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The Rise of AI-Powered Attacks Threatening Crypto Trading Platforms

AI has made it cheap and fast to generate convincing scam campaigns. With scam deposits rising 200% year-over-year and 60% of scam funds now tied to AI-enabled fraud, trading platforms are facing an industrialized wave of deception. What once required sophisticated criminal networks can now be automated by anyone with basic technical skills. Crypto crime drained $2.17 billion in H1 2025 alone, already surpassing 2024's total. While the ByBit hack took the headlines, analysts warn that AI-driven infiltration and phishing are eating away at platforms daily, in smaller but relentless amounts.

From Ad Description to Video Production: A Practical Guide to Full-Process AI Advertising with AdMaker.ai

In the fast-paced marketing world today, full-process AI advertising creation is revolutionizing how brands produce content. Platforms like AI Ad Generator - AdMaker.ai empower marketers to automate every step-from generating advertising copy to producing professional videos-greatly improving efficiency, precision, and creative diversity.

Understanding the Role of Incident Response in Cybersecurity

The consequences of a successful cyber attack can be stark. Organizations often face significant financial damage due to lost revenue due to downtime, plus compliance, legal, and regulatory costs, and legal fees arising from potential lawsuits, not to mention reputational damage. These costs can quickly blow the average out of the water, with many organizations facing seven-figure costs to restore their operations and fully remediate a breach. The numbers tell the story.

FFIEC Sunsets The Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT)

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) retired its Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT) on August 31, 2025. This self-assessment resource, used by financial institutions to gauge cybersecurity risk and readiness, won’t be updated going forward. The FFIEC launched CAT in 2015 to help organizations measure their exposure to risk and assess their cyber preparedness.

Keeping Britain connected: The crucial role of cybersecurity automation in national infrastructure

As the UK’s vital services face escalating digital threats, the role of intelligent automation in cybersecurity has become paramount. Chris Jacob, VP, Global Field Operations at ThreatQuotient, outlines why proactive, automated defences are crucial for safeguarding the critical national infrastructure that powers the nation.

Free hands-on security labs for your students

Whether you’re teaching computer science, software engineering, or cybersecurity, Aikido equips your students with enterprise-grade security tools, at no cost. Aikido for Education brings the same platform trusted by professional teams into the classroom, helping students learn by doing. Teachers can integrate it into their courses to give students hands-on experience with real-world security challenges, without adding complexity or cost. Curious about the “why” behind this program?

Aikido for Students and Educators

Cybersecurity is a multi-billion-dollar field that touches everyone, students, teachers, universities, and organizations of every size. Hardly a week goes by without a major data breach or attack making headlines. Yet, despite the urgency, the world faces a critical cybersecurity skills gap: millions of roles remain unfilled because graduates often leave school without the hands-on experience needed to succeed.

Cybersecurity laws and regulations in the UK: Your guide for 2025

The compliance environment in the UK is rapidly evolving as more organisations adopt cloud-based services and accelerate digitalisation efforts. According to Vanta’s 2025 UK State of Trust Report, about 54% of organisations in the UK increased their investment in automation and IT in the past year, outpacing countries like the United States and Australia.

May Be Reachable, Could Be Reachable, Should Be Reachable...

In cybersecurity, the biggest lie we tell ourselves is that our systems are safe because we think they’re not reachable. Firewalls, policies, and cloud rules look good on paper, but attackers don’t read your policies and they don’t trust your intentions. They test. If you aren’t testing from the outside too, you’re not defending, you’re guessing. And in this game, guessing gets you breached.