Cyber Security Headlines The Department of Know: year in review and predictions
Dec 29, 2025
The hosts reflect on a tumultuous year, highlighting generative AI's dominance in reshaping cybersecurity dynamics. They discuss alarming trends like ransomware-as-a-service and the consolidation of threat actors. Major breaches in well-known companies reveal vulnerabilities in SaaS supply chains. With the rise of autonomous attacks, they predict identity will become the primary target for cybercriminals. Experts suggest a heightened focus on quantum computing and the potential for major cybersecurity acquisitions to keep pace with evolving threats.
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AI Became The Dominant Narrative
- Generative AI became the central theme across cybersecurity and tech news in 2025.
- Both defenders and attackers rapidly adopted agentic AI, shifting the baseline of capabilities.
SaaS Supply-Chain Breaches Scaled Broadly
- 2025 showed mega SaaS and supply-chain breaches impacting entire sectors via high-value vendors.
- Compromised enterprise cloud providers produced cascading access and long-term attacker footholds.
Breaches Caused Tangible Real-World Pain
- Rich described outages that caused real-world disruption, like courts going offline for days.
- He noted incidents ranged from school data exposures to factories and national production impacts.