Infosec stories
Thousands of motorists and households face fake toll and fine texts that can steal card details and personal data if they click the links.
Stolen passwords can still leave companies safe if access controls check device trust, location and context before letting anyone in.
Flaws in widely used building controls could let remote attackers seize heating, lighting and access systems or expose sensitive data.
Rising breaches and weak credential habits are forcing businesses to adopt passkeys, multi-factor authentication and tighter access controls.
Enterprises may get fresh oversight tools as the alliance expands controls for autonomous AI, gains CVE authority and takes on new governance specs.
Hospitals risk exposing patient care as AI tools outpace security controls and sit alongside ageing, unpatchable medical systems.
Poor identity controls and slow remediation are leaving cloud users exposed as attacks now exploit trust relationships rather than one flaw.
Factories face the highest cyber exposure, with industrial manufacturers hit by 1,567 attacks a week and 1,607 breaches a year, Digitain says.
Rising breach costs and AI-driven threats are pushing 71% of large organisations to treat the cyber talent shortage as a direct business risk.
Businesses face higher operational and cybersecurity risks as Anthropic's agents let non-technical teams build software that can act across systems.
Leak-site noise is making it harder for firms to tell real breaches from extortion theatre, as active sites hit 91 in the first quarter of 2026.
Nearly half of firms cannot win approval for more cyber staff, even as breach costs climb and AI adds new security risks.
Attackers could soon exploit software flaws faster and at scale, as security firms say AI is narrowing defenders' response time.
As personal data risks rise, the security firm is adding leadership to push enterprise growth and broaden its revenue push.
Current frontier models still fall short of stand-alone cyber defence, with the top performer spotting only 46% of attack evidence in Simbian’s test.
Defenders face faster, harder-to-stop attacks as SANS says AI is now built into phishing, malware and reconnaissance at scale.
More firms are turning identity security budgets to attack path tools as hybrid and AI-heavy environments expose gaps in remediation.
Employees using work apps on personal devices face wider privacy risks, as several tools collect dozens of data types and share some with advertisers.
Information on about 500,000 volunteers is being offered for sale online, raising fears that stolen health and DNA data could be misused for years.
Half of Singapore organisations with AI security coverage still reported a confirmed or suspected incident, exposing gaps in monitoring and response.
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