• SecurityWeek’s cybersecurity news roundup provides a concise compilation of noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar.We provide a valuable summary of stories that may not warrant an entire article, but are nonetheless important for a comprehensive understanding of the cybersecurity landscape.Each week, we curate and present a collection of noteworthy developments, ranging from the latest vulnerability discoveries and emerging attack techniques to significant policy changes and industry reports.Here are this week’s stories:Axonius reduces workforce and transitions leadershipAxonius has laid offapproximately 40 employees, representing less than 4% of its global staff, with the majority of cuts in marketing and sales. • Co-founder Dean Sysman has stepped down from his role as CEO to become executive chairman, with company president Joe Diamond appointed as interim CEO. • The workforce adjustment aims to refine the company’s organizational structure and improve operational efficiency as it prepares for a potential IPO.Advertisement. • Scroll to continue reading.European Parliament disables AI features on official devicesThe European Parliament hasdisabled built-in AI featureson work-issued devices, such as corporate tablets used by lawmakers and their staff, due to concerns over cybersecurity and data protection. • The IT department determined that certain AI capabilities send data to external cloud services for processing, making it impossible to fully guarantee the security of potentially sensitive information.HackerOne revises policy language following concerns over data usage for AIBug bounty huntersraised questionson social media about whether HackerOne was using their submitted vulnerability reports to train AI models, particularly in connection with the company’s recent Agentic PTaaS platform and its AI system called Hai. • In response, HackerOne CEO Kara Sprague stated that the platform does not train generative AI models - internally or via third partie

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  • SecurityWeek’s weekly roundup highlights several notable cybersecurity events. Axonius announced a 4 % workforce reduction, mainly in marketing and sales, and a leadership shift with co‑founder Dean Sysman moving to executive chairman while Joe Diamond steps in as interim CEO ahead of a potential IPO. The European Parliament disabled AI features on official devices after discovering that some AI functions sent data to external clouds, raising data‑protection concerns. HackerOne clarified that its new Agentic PTaaS platform does not use researcher submissions to train generative AI, updating its terms to remove ambiguity. A data breach at Abu Dhabi Finance Week exposed over 700 passport scans, and an Interpol‑led operation across Africa arrested 651 suspects, seizing $4.3 million in assets.

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