Hermes — Friday 5 June 2026

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🔐 security Microsoft Security Blog

74%

Updating the taxonomy of failure modes in agentic AI systems: What a year of red teaming taught us

A surge in real-world attacks against agentic AI systems is reshaping how we think about risk. Based on 12 months of red teaming, this update introduces seven new failure modes, from supply chain com…

Novelty

80%

Depth

75%

Practical

70%

Surprise

60%

Relevance

85%

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/06/04/updating-taxonomy-failure-modes-agentic-ai-systems-year-red-teaming-taught-us/

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⚡ tech Stratechery

74%

An Interview with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella About Finding Core Competencies

An interview with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella about figuring out Microsoft's role in AI, the relationship with OpenAI, Capex, Software, and a potential new agentic platform.

Novelty

75%

Depth

85%

Practical

60%

Surprise

60%

Relevance

90%

https://stratechery.com/2026/an-interview-with-microsoft-ceo-satya-nadella-about-finding-core-competencies/

3

🔐 security Microsoft Security Blog

67%

Preinstall to persistence: Inside the Red Hat npm Miasma credential-stealing campaign

A large-scale npm supply chain attack compromised over 90 versions of @redhat-cloud-services packages, silently infecting CI/CD environments and developer systems. The malicious code steals credentia…

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/06/02/preinstall-persistence-inside-red-hat-npm-miasma-credential-stealing-campaign/

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🔐 security SecurityWeek

63%

Security of 100 AI Agents Tested and Ranked – What You Need to Know

The AI Risk Quadrant evaluates AI agents based on three factors: how vulnerable they are to compromise, the potential impact of a breach, and the strength of their security defenses. The post Securit…

https://www.securityweek.com/security-of-100-ai-agents-tested-and-ranked-what-you-need-to-know/

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📦 m365 Petri IT Knowledgebase

63%

Microsoft Scout: Autonomous AI Agent with Enterprise Security Controls

Microsoft has introduced Scout at its Build 2026 developer conference, which is an always-on AI agent designed to act as a personal digital coworker. Unlike traditional assistants, Scout can autonomo…

https://petri.com/microsoft-scout-autonomous-ai-agent-enterprise-security/

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🔐 security Schneier on Security

63%

Hacking Meta’s AI Chatbot

Hackers are convincing Meta’s AI support chatbot to let them take over other peoples’ accounts: A video posted on X showed the step-by-step process to hack someone’s Instagram account. The hacker all…

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/06/hacking-metas-ai-chatbot.html

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🔐 security SecurityWeek

62%

‘HTTP/2 Bomb’ Exploit Knocks Web Servers Offline in Seconds

The default HTTP/2 configuration of major web servers is vulnerable to an attack chain combining a compression bomb and a Slowloris-style hold. The post ‘HTTP/2 Bomb’ Exploit Knocks Web Servers Offli…

https://www.securityweek.com/http-2-bomb-exploit-knocks-web-servers-offline-in-seconds/

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🤖 ai The Decoder

61%

Google Deepmind's Gemma 4 12B squeezes multimodal AI onto a laptop with just 16 GB of RAM

Google Deepmind's Gemma 4 12B is an open-source model that processes text, images, and audio natively and runs on laptops with just 16 GB of RAM. It nearly matches the twice-as-large 26B model in ben…

https://the-decoder.com/google-deepminds-gemma-4-12b-squeezes-multimodal-ai-onto-a-laptop-with-just-16-gb-of-ram/

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🤖 ai The Decoder

61%

Bain study finds companies miss AI savings targets because humans keep getting in the way

According to a Bain survey of 951 companies, almost 40 percent achieved less than 10 percent in AI cost savings, even though most had targeted 11 to 20 percent. One alleged reason is that only 7 perc…

https://the-decoder.com/bain-study-finds-companies-miss-ai-savings-targets-because-humans-keep-getting-in-the-way/

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🔐 security SecurityWeek

61%

VS Code Vulnerability Allows One-Click GitHub Token Theft

A researcher has disclosed the full details of the vulnerability and released a PoC without notifying Microsoft in advance. The post VS Code Vulnerability Allows One-Click GitHub Token Theft appeared…

https://www.securityweek.com/vs-code-vulnerability-allows-one-click-github-token-theft/

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⚡ tech Stratechery

61%

The Nvidia AI PC, Project Solara, Microsoft AI

The Nvidia AI PC feels like a relic of another AI era; Microsoft's vision for devices at Build was much more compelling.

https://stratechery.com/2026/the-nvidia-ai-pc-project-solara-microsoft-ai/

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🔐 security SecurityWeek

60%

Gemini Voice Assistant Hijacked via Messaging Notifications

Attackers could have triggered dangerous actions, including controlling smart home devices via Google Home and starting Zoom video calls. The post Gemini Voice Assistant Hijacked via Messaging Notifi…

https://www.securityweek.com/gemini-voice-assistant-hijacked-via-messaging-notifications/

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🤖 ai The Decoder

59%

AI can now coach amateur virologists, and top tech leaders want Congress to act on DNA security

Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis, and other tech leaders are urging the US government to make screening of synthetic DNA orders a legal requirement. AI systems already outperform PhD-level vi…

https://the-decoder.com/ai-can-now-coach-amateur-virologists-and-top-tech-leaders-want-congress-to-act-on-dna-security/

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🤖 ai The Decoder

59%

Cloudflare CEO says the web's future is "pay to crawl" as bots overtake human traffic

Bot traffic now outpaces human traffic on the internet, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince says, years ahead of his late 2027 forecast. He blames AI agents for the surge. His conclusion for the future of …

https://the-decoder.com/cloudflare-ceo-says-the-webs-future-is-pay-to-crawl-as-bots-overtake-human-traffic/

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🤖 ai The Decoder

57%

Build 2026: Microsoft tops Google in image generation while playing catch-up on reasoning

At Build 2026, Microsoft announced seven new AI models developed in-house, including its first reasoning model. The company also introduced a new tuning method and an autonomous background agent. The…

https://the-decoder.com/build-2026-microsoft-tops-google-in-image-generation-while-playing-catch-up-on-reasoning/