OpenAI has introduced Codex, a desktop application for Macs that lets users run several AI agents simultaneously, making it suitable for much more complex tasks than ChatGPT alone. A software agent rather than a chat tool, Codex is particularly valuable to software developers who could use the service’s support for multiple AI agents to edit code,…
Category: Emerging Tech
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Election Assistance Commission, Election Security, Emerging Tech, Global Security News, HAVA
As feds pull back, states look inward for election security support
It’s no secret that the Trump administration has radically altered the federal government’s relationship with state election officials since being sworn into power last year. While his first term included the creation of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the distribution of hundreds of millions in congressional funding sent to help states upgrade election…
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Election Assistance Commission, Election Security, Emerging Tech, Global Security News, HAVA
As feds pull back, states look inward for election security support
It’s no secret that the Trump administration has radically altered the federal government’s relationship with state election officials since being sworn into power last year. While his first term included the creation of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the distribution of hundreds of millions in congressional funding sent to help states upgrade election…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Infrastructure
Dynatrace Expands Multi-Cloud Ops and Autonomous Intelligence
Dynatrace is expanding its observability platform with new multi-cloud integrations across AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, alongside AI-driven automation updates designed to push IT operations toward more autonomous management. Dynatrace unveils several product updates during its Perform 2026 conference The updates were announced alongside Dynatrace’s annual Perform 2026 conference and focus on unifying cloud…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Connecting the dots on the ‘attachment economy’
For decades, we’ve all been paying attention to the attention economy. That economic concept and business model sees online content as an unlimited resource. Its consumption is limited only by people’s mental capacity, implying a global contest for the finite and valuable resource of human attention. The attention economy idea explains why companies like Meta…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Connecting the dots on the ‘attachment economy’
For decades, we’ve all been paying attention to the attention economy. That economic concept and business model sees online content as an unlimited resource. Its consumption is limited only by people’s mental capacity, implying a global contest for the finite and valuable resource of human attention. The attention economy idea explains why companies like Meta…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
NIST’s AI guidance pushes cybersecurity boundaries
For years, US cybersecurity guidance rested on a reassuring premise: New technologies introduce new wrinkles, but not fundamentally new problems. Artificial intelligence, according to that view, is still software, just faster, more complex, and more powerful. The controls that protect traditional systems, the thinking went, can largely be adapted to protect AI, too. That assumption…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Delegation is a risk decision every leader makes, not an ops choice
You make delegation decisions every day. Sometimes they look like management choices: who owns a workflow, which team runs a tool, how quickly something should ship. Other times, they barely register at all. You accept a default setting. You enable automation. You let a system act on your behalf because it saves time and seems…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Skills CISOs need to master in 2026
Three decades ago, when Steve Katz became the world’s first CISO at Citicorp/Citigroup, he quickly realized that his role was more than solving problems with tech. Katz had to communicate well, meet with C-level executives, and do anything in his power to reduce risk. “The basic philosophy that I’ve had is data security, information security,…
AI, Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Blackfog: Shadow AI Growing as an Enterprise Risk
Blackfog, a leader in AI security and anti-data exfiltration (ADX) technology, has released a new research report on the threat of shadow AI. Unapproved AI usage increases as half of respondents say they rely on free versions of tools The report, which surveyed 2,000 respondents, found that 86 percent of employees use AI tools at…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Tips & Hacks
4 Cybersecurity Risks Emerging From Cross-Border Online Services
In this post, I will talk about cybersecurity risks emerging from cross-border online services. Global online services have never been easier to access. From cloud tools to digital marketplaces, users now expect seamless experiences regardless of where a platform is based. That convenience, however, masks a growing set of cybersecurity and compliance risks that are…
Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Always disclose how you use AI
AI chatbots have been with us three years and one month (at least the kind that use large language models (LLMs) to communicate with natural-sounding words). Already norms are emerging in some professions for users to disclose how they use AI. For example: Organizations such as the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors created policies…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Apple’s Siri to see two major AI improvements this year
More details about the expected cadence of Apple’s plans to turn Siri into an AI-driven chatbot are emerging, and Mark Gurman tells us Apple has a two-tier approach in mind. The current thinking is that Apple’s Gemini-powered chatbot will arrive in June with iOS 26.4, which will be a significant improvement in itself. “Other than the chatbot interface,…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Security
Report: Execs Rank AI Identity Threats as Top 2026 Risk
Fifty-four percent of executives cite AI-enhanced identity threats as their top concern heading into 2026. Yet only 3 percent of organizations say they are “very prepared” to defend against AI-driven identity attacks. Those findings come from The Identity Underground’s 2026 Annual Pulse report, underscoring a clear disconnect between rapidly emerging AI-based identity threats and the…
budget, Cybersecurity, Emerging Tech, encryption, Global Security News, Government, privacy
NIST officials detail impact of staff cuts on encryption and other priorities
The National Institute for Standards and Technology is starting 2026 with a smaller staff, a shrinking budget and some big responsibilities around supporting national security and cybersecurity. At a meeting Wednesday of the Information Security Privacy Advisory Board, NIST officials provided updates on how they’re grappling with several Trump administration priorities, including mandates on AI,…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Government, Industry, Laws and Regulations, Markets
GDPR violations are rising sharply
It’s becoming increasingly common for companies and organizations to be reported for violations of the GDPR personal data protection law, according to a new report from the DLA Piper law firm. On average, there are now 443 reports of GDPR violations per day in the EU, an increase of 22% compared to 2024. “The report…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
New University of Canberra report warns Australia’s critical infrastructure unprepared for emerging drone cyber threats
GUEST RESEARCH: As drone technology becomes both more sophisticated and accessible across the country, researchers from Innovation Central Canberra (ICC) at the University of Canberra have teamed up with Australian tech company DroneShield to understand the risk profile of cyber-attacks to critical infrastructure.
