Cyber Risk stories
Attackers are using agentic tools to compress breaches into days, exposing developers and cloud users to faster, harder-to-stop intrusions.
Growing demand for unified controls over human and machine credentials has lifted the cyber security group past USD $225 million in annual recurring revenue.
Businesses and emergency services faced outages nationwide as a Telstra mobile failure exposed the risks of Australia's concentrated carrier market.
Weak default safeguards and uneven sandboxing could leave developers exposed to command execution before workspace trust is granted.
AI-enabled scams are making it harder for UK and European businesses to win executive backing for staff-focused cyber defences.
Businesses are being urged to tighten controls as AI tools spread faster than governance, with Quorum Cyber updating assessments to cut cyber risk.
A 24-hour failure at a key Amazon Web Services region could wipe out GBP £1 billion in revenue for exposed UK companies, the report says.
Credential misuse is pushing defenders to automate faster containment, as Blackpoint's new tool can freeze cloud account attacks in under two minutes.
Breaches are hitting lenders harder as AI adoption speeds up, with 98 per cent of affected firms saying the impact was material.
After a year of security awareness training, only 5.3% of workers in Australia and New Zealand were likely to engage with phishing attempts.
Poor data and supply chain fragility are slowing AI rollouts, with most Australian chief executives saying procurement is holding back adoption.
Security teams now see autonomous AI as a bigger internal danger, even as most say it is boosting productivity, a survey found.
Average losses from successful attacks have fallen sharply, but one in three German SMEs says a major breach could still threaten its existence.
Irish firms face tighter cyber oversight as HCS expands advisory services for regulated sectors and mid-sized businesses lacking in-house compliance teams.
The recognition underscores rising demand for cyber-risk tools that show measurable returns, as buyers demand faster deployment and continuous monitoring.
Industrial operators can now test cyber exposures without touching live systems, helping prioritise fixes that could prevent costly downtime.
The plan could speed defences across government and vital sectors, but experts warn weak basics and policy gaps may blunt its impact.
New Zealand firms can now outsource 24x7 threat monitoring as Spectrum adds Arctic Wolf's managed detection and response to its resilience stack.
UK firms face mounting attack costs as NCC Group joins a government-backed push to put cyber risk on board agendas and across supply chains.
Staff confidence masks weak cyber readiness in the public sector, where more than a quarter report no effective training in a year or ever.
