Rapid enterprise AI usage and data-transfer risk trend across sectors in 2025
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Enterprise AI adoption surged in 2025, materially expanding the attack surface and creating measurable data-loss risk across organizations. Zscaler telemetry showed sharp growth in AI/ML traffic, heavy concentration in major sectors and departments, and a parallel rise in DLP violations tied to popular AI services.
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First: 19.05.2026 15:00
Last: 19.05.2026 15:00
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**Customer-facing mobile apps** faced a sharp rise in attacks in **2026**, with **87%** of monitored apps hit versus **55% in 2022**. The trend matters because **agentic AI** is l...
AI-driven attack surge against customer-facing mobile apps in 2026
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First: 24.04.2026 15:10
Last: 24.04.2026 15:10
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**Enterprise AI deployments** are exposing familiar security gaps, making **governance**, **segmentation**, and **red-team validation** urgent to reduce the risk of **data theft**...
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Shadow AI and employee negligence drive rising insider-risk losses across global organizations
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First: 24.02.2026 19:00
Last: 24.02.2026 19:00
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First: 24.02.2026 15:04
Last: 24.02.2026 15:04
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Cybersecurity investment and M&A surge
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Underground AI services emerge with jailbroken APIs and MCP servers
Threat Actor Meta
First: 12.02.2026 14:45
Last: 12.02.2026 14:45
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**Underground AI services** are emerging on **marketplaces** with a model that hides **jailbroken commercial APIs** and **open-source MCP servers**, expanding access to **malware*...
Underground AI services emerge with jailbroken APIs and MCP servers
Threat Actor MetaAbout this happening: **Underground AI services** are emerging on **marketplaces** with a model that hides **jailbroken commercial APIs** and **open-source MCP servers**, expanding access to **malware*...
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27.01.2026 02:00 2 articles · 4mo ago
Zscaler publishes 2026 AI security findings on enterprise AI risk
Initial DisclosureZscaler’s ThreatLabz 2026 AI Security Report summarizes 2025 enterprise AI telemetry across the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform, showing 989.3 billion AI and machine learning transactions, 91% growth across more than 3400 AI applications, 18,033 TB of enterprise data transferred to AI/ML applications, and 410 million DLP policy violations tied to ChatGPT. The report also says critical vulnerabilities were found in 100% of observed AI systems and applications, with some systems compromised in under 90 minutes, and that usage was concentrated in the US, India, and Canada across sectors such as finance, insurance, technology, and education.
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- AI Security Threats Loom as Enterprise Usage Jumps 91% — www.infosecurity-magazine.com — 28.01.2026 13:45
- AI Security Threats Loom as Enterprise Usage Jumps 91% — www.infosecurity-magazine.com — 28.01.2026 13:45