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A Timeline of Developments in AI Safety Since the Attack on Hugging Face

**28: AI agents try to hack Canadian government website** AI agents tried to hack into a Canadian government website, according to research lab and AI evaluator Transluce. The researchers said the agents carried out a series of “apparently failed rudimentary hacking attempts” on Library and Archives Canada on May 28 and June 9. The group said it reported the attempted hack on Sept. 28 to the Canadian government, which said in a statement it was aware of reports of suspected AI agent activity, but that there was no sign government systems were compromised. **25: OpenAI says its agents interacted with US government websites** As part of a review of unanticipated behavior by its AI models, OpenAI said it discovered agents had interacted with several U.S. government websites in unexpected ways. On the same day, Transluce said it found that agents appearing to originate from OpenAI attempted a hack on the website of the Education Department’s civil rights office, which did not succeed. Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said an OpenAI agent infiltrated the public-facing Medicare Statistics Reporting Service portal on June 18. Meta disclosed one of its AI models accessed the internet on its own and hacked another company. A week earlier, AI startup Hugging Face said, it had detected an intrusion into its data processing systems that it suspected was caused by an AI agent autonomously acting on its own. OpenAI said its AI used stolen credentials and discovered a previously unknown vulnerability to access Hugging Face servers.

Insurancejournal 1 day ago

AI Agents Inherit User Credentials, Exposing SaaS IAM Gaps

# AI Agents Inherit User Credentials, Exposing SaaS IAM Gaps SaasRise•Oct 9, 2026 ![AI Agents Inherit User Credentials, Exposing SaaS IAM Gaps](https://hixhlmpcokxhartfkpyi.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/images/thumbnails/0e68d7d3d1cd7f343ecc68ca088aaa53.webp) A technical investigation revealed that AI agents authenticating with a developer's Azure credentials inherit the full scope of the human user, including hundreds of permissions across production stores. ## Key Points 1. AI coding agent inherited 109 permissions across two Azure production stores ## 51Sources [![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=thenewstack.io&sz=64)The audit log says my name: what an agent inherits when you hand it your credentialsthenewstack.io](https://thenewstack.io/ai-agent-credential-risks) [![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=nypost.com&sz=64)Spirits brand reveals fungus-sniffing AI that can save wine from nasty smellsnypost.com](https://nypost.com/2026/10/08/business/spirits-brand-reveals-fungus-sniffing-ai-that-can-save-wine-from-nasty-smells) [![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=nypost.com&sz=64)Finding the right Caribbean cruise experience in 2026nypost.com](https://nypost.com/contributor-content/finding-the-right-caribbean-cruise-experience-in-2026) [![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=www.independent.co.uk&sz=64)The platypus otter beaver hybrid that swam in lakes with dinosaursindependent.co.uk](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/megacauda-otter-mongolia-dinosaurs-otter-b3063667.html) [![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=www.foxnews.com&sz=64)Sydney Sweeney and Marilyn Monroe share surprising family connection after years of comparisonsfoxnews.com](https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/sydney-sweeney-marilyn-monroe-share-surprising-family-connection-after-years-comparisons) [![](https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=www.thedailybeast.com&sz=64)RFK Jr. Hit by Damning Revelation as Trump Unleashes Hi

Saasrise 1 day, 4 hours ago

Every CX start-up funding deal you need to know: October 9 | CX Network

- Siena raises $17m to build more autonomous AI agents for customer service - Ampersand AI raises $15m to put agentic applications in legacy systems - Relay raises $36m to help businesses capture intelligence from the frontline ## **Siena raises $17m to build more autonomous AI agents for customer service** New York-based Siena raised US$17 million in its Series A round, led by York IE and supported by Joyance Ventures and previous investors Aglaé Ventures and Sierra Ventures. Siena is developing AI agents that handle customer service, shopping, and social media interactions for consumer brands and said it will use the new funds to build more autonomous agents and expand the infrastructure consumer brands use to serve customers and grow revenue. To the customer, they're one relationship." Co-founder and CEO Andrei Negrau added: "We started by helping brands take care of their customers. The same understanding that helps an agent resolve a conversation can help a founder decide what to build next. Our ambition is for agents to manage the entire customer journey with that context" Siena automates up to 80 percent of customer interactions and says it already serves "hundreds of consumer brands" including FIGS, SPANX, Comfrt and HexClad. Some of its public results include: Eskiin's Social Agent lifting weekly comment engagement by 50 percent, freeing up 15 hours a week for its social lead. Coterie using Ask Siena to turn a customer-analysis project that used to take weeks into a 10-minute query. SPANX, using Siena Intelligence to trace to reason for a spike in shipping complaint. The tool found a single carrier issue was affecting nearly every delivery in one region. ## **OneByZero raises $20m Series A to take its FDE model to Japan** The start-up integrates AI into existing systems and workflows and already operates in nine markets, Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam. According to report, it