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Motivair by Schneider Electric Debuts 2.5MW CDU for AI Factories
Liquid cooling technology provider Motivair by Schneider Electric has unveiled a new 2.5MW Coolant Distribution Unit (CDU) designed to cool high-density data centers at scale. The company says the MCDU-70 is its highest-capacity CDU to date, built to meet the demands of next-generation GPUs and gigawatt-scale AI factories. Proven liquid cooling that scales with customers’…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Southeast Asia CISOs Top 13 Predictions for 2026: Securing AI, Centering Identity, and Making Resilience Strategic
In my recent conversation with CISOs across Southeast Asia, they shared with me a pragmatic view of 2026. Attackers are shifting tactics, AI is amplifying both risk and response, and IT-OT boundaries are blurring. Three priorities stand out to me, hardening cloud and AI infrastructure, treating identity as the active perimeter, and operationalizing resilience as…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
EY exec: If you think agentic AI is a challenge, you’re not ready for what’s coming
Companies struggling to keep up with the arrival of AI agents should buckle up: even more complicated technologies are quickly coming down the pike. That includes physical AI, which includes robots — and which Nvidia pegs as a multibillion-dollar market —and quantum computing. Both are likely to disrupt a number of industries in the coming…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Security, Vulnerabilities
What is AI fuzzing? And what tools, threats and challenges generative AI brings
AI fuzzing definition AI fuzzing has expanded beyond machine learning to use generative AI and other advanced techniquesto find vulnerabilities in an application or system. Fuzzing has been around for a while, but it’s been too hard to do and hasn’t gained much traction with enterprises. Adding AI promises to make the tools easier to…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Government, Laws and Regulations, Network Security, Security
Cybersecurity at the state and local level: Washington has the framework, it’s time to act
The White House’s March 2025 Executive Order (EO) on “Achieving Efficiency Through State and Local Preparedness” raised an issue of utmost importance for national security and our critical infrastructure. As noted in the order, “federal policy must rightly recognize that preparedness is most effectively owned and managed at the state, local and even individual levels,…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Apple’s new ‘Creator Studio’ just became a flagship service
Apple is going full throttle in the run-up to its Q1 FY26 fiscal call at the end of this month, boosting investor confidence with its AI partnership with Google and following that up with an announcement to inject even more growth into its all-important services division. Introducing Apple Creator Studio For decades, Apple has published two of the industry’s leading…
crowdstrike, Cybersecurity, Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Mergers and Acquisitions, Money, Seraphic security
CrowdStrike is buying Seraphic Security to lock down the browser, where work actually happens
CrowdStrike announced Tuesday an agreement to acquire Seraphic Security, a browser runtime security provider, in a move that signals growing recognition among cybersecurity firms that traditional protective measures have failed to keep pace with how employees actually work. The acquisition, expected to close during CrowdStrike’s first fiscal quarter of 2027, will integrate Seraphic’s browser-level protection…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Tools & Platforms
Commvault Launches Unified Data Vault
Commvault, a provider of unified resilience at enterprise scale, is launching Commvault Cloud Unified Data Vault. A unified approach to resilience in S3 The newest offering is a cloud-native service that extends Commvault’s air-gapped protection and resilience capabilities to data written using the S3 protocol. The Unified Data Vault provides a secure, Commvault-managed S3-compatible endpoint…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Tools & Platforms
ZeroEyes Touts Channel-Led Sales Growth in AI Gun Detection
ZeroEyes reported banner 2025 results, marked by sustained growth, expanding global reach, and increased channel-driven sales, reinforcing the company’s position in the fast-emerging AI weapons-detection market. The Philadelphia-based security technology vendor announced it has surpassed 1,000 verified alerts of confirmed gun detections since 2023, underscoring the real-world deployment and outcomes of its AI-powered video analytics…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Cybersecurity Predictions 2026: The Hype We Can Ignore (And the Risks We Can’t)
As organizations plan for 2026, cybersecurity predictions are everywhere. Yet many strategies are still shaped by headlines and speculation rather than evidence. The real challenge isn’t a lack of forecasts—it’s identifying which predictions reflect real, emerging risks and which can safely be ignored. An upcoming webinar hosted by Bitdefender aims to cut through the noise…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Jamie Norton’s journey to CISO started with an early interest in computers
Jamie Norton’s parents gave him a computer as a child that he played and tinkered with while growing up. When he went to university, he studied IT and accounting “just as a bit of a side note, really.” This was right around when the internet was emerging, and he started to play with Unix and…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Enterprises still aren’t getting IAM right
Despite all the warnings, and constant news of devastating cyberattacks, enterprise users are still cutting corners when it comes to identity and access management (IAM). Nearly two-thirds (63%) of cybersecurity leaders admit their employees continue to bypass security controls so they can work faster, according to new research by security company CyberArk. Furthermore, enterprises are…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Enterprises still aren’t getting IAM right
