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New research links Iran conflict to a swift surge in tightly targeted cyber espionage across Middle Eastern governments and embassies.

IBM warns shadow AI, deepfakes and quantum threats will reshape cyber risk by 2026, as autonomous agents speed breaches and ransomware.

Police and tech firms have dismantled Tycoon 2FA, a phishing service used to bypass MFA and hijack cloud accounts at industrial scale.

Dell draws scrutiny after a promo email mimics a payment remittance notice, blurring lines between marketing, transactions and phishing risks.

Microsoft and Europol have seized over 300 domains to disrupt Tycoon 2FA, a vast phishing-for-hire service bypassing MFA worldwide.

IRONSCALES' Winter 2026 Release debuts three AI agents, outbound encryption and Teams deepfake defences to counter next‑gen phishing.

Cyber criminals are hijacking MSP trust relationships, abusing valid credentials and VPNs as AI turbocharges phishing and ransomware.

European authorities and tech firms have disrupted Tycoon 2FA, a major phishing service used to bypass MFA and hijack cloud accounts.

Attackers' AI use is surging faster than staff skills, Fortinet warns, leaving firms exposed despite rising security awareness spending.

Cloudflare warns AI-driven identity fraud and SaaS abuse are reshaping cybercrime, as global costs hit USD $10.5 trillion a year.

Proofpoint plugs Collaboration Protection into AWS Security Hub Extended Plan, folding email and collaboration threat defence into one AWS deal.

AI has become firms' top data security fear as identity and deepfake threats surge, exposing gaps in visibility, encryption and governance.

Proofpoint plugs its AI-powered email and collaboration security into AWS Security Hub Extended, promising simpler cloud procurement and defence.

AI has overtaken all other threats as the top global data security risk, with firms warning its rapid spread magnifies existing vulnerabilities.

Russian-run Diesel Vortex phishing service raided freight and logistics portals in the US and Europe, stealing over 1,600 login credentials.

AI-fuelled hackers can now spread across corporate networks in as little as four minutes, outpacing human defenders by hours.

Most CIOs expect AI-driven cyber attacks within a year, but only a third feel prepared, exposing a widening gap in cyber resilience.

Acronis warns AI is turbocharging phishing, email attacks and ransomware in 2025, with MSPs and collaboration tools under rising fire.

KnowBe4 appoints former DocuSign executive Kelly Morgan as chief customer officer to steer global client strategy amid rising AI security risks.

Internal auditors warn AI-driven fraud is surging, but most concede they lack the tools, skills and time needed to spot it effectively.