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vulnerability
Investing in security? It’s not helping you fix what matters faster

Automation and structured collaboration have a strong, positive influence on the efficiency of vulnerability management, according to Seemplicity. However, manual processes, …

ransomware
Ransomware attacks are getting smarter, harder to stop

Ransomware attacks are becoming more refined and pervasive, posing significant challenges to organizations globally. A Veeam report reveals that while the percentage of …

Vulnerability
Most critical vulnerabilities aren’t worth your attention

Web applications face a wide range of risks, including known-exploitable vulnerabilities, supply chain attacks, and insecure identity configurations in CI/CD, according to the …

laptop
Exposure validation emerges as critical cyber defense component

Organizations have implemented various aspects of threat exposure validation, including security control validation (51%) and filtering threat exposures based on the …

Edgescan 2025 Vulnerability Statistics Report
Exposed and unaware: The state of enterprise security in 2025

The Edgescan 2025 Vulnerability Statistics Report offers a data-rich snapshot of the global cybersecurity landscape, drawing from thousands of assessments and penetration …

Agentic AI
Coaching AI agents: Why your next security hire might be an algorithm

Security teams are drowning in alerts. The sheer volume of threats, suspicious activity, and false positives makes it nearly impossible for analysts to investigate everything …

energy
A new era of cyber threats is approaching for the energy sector

Cyber threats targeting the energy sector come in many forms, including state-sponsored actors seeking to disrupt national infrastructure, cybercriminals motivated by profit, …

Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity
Review: Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity

Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity is a practical guide to how AI and machine learning are changing the way we defend digital systems. The book aims to explain how AI …

AI
One in three security teams trust AI to act autonomously

While AI adoption is widespread, its impact on productivity, trust, and team structure varies sharply by role and region, according to Exabeam. The findings confirm a critical …

cybercrime
2025 Data Breach Investigations Report: Third-party breaches double

The exploitation of vulnerabilities has seen another year of growth as an initial access vector for breaches, reaching 20%, according to Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach …

investment
When confusion becomes a weapon: How cybercriminals exploit economic turmoil

It begins with a simple notification: “Markets in Free Fall.” Within moments, the headlines multiply: new tariffs, emergency actions, plummeting consumer confidence. Across …

YouTube
The dark side of YouTube: Malicious links, phishing, and deepfakes

With billions of users, YouTube has become a tempting target for cybercriminals. They post malicious links in video descriptions and comments. Some send phishing emails to …

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