Cyber Risk stories

HCLSoftware has introduced a BigFix Secure Resilient Operations model with Agentic AI to unify IT and security on a single cloud-native platform.

Cyber chiefs warn a widening gap between cyber plans and real resilience as boards eye 2026 with only marginal spend increases.

Australian businesses are tipped to treat AI like human staff by 2026, tightening control of machine identities and data risks.

AI-native cyber attacks and synthetic IDs are forcing firms to shift from periodic checks to continuous, AI-driven security testing by 2026.

Agentic AI networks could let cybercriminals automate attacks at relentless scale, forcing security teams into a new AI-driven arms race.

Armis, KODE and IntelliBuild join forces to fuse cybersecurity, analytics and governance, promising safer, smarter building portfolios.

Singapore firms boast world-leading third-party cyber risk programmes, yet 93% still report supply chain-related breaches, BlueVoyant warns.

Australian organisations face mounting cyber risk as vendor networks outgrow weak third party controls, with 99% hit by supply chain breaches.

Industrial ransomware attacks climbed 13% in Q3 2025 to 742 cases worldwide, with manufacturing absorbing nearly three quarters of hits.

Arctic Wolf predicts agentic AI will overhaul SOCs, tighten Zero Trust and keep humans central as cyber risk surges into 2026.

Cybersecurity teams face digital border taxes, AI-first clouds, agentic AI threats and the end of VPNs as 2026 reshapes digital risk.

AI will redefine cyber threats by 2026, CrowdStrike warns, driving prompt-injection attacks, zero-day surges and machine identity chaos.

Intel 471 promotes Amy Minyard-Bishop to CRO and Steve Micallef to CTO as it scales cyber threat intelligence amid surging global demand.

Cyber chiefs predict 2026 cyber budgets will pivot from prevention and box-ticking to rapid response, recovery and demonstrable resilience.

Cloudflare’s latest outage fuels fears over fragile AI and payments systems as firms brace for weeks of disputes and operational fallout.

Six UK cyber startups join a new state-backed scheme to defend critical infrastructure as severe attacks on key services jump 50% in a year.

In 2026, identity emerges as the critical control point as autonomous AI, fragile machine trust and weak governance collide.

Australian mid-sized firms warned they face rising cyber risk as a lack of senior security leadership leaves core threats unchecked.

New Zealand’s AI productivity promise will falter unless firms simplify systems, curb shadow AI and strengthen cybersecurity foundations.

Digimune and MY CYBER GUARD have teamed up to launch an Australian identity protection service for households and small businesses.