AI Decline? Confidence in Autonomous Penetration Testing Falls
2026-06-27T02:51:41Z•8de2bf38534e97a6e9c5cdc39cd62cfe4d493f6846232fc23ac2e717144cbaf1
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What happened
This DarkReading digest (late June 2026) highlights multiple high-risk developments across vulnerabilities, active exploitation, supply-chain and identity threats, and AI-related security risks. Key items: waning confidence in fully autonomous penetration testing; Cisco strategic identity/security acquisitions; a new initiative to manage end-of-life open-source security; several actively exploited Cisco flaws (CUCM SSRF with root escalation, and an SD‑WAN issue exploited before disclosure); large-scale Fortinet/FortiGate credential-harvesting campaigns and FortiBleed sniffing activity; AI-sup
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