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How Agentic AI and Automation Are Changing Cybersecurity

There is no question that AI is changing cybersecurity in a massive way. In many respects, its impact is comparable to the rise of the internet. AI tools are helping organizations improve ...

AI Alone Won’t Stop the Breach: Why Email Security Needs Humans-on-the-Loop

2026 has officially become the year of speed, scale and support. The delta between a phishing email landing and a full organizational compromise has shrunk to mere seconds.

[Heads Up] GitHub Breach Shows Developer Tools Are Social Engineering Targets

GitHub disclosed that attackers accessed its internal repositories after compromising an employee device through a poisoned Visual Studio Code extension. The company said the activity ...

Build Custom, High-Impact Training with KnowBe4’s Content Creation Agent

In the world of security awareness training, a comprehensive library of relevant and engaging content is a necessity. But even the best training can feel limited when you need to talk ...

Robinhood Glitch Allowed Attackers to Send Phishing Emails to Customers

A phishing campaign exploited a glitch in Robinhood’s account creation process to send phishing emails from the investment platform’s own systems, SecurityWeek reports.

Reducing Phish-Prone Rates Without Training Fatigue: A Practical Playbook for Traditional Organizations

Phishing remains the single biggest human-driven threat in most organizations. Yet many security leaders face a familiar problem: the stronger the push to run frequent training and ...

Report: Romance Scams Cost UK Victims £102 Million Last Year

UK residents lost £102 million ($138 million US) to romance scams in 2025, according to a new report from the City of London Police.

Warning: Phishing Attacks Are Abusing the Kuse AI App

Attackers are abusing the storage and sharing features of Kuse, a free AI app, to assist in phishing campaigns, according to researchers at Trend Micro. Kuse is a legitimate agentic AI ...

Phishing Campaign Exploits Google AppSheets to Target Facebook Accounts

Researchers at Guardo Labs are tracking a major phishing campaign that abused Google AppSheet as a relay to send phishing emails. The researchers identified more than 30,000 Facebook ...