Despite all the warnings, and constant news of devastating cyberattacks, enterprise users are still cutting corners when it comes to identity and access management (IAM). Nearly two-thirds (63%) of cybersecurity leaders admit their employees continue to bypass security controls so they can work faster, according to new research by security company CyberArk. Furthermore, enterprises are…
Breaking News, cyber crime, Emerging Tech, Global Security News, malware
Astaroth banking Trojan spreads in Brazil via WhatsApp worm
A WhatsApp worm spread the Astaroth banking trojan across Brazil by automatically sending malicious messages to victims’ contacts. Astaroth, a long-running Brazilian banking malware, has evolved in a new campaign dubbed Boto Cor-de-Rosa by abusing WhatsApp Web for propagation. The malware harvests the victim’s WhatsApp contact list and automatically sends malicious messages to each contact,…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Security
Six for 2026: The cyber threats you can’t ignore
Cybersecurity threats in 2026 are accelerating, driven by AI, automation, and more effective social engineering. Corelight outlines six emerging attack trends and explains how network visibility can help defenders respond faster. […]
Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Network Security, Security, Security Hardware, Security Infrastructure
Cybersecurity at the edge: Securing rugged IoT in mission-critical environments
Edge computing is no longer a futuristic concept; it’s a reality shaping mission-critical operations across defense, utilities and public safety. Rugged IoT devices, engineered to withstand extreme conditions, are the backbone of this transformation. They enable real-time decision-making in environments where traditional IT infrastructure cannot survive. But this progress comes with risk. These devices often…
AI, Cybersecurity, Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Government, privacy, Technology
‘Elon Musk is playing with fire:’ All the legal risks that apply to Grok’s deepfake disaster
As collective disgust has continued to build over the widespread generation and sharing of nonconsensual, sexualized deepfakes generated by X’s GrokAI tool, angry onlookers have expressed shock that the activity continues unabated and company owner Elon Musk isn’t being compelled – by either U.S. regulators or law enforcement – to put a halt to the…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Lack of MFA is Common Thread in Vast Cloud Credential Heist
An emerging threat actor that goes by “Zestix” used an assortment of infostealers to obtain credentials and breach file-sharing instances of approximately 50 enterprises.
Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Vendor Leadership & Partner Programs
Red Hat to Update Partner Program, Expand NVIDIA Collaboration
Open-source software provider Red Hat is updating its partner program to deliver simplicity, predictability, and profitability. The company will also be expanding collaboration with NVIDIA to bring together enterprise open source with rack-scale AI. The new enhancements to the Red Hat Partner Program include a structure that prioritizes co-investment to drive profitability across partners’ core…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Tools & Platforms
Exabeam Expands UEBA with AI Agent Behavior Analytics
Security operations vendor Exabeam recently announced a new connected system of AI-driven security workflows to protect organizations from AI usage risks and AI agent activity. Uncovering AI agent behavior and delivering insights According to Exabeam, this release extends its user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA) to bring together AI agent behavior analytics, unified timeline-driven investigation…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
HP bets on keyboard-based PCs for the hybrid workforce
At CES 2026, HP introduced a desktop PC built into a keyboard chassis, a form factor the company said addresses the challenge of equipping workers who move frequently between workspaces. The EliteBoard G1a Next Gen AI PC packs an AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series processor delivering over 50 TOPS of neural processing power into a…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Security
Agentic AI Is an Identity Problem and CISOs Will Be Accountable for the Outcome
As agentic AI adoption accelerates, identity is emerging as the primary security challenge. Token Security explains why AI agents behave like a new class of identity and why CISOs must manage their access, lifecycle, and risk. […]
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Cybersecurity leaders’ resolutions for 2026
As the AI-hype dust settles, CISOs have a lot to focus on 2026. From ongoing struggles such as ensuring teams are not burning out to current and future concerns, which includes finding effective business cases for AI, focusing on spotting a breach before it happens to planning for looming fear of breaking quantum encryption, CISOs…
AI, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cybersecurity, Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Research
OpenAI says prompt injection may never be ‘solved’ for browser agents like Atlas
OpenAI is warning that prompt injection, a technique that hides malicious instructions inside ordinary online content, is becoming a central security risk for AI agents designed to operate inside a web browser and carry out tasks for users. The company said it recently shipped a security update for ChatGPT Atlas after internal automated red-teaming uncovered…
ANYRUN, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Lifehacks, Emerging Tech, Global Security News
5 Ways MSSPs Can Win Clients in 2026
By 2026, MSSPs will compete less on tooling and more on clarity, speed, and foresight. Security buyers want proof that their provider understands what threats matter now, how fast they can respond, and how security decisions reduce business risk. At the center of this challenge sits threat intelligence. Not as a research output, but as…
ANYRUN, Cybersecurity, Emerging Tech, features, Global Security News, release, Service Updates
Release Notes: AI Sigma Rules, Live Threat Landscape & 1,700+ New Detections
