Topic: employee training
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GDPR Training: Turn Compliance into Competitive Advantage
Despite significant investment in GDPR compliance, many businesses struggle with employee security practices, risking heavy fines and reputational damage. Effective training requires role-specific, continuous education that integrates practical tools like password managers to foster lasting behav...
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Australia's AI Adoption Outpacing Strategy, Warns Lucid
While 80% of Australian workers actively use AI tools, nearly half of businesses have only partially or not integrated AI into their core workflows, revealing a strategic shortfall. Employee-led adoption leads to fragmented AI use and unclear ROI, with only 46% of businesses achieving positive re...
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80% of AI Natives in Australia Still Prefer Human Support Option
Four out of five Australian AI natives prefer access to human support during customer interactions, indicating a need for businesses to refine AI tools to meet expectations and encourage adoption. In the workplace, AI natives express lower satisfaction with employer-provided AI tools compared to ...
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Your Employees Are Leaking Secrets to AI—And They Can't Get Them Back
Employees are increasingly inputting sensitive corporate data into public AI platforms, often without the ability to recover or delete it, and many organizations lack technical measures to monitor or restrict this behavior. A significant gap exists between leadership's perceived oversight and act...
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AI-Powered Hacking: How Clickfix Tools Are Breaching Systems
A 500% surge in Clickfix attacks in early 2025 highlights a shift toward AI-enhanced social engineering, where attackers use fake alerts to trick users into executing malicious commands, bypassing traditional security. AI is revolutionizing Business Email Compromise (BEC) by generating fabricated...
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Cybersecurity Leaders Hide Cyber Incidents From Executives
Corporate cybersecurity leaders are increasingly concealing security incidents from their own executive leadership and boards, creating a dangerous gap in understanding the organization's true risk profile and leading to decisions based on incomplete information. Nation-state cyberattacks are a p...
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Two-Thirds of Firms Hit by Deepfake Attacks
A majority of organizations (62%) experienced a deepfake attack in the past year, often using social engineering to impersonate leaders or manipulate automated verification systems. The threat is growing as deepfake technology becomes more accessible, with the combination of deepfakes and social ...
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AI Skills Boost Salaries by 43%—Even Outside Tech
The demand for AI skills is driving significant salary premiums, with roles requiring even one AI skill paying an average of 28% more than those without. AI expertise is sought across diverse sectors beyond technology, including marketing, public relations, and scientific research, with skills va...
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Can Your Phishing Detection Stop 2025's Security Threats?
Social engineering attacks like Clickfix surged 500% in early 2025, with cybercriminals increasingly using AI to create sophisticated Business Email Compromise scams that exploit human psychology rather than technical vulnerabilities. Clickfix bypasses traditional defenses by tricking users into ...
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How Hackers Poison AI and How to Stop Them
Cybercriminals are leveraging AI to create sophisticated spam, malicious code, and phishing campaigns, while also directly targeting AI systems to exploit vulnerabilities. Attackers use AI to refine deceptive communications through A/B testing and exploit AI assistants and security tools, leading...
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Railway Cybersecurity: Hackers Push the Limits
Railway networks are increasingly vulnerable to cybersecurity threats due to digital transformation, which introduces risks like remote system manipulation and potential accidents. Outdated infrastructure and extended equipment lifecycles complicate security, with many systems running on obsolete...
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AI Will Transform Every Job, Says Walmart CEO
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon asserts that AI will fundamentally reshape every job across all sectors, emphasizing that this transformation does not necessarily mean mass layoffs but will require significant investment in employee upskilling. AI's impact extends beyond white-collar roles to all workf...
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Cybercriminals Target Drug Formulas and Patient Data
Cybercriminals target pharmaceutical companies for valuable clinical trial data, patient records, and proprietary formulas, posing significant financial and public health risks. Data breaches in the sector average $4.61 million per incident, with ransomware and third-party vulnerabilities leading...
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AI's Success Hinges on Trusted, Well-Governed Data
Many businesses are struggling to implement AI effectively due to a lack of trusted, well-governed data, which is essential for reliable and secure outcomes. A significant challenge is the complexity and security risks associated with unstructured data, with many organizations citing budget const...
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Hacker Stole Cisco Customer Data in Voice Phishing Scam
Hackers used a voice phishing (vishing) attack to compromise Cisco's customer data by manipulating an employee into granting unauthorized access to a third-party cloud CRM system. The breach exposed sensitive user information, including names, addresses, email addresses, and account metadata, tho...
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Cybersecurity Journey: From Data Recovery to Battling Ransomware
The shift from data recovery to cybersecurity reflects the growing threat of ransomware, which disrupts operations and demands proactive defense strategies over reactive fixes. Modern cybersecurity requires skills like ransomware mitigation and secure data recovery, emphasizing prevention and tre...
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Chanel & Pandora Hacked in Ongoing Salesforce Cyberattack
Luxury brands Chanel and Pandora experienced data breaches via compromised Salesforce accounts, exposing customer information and highlighting third-party platform vulnerabilities. Stolen data (names, emails, addresses) can enable phishing and identity fraud, with experts warning about insufficie...
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AI Security Risks: Even Experts Skip Oversight
Cybersecurity teams are increasing AI security risks by using unapproved tools, with 86% of professionals admitting to unauthorized AI usage, often handling sensitive data. Shadow AI—unauthorized AI tool adoption—poses critical vulnerabilities, with 30% of respondents uploading internal documents...
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Taco Bell Rethinks AI Drive-Thru Strategy After Setbacks
Taco Bell is reassessing its AI drive-thru ordering system after facing operational issues and viral customer complaints, such as an incident where a customer ordered an excessive number of water cups to bypass the technology. The company acknowledges inconsistent AI performance and is allowing f...
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