Cxnetwork 1 day, 5 hours ago

Google wants to be the gatekeeper for enterprise AI agents

# Google wants to be the gatekeeper for enterprise AI agents news Google seems to be making a strategic play to control the AI infrastructure layer, not just roll out another shiny new agent. At its [Gemini at Work 2026](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/welcome-to-gemini-at-work-2026) event this week, the tech giant unveiled what it calls a “single, universal agent” and API in Gemini that can be kicked off from a simple prompt box. ## Raising important governance questions In a previous life she was a news and features reporter for The Boston Globe and numerous other outlets and business journals. ## More from this author - [news\ **Atlassian’s critical flaw turns eight enterprise products into one big security problem** \ Oct 6, 2026 6 mins](https://www.computerworld.com/article/4231552/atlassians-critical-flaw-turns-eight-enterprise-products-into-one-big-security-problem-2.html) - [news\ **Meta’s next big AI bet is enterprise; its biggest hurdle may be trust** \ Sep 29, 2026 6 mins](https://www.computerworld.com/article/4228531/metas-next-big-ai-bet-is-enterprise-its-biggest-hurdle-may-be-trust-3.html) - [news\ **The companies racing to build frontier AI are now racing to govern it** \ Sep 24, 2026 6 mins](https://www.computerworld.com/article/4226400/the-companies-racing-to-build-frontier-ai-are-now-racing-to-govern-it-2.html) - [news\ **California joins US states clamping down on data center gold rush** \ Sep 22, 2026 7 mins](https://www.computerworld.com/article/4224681/california-joins-us-states-clamping-down-on-data-center-gold-rush-2.html) - [news\ **An undisclosed Microsoft presentation is now central to a multimillion-dollar antitrust fight** \ Sep 17, 2026 5 mins](https://www.computerworld.com/article/4223616/an-undisclosed-microsoft-presentation-is-now-central-to-a-multi-million-dollar-antitrust-fight.html) - [news\ **Salesforce’s massive outage exposes the hidden risks of cloud dependencies** \ Sep 16, 2026 7 mins](https://

Computerworld 1 day, 5 hours ago

Elastic’s AlertZero puts AI agents to work on security alert overload

Elastic's AlertZero puts AI agents to work on security alert overload - SiliconANGLE [Skip to content](https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/08/elastics-alertzero-puts-ai-agents-to-work-on-security-alert-overload/#sa-page-content) ### Elastic’s AlertZero puts AI agents to work on security alert overload Enterprise search and security company [Elastic N.V.](https://www.elastic.co/) today introduced AlertZero, a team of specialized artificial intelligence agents for security operations. The company’s example is the [July attack](https://siliconangle.com/2026/07/21/openai-says-ai-models-broke-testing-hacked-hugging-face/) on Hugging Face Inc. by OpenAI Group PBC models that had escaped a testing environment. AlertZero builds on updates Elastic released [in late July](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260731122228/en/Elastic-Advances-the-Agentic-SOC-Bringing-Security-Teams-Closer-to-Alert-Zero) ahead of the Black Hat USA conference. [Mike Nichols, Elastic | Black Hat 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgJZL84aYxw) [SiliconANGLE theCUBE](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu3Ri8DI1RQLdVtU12uIp1Q)

Siliconangle 1 day, 7 hours ago

Personal AI Agents Are Great—Until They Share Your Bank Statement in the Work Chat

