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Opinion and analysis on the latest developments in artificial intelligence as they relate to cybersecurity and how stay protected.

The Open-Source Paradox: Navigating the New Frontier of AI Supply Chain Risk

The recent developments surrounding vulnerabilities in major AI repositories like Hugging Face serve as a critical wake-up call for the cybersecurity community. As we accelerate toward an ...

Elevating the SOC Experience: Smarter Automation, Richer Threat Intelligence, and AI-Native Investigation

Security operations teams face a constant balancing act: stopping sophisticated email threats, maintaining visibility across their attack surface and keeping administrative workflows ...

New Phishing Tools Enable Attackers to Easily Bypass Multifactor Authentication

Researchers at ReliaQuest are tracking two new phishing toolkits that are designed to bypass multifactor authentication (MFA). The first tool, called “Jalisco,” is a device code phishing ...

Attackers Exploit AI Hallucinations to Send Users to Phishing Sites

Threat actors are using a new technique called “phantom squatting” to trick AI tools into directing users to phishing sites, according to researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42. Since ...

The New Face of AI Risk

Cybercrime used to have a ‘"tell." It was the digital equivalent of a villain stroking their cat - clunky grammar, misspelt links and suspicious attachments that screamed ‘phishing’.

Trust Nothing: Tips to Secure AI Tools and Agents

So, you have some AI tools or are thinking about deploying them and want to know a bit about securing them. You are not alone, but there are significant challenges due to the rapidly ...

Report: Social Engineering Remains a Central Part of AI-assisted Attacks

Threat actors continue to rely on social engineering as AI is incorporated into their attacks, according to ESET’s Threat Report for the first half of 2026. ESET’s Director of Threat ...

ClickFix Social Engineering is Now the Leading Malware Delivery Method

The ClickFix social engineering technique is now the top malware delivery method, according to a new report from ReliaQuest. These attacks trick users into copying a malicious command, ...

Scammers Can Use AI Tools to Pinpoint Your Location Based on a Photo

Scammers can use AI tools to find your location in photos you post to social media, according to researchers at McAfee. This information can then be used in targeted social engineering ...

Report: Attackers Are Using AI to Automate Social Engineering

Threat actors continue to use AI tools to automate their attack flows and increase efficiency, according to researchers at ReliaQuest.