Data Center OT Flaws Could Help Hackers Kill Power and AC

Shaun Waterman • June 10, 2026

Vulnerabilities in backup power devices and heating and cooling control systems widely used in data centers could enable remote cyberattacks and result in costly downtime and "devastating" operational impact, according to new research from OT security firm Claroty.

Endpoint Security

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Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Joint Commission Certification Targets Healthcare AI Risks

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • June 11, 2026

Accreditation organization Joint Commission is rolling out a voluntary program for certifying the "responsible" deployment and use of artificial intelligence technologies by U.S. healthcare provider organizations, including governance, safeguards, monitoring processes and education.

Cybercrime

Election Systems Are Now a Persistent Cyber Target

Maryam Shoraka • June 10, 2026

Election security has long been treated as a seasonal effort - defenses up before a vote, then scaled back after. But analysis of the 2024 global election cycle shows adversaries maintaining persistent access across jurisdictions, mapping ecosystems and positioning for future cycles.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

The CISO Inbox Is Not a Sales Funnel

Mathew J. Schwartz • June 5, 2026

CISOs are bombarded with more than 400 cold outreach attempts a month - ignoring nearly all of them. If vendors want to break through, they need to stop selling and start solving, said Ian Thornton-Trump, CISO at Inversion6.

Agentic AI

CrowdStrike Bets on AI Detection and Response Boom

Michael Novinson , Tiffany Wang • June 3, 2026

CrowdStrike says enterprise adoption of agentic AI is driving demand for AI Detection and Response, as organizations seek visibility, governance and protection against emerging AI-powered threats, non-human identities and expanding autonomous workloads.

Agentic AI

Palo Alto Networks Sees AI Boom Driving Firewall Demand

Michael Novinson , Tiffany Wang • June 2, 2026

Palo Alto Networks said surging AI infrastructure investment and growing enterprise demand for AI governance are expanding cybersecurity spending, while false positives from advanced AI vulnerability tools underscore the continued need for human oversight.

Agentic AI

Zscaler Struggles to Win New Customers Despite AI Fears

Michael Novinson , Tiffany Wang • May 27, 2026

Zscaler reported strong renewal growth and rising demand for zero trust security amid AI-driven threats, but slowing new customer acquisition, sales leadership turnover and cautious expectations for Red Canary integration weighed on investor confidence.

AI Botnets Drive Surge in Financial Sector DDoS Attacks

Tiffany Wang • May 20, 2026

Akamai says AI-enabled botnets, geopolitical hacktivism and financially motivated cybercriminals drove a massive rise in DDoS, API and web attacks against global financial services firms in 2025, with banks suffering the majority of incidents.

Agentic AI

Torq Purchases Jit to Provide AI-Powered Security Context

Michael Novinson • May 19, 2026

Torq acquired security context graph startup Jit to give AI-driven SOC workflows deeper awareness of organizational relationships, historical incidents, user privileges and asset behavior, helping autonomous agents improve alert triage, investigations and false-positive reduction.

Cybercrime

Belarus Hackers Target Ukraine With Spear-Phishing

Tiffany Wang • May 14, 2026

FrostyNeighbor, a Belarus-aligned cyberespionage group, has been targeting the military, defense and governmental entities in Ukraine through email spear-phishing since March. The long-running group uses lure documents disguised as web files to deliver Cobalt Strike malware while also exploiting a WinRAR vulnerability...

Agentic AI

Cisco CEO Robbins Ties AI Push to Unpatchable Tech Risk

Michael Novinson , Tiffany Wang • May 13, 2026

Cisco is embedding Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview into internal security operations to test code, accelerate patching and push infrastructure upgrades, even as it lays off 4,000 employees to redirect spending toward AI, silicon, optics and security.

Frame Security Debuts With $50M for Human-Centric Protection

Michael Novinson • May 12, 2026

Frame Security, founded by former Wiz product and sales leader Tal Shlomo, emerged from stealth with $50 million to build AI-generated cyber training and simulations designed to prepare employees for phishing, deepfakes, voice cloning and other personalized social engineering attacks.

Agentic AI

Who Controls AI on Battlefields - the Military or the Model?

Jennifer Lawinski • April 9, 2026

As AI is increasingly used in defense operations, a critical question emerges: Who controls the system - the military or the model? Former DoD CIO Leslie Beavers explores challenges related to ethics and reliability, vendor risk, and autonomy as AI tools become key combatants in modern warfare.