Two announcements on July 7, 2026, demonstrate the government’s determination to improve the level of cybersecurity within the UK.
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AI Coding Tools Tricked Into Hacking Developer Machine via Decades-Old Technique
Wiz has disclosed the details of a new AI coding assistant attack method it has dubbed GhostApproval.
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Google Dialogflow CX Bug Allowed Attackers to Hijack AI Conversations
The “Rogue Agent” vulnerability could have enabled attackers to silently manipulate AI conversations, exfiltrate data, and compromise every Dialogflow CX agent within the same Google Cloud project.
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Critical Vulnerability Exposes GitHub Agentic Workflows to Prompt Injection
Researchers show how attackers can use a crafted public GitHub Issue to trick AI-powered workflows into exposing data from private repositories without authentication.
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CISA Reportedly Using Anthropic’s Mythos to Scan Government Software for Flaws
The audits are reportedly being spearheaded by CISA’s Attack Surface Evaluation team, a specialized unit tasked with conducting digital defense assessments and simulated hacking exercises.
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Prompt Injection Attacks Trick AI Agents Into Making Crypto Payments
Researchers uncovered two campaigns embedding indirect prompt injections in malicious websites to exploit autonomous AI agents browsing the web.
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Agentic AI Used to Conduct Ransomware Attack via Langflow
Attack demonstrates how LLM agents can combine known exploitation techniques with real-time reasoning to automate complex, multi-stage intrusions.
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Critical Cursor AI Code Editor Flaws Could Lead to OS-Level Remote Code Execution
The DuneSlide vulnerabilities enable zero-click prompt injection attacks that escape Cursor’s sandbox and execute arbitrary code on the underlying operating system.
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How to Conduct a Successful Audit of AI-Driven Software Development
As AI-generated code becomes commonplace, CISOs need new audit strategies to measure developer practices, govern AI tool usage, and identify software risks before they reach production.
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Trump Administration Lifts Restrictions on Anthropic’s Claude Models After Cybersecurity Alarm
Anthropic said Tuesday night that its AI model called Claude Fable 5 is now widely available.
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