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Introduction: Social Engineering with a New Engine Phishing has always been less about breaking code and more about breaking people. The classic playbook is simple: find a pretext, write something scary or interesting enough to trigger a click, and wait for someone to slip. What has changed in the last couple of years is the The post AI Driven Phishing: How LLMs Are Making Social Engineering Unstoppable first appeared on Cybersecurity Magazine.

Data has become one of the most valuable assets for modern businesses, and in turn one of the most attractive targets for cyber criminals. Nearly half of UK organisations experienced a cyber attack last year, and the threat landscape continues to intensify. As technology advances, attackers gain more sophisticated tools, while the growth of AI The post Why data protection matters more than ever in 2026 first appeared on Cybersecurity Magazine.

The European digital landscape is currently navigating one of the most profound shifts in its regulatory history. For years, cybersecurity was largely a matter of voluntary frameworks and reactive patching. However, the rapid escalation of supply chain attacks and the geopolitical volatility observed over the last decade have rendered that approach obsolete. This urgency was The post Trustworthy AI: Navigating Conformity with the EU Cyber Resilience Act first appeared on Cybersecurity Magazine.

The digital world is more fragile than many businesses like to admit. Despite escalating cyber threats, stricter regulatory requirements and increased reliance on digital infrastructure, too many organisations still underestimate the risk of data loss. World Backup Day is a reminder of how important it is to have robust back up strategies.With reputation and huge The post World Backup Day 2026: Prioritising Cyber Resilience first appeared on Cybersecurity Magazine.

In 2026, cyber incidents is the top global risk for the fifth year in a row, according to global insurer Allianz Commercial’s Risk Barometer, with its highest-ever score (42% of responses), and by a higher margin than ever before (10%). It ranks as the main corporate concern in every region (Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, and The post Cyber Ranks as Top Business Threat, According to 2026 Allianz Risk Barometer first appeared on Cybersecurity Magazine.

Welcome back to this series on security standards for operational technologies. In the last one we investigated IEC 61508 and IEC 61850. You can find a link to that one at the end of this one. This article will focus exclusively on IEC 62351. IEC 62351 is an international cybersecurity standard focused on protecting communication The post OT Security Standards – Continued first appeared on Cybersecurity Magazine.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the landscape of cybersecurity, offering advanced tools to detect, prevent, and respond to threats across multiple sectors. As cyberattacks grow in sophistication, organisations are increasingly adopting AI-powered controls to strengthen their defences. Penning down few thoughts on how the enablement of AI controls in cybersecurity is going to uplift The post Enabling AI to enhance Cybersecurity across Sectors first appeared on Cybersecurity Magazine.

Executive board members need to understand the business implications of technical data. Traditional reporting methods do not connect well with leaders, leading to misinformed decisions and inadequate resources. To effectively translate cyber risk metrics to executives, C-suite leaders should focus on business impact rather than technical risks. Limits of Traditional Cyber Risk Metrics Traditional cyber The post Cyber Risk Metrics That Make Sense to Executives first appeared on Cybersecurity Magazine.

“I don’t care what that report says, the threat actor has to be utilizing vector #1 because that is what our threat model says they’ll use….” Although the comment above is offered for humor, cyber security professionals are routinely at risk of making analytical errors very similar to the one implied. These errors are rarely The post Overcoming Biases in Cyber Security Problem Analysis and Decision-Making first appeared on Cybersecurity Magazine.

Enterprise risk models are being challenged by a fundamental shift in how web content is accessed. This access is driven not by people or traditional search engines, but by AI crawlers, automated systems that collect web content to support large language models, AI-powered search and generative applications. Content that was once indexed primarily for human The post How AI Crawlers Are Reshaping the Internet and Enterprise Risk first appeared on Cybersecurity Magazine.