The Register, Friday, January 9th, 2026
QR Codes A Powerful New Phishing Weapon In Hands Of Pyongyang Cyberspies
State-backed attackers are using QR codes to slip past enterprise security and help themselves to cloud logins, the FBI says
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Vol 334 · Issue 1
Security — Archive · Vol 334 Issue 1
18 articles that week
VentureBeat, Friday, January 9th, 2026
The 11 Runtime Attacks Breaking AI Security - And How CISO s Are Stopping Them
Enterprise security teams are losing ground to AI-enabled attacks - not because defenses are weak, but because the threat model has shifted. As AI agents move into production, attackers are exploiting runtime weaknesses where breakout times are measured in seconds, patch windows in hours, and traditional security has little visibility or control.
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The Hacker News, Friday, January 9th, 2026
Cybersecurity Predictions 2026: The Hype We Can Ignore (And The Risks We Can't)
As organizations plan for 2026, cybersecurity predictions are everywhere. Yet many strategies are still shaped by headlines and speculation rather than evidence. The real challenge isn't a lack of forecasts-it's identifying which predictions reflect real, emerging risks and which can safely be ignored.
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The Register, Thursday, January 8th, 2026
Ransomware Attacks Kept Climbing In 2025 As Gangs Refused To Stay Dead
Cop wins hit crime infrastructure, not the people behind it
more → Computerworld, Thursday, January 8th, 2026
Enterprises Still Aren't Getting IAM Right
A large number of employees still work around identity controls, and agentic AI is only exacerbating the problem, according to CyberArk.
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Analytics Insight, Thursday, January 8th, 2026
Will Agentic IAM Transform Identity Management in an AI World?
Agentic IAM Explained: The Future of Identity Management
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Help Net Security, Wednesday, January 7th, 2026
Identity Security Planning For 2026 Is Shifting Under Pressure
Identity security planning is becoming more focused on scale, governance, and operational strain, according to the Identity Security Outlook 2026 report. The ManageEngine research draws on responses from 515 identity and security leaders in the United States and Canada and reflects budget holders and practitioners who manage day-to-day identity systems.
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The Hacker News, Wednesday, January 7th, 2026
The Future Of Cybersecurity Includes Non-Human Employees
Non-human employees are becoming the future of cybersecurity, and enterprises need to prepare accordingly. As organizations scale Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cloud automation, there is exponential growth in Non-Human Identities (NHIs), including bots, AI agents, service accounts and automation scripts.
more → Security Boulevard, Wednesday, January 7th, 2026
The Shift Left Of Boom: Making Cyberthreat Prevention Practical Again
The old saying 'prevention is better than cure' has lost value in today's cybersecurity industry. Instead, security teams are advised to assume that the business has been breached and focus on threat detection, investigation, response and recovery.
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Security Boulevard, Wednesday, January 7th, 2026
Dark Web Intelligence: How To Leverage Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) For Proactive Threat Mitigation
Staying one step ahead of cybercriminals requires a proactive approach. Integrating dark web intelligence into your open-source intelligence (OSINT) gives you an early view of emerging threats.
more → The Register, Tuesday, January 6th, 2026
One Criminal, 50 Hacked Organizations, And All Because MFA Wasn't Turned On
Crim used infostealer to get cloud credentials
more → SecurityWeek, Tuesday, January 6th, 2026
Cyber Risk Trends For 2026: Building Resilience, Not Just Defenses
We can't outpace the adversary by trying to stop every attack, but we can outlast them by engineering systems and culture to take a punch and try to quickly rebound.
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Help Net Security, Tuesday, January 6th, 2026
Passwords Are Still Breaking Compliance Programs
The security stack has grown, but audits still stumble on passwords.
more → InformationWeek, Monday, January 5th, 2026
Cybersecurity 2025: Wake-Up Calls, Shifting Risks And What We Learned
How aggressively did organizations adopt new cybersecurity tools in 2025? Was it enough to keep pace with AI threats? And what did DOGE's brief rise reveal about oversight risk?
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ComputerWeekly, Monday, January 5th, 2026
Identity: The New Perimeter Of Ransomware Defense
Ransomware exponents can target identity, bypassing technical defences. Boards should prioritise identity security, align investments, and embed cyber risk in governance
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The Hacker News, Monday, January 5th, 2026
The State Of Cybersecurity In 2025: Key Segments, Insights, And Innovations
Cybersecurity is being reshaped by forces that extend beyond individual threats or tools. As organizations operate across cloud infrastructure, distributed endpoints, and complex supply chains, security has shifted from a collection of point solutions to a question of architecture, trust, and execution speed.
more → Security Boulevard, Monday, January 5th, 2026
How Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Strengthens Executive Threat Intelligence
Executive Threat Intelligence: How OSINT Protects High-Profile Leaders from Targeted Attacks
more → Security Boulevard, Monday, January 5th, 2026
How Are Cybersecurity Teams Supported By Latest Secrets Management Tools
Are Cybersecurity Teams Ready for the Era of Non-Human Identities?
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