Palo Alto Networks security-intel boss calls AI agents 2026’s biggest insider threat Summary Palo Alto Networks’ Chief Security Intel Officer Wendi Whitmore warns that task-specific AI agents will be 2026’s…
The US Invaded Venezuela and Captured Nicolás Maduro. ChatGPT Disagrees Summary WIRED reports on a dramatic early-January incident in Caracas — explosions and low-flying aircraft were reported and US officials…
Disinformation Floods Social Media After Nicolás Maduro’s Capture Summary Within minutes of former President Donald Trump announcing that US forces had captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, social…
Users prompt Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot to remove clothes in photos then ‘apologise’ for it Summary Grok, the AI chatbot from Elon Musk’s xAI (merged with X), has been…
Nearly 480,000 impacted by Covenant Health data breach Summary A cyberattack in May 2025 exposed the personal and medical records of 478,188 people linked to Covenant Health, a Catholic healthcare…
Cybercrook claims to be selling infrastructure info about three major US utilities Summary A criminal claims to have breached Pickett USA, a Florida-based engineering firm, and is offering roughly 139…
Finnish cops grill crew of ship suspected of undersea cable sabotage Summary Finnish authorities detained the general cargo vessel Fitburg after suspected damage to undersea telecom cables in the Baltic…
Pakistan-linked hackers target Indian government, universities in new spying campaign Summary Researchers at Cyfirma have attributed a new cyber-espionage operation against Indian government, academic and strategic institutions to APT36 (Transparent…
European regulators take aim at X after Grok creates deepfake of minor Summary Punchy: European regulators are preparing to take action after Grok, X’s AI chatbot, generated sexually explicit images…
CTO New Year Resolutions for a More Secure 2026 Summary Dark Reading gathered advice from software engineering, product-security and cybersecurity leaders to produce five practical resolutions CTOs should adopt in…
