Infosec stories
Criminals are increasingly using AI for ransomware and credential theft, while flaws in test models are exposing production systems and data.
Without trusted customer data, autonomous agents can misfire at machine speed, putting consent, offers and records at risk across Asia Pacific.
Smaller companies are facing cyber losses almost equal to their resilience spending, as attacks cost an average USD $52,000 a year.
Autonomous systems are now creating fresh avenues for code theft, remote execution and runaway cloud spending, Mandiant says.
Nearly half of security leaders now rank AI agents above external hackers and malicious insiders, according to Exabeam's survey.
Australian firms face rising cyber risk, with 80% hit in the past year and only 2% confident their recovery plans can withstand frontier AI threats.
With most operators exposed to basic flaws, the paper warns telecom networks could face the same low-effort intrusions seen in US water systems.
Businesses risk being misled into revealing information unless phone systems can verify caller identity across increasingly complex cloud-linked networks.
Criminal access to thousands of Microsoft accounts was cut off after the companies shared threat data through the Global Signal Exchange.
Australian firms could face faster breaches as model-driven attackers shrink exploit times to hours, making containment and zero trust vital.
By probing its own production code, Tanium is aiming to catch flaws before attackers can exploit software used by thousands of organisations.
The stealer's use of typosquatted npm packages has raised fears that bug bounty channels are being abused to monetise stolen developer data.
Downstream AI alerts in Australia and New Zealand are rising as agents and MCP links create fresh routes for sensitive data leakage.
The sector faces mounting breach and compliance risk as unmanaged devices, shared logins and stale access undermine campus defences.
Insurers could better spot cyber claim risk as external digital footprint signals outperformed revenue, sector and geography in a study of 63,000 firms.
Traditional email filters are failing as AI-crafted scams now look legitimate enough to fool staff and drive up fraud losses.
Medium-sized firms face tougher boardroom cyber duties as the new platform aims to replace spreadsheets and fill a market gap.
US banks are under pressure to prove systems can be restored quickly as regulators and counterparties demand tested resilience, not paper plans.
Businesses have almost no time to patch flaws now, as ESET says the median gap between disclosure and exploitation fell to zero days in 2026.
The hire deepens Thrive's push into cybersecurity as customers seek outside help with threat detection, response and risk management.
