Research Radar, September 29, 2026: 12 new AI and security papers to know
The most relevant new AI and security research from Nature & arXiv, with the authors' own summaries and links to the papers.
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Cisco Talos launches Executive Threat Detection hunting service
Cisco Talos Incident Response says the retainer-based service runs monthly human-led threat hunts on systems tied to up to 10 executives.
NASA Armstrong Marks 80 Years, Named Flight Test Center
NASA said Administrator Jared Isaacman recently designated Armstrong its Center of Excellence for Flight Test and Aircraft Operations as the X-59 continues testing.
ESA marks start of new Martian year at 11:43 UTC
The European Space Agency says Mars began a fresh orbit around the Sun on 30 September 2026, opening the 38th year of a martian calendar counted since 1955.
Vulnerability Watch, September 29, 2026: 21 critical CVEs and 36 new vendor and CERT advisories
Every critical-severity CVE NIST published in the past day, plus the latest advisories from national CERTs and vendors.
Google shows Android agentic workflows using ADK, AG-UI and A2UI
Google's Android Developers Blog details how cloud-hosted agents can stream interactive UI to Jetpack Compose apps using new alpha A2UI renderer libraries.
Meta says anti-scam campaign reached 303 million people in Asia-Pacific
Meta says its "One Step Ahead" education push, built with more than 25 agencies and safety groups, promoted passkeys, two-factor authentication and WhatsApp warnings across 18 countries.
GAO Says DOD IT Programs Lack Fraud Training, Zero Trust Plans
The watchdog's seventh annual review of 18 major Pentagon IT business programs found gaps in fraud risk awareness, cybersecurity strategies and performance reporting.
MIT uses AI to make RNA vaccines stable at room temperature
MIT researchers say an algorithm trained on small datasets found lipid nanoparticle formulations that kept mRNA Covid-19 vaccines stable for a year without cold storage.
AWS adds Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 5.5 to Bedrock and Claude Platform
Amazon Web Services says the new Sonnet model improves coding and knowledge work at a lower cost per task, and is available through two AWS access paths.