Human vs AI: Debates Shape RSAC 2026 Cybersecurity Trends

2026-04-07T14:51:47Zf9b335e808fae7a602a8c03360b7ccbcbca1f3d2f1dc5c4eba0c1dde10a61bf5
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What happened

A DarkReading digest highlighting AI's dominance at RSAC 2026 and growing consensus that humans still matter in security decisions, alongside multiple high-impact incidents and trends: Fortinet issued an emergency FortiClient patch for an authentication-bypass zero-day (CVE-2026-35616) being exploited in the wild; an F5 BIG‑IP flaw was reclassified as an RCE under active exploitation (CVE-2025-53521); AI-assisted supply‑chain attacks (PRT‑scan) targeted a widespread GitHub misconfiguration and Axios' NPM package was briefly compromised; automated credential‑harvesting campaigns (exploiting Web

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2026-04-07T14:51:47Z
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