May 2026

Microsoft’s WinUI agent plugin trims token use by over 70% during development

Microsoft’s WinUI agent plugin trims token use by over 70% during development 2026-05-14 at 18:25 By Sinisa Markovic Microsoft published a plugin on May 13 that lets GitHub Copilot CLI and Claude Code drive the full WinUI 3 development cycle, from project scaffolding through signed MSIX packaging. The WinUI agent plugin ships one agent, eight […]

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Microsoft turns Copilot Studio into an AI agent control center

Microsoft turns Copilot Studio into an AI agent control center 2026-05-14 at 18:25 By Anamarija Pogorelec The Microsoft Copilot Studio April 2026 updates improve visibility and governance for admins and expand workflow capabilities for managing agents. Copilot surfaces agent status in the authoring experience, giving admins insight into each agent’s security and protection posture. Customers

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Mythos Proves Potent in Vulnerability Discovery, Less Convincing Elsewhere

Mythos Proves Potent in Vulnerability Discovery, Less Convincing Elsewhere 2026-05-14 at 18:25 By Kevin Townsend Independent benchmarking finds Mythos highly effective for source code audits, reverse engineering, and native-code analysis, though its exploit validation and reasoning capabilities remain inconsistent. The post Mythos Proves Potent in Vulnerability Discovery, Less Convincing Elsewhere appeared first on SecurityWeek. This

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Akamai to Acquire AI and Browser Security Firm LayerX for $205 Million

Akamai to Acquire AI and Browser Security Firm LayerX for $205 Million 2026-05-14 at 18:25 By Eduard Kovacs The acquisition enables Akamai to expand its Zero Trust portfolio to add protection directly into the browser. The post Akamai to Acquire AI and Browser Security Firm LayerX for $205 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article

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Chinese APTs Expand Targets, Update Backdoors in Recent Campaigns

Chinese APTs Expand Targets, Update Backdoors in Recent Campaigns 2026-05-14 at 18:25 By Ionut Arghire Salt Typhoon has hit an energy entity in Azerbaijan. Twill Typhoon has targeted Asian entities with an updated RAT. The post Chinese APTs Expand Targets, Update Backdoors in Recent Campaigns appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from

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PraisonAI CVE-2026-44338 Auth Bypass Targeted Within Hours of Disclosure

PraisonAI CVE-2026-44338 Auth Bypass Targeted Within Hours of Disclosure 2026-05-14 at 18:25 By Threat actors have been observed attempting to exploit a recently disclosed security vulnerability in PraisonAI, an open-source multi-agent orchestration framework, within four hours of public disclosure. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-44338 (CVSS score: 7.3), a case of missing authentication that exposes

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How AI Hallucinations Are Creating Real Security Risks

How AI Hallucinations Are Creating Real Security Risks 2026-05-14 at 18:25 By AI hallucinations are introducing serious security risks into critical infrastructure decision-making by exploiting human trust through highly confident yet incorrect outputs. When an AI model lacks certainty, it doesn’t have a mechanism to recognize that. Instead, it generates the most probable response based

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Meta and Google fund kids’ brands with millions as critics highlight social media risk

Meta and Google fund kids’ brands with millions as critics highlight social media risk 2026-05-14 at 18:21 By Reuters The tech giants enlisted trusted children’s brands such as Sesame Street, Girl Scouts and Highlights magazine to teach kids to use technology in moderation. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York

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Fragnesia: New Linux kernel LPE bug was spawned by Dirty Frag patch (CVE-2026-46300)

Fragnesia: New Linux kernel LPE bug was spawned by Dirty Frag patch (CVE-2026-46300) 2026-05-14 at 17:34 By Zeljka Zorz Researchers have found and disclosed yet another local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Linux kernel: CVE-2026-46300, aka “Fragnesia”. The flaw is in the same class of vulnerabilities as the recently disclosed Dirty Frag bug(s). Like

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Ghostwriter Targets Ukrainian Government With Geofenced PDF Phishing, Cobalt Strike

Ghostwriter Targets Ukrainian Government With Geofenced PDF Phishing, Cobalt Strike 2026-05-14 at 17:00 By The Belarus-aligned threat group known as Ghostwriter has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting governmental organizations in Ukraine. Active since at least 2016, Ghostwriter has been linked to both cyber espionage and influence operations targeting neighboring countries, particularly

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Enhancing Data Center Security Without Sacrificing Performance

Enhancing Data Center Security Without Sacrificing Performance 2026-05-14 at 17:00 By Nadir Izrael For AI data centers, where the stakes are the highest and performance constraints are the tightest, security and performance are no longer a zero-sum game. The post Enhancing Data Center Security Without Sacrificing Performance appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an

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HYCU aiR detects insider risk and AI activity from backups

HYCU aiR detects insider risk and AI activity from backups 2026-05-14 at 16:55 By Industry News HYCU has announced HYCU aiR (AI Resilience), an AI-native solution that turns backup data across dozens of applications into a live and actionable intelligence for security, compliance, and IT teams. aiR lets organizations search, query, and run purpose-built agents

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New Linux Kernel Vulnerability Fragnesia Allows Root Privilege Escalation

New Linux Kernel Vulnerability Fragnesia Allows Root Privilege Escalation 2026-05-14 at 16:44 By Eduard Kovacs The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-46300, is similar to the recently disclosed exploits named Dirty Frag and Copy Fail. The post New Linux Kernel Vulnerability Fragnesia Allows Root Privilege Escalation appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Windows Zero-Days Expose BitLocker Bypasses And CTFMON Privilege Escalation

Windows Zero-Days Expose BitLocker Bypasses And CTFMON Privilege Escalation 2026-05-14 at 13:04 By An anonymous cybersecurity researcher who disclosed three Microsoft Defender vulnerabilities has returned with two more zero-days involving a BitLocker bypass and a privilege escalation impacting Windows Collaborative Translation Framework (CTFMON). The security defects have been codenamed YellowKey and GreenPlasma, respectively, by the

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Why Australian Dark Web Data Is Now Being Sold in Bundles — and What It Means for Organizational Exposure in 2026

Why Australian Dark Web Data Is Now Being Sold in Bundles — and What It Means for Organizational Exposure in 2026 2026-05-14 at 12:48 By Ashish Khaitan In 2026, opportunistic assaults and isolated breaches will no longer characterize Australia’s cyber risk environment. Industrialized data theft, in which stolen data is packaged, repackaged, and marketed on

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AI cyber capability is speeding past earlier projections

AI cyber capability is speeding past earlier projections 2026-05-14 at 12:48 By Sinisa Markovic AI cyber capability is improving faster than expected, with newer models surpassing earlier projections, according to the UK government’s AI Security Institute (AISI). AISI measures AI cyber capability using “time horizon benchmarks”, which estimate how long AI systems can complete cybersecurity

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Hackers Targeted PraisonAI Vulnerability Hours After Disclosure

Hackers Targeted PraisonAI Vulnerability Hours After Disclosure 2026-05-14 at 12:48 By Ionut Arghire The first exploitation attempts were observed less than four hours after the authentication bypass was publicly disclosed. The post Hackers Targeted PraisonAI Vulnerability Hours After Disclosure appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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High-Severity Vulnerability Patched in VMware Fusion

High-Severity Vulnerability Patched in VMware Fusion 2026-05-14 at 12:48 By Eduard Kovacs The patch was announced as Broadcom is attending the Pwn2Own hacking competition in Berlin this week. The post High-Severity Vulnerability Patched in VMware Fusion appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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