It’s long been received wisdom that small and early-stage businesses are not worth cybercriminals’ time to attack. But new research […]
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AI-powered phishing attacks doubled in 2025
Last year saw a malicious email attack every 19 seconds a more than doubling of 2024’s pace of one every […]
AI is now the #1 challenge in application security
A new study from Black Duck looks at how organizations worldwide are transforming their software security initiatives (SSIs) to manage […]
Ignoring low-severity alerts risks opening the door to real threats
New analysis of alerts across endpoint, cloud, identity, network, and phishing telemetry finds that nearly one percent of confirmed incidents […]
Remote encryption spearheads ransomware tactics
Remote encryption attacks have accounted for 86 percent of ransomware activity in 2025 according to a new report, and have […]
Over 75 percent of cybersecurity professionals worry about AI agent risks
A new study from Darktrace has surveyed more than 1,500 cybersecurity professionals from around the world to uncover their attitudes, […]
Enterprise credentials exposed by infostealers
New analysis of 18.7 million infostealer logs carried out by Flare shows a significant rise in enterprise identity compromise. Researchers […]
84 percent of UK senior cyber professionals fear losing their jobs
A new survey of 501 UK CIOs, security analysts and IT professionals highlights the intense pressure facing senior cyber teams, […]
Only 28 percent of firms think they can prevent damage from rogue AI agents
As AI agents gain autonomy, such as initiating actions, accessing systems, and interacting with other agents without direct human oversight, […]
Shadow AI threat increases as employees take risks to meet deadlines
A new study, based on a survey of 2,000 respondents, finds that 86 percent now use AI tools at least […]