Threat Landscape stories - Page 3

CSOs are shedding their purely technical image as security chiefs are pushed into the boardroom to drive sales, trust and growth.

Yubico names Poupak Modirassari Enbom as Chief Marketing Officer to help drive demand for phishing-resistant authentication amid rising AI-driven threats.

Akamai says attack volumes in Europe, the Middle East and Africa climbed 36% year on year as APIs and automated DDoS campaigns fuel a sharp surge.

Fenix24 has turned Argos99 into a standalone SaaS platform, giving customers continuous asset visibility and dependency mapping to speed ransomware recovery.

CirrusHQ hires Matt Smith to drive UK sales growth as the AWS consultancy targets customers seeking stronger cloud security and resilience.

N-able rolls out AI-led SOC detections to flag PowerShell abuse, suspicious DNS traffic and unusual Windows processes across multiple layers.

Gcore warns DDoS attacks hit 1.3 million in late 2025 as brief, high-volume floods and longer app assaults expose more sectors to risk.

CrowdStrike broadens its consumption-based model into services, offering partners and new customers flexible access to incident response and advisory support.

Barracuda adds Google Workspace email protection, SecureEdge Access and AI security to BarracudaONE while unifying its global partner programme.

Qilin keeps top spot as ransomware incidents drop 8% in February, while CL0P and The Gentlemen post sharp gains and new AI risks emerge.

RSA debuts ID Plus Sovereign Deployment, an identity platform for regulated sectors needing strict data residency and offline resilience.

World Backup Day prompts warnings that untested restores and AI-era data demands are leaving mid-sized firms dangerously exposed.

Tanium rolls out AI-driven tools to tighten endpoint governance, speed incident response and unify security, exposure and device management.

AI-fuelled cyber attacks are spreading faster worldwide, CrowdStrike warns, as breakout times plummet and criminals weaponise mainstream tools.

Red Hat reports 97% of organisations suffered cloud-native security incidents last year, exposing basic failings in configuration and governance.

Cloudsmith adds automated controls to quarantine and block risky dependencies, tightening enforcement on software supply chain security.

SonicWall overhauls SecureFirst for 2026, shifting to firm-level skills, role-based training and services to boost partners' recurring revenue.

Elastic scraps per-endpoint XDR fees and adds native workflow automation in a bid to lower cyber costs and widen security coverage.

Google's latest Mandiant report warns cyberattacks are faster and stealthier as AI-powered tools narrow defenders' response times to seconds.

OpenSSF adds new members and launches AI security, supply chain and training initiatives after securing USD $12.5 million in funding.