# Personal AI Agents Are Great—Until They Share Your Bank Statement in the Work Chat ## These hyperactive helpers can sometimes overshare, overpromise and overpurchase ![Photo illustration of a person's finger pointing to "Muse is working" on a smartphone screen, displaying the Muse AI agent logo.](https://images.wsj.net/im-21567769?width=700&height=449)Meta’s Muse is one of the buzzy new AI agents offering its services to humans.David Talukdar/ZUMA Press Shane Mac had been using a personal AI agent since August without issue when the startup chief executive got pinged by one of his employees: a “heads up” about a team Slack message that had a screenshot attached. ## Videos ### Most Popular News [![‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account](https://images.wsj.net/im-68256322?size=1.5&width=161&height=90)](https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/guilfoyle-amex-donor-100-000-0e02cdc3?mod=trending_now_news_1) #### [‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex Account](https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/guilfoyle-amex-donor-100-000-0e02cdc3?mod=trending_now_news_1) [![Texts Show Kimberly Guilfoyle Seeking $100,000 and Offering Access to Trump Officials](https://images.wsj.net/im-68256322?size=1.5&width=161&height=90)](https://www.wsj.com/world/texts-show-kimberly-guilfoyle-seeking-100-000-and-offering-access-to-trump-officials-67fa42c8?mod=trending_now_news_2)

Wsj 1 day, 7 hours ago

Nous Research Raises $90M at $1.5B for AI Agents [2026]

The announcement, [first reported by TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/07/nous-research-confirms-it-hit-1-5b-valuation-launches-ai-agents-for-business-users/), pairs the funding with the launch of **Hermes for Businesses**, a new enterprise product built on top of the company’s Hermes Agent system. The round pushes Nous Research’s total funding to $158 million and places the three-year-old company among a small group of AI labs that have reached unicorn status without ever abandoning an open-weight release strategy. ## Why Nvidia Is Investing Directly in an Open-Source Agent Startup That dual exposure, supplier and investor, has become one of the defining features of the 2026 AI funding market. ## Nous Research vs. the Enterprise AI Agent Field | Company | Model/approach | Funding status | |-|-|-| | Nous Research | Open-weight Hermes Agent | $90M Series B, $1.5B valuation (Oct. 7, 2026) | | Sierra | Closed conversational agent platform | Reported ~$950M raised (secondary-source estimate, unconfirmed by Sierra) | | Harvey | Closed legal-domain AI agent | No independently verified 2025-2026 figure available | ## A Crowded Week for AI Funding: Armadin, Photon, and the October Rush Instead, capital is spreading across a layered stack, foundation model labs, open-weight specialists, and now agent-deployment companies like Nous Research that sit on top of model weights rather than only producing them. ## What Happens Next: 5 Predictions for Nous Research and Enterprise Agents But the pattern across the broader AI funding market in October 2026, three sizable rounds inside a single week, a chipmaker investing directly in model developers, and an accelerating race to convert open models into paid agent products, makes these the most likely near-term developments to watch.

Tech-Insider 1 day, 10 hours ago

AI agent developer Manus raises $500M+ at reported $4B valuation

AI agent developer Manus raises $500M+ at reported $4B valuation - SiliconANGLE [Skip to content](https://siliconangle.com/2026/10/08/ai-agent-developer-manus-raises-500m-at-reported-4b-valuation/#sa-page-content) ### AI agent developer Manus raises $500M+ at reported $4B valuation ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3ad350b2a279451826e560c7de5c199f180edb72e89463cd99dbdd726f34ebb3?s=96&r=pg) by [Maria Deutscher](https://siliconangle.com/author/chi22/) Manus, the creator of the eponymous artificial intelligence agent, has raised more than $500 million in funding. The Chinese startup announced the round today. It said the private equity firm Boyu Capital led the investment with contributions from Tencent Holdings Ltd., one of China’s largest tech firms, and several others. Bloomberg [reported](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-17/manus-eyes-4-billion-value-in-first-round-since-meta-breakup) last month that the deal was expected to value Manus at $4 billion. That’s about double what Meta Platforms Inc. had reportedly offered for the company last December. The acquisition was scrapped this past April after Chinese regulators blocked it. Manus launched as Butterfly Effect Co. Ltd. in 2022. In 2024, it raised $10 million and refocused on developing the product that would eventually become the Manus agent. The product launched last March through an invite-only program. Videos of the agent performing multistep tasks on users’ computers quickly went viral, which drew the attention of venture capital firm Benchmark. Manus raised $75 million from the firm in April 2025 and relocated its headquarters to Singapore. After Meta’s attempted acquisition fell through earlier this year, Manus announced that it would resume operating as a standalone company. The software maker has spent the time since improving its product. Manus 2.0, the first major update to the agent since the company’s relaunch, rolled out a few days before today’s funding announcement. Ma

