• PJ Bradley
    Contributing Writer Security Buzz

    PJ Bradley is a writer from southeast Michigan with a Bachelor's degree in history from Oakland University. She has a background in school-age care and experience tutoring college history students.

    Currently, PJ is focused on building a career in higher education while freelancing as a writer. A lover of literature and art, she dedicates much of her free time to creative writing and reading.

Articles by PJ Bradley
AI governance guardrails https://www.pexels.com/photo/barriers-on-the-road-bend-above-the-clouds-19288164/
65% of Companies Have Had an AI Agent Act Outside its Scope
September 30, 2026
Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) recently published a research report prepared for Cequence Security, “Agents Without Guardrails: The Agentic AI Governance Gap in the Enterprise.” The report reveals a number of alarming statistics, with an initial…
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Socure Raises $156M at $5.2B Valuation, Buys Fravity to Fight AI Fraud
September 28, 2026
Trust infrastructure provider Socure recently announced a strategic growth investment round valuing the company at $5.2 billion, raising $156 million. The investors were led by Summit Partners and also included Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Wells Fargo,…
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Palo Alto Networks Buys Console to Automate Security Operations
September 27, 2026
For years now, alert volumes have consistently outpaced the capacity of human analysts to address and remediate every flagged issue. Traditional security operations center (SOC) workflows are built around dashboards, queues, and manual triage, often…
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Fake IT Support Calls on Microsoft Teams Breached 150 Employees
September 22, 2026
A recent publication from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 research team offers insight into Microsoft Teams voice phishing (vishing) campaigns. This activity, dubbed Spring Ring, ran from January through April 2026 and was discovered based…
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Noma Security Hugging Face AI identity https://www.pexels.com/photo/data-codes-through-eyeglasses-577585/
Researchers Uncover New Attack That Steals Data From AI Workflows
September 20, 2026
Recent research from Noma Security’s Noma Labs has revealed a newly discovered attack leveraging legitimate, authorized use of AI workflows to obtain sensitive data. It starts with an attacker sending an ordinary message to a…
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Surfshark Acquires Data Removal Firm Optery in Second US Deal
September 15, 2026
Personal and private information has circulated since the advent of the internet and has been increasingly surfacing in recent years through search engines, broker databases, and AI summaries. Data brokers buy and sell this information,…
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500 Breaches Later, Medusa Ransomware Is Still Outrunning Its Warnings
September 14, 2026
The Medusa ransomware-as-a-service variant, first identified in June 2021, has been The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released an advisory concerning Medusa ransomware on March 12th,…
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AI Agents Autonomously Breached Taiwan Government Networks in Four Days
September 08, 2026
In July 2026, government cybersecurity monitors began to flag anomalous activity on Taiwanese government infrastructure. The discovery was traced back to a 160-megabyte archive of agentic AI operational logs, and researchers quickly realized they were…
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ToxicPanda Android Trojan https://www.pexels.com/photo/eating-panda-bear-14925845/
ToxicPanda 2.0 Turns Wireless Debugging Into a Master Key for Android Banking Fraud
September 07, 2026
First discovered in late 2024 by cybersecurity company Cleafy, ToxicPanda has built up a known history in the past few years as an Android banking trojan with operations focused in Europe. Recently, Zimperium’s zLabs team…
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AI-Powered Vulnerability Hunting Is Outpacing Microsoft's Ability to Patch
September 04, 2026
A blog post published on August 13th by Microsoft’s Exchange Team outlines a further delay in the release of Exchange SE Cumulative Update 1 (CU1). The update was initially expected in the first half of…
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U.S. Deputizes Private Companies for Offensive Cyber Operations Against Criminal Networks
September 02, 2026
On August 12th, 2026, a presidential memorandum was published authorizing Participating Companies—vetted private contractors—to conduct government-directed cyber operations. The new program covers both Cyber Surveillance Operations and Cyber Effects Operations. While Surveillance Operations include intelligence…
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OpenAI Can't Rule Out Astra Has Reached Critical Cyber Capability
August 31, 2026
OpenAI’s Astra model has been flagged for possible critical cyber capability, as the company states that it “cannot rule out” the possibility under its current Preparedness Framework. This is the first model to approach the…
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Fortinet Acquires Virtue AI to Secure Autonomous Agents at Runtime
August 28, 2026
In recent years, the explosive growth of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and agents has reshaped the digital landscape and brought on many new and evolving risks. The deployment of autonomous AI agents in business environments…
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Paperclip Vulnerabilities Show How AI Agent Configuration Becomes Code
August 24, 2026
Open-source AI company Paperclip plays a significant role in orchestrating autonomous AI agents at scale, enabling organizations to centrally manage a company of AI agents. A design choice causes Paperclip to treat agent configuration as…
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Okta Permiso identity https://www.pexels.com/photo/chain-link-fence-closed-with-lock-in-countryside-5688464/
Okta Buys Permiso for $200 Million to Police AI Agents After Login
August 18, 2026
Identity and access management (IAM) company Okta recently signed a definitive agreement to acquire Permiso Security, with the deal expected to close in Q3 of Okta’s 2027 fiscal year. While the exact terms of the…
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BeyondTrust identity trust https://www.pexels.com/photo/portrait-shot-of-a-woman-5473960/
Research Finds Most Attacks Exploit Identity Trust, Not Bugs
August 17, 2026
BeyondTrust’s Phantom Labs was founded in 2025 to conduct research and share intelligence pertinent to the company’s security efforts. The recently released Phantom Labs Research Index explores the fruits of the first year of Phantom…
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Cyera Adds Oasis Security for $1B to Close the AI Agent Identity Gap
August 11, 2026
The ongoing AI explosion and recent growth of agentic AI usage have created a security landscape with new and evolving risks. Enterprises are deploying AI agents within their networks at a rapid pace, outstripping any…
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Minnesota water treatment cyber attack https://www.pexels.com/photo/water-flowing-from-pipes-17882783/
Iranian Hackers Suspected in Attack on 30+ Minnesota Water Utilities
August 10, 2026
A recent cyberattack against water utilities in Minnesota has revealed the extent of the weakness in many operational technology (OT) environments. Municipal water systems largely run on aging and outdated OT, often exposed to the…
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