{"slug": "ai-agents-can-now-manipulate-your-organization-are-you-ready", "title": "AI agents can now manipulate your organization. Are you ready?", "summary": "AI agents are now capable of manipulating organizational systems, posing a new security threat that requires proactive policy management. The rise of these autonomous agents with \"hands-on\" capabilities demands that companies implement strict governance to prevent exploitation. Organizations must prepare for the risks of agentic AI by establishing clear controls and oversight.", "body_md": "**SPONSORED LINKS**\n\n### MOST POPULAR\n\n## EVENTS\n\n-\n### Overcoming the trade-offs in data sovereignty\n\nWhat does data sovereignty actually mean for your network, which trade-offs are unavoidable? 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Are you ready?\n\nSPONSORED POST: Agents with hands require a hands-on policy\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### Another bug hunter leaks Microsoft exploits in defiance of company’s handling of vulnerability disclosures\n\nResearchers follow in Nightmare Eclipse’s footsteps, flipping off Redmond in favor of insta-leaks\n\n-\nOS platforms\n\n#### Microsoft Build: Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, Coreutils for Windows, air-gapped GitHub and more\n\nExecution Containers provide safe environment for running AI agents, while Windows Developer Config aims to make Windows less unpleasant for developers\n\n-\npublic sector\n\n#### Listen up, England. The Health Secretary is going to be data controller for everyone's Single Patient Record\n\nNo, public bucket policy doesn't mean everyone gets a bucket for themselves. Please let Tech do it. Don't go into Settings... NOOOOOO!\n\n[Infosec](https://beta.theregister.com/security)\n\n-\nNetworks\n\n#### The tech that could make Marvell the next trillion dollar company\n\nCU later, rivals? That's if Broadzilla doesn't eat its lunch first\n\n-\nAI and ml\n\n#### AI agents can now manipulate your organization. Are you ready?\n\nSPONSORED POST: Agents with hands require a hands-on policy\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### Another bug hunter leaks Microsoft exploits in defiance of company’s handling of vulnerability disclosures\n\nResearchers follow in Nightmare Eclipse’s footsteps, flipping off Redmond in favor of insta-leaks\n\n-\nOS platforms\n\n#### Microsoft Build: Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, Coreutils for Windows, air-gapped GitHub and more\n\nExecution Containers provide safe environment for running AI agents, while Windows Developer Config aims to make Windows less unpleasant for developers\n\n-\npublic sector\n\n#### Listen up, England. The Health Secretary is going to be data controller for everyone's Single Patient Record\n\nNo, public bucket policy doesn't mean everyone gets a bucket for themselves. Please let Tech do it. Don't go into Settings... NOOOOOO!\n\n[FOSS](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/FOSS)\n\n-\n#### AI agents can now manipulate your organization. Are you ready?\n\nSPONSORED POST: Agents with hands require a hands-on policy\n\n-\n#### Another bug hunter leaks Microsoft exploits in defiance of company’s handling of vulnerability disclosures\n\nResearchers follow in Nightmare Eclipse’s footsteps, flipping off Redmond in favor of insta-leaks\n\n-\n#### Microsoft Build: Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, Coreutils for Windows, air-gapped GitHub and more\n\nExecution Containers provide safe environment for running AI agents, while Windows Developer Config aims to make Windows less unpleasant for developers\n\n-\n#### Listen up, England. The Health Secretary is going to be data controller for everyone's Single Patient Record\n\nNo, public bucket policy doesn't mean everyone gets a bucket for themselves. Please let Tech do it. Don't go into Settings... NOOOOOO!\n\n-\n#### Citation, please! 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