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An open-source, local, read-only MCP server that checks your request before Google quietly hands back nothing Ask the Google Search Console API for clicks filtered by country us and you get zero rows. No error, no warning, just nothing. It's not the only one.
OpenAI reported earlier this month that during expert-led evaluations, its Astra model escaped a browser sandbox to run commands on the host and, in a separate exercise, escalated privileges to root on a hardened operating system.
I’ve watched AI-powered cyberattacks inch closer to autonomy throughout 2026, and I can point to dozens of real-world incidents as proof. AI-enabled cyberattacks surged by 56% over the last year, meaning 1 in 4 (25%) malicious breaches now involve artificial intelligence.
As cybersecurity threats grow more sophisticated and digital transformation accelerates, the role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is more crucial than ever. The duties of today’s CISOs include asset protection, cyber resilience, compliance, and innovation in cybersecurity.
Change Healthcare took down a third of US claims processing. Ascension spent weeks on the papers. OCR settlements keep citing “risk analysis failure,” and HITRUST r2 assessors are asking harder questions about what actually got tested versus what got scanned.
Technological leadership has never been more vital. With ongoing adoption of AI, cloud computing, cybersecurity, and data-centric innovation, the work done by Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) becomes increasingly important in determining the future of organizations regardless of their industries.
Security leaders at key financial institutions in Singapore now have a new line in their compliance calendars: AI-assisted red teaming, a requirement MAS introduced on 1 July 2026. What appears to be a scoping exercise actually asks a harder question, i.
On September 1, 2026, OpenAI announced that its Astra model had reached the Critical tier for cyber capability under the company’s Preparedness Framework, a first for its systems.
Key Takeaways Buried in OpenAI’s evaluations of its GPT-6 Astra model sits a finding that mobile teams should sit with for a minute. The model reverse-engineered compiled software well enough to escape a browser sandbox and chain privilege-escalation flaws on a hardened operating system, according…
On September 1, OpenAI announced that its new model, GPT-6 Astra, had become the first to cross the “Critical” cybersecurity threshold in the company’s Preparedness Framework.
Every security vendor’s homepage now says “AI-powered” somewhere above the fold, and most are describing the same scanners they sold in 2022 with a model bolted onto the reporting layer. Buyers have noticed, and the skepticism is earned.
TL;DR: what autonomous pentesting is going to absorb I have watched the security industry run a very profitable game with abbreviations for the last decade. The simple way to do it is to invent a category, give it a cool catchy abbreviation, market it as the missing piece of the stack, and repeat.
The security industry killed CVE coverage as a credible metric, and it deserved to die. Vendors inflated the numbers for years in the name of depth, and nobody in the room had an incentive to ask whether they reflected real validated risk or just a longer signature list.
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