Broadcom's Anthropic loan, FortiMail zero-day, lingering AI agent access - October 2, 2026
Broadcom's $42 billion loan to Anthropic, an exploited FortiMail zero-day, AI agents that keep their access, and more.
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Broadcom will lend Anthropic up to $42bn to lease its AI chips
https://thenextweb.com/news/broadcom-anthropic-42bn-loan-tpu-lease-reutersCritical FortiMail zero-day exploited in the wild (CVE-2026-104286)
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/02/fortinet-fortimail-vulnerability-cve-2026-104286/AI agents keep access to company data after their work is done
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/02/delinea-ai-policy-adoption-enforcement-report/Kevin Mandia's new 'agent swarm' security startup Armadin raises $255.5M at $2.5B valuation
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/01/kevin-mandias-new-agent-swarm-security-startup-armadin-raises-255-5m-at-2-5b-valuation/Android 17 makes it harder for spyware to cover its tracks
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/02/android-17-advanced-protection-features/Opus 5.5 loves to tell you 'this matters' (and other AI writing tells)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/01/opus-5-5-loves-to-tell-you-this-matters-and-other-ai-writing-tells/Judge Mehta Dismisses Penske, Chegg AI Overviews Suits
https://www.relevantaudience.com/geo/judge-mehta-dismisses-penske-chegg-ai-overviews-suits/Lyft is paying $272.5M to settle lawsuit over how it classified drivers
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/01/lyft-is-paying-272-5m-to-settle-lawsuit-over-how-it-classified-drivers/Robotaxi operators will face fines for blocking first responders
https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/01/robotaxi-operators-will-face-fines-for-blocking-first-responders/Cloudflare K2: serverless event streams
https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-k2-streams/Sign-off