Siliconangle 1 day, 10 hours ago

Shadow AI agents are a bigger threat than shadow IT—and they’re already in your workflows

# Shadow AI agents are a bigger threat than shadow IT—and they’re already in your workflows ![Shadow AI agents bypass IT controls, gaining high-privilege access to enterprise apps and increasing vulnerability to critical data leaks.](https://www.spiceworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Shadow-IT-700x400.jpg) (Credits: J Studios/Getty) Obsidian Security, a US-based security firm, [found Opens a new window](https://www.obsidiansecurity.com/academy/shadow-ai-vs-shadow-ai-agents) one enterprise running 377 Copilot agents it never registered—and another that counted 2,500 agents before its inventory process even started. ## **Why it’s worse than shadow IT** Last month, Claude Code was reportedly caught uploading screenshots of private repositories to public GitHub repos. According to Glow Security, which reported the [leakOpens a new window](https://www.glow.io/blogs/how-ai-agents-exposed-developer-screenshots-from-leading-tech-companies), more than 13,000 images tied to over 300 organizations were exposed — customer billing records, private client data, internal development work. Case in point: Replit AI’s coding agent reportedly deleted SaaStr.AI’s entire database during a code freeze. ## **Can your IT teams actually do anything?** Okta recently released an agent discovery tool that can identify, map, and secure known and unknown agents across enterprise workflows. Nvidia also [launched Opens a new window](https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/open-agent-safety-platform) an Open Agent Safety Platform for full-stack governance and control over software that runs agents: tracking agentic traffic and quarantining rogue or unauthorized ones.

Spiceworks 1 day, 11 hours ago

Amazon’s Ban on AI Agents Is the Opening Its Rivals Need

# Amazon’s Ban on AI Agents Is the Opening Its Rivals Need ![](https://images.barrons.com/im-522314?width=700&height=466)Amazon has blocked third-party AI agents from accessing its website on behalf of users.

Barrons 1 day, 11 hours ago

The share of enterprises trusting AI agents to make production changes on their own has fallen from 75% to 56%, VB Intelligence finds

In VentureBeat’s [_August Agentic Reliability and Evaluations_](https://venturebeat.com/resources/agentic-reliability-and-evaluations-fewer-enterprises-plan-to-let-ai-agents-ship-production-changes-on-automated-checks-alone-56-allow-it-or-plan-to-down-from-75-in-july) wave, **56% of respondents** whose organizations deploy autonomous AI agents said they **already allow certain production changes based on automated evaluation results alone**, without human review, or are engineering their systems to permit this within the next year.

Venturebeat 1 day, 13 hours ago

Healthleap Announces $38M in Funding From Sequoia, First Round and Hummingbird to Flag Undiagnosed Hospital Conditions With AI

# Healthleap Announces $38M in Funding From Sequoia, First Round and Hummingbird to Flag Undiagnosed Hospital Conditions With AI ![James Dargan](https://theaiinsider.tech/wp-content/uploads/ultimatemember/526/profile_photo-80x80.png?1791481583)By [James Dargan](https://theaiinsider.tech/author/jamesdargan/) _·_ 8 October 2026 _·_ 1 min read ![](https://theaiinsider.tech/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-08-at-10.32.51-1024x980.png) Healthleap, a startup whose AI platform reads patient records to identify people at risk of undiagnosed illnesses, has secured $38 million in combined seed and Series A funding. The financing includes an $8 million seed round co-led by Sequoia Capital and First Round Capital and a $30 million Series A led by Hummingbird Ventures. The software does not diagnose patients. Meyer said revenue has grown more than tenfold over the past year. The funding will support engineering, product, sales and customer success as Healthleap aims to cover more than 40 major conditions and expand into outpatient and home care. _Featured image: Credit: Healthleap_ ![James Dargan](https://theaiinsider.tech/wp-content/uploads/ultimatemember/526/profile_photo.png?1791481583) About the author [James Dargan](https://theaiinsider.tech/author/jamesdargan/) ### Trending today [![](https://theaiinsider.tech/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-07-at-09.02.00.png)\ \ Business & Markets\ \ **Valon Raises $150M Series D at a $2.3B Valuation to Deploy ValonOS and AI Agents into Mortgage**](https://theaiinsider.tech/2026/10/07/valon-raises-150m-series-d-at-a-2-3b-valuation-to-deploy-valonos-and-ai-agents-into-mortgage/) [![](https://theaiinsider.tech/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-08-at-09.54.12-700x519.png)\ \ Business & Markets\ \ **Stuut Secures $52.5M Series B Led by Insight Partners to Scale AI Agents for Order-to-Cash**](https://theaiinsider.tech/2026/10/08/stuut-secures-52-5m-series-b-led-by-insight-partners-to-scale-ai-a

