Threat actors stories
AI-driven vulnerability discovery is leaving companies less time to patch, prompting new focus on clean recovery, air-gapped backups and testing.
The report says Chinese threat groups are now tracking oil, reconstruction and strategic technologies across Venezuela, Syria, South Korea and the Gulf.
AI-driven vulnerability scanning is forcing firms to rethink complacency as Check Point says existing defences still help against Mythos.
The hire underscores CTERA's push into a fast-growing segment as ransomware drives demand for stronger protection of live storage data.
Security teams in Australia and New Zealand may soon triage flaws faster as TrendAI uses Claude Opus 4.8 to assess exploitability and impact.
Only 3% of Australian businesses have started preparing for post-quantum cryptography, leaving sensitive data exposed to harvest-now, decrypt-later attacks.
A zero-day in a widely used Japanese learning platform let hackers plant malware, while Chinese phishing services are now bypassing one-time codes.
Broader Claude access should help MIND sharpen data discovery and loss prevention for customers, after it joined Anthropic's cyber scheme.
Security teams can now assess network, web and AI weaknesses together as Terra Security broadens continuous validation to infrastructure.
Exposed systems are becoming the main target, as Rapid7 says flaws were used in 38% of incidents and patch windows shrank to five days.
Corporate users can be compromised in under five minutes when attackers pose as help-desk staff in external Microsoft Teams chats, researchers say.
Verified customer reviews have lifted the security vendor's MetaDefender Managed File Transfer into G2's Spring 2026 Leader tier.
AI is now being used to write exploits and malware, with Google saying it has traced the first zero-day linked to machine assistance.
AI systems and social engineering tests proved especially risky, as CyberCX found severe weaknesses in half and 77% of cases respectively.
A smaller band of operators is driving most incidents, leaving companies facing fewer but more organised ransomware gangs.
Security teams face a broader threat as criminals and state-backed actors use generative AI to speed hacks, phishing and malware.
The ranking highlights growing demand for intelligence that can guide detection and response inside security tools, rather than stand-alone reports.
Broader attacker activity is increasingly moving beyond stolen credentials, even as identity still accounted for 58.7% of incidents in Q1 2026.
A default Windows utility is giving attackers a way to run malicious scripts through trusted processes and dodge security tools.
Attackers are now moving fast enough that patching delays, standing privilege and inherited trust leave organisations exposed within minutes.
