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LW ROUNDTABLE — How 2024’s cyber threats will transform the security landscape in 2025

The Last Watchdog

Part two of a four-part series The explosion of AI-driven phishing, insider threats, and business logic abuse has forced a shift toward more proactive, AI-enhanced defenses. Gen AI threats and quantum computing exposures must be accounted for. The drivers are intensifying. Attackers arent hacking in theyre logging in.

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3 Essential Elements of an Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) Strategy

Security Boulevard

Identity threat detection and response (IDTR) equips enterprises to protect digital identities along with the identity systems that manage them. And it's why identity threat detection and response (ITDR) should be part of every enterprise's security strategy. Digital identity data is a cybercriminal's favorite target.

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Unanswered Questions Loom Over Cyber Attacks on M&S, Co-op & Harrods

Jane Frankland

The Changing Landscape of Cyber Threats AI is transforming the cybersecurity landscape, revolutionising how organisations defend themselves while simultaneously empowering hackers to elevate their methods. On one hand, AI enhances security by enabling faster threat detection, predictive analytics, and automated responses.

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Privileged account management challenges: comparing PIM, PUM and PAM

CyberSecurity Insiders

He is also looking for opportunities to collect additional access parameters (usernames and passwords), elevate privileges, or use already existing compromised accounts for unauthorized access to systems, applications, and data. This includes the ability to install software, change its settings, manage backup operations, and more.

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Verizon's 2025 DBIR: Threats Are Faster, Smarter, and More Personal

SecureWorld News

Phishing accounted for nearly 25% of all breaches. Enterprise controls including visibility (logging, EDR), hardening (privileged account management, careful inventory of service accounts), and MFA for domain admin and remote access are paramount. And it's not slowing down." The median time to click was just 21 minutes.

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Cyber Criminals and Groceries?

SecureWorld News

M&S confirmed that while personal customer data was stolen , payment card details and account passwords were not compromised. Once inside, the attackers look to steal Windows NTDS.dit files and repositories of Active Directory account password hashes, to facilitate lateral movement within the network and persistence.

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Luxury, Loyalty and Lateral Movement: Retail and Banking Attacks Surge

SecureWorld News

Payment data was reportedly unaffected, but the breach highlights a recurring issue in retail: the vulnerability of loyalty accounts and customer portals. Infrastructure-as-code, container-based failover systems, and immutable backups are also essential in limiting breach impact and maintaining digital resilience.

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