agentic AI

Claude Managed Agents bring execution and control to AI agent workflows

agentic AI, Anthropic, Artificial Intelligence, News /

Claude Managed Agents bring execution and control to AI agent workflows 2026-04-09 at 17:32 By Anamarija Pogorelec Anthropic’s Claude Managed Agents are a suite of composable APIs for building and deploying cloud-hosted agents at scale, handling sandboxed code execution, checkpointing, credential management, scoped permissions, and end-to-end tracing for you. Developers can define tasks, tools, and […]

Claude Managed Agents bring execution and control to AI agent workflows Read More »

AI agent intent is a starting point, not a security strategy

agentic AI, Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, Don't miss, Features, Hot stuff, News, opinion, report, Token Security /

AI agent intent is a starting point, not a security strategy 2026-04-09 at 08:53 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security video, Itamar Apelblat, CEO of Token Security, walks through findings from the company’s research, which shows that 65% of agentic chatbots have never been used yet still hold live access credentials. He explains

AI agent intent is a starting point, not a security strategy Read More »

Asqav: Open-source SDK for AI agent governance

agentic AI, cybersecurity, Don't miss, GitHub, News, open source, software /

Asqav: Open-source SDK for AI agent governance 2026-04-09 at 08:27 By Mirko Zorz AI agents are executing consequential tasks autonomously, often across multiple systems and with little record of what they did or why. Asqav, a Python SDK released under the MIT license, addresses that gap by attaching a cryptographic signature to each agent action

Asqav: Open-source SDK for AI agent governance Read More »

Microsoft releases open-source toolkit to govern autonomous AI agents

agentic AI, cybersecurity, Don't miss, GitHub, Microsoft, News, open source, software /

Microsoft releases open-source toolkit to govern autonomous AI agents 2026-04-03 at 08:39 By Anamarija Pogorelec AI agents can book travel, execute financial transactions, write and run code, and manage infrastructure without human intervention at each step. Frameworks like LangChain, AutoGen, CrewAI, and Azure AI Foundry Agent Service have made this kind of autonomy straightforward to

Microsoft releases open-source toolkit to govern autonomous AI agents Read More »

Amazon sends AI agents into pen testing and DevOps

agentic AI, Artificial Intelligence, AWS, cybersecurity, DevSecOps, News /

Amazon sends AI agents into pen testing and DevOps 2026-03-31 at 20:31 By Sinisa Markovic Amazon’s latest AI capabilities bring on-demand penetration testing through the AWS Security Agent, alongside the AWS DevOps Agent. “These agents are changing the way we secure and operate software. AWS Security Agent compresses penetration testing timelines from 2-6 weeks to

Amazon sends AI agents into pen testing and DevOps Read More »

AI SOC vendors are selling a future that production deployments haven’t reached yet

agentic AI, Artificial Intelligence, Aunoo AI, automation, CISO, Claude Code, code analysis, Cybanetix, Don't miss, Features, Gartner, generative AI, Hot stuff, LLMs, News, opinion, Reddit, report, security operations, SOC, strategy, Threat Intelligence /

AI SOC vendors are selling a future that production deployments haven’t reached yet 2026-03-26 at 12:32 By Mirko Zorz Vendors selling AI-powered security operations platforms have built their pitches around a consistent set of promises: autonomous threat investigation, dramatic reductions in analyst workload, and an accelerating path toward humanless operations. Practitioners buying and deploying those

AI SOC vendors are selling a future that production deployments haven’t reached yet Read More »

Who owns AI agent access? At most companies, nobody knows

agentic AI, Artificial Intelligence, CISO, Cloud Security Alliance, cybersecurity, News, report, RSAC 2026 /

Who owns AI agent access? At most companies, nobody knows 2026-03-26 at 07:12 By Anamarija Pogorelec AI agents are operating across production enterprise environments at scale, and the identity infrastructure managing their access has not kept up with their deployment. A January 2026 survey of 228 IT and security professionals, conducted by the Cloud Security

Who owns AI agent access? At most companies, nobody knows Read More »

The AI safety conversation is focused on the wrong layer

agentic AI, Artificial Intelligence, CISO, cybersecurity, Don't miss, Features, Hot stuff, News, opinion, RSAC 2026, strategy, Teleport /

The AI safety conversation is focused on the wrong layer 2026-03-24 at 16:30 By Mirko Zorz Organizations have spent years accumulating fragmented identity systems: too many roles, too many credentials, too many disconnected tools. For a workforce of humans, that fragmentation was manageable. Humans log in, log out, and make decisions slowly enough that gaps

The AI safety conversation is focused on the wrong layer Read More »

Your AI agents are moving sensitive data. Do you know where?

agentic AI, Artificial Intelligence, Bonfy.AI, CISO, CXO, cybersecurity, Don't miss, Features, Hot stuff, News, opinion, RSAC 2026, strategy, threat modeling /

Your AI agents are moving sensitive data. Do you know where? 2026-03-23 at 09:18 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Gidi Cohen, CEO at Bonfy.AI, addresses what he sees as the most pressing gap in AI agent security: data-layer risk. While the industry focuses on prompt injection and model behavior, Cohen argues

Your AI agents are moving sensitive data. Do you know where? Read More »

Hidden instructions in README files can make AI agents leak data

agentic AI, Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, News, research /

Hidden instructions in README files can make AI agents leak data 2026-03-17 at 08:02 By Sinisa Markovic Developers rely on AI coding agents to set up projects, install dependencies, and run commands by following instructions in repository README files, which provide setup guidance for software projects. New research identifies a security risk when attackers hide

