FALSE ALARMUS military narrowly avoids boarding Chinese ship over AI error
A US intelligence report generated with AI tools falsely claimed a Chinese vessel was carrying nuclear components, nearly triggering a military boarding operation.
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Saturday, 19 September 2026
FALSE ALARMPUBLISHED
Friday, 18 September 2026
NATIONWIDE TESTCISA Runs Cyber Storm X to Test National Cyber Defences
CISA hosts a four-day nationwide exercise with 2,000 participants to practice responding to a major cyber incident targeting critical infrastructure.
MANDATES AUDITNewsom orders AI 'kill switch' in California
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order requiring AI companies to embed independent auditors and a 'kill switch' for their models. The move follows a recent Hugging Face attack and aims to create a
SECURITY FIXMicrosoft Fixes 18 Critical AI, Cloud Flaws
A batch of privilege escalation bugs in Azure and Copilot products has been patched, with no evidence of active exploitation.
SECURITY FUNDINGMIND Raises $72 Million for AI DLP Startup
Seattle-based MIND secures Series B funding to expand its AI-native data loss prevention platform.
PUBLISHED
Thursday, 17 September 2026
SECURITY RAIDCoast Guard Boards Tankers After Cyberattacks
The US Coast Guard and FBI have boarded two oil tankers following evidence of malicious cyber activity.
REAL TIME MONITORINGComp AI Raises $34 Million for AI-Native Compliance
Florida startup Comp AI secures funding to expand its GRC platform into continuous cybersecurity.
PUBLISHED
Wednesday, 16 September 2026
HIDDEN ATTACKSCloudflare catches malicious scripts scanners miss
Cloudflare's Page Shield ML finds hidden attacks that traditional scanners fail to detect.
LITIGATIONDenuvo sues anonymous cracker over 26 game bypasses
DRM maker Denuvo has filed a lawsuit in California against the anonymous cracker known as voices38, alleging they bypassed Anti-Tamper protections in at least 26 PC games.
CLOUD DEFENSEHackuity Raises $19 Million for AI Vulnerability Platform
French startup Hackuity has secured $19 million to expand its AI-powered tool that helps security teams prioritise and fix flaws across cloud and engineering environments.
PUBLISHED
Tuesday, 15 September 2026
LAW ENFORCEMENTZelensky appoints former police chief to lead Ukraine’s cyber coordination
Ukraine's National Cybersecurity Coordination Center gets a new head with a law enforcement background.
DOMAIN SEIZURESManhattan DA takes down 12 AI deepfake porn sites
New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg has seized the domains of 12 sites hosting AI-generated non-consensual pornography, affecting more than 1,200 people.
RUNTIME PROTECTIONExein raises $270m for IoT security startup
Italian IoT security startup Exein has secured $270 million in funding at a $1.7 billion valuation, led by Headline, to expand its runtime protection and physical AI security capabilities.
7.5M RECORDSCenterPoint Energy confirms data breach after hacker leaks data
Texas utility CenterPoint Energy says a hacker stole 7.5 million customer records after breaching its systems.
LIVE AGENTSSimpliSafe doorbell adds human guard monitoring
The new SimpliSafe Video Doorbell Series 2 pairs on-device AI with live agents to watch your front door.
SECURE TOKENSCISA and NIST Issue New Rules to Harden Federal Cloud Identity
Federal agencies and cloud providers must tighten controls on tokens and assertions to stop attackers from moving laterally through networks.
SUBSCRIPTION ONLYApple Home AI features cost up to $60 a month
Apple Intelligence features for HomeKit cameras require a paid iCloud Plus subscription, starting at $9.99 a month.
PUBLISHED
Monday, 14 September 2026
DATA SECURITYNvidia, Palantir and others restrict AI usage over privacy fears
Major firms are limiting access to advanced AI models due to worries about proprietary data and unclear data retention policies.
SURVEILLANCE DEPLOYMENTFlock camera contracts cancelled but data retention lingers
Local governments are ditching controversial AI license plate readers, but uncertainty remains over what happens to the footage already collected.
CYBER COMMAND MERGERNSA to reorganise into five mission centres
The US spy agency is overhauling its structure to speed up intelligence delivery to the battlefield.
PUBLISHED
Saturday, 12 September 2026
DATA PROTECTIONLG denies TV spying claims
LG says its smart TVs do not continuously record or transmit conversations, pushing back against reports that they are logging user data.
INSIDER THEFTCustoms supervisor swapped CPUs for cash
A US Customs supervisor allegedly stole Core i7 CPUs and RAM from Homeland Security computers, swapping them for inferior parts and cashing out on Newegg.
BIOWEAPON BYPASSClaude bypassed for bioweapons research
Users found ways around safeguards for bioweapons research, according to Anthropic's threat report.
AUTO REMEDIATIONCloudflare adds auto-remediation to CASB
Cloudflare CASB now includes a native automation engine to automatically fix risky file shares and SaaS security issues.