The rapid evolution of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Operational Technology (OT) is transforming industries, especially in critical sectors like healthcare. While these innovations promise enhanced efficiency and connectivity, they also expose organisations to a broader and more complex cybersecurity threat landscape. With quantum computing on the horizon, the stakes have never been higher.

How does the exponential advancement of technology impact the security landscape? It makes managing the fundamental risk of the technology, the software, exponentially more complex. From AI accelerating risky code production to cloud infrastructure increasing the attack surface, the world of application risk management is enduring a rapid transformation that needs immediate attention.

In today’s rapidly interconnected digital environment, third-party APIs have become fundamental for enhancing functionality and enriching user experiences. However, as seen in recent incidents like the Kaiser data breach, these third-party integrations carry risks that, if unaddressed, can lead to significant security and privacy violations.

Your Apple ID is valuable to hackers because, if compromised, someone could use it to access your sensitive accounts, important documents, private photos and more. Signs that your Apple ID may be hacked include receiving emails from Apple about a new login, being locked out of your Apple device or iCloud account, getting notifications of account changes or noticing unfamiliar charges from Apple on your bank statements.

As organizations face the imminent threat of an IT service outage or cyberattack, they often fail to step back and understand how well they've planned to deal with the crisis. According to recent research, we know that: Perhaps the most regrettable part of it all? Almost half (45%) of these organizations already acknowledge the inadequacy of their disaster recovery capabilities.

The use of version control systems, continuous integration (CI), container services, and other tools in software development have enabled developers to ship code more quickly and efficiently. However, as organizations expand their build and packaging ecosystems, they also increase the number of entry points for malicious code injections that can ultimately make their way to production environments.

Organizations that work in the cloud face an increasing number of potential threats every day. Fortunately, automated detection and response can block many of these lower-level threats before they even require human attention. Unfortunately, that means the threats that evade automated defenses may be perpetrated by driven and sophisticated attackers — the kinds of threat actors who can infiltrate a system and remain undetected for up to 280 days on average.

Every day, cybersecurity researchers discover dozens of new vulnerabilities, malware packages, and cyber criminals. One way for IT teams to stay on top of these threats is to monitor threat intelligence feeds. These databases provide real-time information on both established and emerging cyber threats, allowing organizations to catalog and analyze the results. This is particularly salient in the era of hybrid and remote work, as mobile devices are particularly tempting targets for cyber attacks.

Every day, threat actors devise new plans for breaking into secure systems. The steps they take, from researching a target to carrying out the attack, are known as the cyber kill chain. Traditionally, that kill chain has targeted devices and networks that lie completely within your organization’s control. For better or worse, mobile and cloud-based work have upended that dynamic.

As 2024 comes to a close, we went around the room and asked some of Trustwave’s top executives what cybersecurity issues and technology they saw playing a prominent role in 2025. Over the next several weeks their thoughts will be posted here, so please read on and stay tuned! As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance, its applications in cybersecurity will become more prominent and will spark conversations around its potential and its risks.