The $10,000-a-Day AI Bot and the Real Cost of AI Agents
A $10,000-a-day out-of-office bot is the absurd edge of a serious enterprise problem: AI agents can reread context, retry work and call more tools as jobs grow, turning cheap tokens into surprisingly expensive outcomes.
Post-Quantum Crypto Could Break OpenID Logins
Quantum computers could eventually crack the digital signatures that prove who we are online. The replacements are arriving, and some may be too big for today’s login systems.
AI Costs Plummet for New Cybercrime Chatbot Luciferus
Luciferus subscriptions start at $22 a month — roughly 80% below WormGPT’s 2023 advertised monthly price.
Cisco Says Patching Exploited Email Gateway Zero-Day May Not Be Enough
Critical flaw lets attackers reach root through a crafted email — and potentially erase evidence they were there. Cisco is telling some suspected victims to rebuild, not just patch.
CenterPoint Energy Breach Exposes 7.5 Million Customer Records
CenterPoint Energy told regulators an unauthorized party accessed customer data, days after a hacker began advertising millions of records for download.
Eight Vendors Weigh In on Controlling AI
The AI doomsday debate emphasizes operational chaos over existential threats. Experts discuss integrating AI governance to address vulnerabilities in cyber systems, advocating for diverse control mechanisms and layered security perspectives.
Who Gets to Control the AI Agent?
Agent control planes are already arriving. Identity vendors, hyperscalers, data platforms, gateways and security companies are staking claims over where the controls belong - and who gets the final say when autonomous software acts.
China Pushes Back on U.S. AI Model Extraction Claims
U.S. agencies accuse Chinese AI firms of mass model extraction. Beijing calls it standard practice.
Hackers Put AI Agents on Recon, Exploitation and Credential Theft
Google says attackers are automating more of the attack chain.
CrowdStrike Investigates Alleged Falcon 0-Day
CrowdStrike confirms it is investigating claimed Falcon 0-day, tells customers to disable macro policy setting.