I believe one of the important shifts in cybersecurity over the past several years is how attackers are hiding in plain sight. According to the 2026 IP Intelligence Study released by Spur Intelligence, anonymizing infrastructure, such as virtual private networks (VPNs) and residential proxies, are now involved in nearly every modern cyberattack. These tools allow…
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Cybersecurity Insider Survey: AI Is Fueling a New Generation of Threat Actors
Artificial intelligence continues reshaping the cybersecurity landscape, and many security professionals now believe it is also helping create a more capable generation of cybercriminals. We recently surveyed thousands of subscribers to the Cybersecurity Insider newsletter and asked a simple but important question: Is AI creating a new generation of skilled threat actors? Key Takeaways of…
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Most Organizations Now Use AI Agents for Sensitive Security Tasks
Semperis study finds 74% of organizations believe AI will increase attacks on identity infrastructure
AI, Cybersecurity, Europe, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Risk Management
Major world economies spell out key elements of AI ‘ingredients list’
A group of international government agencies released guidance Tuesday on what they believe any artificial intelligence “ingredients list” tool should include to make AI more secure. The concept of such a list, known as a “software bill of materials (SBOM),” is to know everything that goes into a particular piece of software so that any…
Global Security News
Typing Is Being Replaced by Whispering—and It’s Way More Annoying
The latest productivity hack may be a little embarrassing, but enthusiasts believe it’s only a matter of time before every office sounds “more like a sales floor.”
AI, Apps, Compliance, Cybersecurity, Europe, Exploits, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Network Security, Risk Management
April 2026 Leadership Recap: New CEOs and Promotions Start Q2
We’re at the start of Q2 of 2026, as hard as that is to believe – and with that comes new appointments to company leadership and promotions across the channel. Organizations such as Syspro, Kiteworks, Coro, and Paessler have all made significant updates to their executive benches to enhance their strategies. Read more about the…
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Utilities Tech Supplier Itron Discloses Cyber-Attack, Operations Unaffected
Itron confirmed a cyber incident but does not believe it is likely to have a material impact on the company
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Chatbot Makers Try Sex Appeal
Plus, why we believe AI is actually thinking, phase two of the boom and Bezos’s $100 billion fundraising effort.
AI, Apps, Compliance, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Risk Management
GUEST ESSAY: Executives trust AI security even as security teams confront blind spots, new risks
In our recent report, Beyond the Black Box, we found a striking gap: 80% of executives believe their organizations have strong security coverage for AI systems. Only about 40% of AppSec practitioners agree. Related: AI moves mainstream That’s not just a perception problem. It’s a visibility problem. The numbers back that up. Sixty-three percent of…
Data Breaches, Global Security News
Why workforce identity is still a vulnerability, and what to do about it
Most organizations believe they have workforce identity under control. New hires are verified. Accounts are provisioned. Multi-factor authentication is enforced. Audits are passed. Then a breach happens, often through an account that was “properly secured.” But the problem can be traced back to the fact that identity verification, provisioning, authentication, and recovery operate as separate…
AI, Apps, Cloud Security, Data Breaches, Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
Identity Security Blind Spots Fuel Modern Attacks
Many organizations believe they have identity security under control. New data from Permiso’s State of Identity Security Report suggests that confidence is increasingly misplaced — right as identity becomes the dominant attack vector in cloud environments. “92% percent of organizations have AI agents in production accessing sensitive data, and those agents are creating identities without…
AI, Global Security News, Politics
Google’s Gemini, 3 years in: Is this the future we wanted?
Believe it or not, it’s now been a full three years since Google’s Gemini assistant took its incredibly awkward and painfully premature first steps into the world. Google announced Gemini — known as Bard, at the time — in February of 2023. (In a classic Google move, the Gemini moniker came into the mix several…
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Faking it on the phone: How to tell if a voice call is AI or not
Can you believe your ears? Increasingly, the answer is no. Here’s what’s at stake for your business, and how to beat the deepfakers.
AI, Apps, Compliance, Data Breaches, Data Security, Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security, Risk Management
The silent security gap in enterprise AI adoption
Most security leaders believe they know where their sensitive data lives and how it is protected. That confidence is increasingly misplaced. As enterprises deploy AI across customer support, software development, legal analysis and internal operations, a new data exposure surface has quietly emerged. It does not sit in databases, file systems or network links. It…