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Seven Ways AI Is Changing How Companies Defend Themselves
Security experts say artificial intelligence is giving overstretched security teams a fighting chance, but only if organisations deploy it carefully and with realistic expectations.
Origin Energy's Data Breach Is a Window Into Australia's Worsening Cyber Problem
Nine hundred thousand customers had their details exposed. Two university professors say the breach is neither surprising nor isolated, and that ordinary Australians are bearing the hidden costs.
After Tycoon2FA Was Shut Down, Phishing Criminals Went Looking for New Tricks
Microsoft's Q2 2026 email threat report shows that busting a major phishing-for-hire service slashed attack volume by 92%, but criminals quickly pivoted to Microsoft Teams chats and automated email campaigns that hit tens of thousands of organisations in hours.
Cybersecurity Spends Billions Spotting Attacks. It Should Be Stopping Them.
Detection tools now dominate the security market, but faster alerts have not cut breach rates. A growing chorus of security professionals says the industry has the balance badly wrong.
Microsoft Is Killing SMS Login for Millions of Business Accounts. Here Is What Replaces It.
Starting September 2026, Microsoft will push passkeys as the default way to prove your identity in its business login system. By February 2027, the old text-message codes go dark entirely.
Microsoft is killing SMS logins for business accounts. Passkeys take over in September 2026.
Entra ID, the sign-in system used by millions of companies, will switch to passkeys by default. Text-message codes get shut off in February 2027.
0ktapus Phishing Campaign Hits 130 Companies, Compromising Nearly 10,000 Accounts
A widespread phishing attack targets employees of Twilio and Cloudflare, exploiting Okta's authentication system.