For years, passwords were the only thing that mattered for securing our online presence, but the discussion around authentication is evolving rapidly. Passkeys, biometrics, device trust, and adaptive identity management solutions are often cited as the key to the next…
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Major US telecom providers debut C2 ISAC to counter AI-driven threats
Eight of the leading communications companies in the United States have created a new cybersecurity alliance that aims to improve threat intelligence sharing within the telecommunications industry, amid growing concerns about AI cyberattacks, state-sponsored espionage, and infrastructure attacks. The new…
Verizon DBIR 2026: What the experts are saying
According to the 2026 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, the threat environment is transforming in terms of speed, scale, and interconnected risk. For the first time in its history, vulnerability exploitation was identified as the top initial access vector, representing 31% of attacks, and…
Exploited Faster, Patched Slower: Verizon DBIR 2026 Shows Security Teams Losing Ground
The Verizon 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) reveals a threat environment moving much faster than many organizations can reasonably protect themselves against. Based on information collected from more than 31,000 security incidents and over 22,000 confirmed data breaches spanning 145 different countries, the…
How EM is boosting the career trajectory of VM analysts
As organizations shift from vulnerability management (VM) to exposure management (EM), the role of the VM analyst must evolve or become outmoded. This necessary transition forces analysts to move beyond the job description of scanning and patching and into more…
7-Eleven Notifies Franchise Applicants After Breach Exposes Personal Data
A security breach notification process has been initiated by 7-Eleven as a result of a security incident where an outside party was able to gain access to their systems containing franchisers’ information. According to a breach notification filed with the state of Maine, the company discovered that threat…
NCSC warns organisations not to rush into agentic AI
UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has advised businesses to proceed with caution when considering the implementation of agent-based AI, suggesting that agentic AI represents an entirely different kind of security problem compared to generative AI. According to a recent blog post and global guidance, produced in…
How EM is Boosting the Career Trajectory of VM Analysts
As organizations shift from vulnerability management (VM) to exposure management (EM), the role of the VM analyst must evolve or become outmoded. This necessary transition forces analysts to move beyond the job description of scanning and patching and into more…
Microsoft discloses Exchange zero-day with no patch yet available
Microsoft has disclosed a zero-day vulnerability that affects Exchange Server 2016, 2019, and Subscription Edition. This vulnerability would give bad actors an opportunity to run arbitrary code remotely on the Exchange server. Although Microsoft has not issued any patches for this security vulnerability, they…
OpenAI rotates certificates after TanStack supply chain attack hits employee devices
OpenAI has confirmed that two employee devices were compromised in the recent TanStack npm supply chain attack, prompting the company to rotate code-signing certificates and require macOS users to update their applications by 12 June. In a security advisory published this week, the company…
Tenable warns AI adoption is outpacing governance as cloud exposure risks surge
A new report from Tenable is warning that organizations are creating what it describes as a growing “AI exposure gap,” as enterprises race to deploy AI tools and cloud-native services faster than security and governance teams can keep up. The “Cloud and AI…
Cyberattack on West Pharmaceutical halts manufacturing across multiple sites
West Pharmaceutical Services has disclosed a ransomware attack that disrupted manufacturing, shipping, and receiving operations across multiple global facilities after bad actors breached the company’s network on 4 May. The pharmaceutical packaging manufacturer said attackers exfiltrated data and encrypted systems, forcing the company to proactively shut down portions of…
Beyond deepfakes: Building identity resilience against AI impersonation
Generative AI is changing the economics of identity fraud. Voice cloning, real-time face animation, synthetic documents, and AI-assisted social engineering are making it easier for attackers to impersonate legitimate users across service desks, onboarding workflows, and remote account recovery. The…
What to do when your AI’s guardrails fail
I want to talk about the Microsoft 365 Copilot bug. Not because it was exceptional, but because what it exposed should change how every organization architects AI governance. For weeks at the beginning of the year, Microsoft 365 Copilot read…
Foxconn confirms cyberattack following Nitrogen ransomware claims
Foxconn has confirmed that several of its North American factories were hit by a cyberattack, after the Nitrogen ransomware group claimed to have stolen 8TB of data comprising more than 11 million files. According to the bad actor, the information supposedly obtained contains private directives, project details,…
Microsoft patches 138 vulnerabilities as AI-driven discovery accelerates
Microsoft is poised to set a new record for yearly patching by having released patches for over 130 vulnerabilities as part of its May Patch Tuesday release, pushing Microsoft’s total number of patched vulnerabilities to over 500 in just five months in 2026. Researchers…
The evolution of cyber risk: Addressing geopolitical threats
Ransomware, data breaches, phishing schemes—cyber attacks can take many forms. Traditionally, the motive of these attackers can often be traced back to some sort of tangible goal. An attacker may want to extort some financial gain from a business, while…
Canvas cyberattack disrupts universities as ShinyHunters threatens massive data leak
An attack on the popular Instructure Canvas learning management system has caused major disruptions for schools and universities in the US, just as students gear up for finals. This poses a serious threat to the personal data of millions of…
Zara Owner Inditex Confirms Customer Data Breach Affecting Nearly 200,000 People
Fashion retailer Inditex, the parent company of Zara, has confirmed unauthorized access to customer transaction databases hosted by a third-party provider. Data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned said approximately 197,400 unique email addresses were included in the leaked dataset. The…
Online Safety Act failing to deliver “step change” for children, report warns
A new report published by Internet Matters, reveals that the Online Safety Act (OSA) in the UK, although bringing visibility of online safety tools, does not seem to be living up to expectations of providing the much-needed “meaningful protection from harm.” …