How AI Agents Are Powering Deepwatch's MDR Transformation

Michael Novinson • December 26, 2025

Deepwatch CEO John DiLullo says AI agents are slashing false positives and boosting threat detection accuracy. The firm's new platform automates repetitive tasks and supports customer exposure assessments using agentic intelligence and reinforcement learning with human feedback.

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Endpoint Security

Adaptive Security Gets $81M Series B for AI Deepfake Defense

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Finance & Banking

Regulators Focused Mostly on Fraud Prevention in 2025

Suparna Goswami • December 26, 2025

Financial scams and synthetic identity fraud showed no signs of slowing in 2025, as regulators focused on fraud prevention over reimbursement for victims. But some countries joined the United Kingdom in advancing new anti-scam measures that focus on prevention and industry accountability.

Government

CyberEdBoard Profiles in Leadership: Gary Gooden

Tom Field • December 26, 2025

A strong identity and access management program helps protect systems, supports accountability and ensures that access aligns with user roles across a complex government environment, said Gary Gooden, deputy CIO, Ventura County, California.

AI-Based Attacks

ISMG Editors: Reflections on Cybersecurity in 2025

Anna Delaney • December 26, 2025

In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors reflected on the accelerating use of AI in cyber deception in 2025, geopolitical tensions and nation-state threats, and a growing shift from prevention to resilience as attacks increasingly targeted critical infrastructure and exploited human trust.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

AI-Native IAM Redefines Identity Security

Tom Field • December 26, 2025

An AI-native approach to identity security improves visibility, speeds remediation and automates access decisions across complex environments. Mille Gandlesman, co-founder and chief product officer at Opti, says AI makes identity problems solvable at scale.

Endpoint Security

Implantable Brain Devices: Top Cyber and Privacy Concerns

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • December 26, 2025

Implantable brain devices introduce a new and significantly more complex class of cybersecurity risk and critical privacy concerns, compared with traditional medical devices, given the sensitivity of neural data, says Professor Kevin Fu of the Archimedes Center at Northeastern University.

Fraud Management & Cybercrime

Breach Roundup: Spotify Metadata Dumped Online

Pooja Tikekar • December 25, 2025

This week: Spotify metadata scraped, Nissan disclosed third-party breach, millions of Argentines exposed to data leak, African police arrested hundreds in a cybercrime sweep, Nigeria nabbed a phishing operator, the U.S. DOJ charged ATM jackpotting ring and Nefilim ransomware affiliate pleaded guilty.

Cryptocurrency Fraud

Cryptohack Roundup: FCA Outlines UK Crypto Rules

Rashmi Ramesh • December 25, 2025

This week, the U.K. FCA mapped a path to U.K. crypto regulation, iComTech promoter sentenced in Ponzi case, the U.S. SEC sought public company bans for former FTX and Alameda executives, a trader lost $50M in USDT in an address poisoning scam and a Brooklyn man indicted over $16M Coinbase phishing scam.

Agentic AI

China, AI and a Federal Retreat Set Cyber Agenda for 2026

Chris Riotta • December 25, 2025

Cybersecurity leaders warn 2026 will be a year shaped by compounding digital risks as federal cyber capacity erodes, nation-state threats continue to intensify and artificial intelligence adoption outpaces governance, shifting more responsibility to state, local and private-sector defenders.

Agentic AI

Proof of Concept: Securing Agentic AI in 2026

Anna Delaney • December 25, 2025

In the latest "Proof of Concept," Heather West of Venable LLP and Sam Curry of Zscaler joined editors from Information Security Media Group to discuss how businesses can address agentic artificial intelligence, new trust models and liability risks while advancing integration across the enterprise.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

AI-Driven Attacks and the Future of Security

Akshaya Asokan • December 25, 2025

AI is changing cybercrime in a big way. Autonomous AI agents could soon carry out entire attacks on their own -scanning servers, testing vulnerabilities, refining exploits and even launching phishing campaigns from start to finish, said David Sancho, senior threat researcher at Trend Micro.

Data Privacy

Reducing Cyber, Privacy Risks in Healthcare Sector M&As

Marianne Kolbasuk McGee • December 25, 2025

Healthcare sector mergers and acquisitions dramatically amplify cybersecurity and data privacy exposure for potential buyers and sellers, said attorney Jonian Rafti of law firm Proskauer. But there are critical steps entities can take to reduce those risks, he said.

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

US Energy Dept Flags AI, Cyber Gaps as Top Risks for 2026

Chris Riotta • December 24, 2025

An inspector general report warns the Department of Energy's rapid expansion of artificial intelligence and decentralized cybersecurity controls has outpaced governance, limiting enterprise visibility and exposing critical infrastructure to persistent threats from state-backed and criminal actors.