Cyber Risk Stories

Kiwi Stories

Cyber Risk stories

Spectrum partners with Arctic Wolf on cyber services

New Zealand firms can now outsource 24x7 threat monitoring as Spectrum adds Arctic Wolf's managed detection and response to its resilience stack.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • 2 days ago

Global Stories

Cyber Risk stories

Disaster Recovery

Telstra outage exposes Australia's reliance on carriers

Businesses and emergency services faced outages nationwide as a Telstra mobile failure exposed the risks of Australia's concentrated carrier market.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Yesterday

Application Security

NCC Group maps security gaps across AI coding agents

Weak default safeguards and uneven sandboxing could leave developers exposed to command execution before workspace trust is granted.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Yesterday

Phishing

CISOs warn AI scams widen leadership cyber risk gap

AI-enabled scams are making it harder for UK and European businesses to win executive backing for staff-focused cyber defences.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Yesterday

Data Protection

Quorum Cyber revamps AI security services for businesses

Businesses are being urged to tighten controls as AI tools spread faster than governance, with Quorum Cyber updating assessments to cut cyber risk.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 2 days ago

Disaster Recovery

UK firms face major cloud outage risk, report says

A 24-hour failure at a key Amazon Web Services region could wipe out GBP £1 billion in revenue for exposed UK companies, the report says.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 2 days ago

Cloud Security

Blackpoint launches AI tool to halt identity attacks

Credential misuse is pushing defenders to automate faster containment, as Blackpoint's new tool can freeze cloud account attacks in under two minutes.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 2 days ago

Malware

Financial services breach risk rises as AI adoption surges

Breaches are hitting lenders harder as AI adoption speeds up, with 98 per cent of affected firms saying the impact was material.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Yesterday

Ransomware

Australia & New Zealand phishing risk drops after training

After a year of security awareness training, only 5.3% of workers in Australia and New Zealand were likely to engage with phishing attempts.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • 2 days ago

Digital Transformation

Procurement blocks AI adoption for 84% of Australian CEOs

Poor data and supply chain fragility are slowing AI rollouts, with most Australian chief executives saying procurement is holding back adoption.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Robotics

AI agents emerge as top cyber threat, Exabeam finds

Security teams now see autonomous AI as a bigger internal danger, even as most say it is boosting productivity, a survey found.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • 3 days ago

Malware

German SMEs face lower cyber losses, but risks stay high

Average losses from successful attacks have fallen sharply, but one in three German SMEs says a major breach could still threaten its existence.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • 3 days ago

Network Security

Summer holidays leave firms more exposed to cyber fraud

Reduced staffing and delegated approvals during annual leave are giving fraudsters more chances to slip through corporate checks, Everywhen says.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Digital Transformation

Why faster AI is exposing slower security thinking

The real risk is growing backlogs and patching delays, as AI speeds up exploit development faster than security teams can respond.

By Gareth Cox • 5 min read • 4 days ago

Stories from Other Regions

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Cloud Security

RiskProfiler wins 120 G2 nods across 31 categories

The recognition underscores rising demand for cyber-risk tools that show measurable returns, as buyers demand faster deployment and continuous monitoring.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Yesterday