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The only perfect Endpoint Prevention and Response (EPR) score in 2026 belongs to Elastic

Sep 15, 2026 By Mia LaVada In Elastic
Elastic sits at the very top of this year’s AV-Comparatives' CyberRisk Quadrant within the 2026 Endpoint Prevention and Response (EPR) test with the only protection scores at 100%, combined with both the lowest modelled operational footprint of any tested product and zero false alerts.
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Red Teaming Agentic AI: Why Testing the Model Is No Longer Enough

Red Teaming Agentic AI: Why Testing the Model Is No Longer Enough

Sep 15, 2026 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
In January 2025, NIST's Center for AI Standards and Innovation published red team results that should have changed how enterprises test autonomous systems. Against an AI agent operating in simulated workspace, travel, Slack and banking environments, the strongest previously known hijacking attack succeeded 11% of the time. The strongest new attack developed by the red team succeeded 81% of the time. The model had not changed. The evaluation had.
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Ranked: The 10 Best AI SEO Agencies for 2026

Ranked: The 10 Best AI SEO Agencies for 2026

Sep 15, 2026 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
SEO is having a bit of a moment. Getting onto page one of Google still matters, of course, but that is no longer the whole picture. Brands now also need to think about whether they are being mentioned in AI-generated answers, summaries, recommendations, and conversational search results. That is where AI SEO comes in. The strongest agencies in 2026 are not throwing traditional SEO out the window. They are combining the fundamentals that still work with newer strategies built around AI search visibility, authority, brand mentions, and genuinely useful content.
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ATT&CK grew a 15th tactic: A practical DFIR field guide to the Stealth / Defense Impairment split

Sep 14, 2026 By Marchelle David In Sophos
Artifacts and tooling for the new Enterprise MITRE ATT&CK matrix tactics, distilled from the field. This article is part of an ongoing series from Sophos frontline security operations specialists, sharing the expertise they use to strengthen our industry-leading Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service and defend customers against evolving AI Era threats. If you’ve opened the Enterprise ATT&CK matrix recently, you may have done a double-take. The familiar Defense Evasion column is gone.
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Devil's advocate? Uncensored Luciferus AI service advertised underground

Sep 14, 2026 By Sophos Counter Threat Unit Research Team In Sophos
On August 24, 2026, Counter Threat Unit (CTU) researchers observed an Exploit underground forum persona named “Optimus_Prime” advertising an uncensored AI subscription service named Luciferus. The persona joined Exploit on April 18, and their profile displays a “coding / coder” activity label. As of September 4, the persona has published 21 posts on the forum.
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Does an agent have more access than you do?

Sep 14, 2026 By Teleport In Teleport
70% of organizations give AI more access than a human in the same role would get. Not surprising when it is common for a team to click “always” when an agent asks to be allowed once or always allowed. That means the agent holds that access in perpetuity and turns into agent over-provisioning. Makes you wonder: Does an agent have more access to your organization's stack than it should and more access than the people who deploy them?
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