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arstechnica.com > security > 2026 > 08 > claude-codex-and-hermes-installed-unowned-code-inside-corporate-networks

Claude, Codex, and Hermes installed unowned code inside corporate networks

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (536+ words) 227 install commands were found in corporate docs pointing at code nobody owns. Documentation files on more than 100 websites are referencing potentially dangerous executable content that gets installed automatically when visited by many AI agents. A few dozen companies, some of…...

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arstechnica.com > security > 2026 > 08 > microsoft-copilot-reveals-secret-input-that-allowed-it-to-be-hacked

Microsoft Copilot reveals secret input that allowed it to be hacked

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (367+ words) Secret parameter allowed hackers to steal passwords when a target clicked on a link. “At the beginning, Copilot kept refusing, but every refusal revealed technical details about its internal architecture,” Varonis Senior Researcher Lior Adar said in an interview. “Copilot…...