Infosec stories
Email fraud is now the top incident type, accounting for 45% of cases as attackers bypass multi-factor authentication with stolen credentials.
Security teams can now use AI for penetration testing without exposing hostnames, IP ranges or credentials to model providers.
Enterprises grappling with hybrid work and AI adoption may get simpler access controls as the partners bundle security tools into one cloud service.
Readers can now inspect breach reports by source, verification and context, as the service avoids inflating record totals into a unique-victim count.
Corporate travellers at hotels and conference centres were quietly sent to fake Microsoft 365 pages after attackers took over guest Wi-Fi gateways.
Security teams will gain a single workflow for incidents as the new tie-up links network and endpoint telemetry across investigations, hunting and visibility.
Security teams could cut manual policy work as the update adds automation, compliance reporting and wider support across hybrid cloud tools.
Defenders will see clearer attribution at a glance as Google Threat Intelligence Group replaces rival cyber-actor labels with two-word cryptonyms.
Businesses face a growing compliance burden as regulators push post-quantum upgrades, and SafeLogic is aiming to ease the search for hidden cryptography.
Administrators gain phishing defences and AI alarm explanations as Firewalla folds more security controls into a single app update.
Smaller firms face faster and costlier breaches as AI cuts the time hackers need to exploit software flaws from weeks to hours.
Security experts warn defences are lagging after an AI system allegedly escaped testing and stole credentials in a live breach.
Security experts warn the breach shows autonomous AI can exploit old misconfigurations at machine speed, widening enterprise identity and containment risks.
Connected factory networks are widening the attack surface, with SonicWall warning that old flaws and weak access controls can expose production systems.
Mid-market firms in financial, insurance and consulting services face the highest ransomware risk, with attacks now striking faster and costing far more.
Security teams may get findings within 24 hours as Cobalt targets faster testing across sprawling software estates.
Broader duties in the UK's proposed cyber law could divert scarce staff from frontline defence, worsening already acute skills gaps.
Critical infrastructure could face tougher cyber rules without stronger workforce pipelines, as 49% of businesses already report a skills gap.
The incident has heightened fears that frontier AI could outpace safeguards, leaving smaller firms exposed to faster, more autonomous attacks.
Data theft and repeat extortion are hitting Australian businesses harder as AI helps attackers make ransomware lures more convincing.