Theaiinsider 1 day, 13 hours ago

Goodfire says its new ‘inside-out’ monitors catch rogue AI agents at a fraction of the cost

# Goodfire says its new ‘inside-out’ monitors catch rogue AI agents at a fraction of the cost [Aditya Mehta](https://techcrunch.com/author/aditya-mehta/) 9:00 AM PDT · October 8, 2026 [Share on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F10%2F08%2Fgoodfire-says-its-new-inside-out-monitors-catch-rogue-ai-agents-at-a-fraction-of-the-cost%2F)[Share on X](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F10%2F08%2Fgoodfire-says-its-new-inside-out-monitors-catch-rogue-ai-agents-at-a-fraction-of-the-cost%2F&text=Goodfire+says+its+new+%E2%80%98inside-out%E2%80%99+monitors+catch+rogue+AI+agents+at+a+fraction+of+the+cost&via=techcrunch)[Share on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F10%2F08%2Fgoodfire-says-its-new-inside-out-monitors-catch-rogue-ai-agents-at-a-fraction-of-the-cost%2F&title=Goodfire+says+its+new+%E2%80%98inside-out%E2%80%99+monitors+catch+rogue+AI+agents+at+a+fraction+of+the+cost&summary=Goodfire+just+launched+what+it+says+is+a+cheaper+way+to+keep+AI+agents+in+check%3A+Instead+of+paying+a+second+AI+to+read+everything+an+agent+does%2C+its+monitors+peek+inside+the+model+while+it+works+and+only+call+in+backup+when+something+looks+fishy.&mini=1&source=TechCrunch)[Share on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F10%2F08%2Fgoodfire-says-its-new-inside-out-monitors-catch-rogue-ai-agents-at-a-fraction-of-the-cost%2F&title=Goodfire+says+its+new+%E2%80%98inside-out%E2%80%99+monitors+catch+rogue+AI+agents+at+a+fraction+of+the+cost)[Share over Email](mailto:?subject=Goodfire+says+its+new+%E2%80%98inside-out%E2%80%99+monitors+catch+rogue+AI+agents+at+a+fraction+of+the+cost&body=Article%3A+https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2026%2F10%2F08%2Fgoodfire-says-its-new-inside-out-monitors-catch-rogue-ai-agents-at-a-fraction-of-the-cost%2F)[Copy Share Link](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/08/goodfire-says-its-new-inside-out-mon

Techcrunch 1 day, 14 hours ago

Google launches Gemini AI workplace agent that can write code and run tasks, company says

Google on Thursday unveiled a new AI agent tailored for workplace tasks, positioning it to compete with other technology giants racing to offer their own virtual office assistants. Called Gemini, the AI is a "universal agent" that can write and run code, create images and media and integrate with Google products like Gmail, Docs, Drive and Sheets, as well as third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365, Google said in its [statement](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/welcome-to-gemini-at-work-2026). Google said the agent can seamlessly integrate into people's workflow, acting like a co-worker that can carry out tasks autonomously. The AI agent, which runs in the Cloud, is designed to build memory and skills based on the tasks it's assigned and the questions users ask it. Gemini joins a growing field of AI agents marketed for personal and workplace use. In September, [Meta introduced Muse](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meta-ai-agent-muse-shopping/), a personal AI assistant that has been downloaded millions of times. OpenAI followed suit late last month with the [introduction of "Dots"](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sam-altman-openai-dots-chatgpt-agents-safety/), an "AI helper" available to ChatGPT users with Pro and Business Premium accounts. #### How Trump is taking on AI as concerns about rogue agents explode - [**Alleged Chinese agent to remain in custody, judge rules, amid flight-risk fears**\ ![ ](https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/10/06/b0956aac-5495-4ad8-a417-acdafb368581/thumbnail/96x96/ec964d6e9bd26466f25bc844439d7cff/wanying-22heather22-zhang.jpg#)](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/accused-chinese-agent-wanying-zhang-flight-risk/?intcid=CNR-01-0623)

Cbsnews 1 day, 14 hours ago

Cal AI’s 19-year-old founder just raised $10M for his new AI startup

# Cal AI’s 19-year-old founder just raised $10M for his new AI startup Zach Yadegari, the teen co-founder of calorie tracking app Cal AI, has launched [Persona](https://yourpersona.com/), a new AI agent startup, and already raised $10 million. But he says that the agent will present unbiased recommendations because the agent won’t know which of the items are advertised.

