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Extortion-Only Attacks Increase, With Data Theft Dominating Ransomware
2+ hour, 38+ min ago (461+ words) Insurance experts have urged organizations to reduce their exposure to extortion-only attacks and better manage the consequences when they occur, after revealing a surge in this category of threats. Insurer Resilience said in a new report that 65% of extortion-related claims…...
NCSC Urges Immediate Action to Boost Resilience as Uncertainty Persist
1+ week, 1+ day ago (574+ words) Security teams must improve collaboration and enhance cyber resilience if they are to survive in an increasingly'volatile world, one of the UK's leading cybersecurity agencies has warned. Speaking at Infosecurity Europe on June 2, National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) director of…...
Cybersecurity Teams Which Don't Leverage AI are "Doomed to Fail
1+ week, 1+ day ago (620+ words) The rapidly evolving threat landscape and the way threat actors are leveraging AI to enhance attacks means that defenders no longer have a choice and must also use AI to help defend networks from from cyber threats " otherwise they are…...
Infosecurity Europe: OWASP Forms New Agentic Research Council
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1157+ words) At Infosecurity Europe 2026, the Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP) will formally unveil the Agentic Research Council, a coordinated research effort created to close the widening gap between fast'moving agentic AI capabilities and the slower pace of conventional security research…...
The Beginning of the End of Human Penetration Testing
1+ week, 6+ day ago (692+ words) In the past year, with a flurry of releases of AI-based'pen testing'tools, both open-source and commercial,'I've'had the opportunity to test many of them in depth, in side-by-side comparisons with human'pen testers.'It's'safe to say that we are at the…...
Chinese Hackers Exploit Iran War to Target Maritime and Energy Firms
1+ week, 6+ day ago (587+ words) Hacking groups linked to China have exploited the war in the Middle East in attempts to compromise maritime and energy companies in the region, cybersecurity researchers at ESET have warned. Published on May 28, the latest ESET APT Activity Report warned…...
Cybersecurity Staff Prefer CISOs With Real Attack Response Experience
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (365+ words) Most cybersecurity professionals have higher confidence in CISOs if they have experienced a major cyber-attack or cybersecurity incident, an industry poll has revealed. Published by cybersecurity certification body ISC2, the research asked 796 people working in cybersecurity for their views about their…...
Ransomware: Over Half of CISOs Would Consider Paying Ransom to Hackers
2+ week, 4+ day ago (456+ words) In the event of being hit by a ransomware attack, over half of cybersecurity leaders would consider paying the ransom demand to cybercriminals to end the incident and restore systems faster, according to newly released figures. Published on May 13, the…...
Iranian Hacking Group Nimbus Manticore Expands European Targeting
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (349+ words) A long-running cyber-espionage campaign tied to Iran has intensified its operations in Europe." The group, known as Nimbus Manticore, has a history of targeting aerospace, telecommunications and defense industries in line with Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) priorities. According to…...
NCSC Publishes Guidance on Securing Agentic AI Use
3+ week, 3+ day ago (389+ words) The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has released new guidance for organizations keen to harness agentic AI but concerned about the associated cyber risks. The new document summarizes a more detailed report authored by the NCSC alongside its Five…...