Cyber defenders say AI technologies are quickly evolving to help stop sophisticated threat groups, including Chinese adversaries, from embedding themselves inside target organizations.

Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report noted a 37% increase in ransomware attacks and a 34% increase in exploited vulnerabilities.

Will Pearce, CEO and Co-founder of Dreadnode

Exploited vulnerabilities have turned up in Ivanti products 16 times since 2024. That’s more than any other vendor in the network edge device space.

Lior Div, co-founder and CEO of 7AI

Microsoft said Storm-2460 has exploited the zero-day in the Windows Common Log File System to attack organizations in the U.S., Venezuela, Spain and Saudi Arabia.

The bipartisan legislation would strengthen the agency’s authorities to investigate criminal activity tied to digital assets.

Ken Bagnall, CEO of Silent Push Ken

Connor Moucka, a 26-year-old arrested at the behest of U.S. authorities in October in Kitchener, Ontario, faces 20 federal charges.

FTI Consulting’s Allie Bohan