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How researchers are teaching AI agents to ask for permission the right way
People are starting to hand more decisions to AI agents, from booking trips to sorting digital files. The idea sounds simple. Tell the agent what you want, then let it work …
Henkel CISO on the messy truth of monitoring factories built across decades
In this Help Net Security interview, Stefan Braun, CISO at Henkel, discusses how smart manufacturing environments introduce new cybersecurity risks. He explains where single …
The hidden dynamics shaping who produces influential cybersecurity research
Cybersecurity leaders spend much of their time watching how threats and tools change. A new study asks a different question, how has the research community itself changed over …
AI-driven threats are heading straight for the factory floor
In this Help Net Security interview, Natalia Oropeza, Chief Cybersecurity Officer at Siemens, discusses how industrial organizations are adapting to a shift in cyber risk …
AI agents break rules in unexpected ways
AI agents are starting to take on tasks that used to be handled by people. These systems plan steps, call tools, and carry out actions without a person approving every move. …
NVIDIA research shows how agentic AI fails under attack
Enterprises are rushing to deploy agentic systems that plan, use tools, and make decisions with less human guidance than earlier AI models. This new class of systems also …
Building the missing layers for an internet of agents
Cybersecurity teams are starting to think about how large language model agents might interact at scale. A new paper from Cisco Research argues that the current network stack …
Smart grids are trying to modernize and attackers are treating it like an invitation
In this Help Net Security interview, Sonia Kumar, Senior Director Cyber Security at Analog Devices, discusses how securing decentralized smart grids demands a shift in …
A day in the life of the internet tells a bigger story
On any given day, the internet carries countless signals that hint at how networks behave behind the scenes. Researchers from RIPE NCC and several universities found a way to …
Creative cybersecurity strategies for resource-constrained institutions
In this Help Net Security interview, Dennis Pickett, CISO at RTI International, talks about how research institutions can approach cybersecurity with limited resources and …
Treating MCP like an API creates security blind spots
In this Help Net Security interview, Michael Yaroshefsky, CEO at MCP Manager, discusses how Model Context Protocol’s (MCP) trust model creates security gaps that many …
New observational auditing framework takes aim at machine learning privacy leaks
Machine learning (ML) privacy concerns continue to surface, as audits show that models can reveal parts of the labels (the user’s choice, expressed preference, or the result …
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