Tag: report

  • Companies going all in on AI could see their strategy backfire

    Four of the five highest-ranked enterprise risks in Gartner’s Quarterly Emerging Risk Report were AI-related. AI strategy miscalculation and AI-driven competitive displacement debuted at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively. The AI workforce preparedness gap held fifth place. AI discovery of cyber vulnerabilities and geopolitical energy supply shocks held the top two spots for the second consecutive quarter. The rankings show a composite risk score based on responses from 308 enterprise risk management leaders, auditors … More →

    Source: Help Net Security · 2026-11-04

  • UK Cyber Chief Says the UK Will Face AI Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure by 2028

    The U.K. will likely face AI cyberattacks on its critical infrastructure by 2028 as criminals and states, including China and Russia, increasingly use AI in their cyber activity.

    Source: SecurityWeek · 2026-11-03

  • Fake IT help desk callers got by on little more than names and email addresses

    Attackers posing as IT help desk staff contacted employees by phone, email and Microsoft Teams in the third quarter of 2026 and talked them into opening remote access sessions, Cisco Talos Incident Response (Talos IR) found across several engagements. In one case, that access ended in ransomware. They knew names and email addresses “The attackers appeared to know employee names and email addresses, as they contacted users directly by email and Teams and used identities … More →

    Source: Help Net Security · 2026-10-30

  • Smart TVs can harbor unpatched security flaws and track what you watch

    Smart TVs and connected plugs accounted for a large share of recorded security weaknesses in household devices, according to Bitdefender’s 2026 IoT Security Landscape Report. The analysis covered approximately 10.4 million protected home routers between January and September. Televisions represented 22.7% of vulnerability observations, followed by smart plugs at 22.4% linked with a known software flaw. Top vulnerable device families (Source: Bitdefender) Household electronics can stay in use for five to ten years, while their … More →

    Source: Help Net Security · 2026-10-30