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Vanta State of Trust 2025: AI Threats Outpace Security Expertise

7 in 10 organisations say the security risks for their company have never been higher. For the majority of companies, AI threats have outpaced their team's expertise to combat them. 8 in 10 are adopting agentic AI to help-but fewer than half have frameworks in place to control it. 78% of security and compliance teams are seeing a reduction in employee burnout thanks to AI and automation tools.

Arsen Launches Smishing Simulation to Help Companies Defend Against Mobile Phishing Threats

Arsen, the cybersecurity company dedicated to helping organizations defend against social engineering, today introduced its new Smishing Simulation module: a feature designed to let companies run realistic, large-scale SMS phishing simulations across their teams. Designed to address the growing wave of mobile-based attacks, the new module gives CISOs, MSSPs, and risk officers a practical way to assess exposure and train employees to spot and respond to malicious SMS messages.

AI Sidebar Spoofing Attack: SquareX Uncovers Malicious Extensions that Impersonate AI Browser Sidebars

SquareX released critical research exposing a new class of attack targeting AI browsers. The AI Sidebar Spoofing attack leverages malicious browser extensions to impersonate trusted AI sidebar interfaces, which is used to trick users into executing dangerous commands that can lead to credential theft, device hijacking, and password exfiltration.

Sendmarc appoints Dan Levinson as Customer Success Director in North America

Sendmarc has announced the appointment of Dan Levinson as Customer Success Director - North America, furthering the company's regional expansion and commitment to providing expert, locally aligned support to organizations across the continent. Levinson will lead the development of customer success programs that help businesses strengthen their email security and achieve full compliance with Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance (DMARC).