In 2025, ransomware attacks across the globe increased by 32% — but in the education sector, attacks appeared to plateau, according to the latest research from Comparitech.
As social-engineering attacks surpass ransomware as the top cyber risk, institutions must reevaluate their cybersecurity practices.
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) recently announced a series of CSAI Foundation milestones aimed at securing what it calls the agentic control plane, including a new catastrophic risk initiative, CVE Numbering Authority authorization, and the acquisition of two agentic AI specifications.
Microsoft researchers recently uncovered a large-scale, sophisticated AI-driven phishing campaign that uses automation and legitimate authentication processes to compromise accounts more effectively than traditional phishing attacks.