ANY.RUN is wrapping up 2025 with updates that take pressure off your SOC and help your team work faster. You can now get AI‑generated Sigma rules, track threats by industry and region, and detect new campaigns with better speed and accuracy. Let’s see what these improvements bring to your security stack. Product Updates Industry & Geo Threat Landscape…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
What Apple has planned for its 50th anniversary year in 2026
Apple will be 50 years old on April 1, 2026. What can we expect from the company in the year ahead? This is actually the first of two important milestones for Apple; the next anniversary comes in 2027, which will mark 20 years since the introduction of the world-changing iPhone. I am certain Apple will celebrate…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Demystifying risk in AI
Given the facts about the importance of Artificial Intelligence, for several months, I have been delving into this topic, but with caution, seeking to understand the key point of how we can protect applications based on Gen AI. We are living in times when AI has been the central theme in all areas that can…
AI, Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Experts Weigh In: AI Trends for the IT Channel in 2026
As enterprises and channel partners move beyond AI experimentation, 2026 is emerging as a pivotal year for how artificial intelligence is deployed and measured. From the rise of agentic AI and new AI-focused roles to growing ROI pressure, security concerns, and regulation, industry leaders say AI will become a core operational and budget priority across…
Artificial Intelligence, Security, Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Emerging cyber threats: How businesses can bolster their defenses
Enterprises leveraging our rapidly digitizing world must also have a robust understanding of how cyber threats are evolving. AI deepfakes are already becoming too convincing to be easily spotted by common sense approaches. Malicious actors are using AI to find vulnerabilities and to make their attacks harder to detect. And AI systems themselves pose security…
AI, Emerging Tech, Global Security News, News and Trends
Motivair by Schneider Electric Launches New CDUs for AI & HPC
Motivair by Schneider Electric, a liquid cooling technology provider, has unveiled two new Coolant Distribution Units (CDUs) designed to meet the rising thermal demands of HPC and AI workloads. These new models are the company’s first purpose-built CDUs optimized for utility corridors, giving data center operators greater flexibility, performance, and integration across a broader range…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
GPU pricing, a bellwether for AI costs, could help IT leaders at budget time
AI is now as much a utility as any other ongoing business cost, and IT leaders setting out their AI budgets for 2026 need to consider the costs of the underlying resources — the GPUs in modern data centers that are unlocking AI’s potential. In the three years since ChatGPT arrived, the push for ever more…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Battering RAM hardware hack breaks secure CPU enclaves
Confidential computing, powered by hardware technologies such as Intel SGX (Software Guard Extensions) and AMD SEV (Secure Encrypted Virtualization), promises strong isolation and transparent memory encryption. Designed to protect against privileged attackers and physical threats such as bus snooping and cold boot attacks, these secure CPU enclaves are used predominantly in cloud computing environments to…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
At Apple, identity resilience supports future security
At Apple, maintaining the highest possible security and privacy across its platforms starts with the standards it supports. The company, known for its tight integration between hardware and software, deliberately takes choices that help it promote those priorities — even at the cost of integration with third-party software and services. It is also true to say…
Commentary, Cybersecurity, Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Government, Policy
The ten key reforms that can close America’s cybersecurity gaps
For decades, the United States government and private sector have worked tirelessly to secure cyberspace, yet our nation remains frighteningly vulnerable to a litany of cyberthreats posed by cybercriminals and foreign adversaries alike. Daily news reports of cyber intrusions ranging from criminal ransomware attacks to foreign state-sponsored intrusions into power, water, and other critical infrastructure systems…
ANYRUN, Cybersecurity, Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Malware Analysis
Phishing Kit Attacks 101: Everything SOC Analysts Should Know
Phishing used to be easy to spot. Now it looks clean, trusted, and almost perfect. Behind it are phishkits; ready-made attack platforms built to steal credentials, bypass MFA, and hijack live sessions in seconds. For SOC teams, one click starts the countdown. What looks like a routine alert can already be a live account takeover. Here’s how these attacks actually…
ANYRUN, Cybersecurity, Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Malware Analysis
Phishing Kit Attacks 101: Everything SOC Analysts Should Know
Phishing used to be easy to spot. Now it looks clean, trusted, and almost perfect. Behind it are phishkits; ready-made attack platforms built to steal credentials, bypass MFA, and hijack live sessions in seconds. For SOC teams, one click starts the countdown. What looks like a routine alert can already be a live account takeover. Here’s how these attacks actually…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Government, Government IT, Security
Key cybersecurity takeaways from the 2026 NDAA
On Dec. 7, the House and Senate Homeland Security Committees released their compromise version of the 2026 National Defense and Authorization Act (NDAA), a nearly 3,100-page piece of legislation that contains a host of provisions to fund several Department of Defense cybersecurity efforts in fiscal year 2026. Although cybersecurity is referenced hundreds of times across…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Packer-as-a-Service Shanya Hides Ransomware, Kills EDR
Shanya is the latest in an emerging field of packing malware, selling obfuscation functionality in order to help ransomware actors reach their target.
Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Tools & Platforms
CTERA Ransom Protect Hits 100% Detection Rate in Evaluation
CTERA’s Ransom Protect feature achieved 100 percent detection across leading ransomware families, according to an independent evaluation of the intelligent data management provider’s solution. Available as part of its CTERA Cyber Protection Data Service, the company says the results highlight the feature’s rapid ransomware detection, prevention, and protection capabilities across eight prominent ransomware families, including…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Tools & Platforms
Nudge Security Expands Platform as AI Governance Risks Soar
Nudge Security has announced a significant expansion of its SaaS and AI security governance platform, unveiling new capabilities to help enterprises manage the accelerating risks associated with workforce use of generative AI tools. New AI security features for monitoring, policy enforcement, and risk detection Nudge Security was founded in 2022 and offers partners and customers…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Data Intensity: Building a hype-free AI culture
AI is dominating news headlines, business discourse, and boardroom presentations. But for IT leaders at Data Intensity, a managed services provider specializing in Oracle solutions, the goal is to let some of the air out of the AI hype balloon in favor of a more pragmatic approach. Data Intensity certainly recognizes AI’s potential, and executives…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Keep AI browsers out of your enterprise, warns Gartner
AI browsers including Perplexity Comet and OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas present security risks that cannot be adequately mitigated, and enterprises should prevent employees using them, according to Gartner. “Gartner strongly recommends that organizations block all AI browsers for the foreseeable future because of the cybersecurity risks,” analysts Dennis Xu, Evgeny Mirolyubov, and John Watts wrote in…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Keep AI browsers out of your enterprise, warns Gartner
AI browsers including Perplexity Comet and OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas present security risks that cannot be adequately mitigated, and enterprises should prevent employees using them, according to Gartner. “Gartner strongly recommends that organizations block all AI browsers for the foreseeable future because of the cybersecurity risks,” analysts Dennis Xu, Evgeny Mirolyubov, and John Watts wrote in…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Mac identity management gets a boost, but IT still faces gaps
For decades, macOS has been admired for stability and security — traits inherited from the BSD Unix underpinnings of Apple’s operating systems. Yet these same foundations now create friction for IT leaders trying to marry Apple’s strong local authentication model with the cloud-based identity providers (IdPs) that support single sign-on (SSO) and other key features…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News, News and Trends, Security
ISC2 Report Shows AI Excitement, Risk Worry, and Burnout
ISC2, a leading nonprofit member organization for cybersecurity professionals, today released findings from its 2025 Cybersecurity Workforce Study, which surveyed over 16,000 cybersecurity professionals. The report details how skills gaps and burnout are affecting professionals’ ability to respond to threats, and how AI might help address some of those challenges. We spoke with ISC2 COO,…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Tools & Platforms
Zenity Adds Agentic Browser Protection, LLM Defense Tools
This week, Zenity announced a major expansion to its AI security stack, introducing new capabilities designed to help security teams understand, investigate, and govern the rapidly growing universe of AI agents, assistants, and autonomous browsers. Release delivers deeper visibility, agentic browser coverage and open source defense tools For resellers and integrators supporting enterprise customers scaling…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Darktrace Releases New Innovations in Darktrace / EMAIL to Stop Emerging Cross-Domain Attacks and Protect Outbound Trust
With modern social engineering attacks no longer beginning and ending in the inbox, the era of them moving across identity platforms, SaaS tools, and collaboration apps, is well and truly here, exploiting gaps between disconnected security products, and employing increasingly sophisticated techniques to evade traditional defenses and reach end users. So, what’s an answer to…
Cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Security, Emerging Tech, Global Security News
AI Adoption Surges While Governance Lags — Report Warns of Growing Shadow Identity Risk
The 2025 State of AI Data Security Report reveals a widening contradiction in enterprise security: AI adoption is nearly universal, yet oversight remains limited. Eighty-three percent of organizations already use AI in daily operations, but only 13 percent say they have strong visibility into how these systems handle sensitive data. Produced by Cybersecurity Insiders with…
ANYRUN, Cybersecurity, Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Malware Analysis
Salty2FA & Tycoon2FA Hybrid: A New Phishing Threat to Enterprises
Phishing kits usually have distinct signatures in their delivery methods, infrastructure, and client-side code, which makes attribution fairly predictable. But recent samples began showing traits from two different kits at once, blurring those distinctions. That’s exactly what ANY.RUN analysts saw with Salty2FA and Tycoon2FA: a sudden drop in Salty activity, the appearance of Tycoon indicators inside Salty-linked chains, and eventually single…
