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AI-powered attacks have emerged as the biggest cybersecurity concern among security professionals, according to new research conducted by Filigran during Infosecurity Europe 2026. The survey of 168 cybersecurity professionals across various industry sectors found that 41% identified AI-powered attacks at scale as their biggest security concern, nearly double the number citing supply chain risk (21%) or unknown threats (21%). AI-driven threats and what security professionals are doing about them is also the top concern for nearly one...

KnowBe4, the human-risk management platform, securing both AI agents and humans, today announced the appointment of Alex Callihan as chief technology officer. Callihan has been with the organisation for more than nine years as senior vice president of engineering and in his new role will lead innovation of new products, driving the next generation of KnowBe4’s agentic research and development. Callihan brings over 15 years of experience in software engineering, driving product innovation. Reporting directly...

Security teams are facing a new and accelerating threat: attackers armed with sophisticated AI models that can chain together multiple application vulnerabilities into fully formed exploits within minutes. That is the stark reality underpinning a raft of new capabilities announced today by Black Duck for its Polaris Platform. The company is positioning the enhancements around what it calls 'Mythos readiness,' a reference to advanced AI models now being used by threat actors. The urgency is not...

The FIFA World Cup 2026 gives security teams an easy seasonal hook. A global event creates urgency, distraction and a flood of believable lures: fake tickets, unsafe streams, betting scams, malicious apps, QR-code traps and impersonation attempts. The tournament also frames a broader question for CISOs: how do organisations prepare people before a convincing request arrives under pressure? No serious coach measures a team's readiness by attendance. A national side is not ready for the...

Cybersmart, a leading provider of cyber risk management for small businesses, has released the findings from its third annual CyberSmart MSP Survey, which focuses on the security of Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and their customers. The 2026 report has revealed that, amid high-profile attacks and changing regulation, third-party risk is mainstream. In fact, 43% of MSPs and their customers have experienced a cyber incident caused by or originating from a supplier or third-party vendor in...

KnowBe4, the global leader in digital workforce security, securing both AI agents and humans, today announced the official launch of its 35th interactive game, Spot the Vish. This latest addition to the KnowBe4 game library is designed to train the digital workforce to recognise, resist, and report voice phishing (vishing) attacks in real time. Vishing attacks have grown increasingly sophisticated, often involving bad actors posing as IT support or C-level executives to create artificial crises...

AI has moved deeper into enterprise infrastructure, which means security teams are now defending more than chatbots and productivity tools. As companies deploy models, agents, cloud workloads, APIs, and data pipelines, platforms like Orca Security are part of a broader change toward identifying exposed data, excessive permissions, misconfigured services, and exploitable attack paths before attackers connect them. IBM’s 2025 Cost of a Data Breach Report found that the global average breach cost reached 4.4 million...

Check Point Software has been approved as a member of OpenAI's Trusted Access for Cyber (TAC) programme and accepted into Daybreak, OpenAI's cybersecurity initiative for vetted security organisations, the company announced today. The move gives the security vendor access to GPT-5.5 with Trusted Access for Cyber for use in defensive security operations, supporting security teams with threat analysis, incident investigation and real-time detection engineering. The announcement comes as the threat landscape is increasingly shaped by...

Proton has released a command-line interface (CLI) for Proton Drive, its end-to-end encrypted cloud storage service, marking a significant expansion of the platform beyond its graphical desktop and mobile applications. The tool is available immediately for Windows, macOS, and Linux, and is built on the same Drive SDK that underpins Proton's official clients, meaning it shares the same encryption guarantees. For security teams, the release addresses a long-standing friction point: automating secure file transfers and...

Forescout Technologies has been named a winner at this year's SC Awards Europe 2026, taking home the Best IoT/IIoT Security Solution award. This recognition shows the company’s ongoing commitment to helping organizations secure increasingly complex connected environments. Announced at the SC Awards Europe 2026, the award recognizes technology providers that deliver innovative security solutions to address evolving cyber threats. For Forescout, the achievement reflects growing demand for greater visibility and control across IT, operational technology...