National AI strategies in 2026 center on a core tension: governments want to control their own AI infrastructure and data, But locking down too tightly risks falling behind the global innovation curve. Countries from Canada to the EU are spending…
More than 95% of international internet traffic travels through undersea cables — and until this week. The rules governing their security had not seen a major overhaul since 2001. The Federal Communications Commission has now changed that. In a landmark…
Amazon Web Services (AWS) just wrapped up its New York Summit. Where it introduced a suite of new tools designed to bolster cybersecurity and streamline coding for developers. The announcements signal a clear strategic push: AWS is expanding its cloud…
In a strategic move set to reshape the cybersecurity landscape, Databricks announced on June 16, 2026, its agreement to acquire Panther Labs. A deal that signals the increasing convergence of data intelligence platforms and enterprise security operations. The Databricks acquires…
Cyberattacks on critical infrastructure surged by more than 40 percent globally in the past two years. Japan has emerged as one of the most targeted nations in the Asia-Pacific region. Against that backdrop, SoftBank Launches New Cybersecurity Product Powered by…
AI phishing attacks in 2026 use tools like Google’s Gemini AI to generate flawless, personalized scam messages at massive scale. They’re harder to spot because they lack the typos, awkward phrasing, and generic content that used to give scams away.…
Prompt injection attacks increased 340% year-over-year. LLMs process instructions and data identically, making semantic attacks invisible to syntax-based security tools. 88% of organizations running AI agents experienced security incidents within 12 months. Traditional Web Application Firewalls operate at the wrong…
Google patched 429 vulnerabilities in Chrome 149. AI discovered 371 of them. Humans found 58. The story is not the bug count. The story is what happens when machines outpace human discovery by 6x and what that means for who…
Offensive AI capabilities expanded 1,300% between April 2023 and March 2026, with 70 penetration testing tools now operational. AI-generated phishing shows 450% higher click rates. Automated attacks succeed 69.5% of the time versus 47.6% for manual methods. Defense reaches parity…
Japan’s largest banks are deploying AI cybersecurity models from Anthropic and OpenAI at speeds human teams do not match. This is not a pilot. This is infrastructure. The gap between AI-defended institutions and everyone else is widening into a structural…