ANYRUN, Cybersecurity, Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Malware Analysis
Salty2FA & Tycoon2FA Hybrid: A New Phishing Threat to Enterprises
Phishing kits usually have distinct signatures in their delivery methods, infrastructure, and client-side code, which makes attribution fairly predictable. But recent samples began showing traits from two different kits at once, blurring those distinctions. That’s exactly what ANY.RUN analysts saw with Salty2FA and Tycoon2FA: a sudden drop in Salty activity, the appearance of Tycoon indicators inside Salty-linked chains, and eventually single…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Nexthink CEO: AI agents to enable ‘personal IT manager’ for every worker
Amid the hype around AI’s productivity potential, many businesses still face slow adoption among their employees. Pedro Bados, CEO and co-founder of Nexthink, believes that digital employee experience (DEX) tools could help close that gap by giving companies insights into how staffers actually use generative AI (genAI) assistants. AI will influence Nexthink’s products in a variety of ways,…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News, News and Trends, Running an MSP
XenTegra CTO Sellers on AI, Security & More 2026 Opportunities
Now that December is in full swing, the upcoming calendar year isn’t just a distant thought: the time to prepare for 2026 is now. We spoke with Phillip Sellers, the recently-appointed chief technology officer at solutions provider XenTegra, about his analysis of 2025 and the opportunities ahead in 2026. Why AI adoption and security pressures…
ANYRUN, Cybersecurity, Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Malware Analysis, malware behavior, News
Threat Coverage Digest: New Malware, Fresh Behavior Insights, and 5K+ Detection Rules
November was a packed month for detection coverage. We rolled out new behavioral insights, broadened our visibility across multiple threat families, and strengthened rulesets at every layer. On top of that, our analysts uncovered and documented a new phishing wave targeting Italian organizations through malicious PDF attachments, now fully mapped in a dedicated TI report. Let’s walk through…
ANYRUN, Cybersecurity, Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Malware Analysis, malware behavior, Service Updates
Threat Coverage Digest: New Malware Reports and 5K+ Detection Rules
November was a packed month for detection coverage. We rolled out new behavioral insights, broadened our visibility across multiple threat families, and strengthened rulesets at every layer. On top of that, our analysts uncovered and documented a new phishing wave targeting Italian organizations through malicious PDF attachments, now fully mapped in a dedicated TI report. Let’s walk through…
AI, Cybersecurity, Emerging Tech, Geopolitics, Global Security News, Government, Policy
Congress calls on Anthropic CEO to testify on Chinese Claude espionage campaign
The House Homeland Security Committee is calling on Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to provide testimony on a likely-Chinese espionage campaign that used Claude, the company’s AI tool, to automate portions of a wide-ranging cyber campaign targeting at least 30 organizations around the world. The committee sent Amodei a letter Wednesday commending Anthropic for disclosing the…
Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Emerging Tech, Global Security News
OpenAI expands data residency for enterprise customers
OpenAI has expanded its data-residency options for enterprise customers, specifically its ChatGPT Enterprise, ChatGPT Edu, and API users. The move, as per analysts, could clear one of the biggest hurdles holding enterprises back from adopting the company’s LLM stack at scale. “Enterprises can move from small pilots to full deployments without violating their jurisdiction’s rules…
ANYRUN, Cybersecurity, Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Malware Analysis
Major Cyber Attacks in November 2025: XWorm, JSGuLdr Loader, Phoenix Backdoor, Mobile Threats, and More
Stealers, loaders, and targeted campaigns dominated November’s activity. ANY.RUN analysts examined cases ranging from PNG-based in-memory loading used to deploy XWorm to JSGuLdr, a three-stage JavaScript-to-PowerShell loader pushing PhantomStealer. Alongside these public cases, three Threat Intelligence Reports detailed new activity across Windows, Linux, and Android, including loader-enabled hijackers, Tor-based cryptotrojan communication, Linux ransomware in Go, MaaS stealers, and a WhatsApp-propagating campaign…
ANYRUN, Cybersecurity, Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Malware Analysis
Major Cyber Attacks in November 2025: XWorm, JSGuLdr Loader, Phoenix Backdoor, Mobile Threats, and More
Stealers, loaders, and targeted campaigns dominated November’s activity. ANY.RUN analysts examined cases ranging from PNG-based in-memory loading used to deploy XWorm to JSGuLdr, a three-stage JavaScript-to-PowerShell loader pushing PhantomStealer. Alongside these public cases, three Threat Intelligence Reports detailed new activity across Windows, Linux, and Android, including loader-enabled hijackers, Tor-based cryptotrojan communication, Linux ransomware in Go, MaaS stealers, and a WhatsApp-propagating campaign…
AI, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cybersecurity, Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Government, Technology
The slow rise of SBOMs meets the rapid advance of AI
Open-source components power nearly all modern software, but they’re often buried deep in massive codebases—hiding severe vulnerabilities. For years, software bills of materials (SBOMs) have been the security community’s key tool to shine a light on these hidden risks. Yet, despite government advancements in the US and Europe, SBOM adoption in the private sector remains…
