Cybersecurity News

The ascent of autonomous attacks and the race to contain them

August 24, 2026

AI is enabling autonomous cyberattacks that can conduct reconnaissance, breach systems, and adapt without human input. A 2025 Jaguar Land Rover attack cost £485m in losses. Smaller businesses face growing exposure as AI scans for vulnerabilities at scale. Defenses need to shift toward continuous monitoring, strong identity controls, and AI-powered detection, supported by human expertise, to counter threats moving faster than traditional security measures.

• cybersecurity
• artificial intelligence
• autonomous attacks
• ransomware
• supply chain security
• deepfakes

GitHub Expands Supply Chain Malware Detection From npm to 8 Package Registries

August 10, 2026

Matched: cryptocurrency

GitHub has expanded Dependabot's malware detection beyond npm to cover eight package ecosystems, including PyPI, Maven, RubyGems, NuGet, Go, crates.io, and PHP Composer. The feature alerts developers to malicious dependencies capable of stealing passwords, API keys, cloud credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and source code, offering broader protection against open-source supply chain attacks.

• supply chain security
• open source security
• dependabot
• package managers
• malware detection