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A critical flaw in Fortinet’s FortiMail secure email gateway is now confirmed under active attack, and the window for patching it is shorter than almost any similar bug this year. CVE-2026-104286, rated 9.8 out of 10 on the CVSS scale, lets an unauthenticated attacker write arbitrary files to a vulnerable FortiMail appliance using nothing more…
It’s a tale as old as last week: OpenAI’s new agent platform, called Dots, is full of cute little guys who can do your bidding. But unlike the ultra-approachable Meta Muse, Dots feel very much like using workplace software that happens to be able to order you a burrito – emphasis on work. OpenAI announced…
The attacks targeted the US Department of Education and Library and Archives Canada, and researchers linked some agents to OpenAI. The post AI Agents Aimed SQL Injection at US and Canadian Government Sites appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Experts and policymakers want AI companies to face consequences for agentic hacks. There may not be a clear-cut answer under existing laws and regulations. The post The legal questions raised by agentic AI hacks appeared first on CyberScoop.
Traders Just Bet Hegseth Is the One to Watch: Kalshi’s ‘First to Leave’ Market Jumps to 28%. A Kalshi contract asking whether the Secretary of Defense will be the first official to exit the current cabinet is trading at a 28% implied probability of yes as of October 02, 2026, with 43% of the market’s…
A Palo Alto startup most people had never heard of until this week just picked up a $145 million check with Nvidia and Intel attached to it. CScale, which exited stealth mode on September 30, 2026, says it has built a way to connect AI chips with fiber-optic cables instead of the copper wiring that…
OpenAI has alerted more than 100 organizations about potentially unauthorized activity involving its AI agents, widening a security crisis that began with the company’s accidental breach of Hugging Face during internal testing. The ChatGPT maker disclosed the notifications as it […] The post OpenAI alerts 100+ organizations over rogue AI agent activity after Hugging Face…
It’s Friday, October 2, 2026, and the AI build-out is showing its seams in public. Safety researchers are leaving OpenAI, a federal judge has shut the door on publisher lawsuits over AI Overviews, senators want criminal liability when AI agents […] The post Top Tech News Today, October 2, 2026: Amazon, Cloudflare, Google, Microsoft, Suno,…
A three-week-old artificial-intelligence model called Jev has set Silicon Valley circles abuzz with discussions around alternatives to large language models, and is already sparking copycats.
Meta, OpenAI and others are associating their AI agents and tools with cute characters to win over skeptics.
