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Last year, Mexico was hit with 324 billion attempted cyberattacks, lending credence to the World Economic Forum's report that the country is the recipient of more than half of all cyber threats in Latin America. This does not bode well for the nation projected to rank 15th in world economies this year. The imperative is clear: Mexico and the businesses it supports need to bolster cybersecurity measures to withstand the disproportionate amount of cyber incidents they may be facing in the next 12 months.

The UK will ban public bodies from paying ransoms and introduce new reporting rules for ransomware incidents. Public sector organisations must prepare to recover without paying. Private firms must notify the government if they plan to pay. Attackers may shift focus to private targets and use data leaks over encryption. Organisations need better visibility, response readiness, and tested recovery plans. Payment is no longer a fallback.

AI is transforming the way we work. There are immense opportunities for automation, intelligent decision-making, and productivity gains. This transformation is a tremendous opportunity, but it also comes with tremendous responsibility, especially when security is involved. For example, AI systems can now act on behalf of users, access sensitive data across tools, and make decisions without oversight, all of which have security implications.

In the first half of 2024, 7.78M attacks hit the UK, driven by AI-fueled threats and persistent exposure. Even with Zero-Trust, human error and zero days can still risk an AI-powered breach. Penetration testing is crucial but with 50+ providers, who can you trust?

Let’s catch up on the more interesting vulnerability disclosures and cyber security news gathered from articles across the web this week. This is what we have been reading about on our coffee break! Broadcom issues again…

The FBI has issued an advisory warning that scammers are distributing QR code phishing (quishing) links via unsolicited packages sent by snail mail. Recipients may scan the code to find out where the package came from, which will land them on a phishing page. This is a variation of a “brushing scam,” where unscrupulous vendors send packages designed to harvest information that can be used in phony positive reviews.

I hear about a ton of similar-sounding scam calls, where the scammer is pretending to be from a service you use (or used), offering you a substantial monthly discount (30% or more) if you pay some fee ahead of time. Sometimes they take the advance fee using your credit card, and sometimes they tell you that you have to get store gift cards. Who would possibly believe that a legitimate vendor would want them to pay with store gift cards? Hundreds of thousands of people.

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Lawyers and law firms are slowly seeking the benefits of cloud storage to help manage client data, share files securely, and keep important data backed up. In 2024, approximately 75% of attorneys used cloud storage for work-related tasks, up 6% from 2023. So, as lawyers start to adopt cloud storage, they may be wondering what the most secure cloud storage is for law firms.

Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Forms on Java Enterprise Edition (JEE) has suffered two critical vulnerabilities CVE‑2025‑54253 and CVE‑2025‑54254 disclosed in early August 2025. According to Adobe, both flaws carry public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits, though there are no known in-the-wild attacks as of today.