Ransomware threats increased fourfold during 2024, likely driven by prolific Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) activity, according to Barracuda’s latest annual review of XDR detection and incident data. Email threats that made it through to user inboxes were the fifth most detected threat overall, highlighting the growing risk of sophisticated and evasive attacks enabled byRead More…

CrowdStrike has announced the general availability of Charlotte AI Detection Triage, a major breakthrough in agentic AI-driven security operations. Operating with customer-defined bounded autonomy, Charlotte AI triages security detections with over 98% accuracy, eliminating more than 40 hours of manual work per week on average to scale SOC operations and accelerateRead More…

CyberArk has announced it has acquired Zilla Security, a leader in modern Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) solutions. Zilla’s innovative, AI-powered IGA capabilities will expand CyberArk’s industry-leading Identity Security Platform with scalable automation that enables accelerated identity compliance and provisioning across digital environments, while maximizing security and operational efficiency. This acquisitionRead More…

Several technology partners adopt NVIDIA’s AI cybersecurity to protect critical infrastructure. Platform integrating NVIDIA BlueField and Morpheus powers next-generation cyber defenses from Armis, Check Point Software Technologies, CrowdStrike, Deloitte and WWT. The rapid evolution of generative AI has created countless opportunities for innovation across industry and research. As is oftenRead More…

Acronis has released its biannual report titled, “Acronis Cyberthreats Report, H2 2024: The rise of AI-driven threats”. This edition reveals a significant rise in email cyberattacks; a staggering 197% increase detected in H2 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, with a 21% rise in attacks per organization. FromRead More…

BeyondTrust has announced True Privilege, an AI-powered innovation within BeyondTrust’s Identity Security Insights that redefines identity security. True Privilege reveals the actual, effective access an identity—whether human, machine, or workload—holds within complex IT environments. By leveraging AI-driven graph analysis, True Privilege exposes hidden attack paths and the cascading effects of misconfigurations,Read More…

Only 14% of security & risk management (SRM) leaders can effectively secure organizational data assets while also enabling the use of data to achieve business objectives, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. While 35% of survey respondents secure data assets and 21% use data to achieve business goals, only one inRead More…