AI/ML Ledger launches open-source toolkit for secure AI agents July 17, 2026 Share By SC Staff (Adobe Stock) Ledger SAS has launched Ledger Agent Stack, an open-source toolkit designed to enable developers to build artificial intelligence agents capable of reading balances and drafting crypto transactions without the ability to move funds without human authorization on hardware, as reported by Silicon Angle. The Ledger Agent Stack ensures that sensitive actions require confirmation on a Ledger hardware signer before execution, while read-only requests operate autonomously. This design prevents funds from being moved or secrets accessed even if an agent's software environment is compromised. The toolkit includes components like the Device Management Kit Skills for integrating Ledger hardware with large language models and the Ledger Wallet CLI for programmatic access to crypto functions. For institutions, the Ledger Enterprise CLI and Ledger Enterprise Multisig CLI offer hardware-anchored policy enforcement. Additionally, new device apps enhance security beyond crypto by enabling OpenPGP encryption for agent secrets and gating access to services like GitHub and 1Password. This launch aims to mitigate risks associated with human error and software vulnerabilities, which are significant factors in security breaches, by anchoring critical signing decisions in hardware security modules. Source: Silicon Angle An In-Depth Guide to AI Get essential knowledge and practical strategies to use AI to better your security program. Learn More SC Staff Related AI benefits/risks 3 ways to close cybersecurity’s remediation gap Nidhi Aggarwal July 17, 2026 Here’s how teams can prevent our industry’s next big crisis. AI/ML Chinese actors leverage AI tools for automated cyberattacks on government and financial systems SC Staff July 16, 2026 Hunt.io researchers discovered the intrusion campaign in June 2026, identifying 13 Hong Kong-based servers containing victim source code, exploit scripts, and operator logs. AI/ML SpaceXAI acknowledges data retention issue with Grok Build coding tool SC Staff July 16, 2026 The controversy began when researchers reported that Grok Build's command-line interface uploaded complete source code repositories, including Git commit history, to Google Cloud Storage. Get daily email updates SC Media's daily must-read of the most current and pressing daily news Business Email By clicking the Subscribe button below, you agree to SC Media Terms of Use and Privacy Policy . Subscribe You can skip this ad in 5 seconds