Hidden instructions in README files can make AI agents leak data Read More »

AI coding agents keep repeating decade-old security mistakes

agentic AI, Anthropic, Artificial Intelligence, Claude Code, cybersecurity, Don't miss, DryRun Security, Google, Hot stuff, News, OpenAI, programming, report /

AI coding agents keep repeating decade-old security mistakes 2026-03-13 at 08:01 By Anamarija Pogorelec Coding agents are now writing production features on real development teams, and a new report from DryRun Security shows that those agents introduce security vulnerabilities at a high rate across nearly every type of application they build. “AI coding agents can

AI coding agents keep repeating decade-old security mistakes Read More »

Agentic attack chains advance as infostealers flood criminal markets

agentic AI, Artificial Intelligence, attacks, CISO, cyber risk, Don't miss, Flashpoint, News, report, survey, Threat Intelligence, threats /

Agentic attack chains advance as infostealers flood criminal markets 2026-03-12 at 08:35 By Mirko Zorz Cybercriminals spent much of 2025 automating their operations, shifting from one-off attacks to systems that can run entire intrusion cycles with minimal human input. Data collected from criminal forums, illicit marketplaces, and underground chat services shows a threat environment where

Agentic attack chains advance as infostealers flood criminal markets Read More »

Open-source tool Sage puts a security layer between AI agents and the OS

agentic AI, cybersecurity, Don't miss, Gen Digital, GitHub, Hot stuff, News, open source, software /

Open-source tool Sage puts a security layer between AI agents and the OS 2026-03-09 at 08:06 By Anamarija Pogorelec Autonomous AI agents running on developer workstations execute shell commands, fetch URLs, and write files with little or no inspection of what they are doing. Open-source project Sage inserts an interception layer between an AI agent

Open-source tool Sage puts a security layer between AI agents and the OS Read More »

Cursor Automations turns code review and ops into background tasks

agentic AI, Artificial Intelligence, automation, Cursor, News /

Cursor Automations turns code review and ops into background tasks 2026-03-06 at 12:18 By Anamarija Pogorelec Cursor Automations, the always-on agent platform from Cursor, is expanding with a new generation of autonomous systems that streamline code review, incident response, and other engineering workflows. The platform runs AI agents on schedules or in response to development

Cursor Automations turns code review and ops into background tasks Read More »

As AI agents start making purchases, security teams must rethink risk

agentic AI, Chargebacks911, Don't miss, enterprise, Features, fraud, Hot stuff, News, Privacy, procurement, risk /

As AI agents start making purchases, security teams must rethink risk 2026-03-05 at 08:17 By Zeljka Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Donald Kossmann, CTO at fintech company Chargebacks911, talks about the emerging security, fraud, and governance risks of “agentic commerce,” where AI agents can autonomously make purchasing decisions on behalf of users or

As AI agents start making purchases, security teams must rethink risk Read More »

Engineering trust: A security blueprint for autonomous AI agents

agentic AI, Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, Don't miss, framework, Google, Hot stuff, LLMs, News, opinion /

Engineering trust: A security blueprint for autonomous AI agents 2026-03-05 at 07:06 By Help Net Security AI agents have evolved from just chatbots, answering questions to executing actions using various integrated tools, often autonomously, and as such the traditional security models have become less efficient. I have seen that firsthand as a security lead for

Engineering trust: A security blueprint for autonomous AI agents Read More »

The vulnerability that turns your AI agent against you

agentic AI, Comet, News, Perplexity, vulnerability, Zenity /

The vulnerability that turns your AI agent against you 2026-03-04 at 16:08 By Help Net Security Zenity Labs disclosed PleaseFix, a family of critical vulnerabilities affecting agentic browsers, including Perplexity Comet, that allow attackers to hijack AI agents, access local files, and steal credentials within authenticated user sessions. The vulnerabilities can be triggered through malicious

The vulnerability that turns your AI agent against you Read More »

AI went from assistant to autonomous actor and security never caught up

1Password, agentic AI, Artificial Intelligence, CISO, Databricks, Don't miss, Elastic, enterprise, Features, Hot stuff, MIT, News /

AI went from assistant to autonomous actor and security never caught up 2026-03-03 at 08:35 By Mirko Zorz Enterprise AI deployments have shifted from pilot programs to production systems handling customer data, executing business transactions, and integrating with core infrastructure. That has exposed a significant gap between what AI agents can do and what security

AI went from assistant to autonomous actor and security never caught up Read More »

AI risk moves into the security budget spotlight

agentic AI, Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, News, report, Thales, threats /

AI risk moves into the security budget spotlight 2026-03-02 at 09:08 By Anamarija Pogorelec Enterprises are pushing AI deeper into workflows that touch sensitive data across cloud platforms and SaaS apps. The 2026 Thales Data Threat Report, based on a survey of 3,120 respondents in 20 countries, places that shift alongside growing pressure on data

AI risk moves into the security budget spotlight Read More »

When cyber threats start thinking for themselves

agentic AI, Artificial Intelligence, Don't miss, News, opinion, SimSpace, tips, Video /

When cyber threats start thinking for themselves 2026-03-02 at 07:30 By Help Net Security In this Help Net Security video, Jason Rivera, Field CISO & Head of Solution Engineering at SimSpace, discusses how autonomous AI agents are changing cyber threats. Drawing on experience in the US Army, NSA, Deloitte, and CrowdStrike, he describes how security

When cyber threats start thinking for themselves Read More »

Scroll to Top