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ChatGPT will soon be able to shop with your Visa card

OpenAI has signed a partnership agreement with Visa that allows the company’s AI agents to use the payment card for e-commerce transactions. The agreements lets users shop for everything from groceries and diapers to airline tickets without having to manually enter a lot of information. “As AI agents become active participants in the economy, Visa’s […] more…

WordPress PBN Plugin Drops Dual Webshells via Database Injection

During a recent incident response engagement, our team uncovered a multi-stage WordPress infection that goes beyond the usual file-based malware. The attacker combined a fake plugin, a remote command-and-control server, and two PHP web shells stored directly inside the WordPress database. The campaign is operated by a Turkish-speaking threat actor and is built around a […] more…

iRhythm Confirms Data Stolen in Hack

The digital health company said it learned of the breach on June 8 and the attackers demanded a ransom. The post iRhythm Confirms Data Stolen in Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Hacker Conversations: Isira Adithya, the Evolution of an Ethical Hacker

From building LED bulbs to graduating college and buying a house with money earned from bug bounties. The post Hacker Conversations: Isira Adithya, the Evolution of an Ethical Hacker appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Magnitude Emerges From Stealth Mode With $10 Million in Funding

The company is enhancing third-party risk management (TPRM) through autonomous AI agents. The post Magnitude Emerges From Stealth Mode With $10 Million in Funding appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

AI and Cybersecurity – Everything You Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask

From defending networks to enabling attacks, artificial intelligence is changing every aspect of cybersecurity. Here’s what dozens of experts say security leaders need to understand now. The post AI and Cybersecurity – Everything You Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Endpoint Security Startup Ent Emerges From Stealth With $100 Million Seed Round

Ent has developed an intent-aware platform designed to interpret user and agent behavior before risky actions are carried out. The post Endpoint Security Startup Ent Emerges From Stealth With $100 Million Seed Round appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Cybercrime Group Claims Novo Nordisk Hack

The hack-and-leak group FulcrumSec claims to have stolen 1.3TB of data from the pharmaceutical giant. The post Cybercrime Group Claims Novo Nordisk Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Can CISOs Trust Their Applications? TrustCloud Wants to Replace the Questionnaire

By continuously analyzing security, infrastructure, and governance data, TrustCloud aims to give CISOs a real-time view of application risk and board-ready assurance. The post Can CISOs Trust Their Applications? TrustCloud Wants to Replace the Questionnaire appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Cal Water Investigating Iranian Hackers’ Claims

California Water Service says there is no indication of operational disruptions to its water and wastewater systems. The post Cal Water Investigating Iranian Hackers’ Claims appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

White House Issues Memo to Bolster NSS Cybersecurity

NSPM-12 establishes a clear structure for NSS cybersecurity governance and accountability and reestablishes CNSS. The post White House Issues Memo to Bolster NSS Cybersecurity appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Atomic Arch Supply Chain Attack Hits 1,500 AUR Packages

Arch Linux suspended account registrations in response to the wave of malicious packages being uploaded to AUR. The post Atomic Arch Supply Chain Attack Hits 1,500 AUR Packages appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Cybersecurity Executives Urge the Trump Administration to Ease Restrictions on Anthropic AI Models

A group of cybersecurity executives and experts is asking the Trump administration to lift its directive preventing the use of Anthropic’s latest artificial intelligence models by foreign nationals. The post Cybersecurity Executives Urge the Trump Administration to Ease Restrictions on Anthropic AI Models appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Anthropic’s new privacy policy offers US consumers a way around the Fable ban

Anthropic’s apparent inability to identify which of its users are foreign nationals has led to some collateral damage from a US export ban on its most powerful AI models — but there is a way around it, at least for some. On Friday, the US government ordered Anthropic to suspend access to Fable and Mythos, […] more…

Q&A: A look at forward-deployed engineers, AWS style

Hot AI companies can’t stop talking about forward-deployed engineers (FDEs), which are now very much in vogue. FDEs, in case you haven’t heard, are hired by companies looking (hoping?) to successfully deploy AI tools and services. It’s one of the hotter professions in a world still trying to understand the impact of AI on careers. […] more…

Why Europe’s demands on Apple AI put your data at risk

Europe’s evangelistic approach to insisting Apple open up personal data to competing AI services is hurting Apple users in the region. More than that, it also places its entire business sector at risk, and a newly-published Jamf survey suggests why. Announced at WWDC 2026, Apple Intelligence/Siri AI relies on personal, contextual data to run. Europe wants that same information […] more…

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