Data breach stories
Experts say AI is accelerating ransomware attacks, shrinking the patching window and forcing organisations to overhaul defences and recovery plans.
Undisclosed attacks outnumbered public cases by nine to one, with healthcare and government still bearing the brunt of the ransomware threat.
Australian businesses and users face rising account-takeover risk as experts say AI-driven attacks and leaked credentials have outpaced passwords.
More than half of small and medium-sized firms in Australia and New Zealand have no dedicated security team, leaving them exposed to cyberattacks.
AI has made stolen credentials and careless copy-paste habits a bigger risk than password strength, with scams and breaches accelerating.
Recurring checks aim to help regulated firms spot compliance gaps in outsourced and in-house operations before breaches trigger penalties.
Security chiefs say AI agents and credential theft are making password-only defences too risky as World Password Day returns.
Broader attacker activity is increasingly moving beyond stolen credentials, even as identity still accounted for 58.7% of incidents in Q1 2026.
Threats are spreading beyond inboxes as phishing shifts into Teams, calendars and other collaboration tools, raising the risk for hybrid workers.
Ransomware activity stayed elevated in March, with NCC Group saying Qilin alone was linked to 136 attacks and drove a 43% monthly rise.
Technology leaders are being urged to tighten access controls as a Claude AI incident puts database safety and operational resilience under scrutiny.
A misconfigured database left 86,859 images and private chats from a prominent European celebrity’s device open to anyone online.
Attackers are now moving fast enough that patching delays, standing privilege and inherited trust leave organisations exposed within minutes.
Ransomware is hitting Australian large businesses harder than global peers, with most victims still paying attackers despite backup defences.
Ransomware pressure on Canadian firms is intensifying as AI speeds attacks, with 374 organisations extorted and losses mounting.
Many firms are missing exposed systems and credentials, leaving attackers an easier route in as breaches hit 43% of UK businesses last year.
More than six million Britons may be exposing accounts to hackers by using one password across email, banking, shopping and social media.
Rising email fraud is driving KnowBe4's regional expansion, as security chiefs warn that AI-made attacks are targeting Asia's businesses.
Concern is growing over who controls AI decisions, even as 74% of UK consumers have used the technology in the past six months.
Phishing, supplier risks and weak staff training are still leaving UK firms exposed, experts warn after the latest government survey.
