# Cisco open sources tool for detecting AI agents on hacking sprees > Source: > Published: 2026-10-28 12:00:00+00:00 ### [AI](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/ai) - #### GitHub powering up four million extra cores to stop its service going downRe-architects site to cope with AI slop-pocalypse - #### Microsoft faces potential vote: Shareholders curious about its plans to tackle emissionsGreenhouse gas output has risen dramatically since the company promised to become carbon-negative by 2030 - #### UK ministers had plenty of time for AI datacenter bosses, but none for environmental groupsInvestigation finds businesses dominated govt meetings while communities were left out of decisions about AI Growth Zones - #### Humanity can't afford not to spend $800B on AI, Anthropic insistsIt's more important than chips, 'leccy and the net, after all - #### OpenAI rolls out budget-priced mid-tier GPT-6.1 TerraNot a bombshell, but it rivals pricier models on some tasks at a tenth of Astra's API price ### [Infosec](https://beta.theregister.com/security) - Security #### Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacksPLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more! - Security #### Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attackPLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more - Black Hat and DEF CON #### DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructureVoting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included - Security #### EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz AcronisWent at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified - Malware Month #### Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sightOn the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career ### [FOSS](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/FOSS) - #### FreeBSD founder ports Omarchy to FreeBSD in ten days, ten releasesDaemonarchy is unaffiliated with the Linux original, built with AI help, and could complicate FreeBSD's debate over AI contributions - #### SparkyOS: Lightweight general-purpose Arch, on a pendriveInteresting new project from the minds behind SparkyLinux - #### Red Hat helps teach about tech writingBut learns tough lessons about AI in the process - #### NetBSD may have found a new role: The AI-free FOSS OSIncreasing awareness and adoption, followed by increasing donations - #### OpenAI dots inspire open source imitators amid technical difficultiesPersistent agents appeal to AI companies, but demand isn't obvious - #### Ubuntu 'Stonking Stingray' beta swims out: Deeper Rust 'oxidization' plus LLM speech-to-textGNOME 51 is here, and Ubuntu interim releases are getting interesting again