AI tools present critical data risks in the enterprise
New research shows that 71.7 percent of workplace AI tools are high or critical risk, with 39.5 percent inadvertently exposing user interaction/training data and 34.4 percent exposing user data.
The analysis from Cyberhaven draws on the actual AI usage patterns of seven million workers, providing an unprecedented view into the adoption patterns and security implications of AI in the corporate environment.
Gen Z know the risks but still reuse passwords
A new survey of 2,300 adults worldwide reveals that 79 percent of Gen Z believe reusing the same password across multiple accounts is risky, however, 72 percent still admit to doing so.
The study from Bitwarden ahead of next Thursday's World Password Day also shows 59 percent of Gen Z admit to reusing an existing password when updating an account with a company that has experienced a data breach, this is compared to just 23 percent of Boomers.
The in-demand AI job roles and what they mean for business [Q&A]
As artificial intelligence finds its way into more and more areas there are concerns around accuracy, security, jobs and more.
Addressing these means organizations will need to fill some new roles. To find out what they are and what impact they will have we spoke to Aimei Wei, chief technical officer and co-founder of Stellar Cyber, to get her views on the AI hiring market.
Email still the main channel for cyberattacks and disinformation
Malicious actors are increasingly exploiting email to impersonate brands, launch phishing campaigns, and spread false information -- often using sophisticated methods made simpler by emerging technologies.
A new report from Valimail shows that email continues to be the most exploited attack vector for cybercriminals and disinformation campaigns, with artificial intelligence dramatically increasing the sophistication of these threats.
SaaS security needs a more unified approach
New research commissioned by Valence Security from the Cloud Security Alliance looks at the current state of SaaS security to uncover key challenges and explore how organizations are securing and managing their SaaS environments.
It finds SaaS security is a top priority for 86 percent of organizations, with 76 percent of respondents saying they are increasing their budgets this year.
1Password adds protection for agentic AI in the enterprise
Current AI models can perform many tasks such as generating text, but these are 'prompted' -- that is the AI isn't acting by itself. But this is about to change with the arrival of agentic AI.
Gartner estimates that by 2028, 33 percent of enterprise software applications will include agentic AI, up from less than one percent in 2024, enabling 15 percent of day-to-day work decisions to be made autonomously.
Midsize businesses rethink their desktop solutions
Midsize companies are actively rethinking their virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) strategies, with cost, complexity, and IT resource demands driving urgent change.
A new report from Parallels shows 63 percent of midsize companies are actively seeking new VDI or DaaS solutions to reduce costs and streamline IT management.
Surge in AI fraud leads to revenue losses
A new report reveals that 73 percent of UK fraud professionals report that online fraud has negatively affected their company's revenue in the past year.
The UK Fraud Industry Pulse Survey from Veriff shows 72.5 percent of businesses have seen an increase in online fraud over the past 12 months.
Enterprises change how they manage cyber risk
A new report from Zafran Security shows that enterprise risk management is shifting from volume to value, and from patching everything to fixing what matters most.
The study, carried out by Foundry MarketPulse, reveals that only one in 50,000 vulnerabilities actually pose a critical risk -- and the ones getting exploited the most are often old, quiet, and ignored.
Identity verification shifts in 2025 and what they mean for business and consumers [Q&A]
Generative AI is already defeating traditional identity verification (IDV) methods like knowledge-based authentication, 2FA, and more.
This shift is likely to see the acceleration of new forms of IDV in 2025 that place a greater emphasis on ensuring they're both more secure and easy for people to use. This will result in a convergence of customer identity and access management (CIAM) which essentially gives customers more control over their identity and verification.
What compliance with PCI DSS 4.0.1 means for businesses [Q&A]
The latest revision to the PCI DSS standard for protecting payment data, PCI DSS 4.0.1, was announced last year and came into force last month.
But what do these new requirements mean for businesses? We spoke to Simon Wijckmans, CEO at web security platform c/side, to find out.
Most enterprise hybrid Active Directory environments have critical vulnerabilities
A new survey of more than 1,000 IT and security professionals carried out for Cayosoft finds that 88 percent of enterprise hybrid Active Directory environments have critical vulnerabilities.
Microsoft Active Directory is a key element of enterprise IT, but the 2025 Active Directory Insights report identifies glaring gaps in resilience, security, and operational efficiency that could leave critical systems exposed to attack.
Credential theft escalates as threat actors use stealthier tactics
Cybercriminals are pivoting to stealthier tactics, with lower-profile credential theft spiking, while ransomware attacks on enterprises have declined.
These are among the findings of a new report from IBM X-Force which also observes an 84 percent increase in emails delivering infostealers in 2024 compared to the previous year, a method threat actors rely heavily on to scale identity attacks.
New watchdog platform designed to protect enterprise AI deployments
As enterprises turn to increasingly sophisticated AI applications and agentic AI workflows, the large cloud footprint required to support such complex systems has become critically difficult to secure.
To address this issue Operant AI is launching AI Gatekeeper, a runtime defense platform designed to block rogue AI agents, LLM poisoning, and data leakage wherever AI apps are deployed, securing live AI applications end-to-end beyond Kubernetes and the edge.
Flawed phone apps could risk enterprise data
Analysis of over 17,000 enterprise-used mobile apps by Zimperium zLabs finds that 92 percent of all apps and 56 percent of the top 100 apps use flawed cryptographic methods that could be putting organizations at risk.
Even more concerning, five percent of top 100 apps were found to have high-severity cryptography flaws including hardcoded keys and outdated algorithms.
Ian's Bio
Ian spent almost 20 years working with computers before he discovered that writing about them was easier than fixing them. Since then he's written for a number of computer magazines and is a former editor of PC Utilities. Follow him on Mastodon
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