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The wire transfer went through. The CFO on the video call looked right, sounded right, and gave the authorization — except there was no CFO on that call. Related: The industrializing of identity fraud Corporate deepfake attacks of that kind, … (more…) The post FIRESIDE CHAT: Deepfakes exploit human emotion, making employee reflex training essential first appeared on The Last Watchdog.

NEW YORK, May 28, 2026, CyberNewswire—TVC Analyst Group has released its list of twelve cybersecurity companies identified for their activity and positioning ahead of the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2026, where participating vendors are expected to … (more…) The post News alert: TVC Analyst Group names 12 vendors to watch ahead of Gartner’s security summit first appeared on The Last Watchdog.

For the past two decades, enterprise security teams have gotten good at one thing: keeping sensitive data where it belongs. Related: Leaked secrets no. 1 exposure Production data stays in production. Test environments get masked or synthetic data. Access is … (more…) The post GUEST ESSAY: AI pipelines are shattering network security — most companies haven’t even noticed yet first appeared on The Last Watchdog.

The first warning sign came on stage. Related: Carol Sturka declares her agency  I had turned to ChatGPT to help organize research notes for an upcoming keynote. I was pressed for time and wanted help spotting patterns I might have … (more…) The post GUEST ESSAY: AI can speed up communication, but it can also weaken human connection first appeared on The Last Watchdog.

NEW YORK, May 19, 2026, CyberNewswire—Orchid Security, the company solving identity at its core, today released its Identity Gap: 2026 Snapshot report, revealing that the majority of enterprise identity now exists outside the view of identity and access … (more…) The post News alert: Orchid Security study finds invisible identities now outnumber managed accounts first appeared on The Last Watchdog.

ORLANDO — Companies are pulling AI agents into their daily operations through a dozen side doors. Related: SaaS and AI agents converge One of them was in focus at KB4-CON, KnowBe4’s annual customer conference at the Marriott World Center … (more…) The post MY TAKE: AI agents force a rethink of enterprise service lines as vendors move up the tech stack first appeared on The Last Watchdog.

By design. Two words that have done an awful lot of heavy lifting in the cybersecurity industry over the years. They tend to surface whenever a vendor wants to wave off a serious finding without fixing it. Related: The unending … (more…) The post LW ROUNDTABLE: Microsoft Edge normalizes credential exposure — security pros push back first appeared on The Last Watchdog.

The cyber insurance industry set out to manage financial risk. Along the way, it has quietly became the security operations provider for a significant share of American small businesses. An $11 billion acquisition agreement announced earlier this year suggests it … (more…) The post FIRESIDE CHAT: Cyber insurers deepen SMB security role as supply chain attacks spread first appeared on The Last Watchdog.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, May 11, 2026, CyberNewswire—Dubai-founded OTT Cybersecurity LLC today announced acceptance into Anthropic’s Cyber Verification Program and unveiled the Agent Trust Protocol (ATP), an open cryptographic standard for AI agent identity, scope and action verification slated for … (more…) The post News Alert: Lyrie.ai joins Anthropic verification program, unveils protocol for securing AI agents first appeared on The Last Watchdog.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 5, 2026, CyberNewswire—LuxSci, a leading provider of HIPAA compliant secure healthcare communications, today announced the launch of LuxSci Secure High Volume Email for mid-sized healthcare organizations, the industry’s trusted HIPPA-compliant email solution now … (more…) The post News alert: LuxSci launches HIPAA-compliant email platform for mid-size healthcare market first appeared on The Last Watchdog.