Asymptote Labs raises $5.5M to track and control what AI agents do
TNW ·
TNW reports: New York startup Asymptote Labs raised a $5.5M seed round led by Tower Research Ventures for tools that record and block risky actions by AI coding agents.
AI Industry News — Kohala
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AI agents can pose insider security risks even without being hacked: Microsoft
ANI (Asian News International) ·
ANI (Asian News International) reports: Artificial intelligence (AI) agents deployed within companies could pose significant internal security risks even without being compromised by hackers, Microsoft has warned, calling for continuous monitoring of autonomous AI systems as their use across enterprises grows.
Microsoft says AI agents should start with zero access, unveils new security controls
Times of India ·
Times of India reports: Microsoft has announced a set of new security tools aimed at treating AI agents as a new kind of insider risk, with controls designed to limit what each
Microsoft: frontier models cannot be trusted.
The Verge ·
The Verge reports: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said earlier this month that we should assume that all AI models are “compromised,” and now Microsoft is going one step further. “Unfortunately, frontier models, regardless of their origin, cannot be trusted,” says Hayete Gallot, executive vice president of Microsoft Security. Microsoft is naturally positioning its new Project Perception as a solution to securing AI models. It’s an agentic security system designed to help cybersecurity professionals secure and control AI agents. [Link: Securing the agentic insider - The Official Microsoft Blog | https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/10/19/securing-the-agentic-insider/ | The Official Microsoft Blog]
Microsoft says AI agents inside companies can’t be trusted, wants ‘Guardian Agents’ to watch their moves
Times of India ·
Times of India reports: At a time when there is a growing wave of publicly disclosed safety incidents highlighting the sheer power and potential hazards of modern artificial
AI agents can pose insider security risks even without being hacked: Microsoft
News18 ·
News18 reports: AI agents can pose insider security risks even without being hacked: Microsoft
CERT-In agent alert: Organisations lacked basic cyber controls, some not aware of incident, say authorities
The Hindu Business Line ·
The Hindu Business Line reports: Government warns Indian organisations of basic cyber hygiene lapses exploited by AI agents, urging stronger controls and CISCOs vigilance.
AI agents can pose insider security risks even without being hacked: Microsoft
Livemint ·
Livemint reports: Artificial intelligence (AI) agents deployed within companies could pose significant internal security risks even without being compromised by hackers, Microsoft has warned, calling for continuous monitoring of autonomous AI systems as their use across enterprises grows.
AI cloud security needs to prove control before agents reach production
VentureBeat ·
VentureBeat reports: As AI agents move into production, enterprises need to test identity, access controls, tenant isolation and GPU confidential computing under real failure conditions.
AI agents can pose insider security risks even without being hacked: Microsoft
Devdiscourse ·
Devdiscourse reports: Artificial intelligence (AI) agents deployed within companies could pose significant internal security risks even without being compromised by hackers, Microsoft has warned, calling for continuous monitoring of autonomous AI systems as their use across enterprises grows.