Blog – Page 63 – VigilantAI

July 9, 2026
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GhostApproval Symlink Flaws Could Let Malicious Repos Run Code in AI Coding Agents

July 8, 2026
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AI Coding Agents Found Triggering Endpoint Security Rules Built to Catch Attackers

July 8, 2026
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New HalluSquatting Attack Could Trick AI Coding Assistants Into Installing Botnet Malware

July 8, 2026
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Ubiquiti Patches Critical UniFi Flaws Across Connect, Talk, Access, Protect, and OS

July 8, 2026
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New Ghost Phishing Wave Is Breaking Traditional Email Security

July 8, 2026
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SCMBANKER Malware Uses ClickFix Lures to Target Mexican Banking Users

July 8, 2026
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GitHub Copilot Refuses Harmful Requests in Chat, Then Writes Them in Code

July 8, 2026
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The Verification Step Is the New ATO Battleground in 2026

July 8, 2026
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GitHub ‘Verified’ Commits Can Be Rewritten Into New Hashes Without Breaking Signatures

July 8, 2026
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China-Linked UAT-7810 Expands ORB Network With New LONGLEASH Malware

Sovereignty vs Convenience September 23, 2026
Technology decisions have traditionally been driven by functionality, price, and ease of use. If a solution met the business need and integrated with existing systems, it was usually considered the right choice. Who owns the service provider and which legal jurisdiction governs rights to the service rarely features in procurement discussions. That is beginning to […]
Nick Case
Gemini crosses the line in cybersecurity test September 22, 2026
Google has confirmed that its Gemini AI accessed systems belonging to three companies during a cybersecurity evaluation after mistaking them for targets included in the test. The incidents happened in May while independent AI evaluator Irregular was testing Gemini’s cybersecurity capabilities. The Wall Street Journal reported that Gemini had unintended internet access during the exercise […]
Kirsten Doyle
Texas utility CenterPoint confirms breach after attacker leaks customer data September 22, 2026
Texas utility CenterPoint Energy has confirmed a data breach after a threat actor published customer information online and claimed to have stolen around 7.5 million records. CenterPoint said an unsanctioned third party accessed personal information through one of its external-facing systems. The company has brought in cybersecurity experts to investigate the breach. An attacker using […]
Kirsten Doyle
Rogue AI agents put trusted access under scrutiny September 22, 2026
Two newly disclosed incidents involving rogue AI agents are raising questions about what happens when autonomous software operates through apparently legitimate access. In both cases, agents were able to use valid accounts or credentials and continue searching for ways into systems and data beyond the access they had been given. OpenAI this week disclosed more […]
Kirsten Doyle
Filigran, CyberASAP and Pulse Conferences Unite to Champion Cybersecurity’s Unsung Heroes September 18, 2026
London, UK – 18th September 2026 –Eskenzi PR, the cybersecurity PR agency, are pleased to announce that Filigran, the European open-source threat management company, has joined as a sponsor for this year’s Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards. Filigran joins CultureAI, OneAdvanced and The Zensory as sponsors of this year’s event. With the help of these sponsors, the […]
ISB Editorial Staff
Prophet Security research finds AI is cutting SOC investigation times, but nearly half of in-house builds fail to stick September 14, 2026
Security teams are turning to AI as they struggle to investigate the volume of alerts coming into the SOC, according to new research from Prophet Security. The State of AI in Security Operations 2026 report surveyed 250 IT and cybersecurity professionals. Forty percent said AI is already part of their day-to-day SOC workflow, and 56% […]
Kirsten Doyle
Architectural intent is the cornerstone for the future of software security September 2, 2026
With agentic AI further boosting productivity, human code review becomes a serious bottleneck. Developers need to move upstream, establishing the ground rules to ensure that AI plays by the rules. No matter how drastically artificial intelligence has changed the way software is created, human developers are still indispensable to the software development process. But the […]
Pieter Danhieux
There is no Zero Trust in Zero Trust September 2, 2026
In January, the Cloud Security Alliance asked security professionals how they handle the identities on which their AI systems run. Fewer than a quarter of organizations had a documented, formally adopted policy for creating or removing one. More than 16% do not track when a new identity is created at all. Those identities hold tokens […]
Dirk Schrader
A reverse image search platform exposed more than 9 million facial images August 24, 2026
A publicly accessible database linked to reverse image search service ClarityCheck exposed more than nine million images, including photographs of adults, teenagers, and children. Cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered the database, which was neither password-protected nor encrypted. It contained approximately 9,042,977 image files, amounting to 450.2GB of data. Most were stored in folders labeled “faces” […]
Kirsten Doyle
Post-DEF CON phishing campaign delivered AMOS and NetSupport malware August 24, 2026
A phishing campaign targeting attendees of Black Hat and DEF CON conferences involved distributing information-stealing malware and remote access malware via a malicious Google Doc and fake DocSend installers for macOS and Windows. The Huntress team learned about the phishing attack after one of its researchers received a direct message on X on August 9. […]
Kirsten Doyle

Category: Blog

GhostApproval Symlink Flaws Could Let Malicious Repos Run Code in AI Coding Agents

AI Coding Agents Found Triggering Endpoint Security Rules Built to Catch Attackers

New HalluSquatting Attack Could Trick AI Coding Assistants Into Installing Botnet Malware

Ubiquiti Patches Critical UniFi Flaws Across Connect, Talk, Access, Protect, and OS

New Ghost Phishing Wave Is Breaking Traditional Email Security

SCMBANKER Malware Uses ClickFix Lures to Target Mexican Banking Users

GitHub Copilot Refuses Harmful Requests in Chat, Then Writes Them in Code

The Verification Step Is the New ATO Battleground in 2026

GitHub ‘Verified’ Commits Can Be Rewritten Into New Hashes Without Breaking Signatures

China-Linked UAT-7810 Expands ORB Network With New LONGLEASH Malware

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