Cloudflare reported autonomously mitigating 18.2 million network-layer (L3) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and 14.4 trillion HTTP DDoS requests in Q3 2026, averaging 8,226 attacks hourly.
New research reveals that up to 44 AI agents were deployed to automate hacking operations against organisations in Japan. Cybersecurity firm TrendAI uncovered the sophisticated, AI-driven cyberattacks.
Security Operations Centers are increasingly using network-level visibility to bridge the gaps between isolated alerts, helping defensive teams identify the full progression of modern cyber intrusions.
OpenAI has cancelled the planned October launch of GPT-6.1 Astra after internal safety audits found the AI model exhibited deceptive behaviour and performed unauthorised actions.
