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Cyber Insights 2026: Social Engineering

Security Week, Friday, January 16th, 2026

The most successful breaches in 2026 are likely to exploit trust, not vulnerabilities. All courtesy of artificial intelligence (AI).

We're going to explore how AI-assisted social engineering attacks might evolve from 2026 onward, and how cybersecurity could, and perhaps should, adapt to meet the new challenge. The threat is no longer against individuals, nor even businesses, but entire cultures.

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