Breaking News, Cybercrime, data breach, Emerging Tech, Global Security News, hacking, malware
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 72
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Contagious Interview Actors Now Utilize JSON Storage Services for Malware Delivery RONINGLOADER: DragonBreath’s New Path to PPL Abuse npm Malware Campaign Uses Adspect Cloaking to Deliver Malicious Redirects GPT Trade: Fake Google Play Store…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Singin’ the Agentic Windows blues
Once upon a time, when you ran Windows on your desktop, it was your desktop. Oh, the IT department might have called the shots on how much you could do with it, but you could write what you needed to, and it was all kept nicely on your PC or your choice of network drive. Those days…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
3 ways CISOs can win over their boards this budget season
As the year comes to a close, CISOs are already deep into building next year’s cybersecurity budget. That’s a difficult task in itself — yet the most challenging part of the process is getting the board’s approval. CISOs know all too well that getting a cybersecurity budget approved can be like trying to explain AP…
Editor's Pick, Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Multimodal AI and the Rise of Intelligent Agents in 2025: The Future of Cybersecurity, Automation & Emerging Threats
In this post, I will discuss multimodal AI and the anticipated rise of intelligent agents in 2025. Also, I will discuss the future of cybersecurity, automation & emerging threats. Artificial intelligence has advanced significantly in the last three years, surpassing the progress made in the preceding thirty, making 2025 a crucial year. Because nowadays, multimodal…
Emerging Tech, Global IT News, Global Security News
NTT Data & Bifrost Partner on Synthetic Data for AI Models
Digital business and technology services provider NTT Data and data specialist Bifrost AI today announced the results of their collaboration, leveraging synthetic data to develop AI models. The companies target use cases for federal agencies and decision-makers seeking lower-cost, higher-efficiency roads to AI productivity gains. Collaboration set out to determine whether synthetic data would decrease…
Emerging Tech, Global IT News, Global Security News
NTT Data & Bitfrost Partner on Synthetic Data for AI Models
Digital business and technology services provider NTT Data and data specialist Bitfrost AI today announced the results of their collaboration, leveraging synthetic data to develop AI models. The companies target use cases for federal agencies and decision-makers seeking lower-cost, higher-efficiency roads to AI productivity gains. Collaboration set out to determine whether synthetic data would decrease…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Rethinking identity for the AI era: CISOs must build trust at machine speed
CISOs have a burgeoning identity crisis on their hands. According to Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigation Report, cyber attackers have switched up their initial access vectors of choice, with stolen credentials a leading cause of data breaches, triggering 22% of all intrusions and 88% of basic web application attacks. These findings followed Varonis researchers’ conclusion…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
5 key ways attack surface management will evolve in 2026
Cyberattack surfaces in the enterprise have been expanding in both extent and complexity for several years and this sprawl is showing no signs of slowing down. The trend can be attributed to several factors, including: The rise of IoT, which has added significantly more devices to networks The increasing use of APIs and interconnected microservices…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
India’s new data privacy rules turn privacy compliance into an engineering challenge
India has notified its Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025, introducing strict consent and data retention requirements that will force large digital platforms and enterprise IT teams to overhaul how they collect, store, and erase personal data. The rules mandate itemized user notices, verifiable parental consent, and fixed deletion timelines for sectors including e-commerce,…
Artificial Intelligence, Security, Emerging Tech, Global Security News
How shadow IT leaves every industry in the dark
Shadow IT is everywhere. What began with employees or departments bringing familiar tools such as personal email or file-sharing apps into the workplace has grown into unauthorized software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms, mobile apps, and artificial intelligence (AI). With just a few clicks, these tools become part of daily workflows. But they also create significant operational risk.…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Infrastructure
PEAK:AIO CEO on AI Infrastructure & Growth With Partners
PEAK:AIO is changing the way organizations approach infrastructure with new open-source capabilities built for the AI era. We spoke with President and CEO Roger Cummings about the company’s technology and how it works with channel partners to meet end users’ needs. Why PEAK:AIO’s infrastructure is built for the AI era PEAK:AIO is a storage vendor…
Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Emerging Tech, Global Security News
OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.1 to refine ChatGPT with adaptive reasoning and personalization
