IT spending to hit $6.31 trillion record, thanks to AI 2026-04-24 at 08:22 By Anamarija Pogorelec Global spending on IT is expected to reach $6.31 trillion in 2026, according to the latest quarterly forecast from Gartner, marking a 13.5% increase from the previous year. The forecast shows that growth is spread across all major segments, […]
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Ransomware, fraud, and lawsuits drive cyber insurance claims to new peaks 2026-04-23 at 07:13 By Mirko Zorz The 2026 InsurSec Report from At-Bay, covering more than 100,000 policy years of claims data, documents a 7% year-over-year rise in overall claim frequency and an all-time high average severity of $221,000. Ransomware severity reached $508,000, up 16%
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Phishing reclaims the top initial access spot, attackers experiment with AI tools 2026-04-22 at 13:48 By Anamarija Pogorelec Phishing returned as the leading method attackers used to break into organizations in the first quarter of 2026, accounting for over a third of engagements where initial access could be determined, according to Cisco Talos. It is
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Shadow AI, deepfakes, and supply chain compromise are rewriting the financial sector threat playbook 2026-04-22 at 10:09 By Anamarija Pogorelec Financially motivated attacks continued to drive the bulk of cyber incidents against banks, insurers, and payment processors in 2025. Approximately 90% of breaches affecting financial institutions carried a financial motive, with data breaches accounting for
Workplace stress in 2026 is still worse than before the pandemic 2026-04-17 at 07:42 By Mirko Zorz Roughly 40% of employees worldwide said they experienced a lot of stress during the previous day, according to Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace 2026 report, a figure that has remained above pre-pandemic levels for several years. Daily
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Wi-Fi roaming security practices for access network providers and identity providers 2026-04-16 at 07:47 By Anamarija Pogorelec Public Wi-Fi roaming networks carry authentication credentials across multiple administrative boundaries, and the protocols governing that process vary widely in their security properties. The Wireless Broadband Alliance published a set of guidelines that specifies which authentication, encryption, and
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The exploit gap is closing, and your patch cycle wasn’t built for this 2026-04-15 at 10:02 By Mirko Zorz The Cloud Security Alliance has published a briefing on what it calls a turning point in the threat landscape: the time between a vulnerability being discovered and a working exploit is shrinking fast. The briefing centers
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AI adoption is outpacing the safeguards around it 2026-04-14 at 12:59 By Anamarija Pogorelec AI is becoming part of professional and private life, reaching mainstream adoption faster than the personal computer or the internet. These systems are tested in reasoning, safety, and real-world tasks, but the reliability of those measurements remains uncertain. The 2026 AI
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AI agent intent is a starting point, not a security strategy 2026-04-09 at 08:53 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security video, Itamar Apelblat, CEO of Token Security, walks through findings from the company’s research, which shows that 65% of agentic chatbots have never been used yet still hold live access credentials. He explains
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Prompt injection tags along as GenAI enters daily government use 2026-04-09 at 08:27 By Sinisa Markovic Routine use of GenAI has moved into daily operations in state and territorial government environments, placing new security risks within common workflows. A Center for Internet Security (CIS) report, Prompt Injections: The Inherent Threat to Generative AI, identifies prompt
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FBI: Cybercrime Losses Neared $21 Billion in 2025 2026-04-08 at 17:32 By Ionut Arghire The FBI received over 1 million complaints of malicious activity in 2025, with investment, BEC, and tech support scams causing the highest losses. The post FBI: Cybercrime Losses Neared $21 Billion in 2025 appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an
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Cybercriminals move deeper into networks, hiding in edge infrastructure 2026-04-08 at 08:12 By Sinisa Markovic Attack activity is moving toward infrastructure outside endpoint visibility. Proxy networks support a wide range of operations, edge devices serve as initial access points, and GenAI speeds up how attackers assemble and rebuild their tooling. Lumen’s 2026 Threatscape Report describes
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Residential proxies make a mockery of IP-based defenses 2026-04-06 at 09:16 By Sinisa Markovic Attack traffic moved through ordinary home and mobile connections in ways that limited the usefulness of IP reputation on its own. GreyNoise observed 4 billion malicious sessions during a 90-day period and described activity that appeared indistinguishable from normal user traffic
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IT talent looks the other way as wireless security incidents pile up 2026-04-06 at 09:16 By Sinisa Markovic Enterprise wireless networks are supporting a growing mix of devices and applications, increasing operational demand and security exposure. The 2026 Cisco State of Wireless report reflects these conditions through rising incident rates, higher costs, and ongoing staffing
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CISOs grapple with AI demands within flat budgets 2026-04-06 at 09:16 By Anamarija Pogorelec Security spending continues to edge upward across large organizations, though the changes remain gradual and tightly managed. The 2026 RH-ISAC CISO Benchmark reflects a steady environment where budgets expand in small steps, even as AI becomes a routine part of security
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Click, wait, repeat: Digital trust erodes one login at a time 2026-04-03 at 07:58 By Anamarija Pogorelec Sign-up forms that drag on, login steps that repeat, and access requests that take longer than expected have become a normal part of using digital services. These moments rarely stand out on their own, and over time they
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AWS, Wasabi, Cloudflare, and Backblaze go head-to-head in new cloud storage test 2026-04-03 at 01:25 By Anamarija Pogorelec Cloud storage buyers rarely get vendor-provided performance data that includes the vendor’s own weak spots. Backblaze’s Q1 2026 Performance Stats report, attempts to do exactly that, sharing benchmark results for Backblaze B2, AWS S3, Cloudflare R2, and
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Financial groups lay out a plan to fight AI identity attacks 2026-04-01 at 10:34 By Mirko Zorz Generative AI tools have brought the cost of deepfake production low enough that criminals and state-sponsored actors now use them routinely against financial institutions. A joint paper from the American Bankers Association, the Better Identity Coalition, and the
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AI frenzy feeds credential chaos, secrets leak through code, tools, and infrastructure 2026-03-27 at 20:33 By Anamarija Pogorelec Code keeps moving through pipelines, and credentials continue to surface alongside it. GitGuardian’s State of Secrets Sprawl 2026 puts the count at 28.65 million new hardcoded secrets in public GitHub commits in 2025, extending a multi-year rise
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AI SOC vendors are selling a future that production deployments haven’t reached yet 2026-03-26 at 12:32 By Mirko Zorz Vendors selling AI-powered security operations platforms have built their pitches around a consistent set of promises: autonomous threat investigation, dramatic reductions in analyst workload, and an accelerating path toward humanless operations. Practitioners buying and deploying those
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