Techcrunch 1 day, 16 hours ago

Rein Security raises $25M to rein in insecure AI agents

### Rein Security raises $25M to rein in insecure AI agents Rein co-founder and Chief Executive Matan Bar-Efrat (pictured, left, alongside co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Netanel Rubin) told SiliconANGLE the main issue with autonomous AI agents is that the risks are completely new and therefore hidden from most security teams.

Siliconangle 1 day, 17 hours ago

AWS Launches Strands Box to Control Autonomous AI Agents With Open-Source Sandbox

# AWS Launches Strands Box to Control Autonomous AI Agents With Open-Source Sandbox ![AWS Launches Strands Box to Control Autonomous AI Agents With Open-Source Sandbox](https://ihfyvnmcmnvwrtmuemaa.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/blog-images/1791464627650-blue-and-beige-modern-europe-travel-presentation-2026-10-08t.png?width=1600&quality=88&height=900&resize=contain)

Konsulteer 1 day, 17 hours ago

AI Agent Security: How Enterprises Can Build a Trusted Security Layer for Autonomous AI Systems

## TL;DR — Key Takeaways On July 16, 2026, [Hugging Face disclosed](https://labs.cloudsecurityalliance.org/research/csa-research-note-huggingface-autonomous-agent-breach-202607/) that an autonomous AI agent, not a human operator, had run an end-to-end intrusion of its production infrastructure over a single weekend, harvesting cloud and cluster credentials through a code-execution flaw before anyone caught it.

Securityboulevard 1 day, 17 hours ago

AWS’s repeated problems with AI agent controls illustrates the autonomous agent dilemma

# AWS’s repeated problems with AI agent controls illustrates the autonomous agent dilemma News ## More from this author - [news\ **Despite ShinyHunters arrests after FBI jobs data breach, enterprises still have no answers about PeopleSoft risks** \ Oct 5, 2026 5 mins](https://www.csoonline.com/article/4230892/despite-shinyhunters-arrests-after-fbi-jobs-data-breach-enterprises-still-have-no-answers-about-peoplesoft-risks.html) - [news\ **Nvidia releases Open Agent Safety Platform to monitor and govern agentic AI** \ Sep 28, 2026 8 mins](https://www.csoonline.com/article/4227843/nvidia-releases-open-agent-safety-platform-to-monitor-and-govern-agentic-ai.html) - [news\ **Gemini broke into 3 companies, but Google kept it quiet because ‘no damage was done’** \ Sep 21, 2026 7 mins](https://www.csoonline.com/article/4224570/gemini-broke-into-3-companies-but-google-kept-it-quiet-because-no-damage-was-done.html) - [news\ **LinkedIn fights for the right to tell customers when the feds want their data** \ Sep 16, 2026 6 mins](https://www.csoonline.com/article/4222946/linkedin-fights-for-the-right-to-tell-customers-when-the-feds-want-their-data.html) ## Show me more [news\ \ **AWS’s repeated problems with AI agent controls illustrates the autonomous agent dilemma** \ \ By Evan Schuman\ \ Oct 8, 202612 mins\ \ Artificial IntelligenceIdentity and Access ManagementSecurity\ \ ![Image](https://www.csoonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/4232054-0-60125400-1791464842-shutterstock_editorial_2329866433.jpg?quality=50&strip=all&w=444)](https://www.csoonline.com/article/4232054/awss-repeated-problems-with-ai-agent-controls-illustrates-the-autonomous-agent-dilemma.html)

