the launch of Operant Endpoint Protector, a new addition to its AI Defense Platform that lets enterprise IT and security teams discover, detect, and defend against threats across every AI tool, coding agent, and Model Context Protocol (MCP)-connected…
TrojAI has extended its platform for securing artificial intelligence (AI) applications, tools and platforms to now include a red teaming capability that is performed by AI agents that have been specifically trained to perform that task. Additionally, the company has extended its firewall for AI to now include an instance of AI coding assistants, while…
The Hacker NewsMar 17, 2026Artificial Intelligence / Security Leadership A majority of security leaders are struggling to defend AI systems with tools and skills that are not fit for the challenge, according to the AI and Adversarial Testing Benchmark Report 2026 from Pentera. The report, based on a survey of 300 US CISOs and senior…
As the global conversation on technology transpires, Ghana is positioned to host another defining moment for the continent’s digital future. The Pan African AI and Innovation Summit (PAAIS) 2026, in its second year, scheduled for September 22–23 at the Kempinski Hotel, is building on the 2025 edition’s strategic convening of minds dedicated to the responsible…
The rapid adoption of AI applications, including agents, orchestrators, and autonomous workflows, represents a significant shift in how software systems are built and operated. Unlike traditional applications, these systems are active participants in execution. They make decisions, invoke tools, and interact with other systems on behalf of users. While this evolution enables new capabilities, it…
