Threat intelligence stories
The award comes as cloud-native apps and APIs face more zero-day attacks, with analysts saying older web firewalls are struggling to keep up.
Attackers are leaning on trusted web services and familiar brands to slip past filters, with phishing and spam still dominating inbox threats.
Customers can keep existing workflows as web application and API protection moves inside Google Cloud, reducing latency and operational overhead.
Data breaches and hacktivism are driving a sharper threat mix, with universities hit 425 times across 67 countries in a year.
Security teams will gain runtime controls as the pair target fast-moving attacks on human and machine identities in AI workplaces.
Businesses facing faster AI-driven cyberattacks will get new Google Cloud tools to spot threats, block fraud and secure agents across workloads.
Demand for AI agents is driving Google Cloud to broaden its stack with new security tools and eighth-generation Tensor Processing Units.
AI-driven attacks are pushing firms to hide systems from the public internet rather than rely on patching flaws after discovery.
Rising AI-generated vulnerability reports are leaving security teams with record backlogs and only hours to judge which flaws hackers can exploit.
The recognition reflects tighter integration with Google Cloud as customers seek cleaner recovery, stronger backup security and AI-ready protected data.
Check Point Research says a better affiliate payout is helping the gang spread fast, with more than 320 claimed victims since mid-2025.
Analysts can now triage threats and trace outages from inside AI tools, as Elastic’s public preview cuts dashboard switching.
Security teams can now update staff training in minutes as KnowBe4 users gain AI avatar video tools in more than 130 languages.
Customers were urged to rotate secrets after unauthorised access to Vercel systems exposed a limited set of credentials via a third-party AI tool.
Security teams may gain a single route from exposure discovery to remediation as SafeBreach ties validation into its new CTEM platform.
UK boards will be judged on recovery speed and judgement, as attacks slip past prevention and overwhelm overstretched SOC teams.
Businesses in Southeast Asia can now access Google Cloud tools that connect AI agents, data and security, with chip and Workspace upgrades.
The three-year spend will expand local cloud capacity, boost cyber defences and train millions of workers as demand for AI grows.
Credential theft is being tackled earlier as Australian organisations face more phishing and automated attacks that can slip past standard defences.
Hospitals are paying up to avoid costly downtime, as criminals exploit known flaws and buy access for as little as USD $2,000.