Microsoft says threat actors are increasingly using artificial intelligence in their operations to accelerate attacks, scale malicious activity, and lower technical barriers across all aspects of a cyberattack. According to a new Microsoft Threat Intelligence report, attackers are using generative AI tools for a wide range of tasks, including reconnaissance, phishing, infrastructure development, malware creation,…
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, Feb. 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Acronis, a global leader in cybersecurity and data protection, released its biannual report, “Acronis Cyberthreats Report H2 2025: From exploits to malicious AI”, analyzing global threat activity based on telemetry collected by the Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) and Acronis sensors. The report highlights key trends observed throughout 2025, with a…
A new report out today from the Google Threat Intelligence Group is warning that threat actors are moving beyond casual experimentation with artificial intelligence and are now beginning to integrate AI directly into operational attack workflows. The report focuses in part on abuse and targeting of Google’s own Gemini models, underscoring how generative AI systems…
A financial officer at a Singaporean multinational company transferred $5,00,000 to scammers in 2025 during a deepfake video call with what appeared to be company executives, according to cybersecurity firm Tookitaki. Singapore police reported it as one of the most convincing cases of AI-powered impersonation seen to date. The incident followed a similar attack in…
The number of cyberattacks in Hong Kong hit a record high in 2025, with detected system vulnerabilities tripling, prompting experts to warn that artificial intelligence (AI) could pose a major risk of further attacks this year. Edmond Lai Shiao-bun, chief digital officer of the Hong Kong Productivity Council, warned on Wednesday that AI would pose…
