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Palo Alto’s Helmut Reisinger sees a cyber sea change ahead as AI advances

Helmut Reisinger, Palo Alto’s CEO for EMEA, reflects on the importance of Project Glasswing, the company’s recent slate of acquisitions, and the evolution of cybersecurity in the AI era.

By Esther Macías

Apr 17, 202610 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AITechnology Industry

Hackers can turn Grok, Copilot into covert command-and-control channels, researchers warn

By Prasanth Aby Thomas

Feb 19, 20264 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AISecurity

A new approach for GenAI risk protection

By Gregory S. Smith

Feb 18, 20265 mins

Generative AIIntrusion Detection SoftwareSecurity Monitoring Software

Articles

Why 2025’s agentic AI boom is a CISO’s worst nightmare

AI agents may work smarter than chatbots, but with tool access and memory, they can also leak data, loop endlessly or act maliciously.

By Sunil Gentyala

Feb 17, 2026 10 mins

Data and Information SecurityGenerative AIIT Governance

Google fears massive attempt to clone Gemini AI through model extraction

The company identified over 100,000 prompts it suspects were intended to extract proprietary reasoning capabilities.

By Gyana Swain

Feb 13, 2026 6 mins

Data and Information SecurityGenerative AIIntellectual Property

The democratization of AI data poisoning and how to protect your organization

It only takes 250 bad files to wreck an AI model, and now anyone can do it. To stay safe, you need to treat your data pipeline like a high-security zone.

By John Bruggeman

Feb 13, 2026 6 mins

CyberattacksCybercrimeData and Information Security

What CISOs need to know about the OpenClaw security nightmare

Clawdbot, I mean, Moltbot, I mean, OpenClaw may be an immediate cybersecurity nightmare for enterprises, so here are its dangers and what to consider to prevent inadvertent access to company’s data or how to experiment with it in a controlled environment — if you dare to.

By Maria Korolov

Feb 12, 2026 12 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData and Information SecurityGenerative AI

Using AI-generated code can lead to business risk

If organizations want to enjoy the benefits of AI-generated code—software written at blazing speed by the equivalent of junior developers who don’t demand salaries, benefits, or vacations—the chatbots they use will require intense human analysis.

By Taylor Armerding, Security Advocate at Synopsys Software Integrity Group

Sep 13, 2023 7 mins

Generative AI

Single prompt breaks AI safety in 15 major language models

The GRP‑Obliteration technique reveals that even mild prompts can reshape internal safety mechanisms, raising oversight concerns as enterprises increasingly fine‑tune open‑weight models with privileged training access.

By Gyana Swain

Feb 10, 2026 6 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AISecurity

How to govern agentic AI so as not to lose control

The debate should no longer be whether or not to use AI, but rather how to deploy it without losing perspective and control in real-world applications.

By Gustavo Frega

Feb 10, 2026 4 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AISecurity

Claude AI finds 500 high-severity software vulnerabilities

Anthropic is reporting the flaws to developers — but only after having humans verify them.

By Maxwell Cooter

Feb 6, 2026 2 mins

Generative AIVulnerabilitiesZero-Day Vulnerabilities

Roughly half of employees are using unsanctioned AI tools, and enterprise leaders are major culprits

BlackFog research reveals widespread shadow AI use and a startling level of risk tolerance among senior leaders, even as employees upload proprietary data into free AI tools.

By Taryn Plumb

Jan 29, 2026 6 mins

Artificial IntelligenceData and Information SecurityGenerative AI

CISA chief uploaded sensitive government files to public ChatGPT

Madhu Gottumukkala uploaded multiple “for official use only” contracting documents to OpenAI’s public platform, bypassing DHS-approved AI tools and triggering automated cyber alerts.

By Gyana Swain

Jan 29, 2026 5 mins

Data PrivacyGenerative AIPrivacy

Google Vertex AI security permissions could amplify insider threats

A new way to escalate privileges inside Google’s Vertex AI highlights a broader problem: Enterprises have a level of trust in AI offerings that needs to be fundamentally reexamined.

By Evan Schuman

Jan 16, 2026 5 mins

Artificial IntelligenceGenerative AIIdentity and Access Management