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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 ...

FTC: Americans Lost $2.1 Billion to Social Media Scams Last Year

A new report from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has found that Americans lost $2.1 billion in 2025 to scams that began on social media. Nearly 30% of people who reported losing ...

Traffic-Themed SMS Phishing Targets Users Around the World

Researchers at Bitdefender are tracking 40 separate SMS phishing (smishing) campaigns impersonating transport authorities, toll operators, and parking services around the world. The ...

Navigating the Cybersecurity Landscape in India Empowering Human and AI Agents

Introduction In recent years, India has emerged as a significant player in the global digital economy, yet this growth is paralleled by an escalating cybersecurity threat landscape. With ...

Report: 4 in 10 UK Businesses Were Breached by Phishing Last Year

43% of businesses in the UK reported a breach last year, with phishing driving the vast majority (85%) of these attacks, the Register reports. A survey by the British government found ...

Navigating Human and Agentic Risks for Financial Institutions in the APJ Region

Introduction The Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ) region, with its dynamic economic growth and technological advancements, presents unique challenges and opportunities in the realm of human ...

You Have 60 Seconds to Stop the Breach. Are You Ready?

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.

From Cyberwar to Cognitive Warfare: The Geopolitical Impact on Cybersecurity in Africa

We’ve long defined cybersecurity as the technical discipline of protecting networks, data and systems. But when viewed through a geopolitical lens, then this definition is no longer ...

Chronic Resource Constraints: Doing More With Less in Public Sector Cybersecurity

If the public sector had unlimited cybersecurity budgets and fully staffed SOCs, today’s threat landscape would look very different. But that’s not reality.

Unrelenting Threats Against Government and Education: Why Human Risk Is the Front Line

Public sector organizations are operating in a threat environment that is both relentless and increasingly personal. Federal agencies, state and local governments and educational ...

World Backup Day: Because “It Won’t Happen to Me” Often Means It Will

Every year on March 31st, World Backup Day rolls around with a simple but important message: Backup your data.

Great Patching Lessons To Learn From The Zero Day Clock

I just came across the Zero Day Clock, and I love it. Everyone should go there, see the stats, see the trends, and figure out what that means for your ongoing and future patch management ...

100,000+ New Vulnerabilities This Year and Most Will Be Zero-Days Exploited Faster

The number of publicly reported unique vulnerabilities has risen year after year. There was a brief decrease and stabilization in 2015 - 2016, but those are the only years in the over two ...

Best Practices for Implementing AI Agents

On March 9th, Codewall.ai disclosed how it had hacked McKinsey & Company’s AI platform called Lilli, a purpose-built system for 43,000+ employees to analyze documents, chat, and ...

Digital Cleanup: It’s Not Just Your Files, It’s Your Brain

Digital Cleanup Day might be seen as a digital chore: delete old files, clear the inbox, reduce your carbon footprint. It’s framed as a technical exercise. But digital cleanup isn't only ...

Navigating the U.S. Public Sector’s Unrelenting Cyber Crisis

The U.S. public sector faces unique challenges as it is tasked with safeguarding the most sensitive data of citizens, all while maintaining the critical infrastructure that keeps society ...

Welcome to the Blur: Designing Security That Works With, Not Against, AI Adoption

There's a moment in every security professional's career when they realise the game has fundamentally changed. Mine came last Tuesday at 3:47 PM, watching my colleague Erich argue with an ...

New Book! How AI and Quantum Impact Cyber Threats and Defenses

I am excited to announce my latest book, How AI and Quantum Impact Cyber Threats and Defenses: Shaping Your Cyber Defense Strategies.

‘Digital Mindfulness’ Is Your Best Defense this Safer Internet Day

If you look back just a couple of years, the digital landscape looks almost unrecognizable. We’ve moved from AI being a cool new tool to it being at the heart of our online lives.