AI Cybersecurity

Someone in your company asks a question about the data every day. Which customers spent the most last quarter? How many orders are pending today? What products generated the most revenue this month? The answer is in your database, but getting it out usually means waiting for a developer or an analyst to write a … Read more

When a photo of US Senator Mitch McConnell circulated on social media recently, users immediately accused it of being AI-generated. It was real. But the fact that people could not tell — and that the accusation itself became a news story — highlights a problem that is only getting worse for businesses: the erosion of … Read more

Two members of the notorious cybercrime group Scattered Spider pleaded guilty in a UK court this week on the first day of what was expected to be a six-week trial. Twenty-year-old Thalha Jubair of East London and 18-year-old Owen Flowers of Walsall admitted to conspiring to attack Transport for London’s computer systems in a ransomware … Read more

A cybersecurity startup offering millions of dollars for zero-day software vulnerabilities was recently exposed as being run by convicted felons and far-right conspiracy theorists operating under assumed names. The company, IRIS C2, had built a professional-looking website, a LinkedIn presence, and thousands of social media followers before investigative journalists uncovered its true backers. This story, … Read more

More Than a Tech Story Security expert Bruce Schneier and historian Ada Palmer recently published an essay in The Guardian with an unsettling argument. They say the way we use AI is starting to change how humans speak to each other — and not in a good way. The argument goes like this. AI language … Read more

Earlier this year, the Instagram accounts of the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S. Space Force were defaced with pro-Iranian images. The cause wasn’t a sophisticated hack or an inside job. It was Meta’s own AI customer support bot, tricked into resetting passwords. Instructions on how to exploit Meta’s AI … Read more

The case that every Irish business should know about Google has taken legal action against a Chinese cybercrime network that used the company’s own Gemini AI to build and run phishing scams at scale. The case, filed in June 2026, reveals just how organised and automated modern cybercrime has become. The group, named Outsider Enterprise … Read more

France’s cybersecurity agency ANSSI has announced it will stop certifying security products that do not use quantum-resistant encryption. The change takes effect in 2027, and the agency wants all businesses to be buying only quantum-safe products by 2030. For an Irish business owner, this might sound like something that only matters to big companies or … Read more

Earlier this year, national security agencies from the Five Eyes countries — the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand — jointly released a warning about the growing cyber risks of AI. Their message was stark: AI models can now autonomously hack into systems and networks, and the threat is accelerating faster than most businesses … Read more

Imagine a system that records everything you do in public, ties it to your official records, and alerts authorities the moment you break a rule — all in real time. That future is closer than you think. Security expert Bruce Schneier recently warned that AI-powered surveillance systems will soon be able to track our movements, … Read more

If you run a small business and use AI tools to help with anything technical — writing code for your website, building automations, or even generating spreadsheet formulas — there is a new security risk you need to understand. It is called slopsquatting, and it exploits a weakness in how AI models work. The term … Read more

AI Data Centres and the Concentration of Wealth: Why Irish Businesses Should Pay Attention By now, most Irish business owners know about the debate around data centres. You’ve read about the moratorium on new connections to the national grid, the planning battles in Kildare and Offaly, and the staggering amounts of electricity these facilities consume. … Read more