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IRONSCALES surveyed 501 US IT and security leaders on AI agents and phishing. Of them, 77% said an AI agent acted on malicious, misleading, or unauthorized content last year. Security teams lead approval of those agents at just 6% of companies using them. I asked CEO Eyal Benishti what counts as an incident and what … Read more
AI agents are logging in, signing up, and checking out for real customers. Arkose Labs found only 2.3% of legitimate agent sessions carried a verified signature. When someone misuses an agent, CEO Kevin Gosschalk says, the loss usually sits with the business. Personal AI agents moved from reading the web to transacting on it in … Read more
Consumer AI agents have started calling insurers to shop for coverage. In a conversation with Cyber Insurance News, Liberate co-founder and CEO Amrish Singh said a licensed human still signs. Who pays when the machine gets coverage wrong remains unsettled. The conversation began with a canceled flight. A major international airline canceled a flight I … Read more
Cowbell has launched Risk Advisor, an AI agent for its policyholders. It turns the data Cowbell collects on each business into a ranked list of actions. Each comes with its evidence. Most cyber policies sit untouched until something goes wrong. Cowbell wants its policyholders to open theirs first. The cyber insurer launched Risk Advisor on … Read more
A Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity startup emerged from stealth this week with a platform that replaces manual cloud security workflows with AI agents (agentic cloud security). Copperhelm is backed by $7 million in seed funding. TLV Partners led the round. Participants included toDay Ventures, ICON, and SaaS Ventures Israel. Notable angel investors included Kfir Tishbi, Or … Read more