Csoonline 1 day, 17 hours ago

Vesta raises $30M in Series B funding to expand AI-native LOS

## Article Summary Vesta, an AI-native loan origination system, raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by Conversion Capital, bringing its total funding to $85 million. Vesta reports lenders on its platform originate more than $100 billion annually and run tens of thousands of daily tasks through embedded AI agents that handle underwriting, condition clearing and closing reviews. **Vesta**, an AI-native loan origination system, has raised $30 million in Series B funding, bringing its total capital raised to $85 million, the company announced Thursday. Three existing lender customers — **New American Funding**, **PennyMac Financial Services** and **NBKC Bank** — also invested in the round, alongside **Citi Ventures**, **FirstKey Mortgage** and **Navitas Capital**. ## Automating the ‘large majority’ of routine tasks Pennymac, which replaced its prior origination system with Vesta, reported a 25% decrease in its operational cost to originate and roughly 50% efficiency gains for its loan officers before activating AI agents, according to the announcement. According to the company, lenders use Vesta’s AI agents today to automate dozens of tasks from [application](https://www.housingwire.com/articles/mba-mortgage-applications-down-6/) through funding, including making [underwriting](https://www.housingwire.com/articles/how-ai-is-already-transforming-and-improving-the-mortgage-underwriting-process/) decisions, clearing conditions and reviewing closing packages. ## [Vesta raises $30M in Series B funding to expand AI-native LOS](https://www.housingwire.com/articles/vesta-raises-30-million-series-b-ai-loan-origination-system/) [![](https://www.housingwire.com/wp-content/themes/housingwire/img/icon-open-black.svg)](https://www.housingwire.com/articles/vesta-raises-30-million-series-b-ai-loan-origination-system/) AI-based LOS provider Vesta raised $30 million in Series B funding as lenders report lower origination costs and ramp up use of AI agents. ![](https:

Housingwire 1 day, 18 hours ago

Rein Security Raises $25 Million Series A To Secure Enterprise AI Agents

Rein Security Raises $25 Million Series A To Secure Enterprise AI Agents Rein Security, an AI-native runtime security platform focused on enterprise AI agents, raised $25 million in Series A funding, bringing its total funding to $35 million. Rein plans to use the new capital to accelerate product development, expand its agentic AI security research, and support global hiring as enterprises increase their deployment of autonomous AI agents. At Lemonade, Rein protects AI agents supporting services used by more than three million active customers. _This funding enables us to keep building the infrastructure enterprises need to deploy AI agents with visibility, control and confidence.”_

Pulse2 1 day, 19 hours ago

Rein Security raises $25 million Series A as companies struggle to control their AI agents

# Rein Security raises $25 million Series A as companies struggle to control their AI agents ## The Israeli startup says its revenue has grown eightfold since January and its platform is now securing thousands of agents that execute millions of actions. [Meir Orbach](https://www.calcalistech.com/tags/Meir_Orbach) 13:00, 08.10.26 ![Project logo](https://cdn.whtvr.io/icons/proj_ab3f6615-bb8d-40f2-9cbb-fa429b187259.jpg) Askmeanyquestion Click to listen [Powered bywhtvr.ai](https://www.whtvr.ai/?utm_source=watermark&utm_campaign=google.com) Rein Security has raised $25 million in a Series A funding round, bringing the company's total funding to $35 million. The round was co-led by Glilot Capital and Sienna Venture Capital, with participation from Corner Ventures, Atlacle and RNP Capital Advisors. [Full list of Israeli high-tech funding rounds in 2026](https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rq8lzbs4c) The funding comes as organizations rapidly deploy AI agents with increasingly broad access to business systems, data and workflows, creating a new class of security risks that traditional approaches were not designed to detect or prevent. 1 View gallery ![מימין מתן בר אפרת ונתנאל רובין מייסדי Rein Security](https://pic1.calcalist.co.il/picserver3/crop_images/2026/01/28/S1QjGPDLZg/S1QjGPDLZg_0_0_1344_768_0_x-large.jpg)![מימין מתן בר אפרת ונתנאל רובין מייסדי Rein Security](https://pic1.calcalist.co.il/picserver3/crop_images/2026/01/28/S1QjGPDLZg/S1QjGPDLZg_0_0_1344_768_0_x-large.jpg) Rein Security founders. (Photo: Yarin Terenos) Its platform uses patented “sidecar” technology that operates at runtime, when AI agents are actually executing actions. This gives security teams visibility into every line of code an agent runs and every resource it accesses, as well as governance over agent activity and real-time guardrails designed to block harmful actions. z.calcalist.co.il # z.calcalist.co.il is blocked In another case, an AI agent used by a global enterp

Calcalistech 1 day, 20 hours ago
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