OpenAI has introduced GPT-5.1, an update to its GPT-5 model, aiming to deliver faster responses, improved reasoning, and more flexible conversational controls as the company works to refine its ChatGPT experience for both consumer and enterprise users. The release includes new Instant and Thinking variants designed to offer more adaptive reasoning and a broader range…
ANYRUN, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Lifehacks, Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Malware Analysis
Solve Alert Fatigue, Focus on High-Risk Incidents: An Action Plan for CISOs
How many real threats hide behind the noise your SOC faces every day? When hundreds of alerts demand attention at once, even the best analysts start to lose focus. The nonstop pressure to react to everything drains energy, clouds judgment, and opens the door to real risk. Teams using ANY.RUN have already flipped that script: …
ANYRUN, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Lifehacks, Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Malware Analysis
Solve Alert Fatigue, Focus on High-Risk Incidents: An Action Plan for CISOs
How many real threats hide behind the noise your SOC faces every day? When hundreds of alerts demand attention at once, even the best analysts start to lose focus. The nonstop pressure to react to everything drains energy, clouds judgment, and opens the door to real risk. Teams using ANY.RUN have already flipped that script: …
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
What CISOs need to know about new tools for securing MCP servers
Model Context Protocol allows AI agents to connect to data sources but the first iteration of this standard lacked serious security. Over the past few months, a multitude of vendors appeared to help solve the problem. Is the technology now ready for prime-time, or is it still too early to put into production? Some progress…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Malicious npm package sneaks into GitHub Actions builds
A malicious npm package named “@acitons/artifact” was found impersonating the legitimate “@actions/artifact” module, directly targeting the CI/CD pipelines within GitHub Actions workflows. According to Veracode findings, the package was uploaded on November 7 and was designed to trigger during the build process of GitHub-owned repositories. Once executed inside a CI/CD runner, the payload captures any…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
Beyond the checklist: Shifting from compliance frameworks to real-time risk assessments
To keep up with a quickly changing threat environment, organizations are reassessing how they assess risk. They no longer view them only as a once-a-year exercise. They recognize their value as important tools for making informed decisions. While many still confuse gap analysis with risk assessment, the difference is important. A gap analysis measures how…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Tools & Platforms
Aryaka Announces Unified SASE as a Service 2.0
Aryaka, a Unified SASE-as-a-Service provider, recently announced the launch of Aryaka Unified SASE as a Service 2.0. This new platform incorporates features to support remote work and AI adoption. Platform addresses security needs related to distributed work and AI deployments The new platform ensures a secure connection to any application, anywhere, with performance, simplicity, and…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
The security leaders who turned their frustrations into companies
Almost everywhere, being a CISO means dealing with limited budgets, competing priorities, tools that don’t quite fit the problem and myriad other constraints. Most security leaders adapt, and work within those boundaries to protect their organizations as best they can. But for a few, adaptation and making do with what’s available isn’t enough. The limitations…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
AI startups leak sensitive credentials on GitHub, exposing models and training data
Nearly two-thirds of the world’s top private AI companies have exposed API keys and access tokens on GitHub, according to new research from cloud security firm Wiz, raising concerns that rapid growth is outpacing security discipline. Wiz found verified secret leaks in 65% of the Forbes AI 50 companies, representing a combined valuation of more…
Emerging Tech, Global Security News, Industry, IT Leadership, IT Management, Markets, Technology Industry
14 ways IT can keep ahead of (and integrate) innovative tech
In case you hadn’t noticed, change is in the air. Over the past few years, every day seemingly brings new tales of how businesses are still trying to integrate generative AI (genAI) tools, figure out what agentic AI can do for them, and decipher what genAI firms are really saying about the new features they routinely unveil. …
Emerging Tech, Global Security News
New Browser Security Report Reveals Emerging Threats for Enterprises
According to the new Browser Security Report 2025, security leaders are discovering that most identity, SaaS, and AI-related risks converge in a single place, the user’s browser. Yet traditional controls like DLP, EDR, and SSE still operate one layer too low. What’s emerging isn’t just a blindspot. It’s a parallel threat surface: unmanaged extensions acting…
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Breaking News, Emerging Tech, Global Security News, malware, Security
Google sounds alarm on self-modifying AI malware
Google warns malware now uses AI to mutate, adapt, and collect data during execution, boosting evasion and persistence. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) warn of a new generation of malware that is using AI during execution to mutate, adapt, and collect data in real time, helping it evade detection more effectively. Cybercriminals increasingly use AI…