Social Engineering stories
As AI-fuelled social engineering rises, firms are urged to adopt phishing-resistant MFA that supports, not undermines, human behaviour.
As logins replace break‑ins, experts urge a shift from perimeter defence to operational cyber resilience grounded in identity security.
A paranoid posture and heavy automation promise to transform SOCs, cutting dwell times and exposing stealthy attacks at unprecedented scale.
Ditto launches cryptographic digital ID platform for EU, promising reusable wallet-based identities and less personal data exposure.
Ecommpay clinches Anti-fraud Solution and Financial Inclusion titles at the FSTech Awards 2026, underscoring its payments innovation.
HPE Threat Labs warns cybercrime now runs like big business, as AI-fuelled, industrial-scale attacks hammer government and finance.
KnowBe4 names Dr Kawin Boonyapredee APJ CISO advisor to steer human risk and AI cyber threat strategy from a new base in Singapore.
As AI-powered attacks shatter old perimeters, SOCs race to agentic operations where high-fidelity data becomes security's vital lifeblood.
Cyware launches Agentic AI Fabric, adding goal-driven analyst agents to automate threat intel, detection engineering and incident response.
Fintechs face rising breaches where device visibility fails, as Hexnode warns static inventories can't secure modern endpoints or audits.
Barracuda reports a global surge in identity-based cyber attacks, with stolen credentials, supply-chain abuse and weaponised PDFs on the rise.
Rapid7 warns exploited high and critical software flaws more than doubled in 2025, as attackers compress disclosure-to-attack windows.
Abnormal AI launches Attune 1.0, a behavioural model that spots AI-crafted cyberattacks by learning normal workplace communication patterns.
Ransomware group LeakNet adopts ClickFix lures and a Deno-based fileless loader to scale attacks and evade traditional endpoint defences.
Okta and partners pull rogue ShieldGuard Chrome extension that stole crypto wallet data and bypassed browser defences via custom code.
HPE warns cybercriminals now run attacks like global enterprises, using repeatable workflows, automation and AI to outpace defences.
VIPRE links its Integrated Email Security with Microsoft Defender, unifying phishing and BEC detections in a single Defender console view.
Stryker says a cyber attack disrupted internal systems, with investigators examining mobile device tools as experts warn of rising state-linked threats.
AI agents are fuelling a new wave of cyber risk, as criminals weaponise automation to speed up ransomware and sharpen extortion tactics.
Attackers push fake Red Alert Android app via SMS, turning Israel rocket warning tool into spyware that steals messages, contacts and location.
