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Critical Infrastructure Faces Mounting Malware Complexity – Cyber crooks aren’t kicking down the front door—they’re slipping in disguised as everyday files. A new report shows malware is getting smarter, stealthier, and harder to catch. Malware complexity jumped 127% in just six months, according to OPSWAT’s new 2025 Threat Landscape Report, revealed at Black Hat USA. … Read more
Guardrails After the Crash: A Curious Delay in Action Despite high-profile data breaches and ransomware attacks, organizations are still slow to boost cybersecurity spending. It is an age-old tradition of worrying about the barn door only after the horse has escaped. The 2025 Security Budget Benchmark Report by IANS Research and Artico Search shows clear … Read more
Fools Rush In – “Bypassing Security” – “Organizations are bypassing security and governance for AI in favor of do-it-now AI adoption.” That line in the press release announcing IBM’s latest Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025 rings with urgency. It evokes the old line, “Fools rush in,” penned by English poet Alexander Pope in … Read more
Lack of Visibility Leaves Leaders in the Dark Cyber risk communication is broken. And then there’s the third-party risk and the “burnout.” Bitsight’s new “State of Cyber Risk and Exposure 2025” report reveals that only 28% of organizations say they’re “very effective” at communicating cyber risk to leadership. But a critical connection emerges: firms with … Read more
M&S Cyberattack Set the Stage for a Sector-Wide Alarm – Earlier this year, Marks & Spencer suffered a devastating cyberattack. The breach was severe, costing at least £300 million in lost profits. Chairman Archie Norman described the attack to Parliament as “traumatic.” The attackers used sophisticated impersonation and exploited M&S’s legacy systems. This event exposed … Read more