Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Strong Data Foundations Give AI Leaders an Edge in Quantum SecurityCompanies leading in AI security are also better prepared for quantum threats. New Thales research shows that data visibility, governance, encryption and crypto agility are helping CIOs build stronger foundations for both AI adoption and post-quantum readiness.

Traditional network security tools are undermining data protection, with Forrester and Capital One Software research warning AI adoption is impossible without rethinking data security

Southern Connecticut State University CIO Tom Armstrong on Modernization PrioritiesLike other schools, Southern Connecticut State University is under pressure to modernize legacy systems, strengthen security and adopt AI. CIO Tom Armstrong must balance expanding research ambitions, student expectations and operational efficiency in an increasingly complex risk environment.

Southern Connecticut State University CIO Tom Armstrong on Modernization PrioritiesLike other schools, Southern Connecticut State University is under pressure to modernize legacy systems, strengthen security and adopt AI. CIO Tom Armstrong must balance expanding research ambitions, student expectations and operational efficiency in an increasingly complex risk environment.

At this week's Black Hat Europe conference, two researchers urged developers to adopt a shared responsibility model for open source software and not leave it all up to GitHub to handle.

AI Strategies Seeks to Bolster Its Position in the Global AI RaceThe European Union is pledging $1 billion euros to boost a continental vision of artificial intelligence amid mounting fears the trading bloc is falling behind on research and adoption into the cutting edge technology. "We will help speed up the process," said the European Commission president.

Only 15% considering deployments and just 7% say it'll replace humans in next four years Enterprises aren't keen on letting autonomous agents take the wheel amid fears over trust and security as research once again shows that AI hype is crashing against the rocks of reality.…

The Harsh Truths of AI Adoption MITs State of AI in Business report revealed that while 40% of organizations have purchased enterprise LLM subscriptions, over 90% of employees are actively using AI tools in their daily work. Similarly, research from Harmonic Security found that 45.4% of sensitive AI interactions are coming from personal email accounts, where employees are bypassing corporate

Cisco finds hundreds of Ollama servers open to unauthorized access, creating various nasty risks Cisco’s Talos security research team has found over 1,100 Ollama servers exposed to the public internet, where miscreants can use them to do nasty things.…

CIR's Lawrence Gasman on Why Quantum Data Centers Remain Years From Enterprise UseQuantum data centers could become viable if business use cases emerge, says Lawrence Gasman, founder, Communications Industry Researchers. Technical hurdles, such as physical form factor, environment, cost and photonic interconnects, must be addressed for enterprise adoption.

Hoxhunt Predicts Phishing-as-a-Service Will Adopt AI Spear Phishing AgentsAI surpassed human red teams in crafting phishing attacks, at scale and with alarming success, asserts research from cybersecurity training firm Hoxhunt. The company's proprietary AI spear phishing agent, outperformed human counterparts by 24%, a turnaround from a31% deficit in 2023.

Research finds that organizations are granting root access by default and making other big missteps, including a Jenga-like building concept, in deploying and configuring AI services in cloud deployments.

Cybersecurity researchers have shed more light on a remote access trojan (RAT) known as Deuterbear used by the China-linked BlackTech hacking group as part of a cyber espionage campaign targeting the Asia-Pacific region this year

Also: Malware Campaign Hits GitHub, Affects Over 100,000 ReposThis week, the Biden administration urged software developers to adopt memory-safe programming languages and moved to restrict Chinese connected cars, a pharma giant was breached, researchers found malicious repos in GitHub, the Phobos RaaS group is targeting the U.S., and Zyxel patched devices.

With the rush to adopt large language models, companies have not thought through all of the security implications to their businesses. Two groups of researchers tackle the questions.

Yet more support for the argument to adopt memory-safe languages More than 11,500 Juniper Networks devices are exposed to a new remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, and infosec researchers are pressing admins to urgently apply the patches.…

Researchers have discovered that despite Google's adoption of the Manifest V3 security standard to protect against malicious plug-ins, attackers can still get bad extensions past its review process.

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new version of malware called Rilide that targets Chromium-based web browsers to steal sensitive data and steal cryptocurrency

1Password research reveals consumers are fed up with passwords; education, access, and validation will drive passwordless adoption.