Western Sydney University has confirmed that personal information stolen in previous cyber-attacks was unlawfully published on web forums in 2025, breaching a NSW Supreme court injunction designed to prevent such disclosure.

Popular generative AI web browser assistants are collecting and sharing sensitive user data, such as medical records and social security numbers, without adequate safeguards, finds a new study led by researchers from University College London (UCL) and Mediterranea University of ​​Reggio Calabria.

Barracuda has reported on how generative AI is being used to create and distribute spam emails and craft highly persuasive phishing attacks. These threats continue to evolve and escalate – but they are not the only ways in which attackers leverage AI. Security researchers are now seeing threat actors manipulate companies’ AI tools and tamper with their AI security features to steal and compromise information and weaken a target’s defences.