Tech Monitor

5 days ago | techmonitor.ai | Aninda Chakraborty

A new industry report shows that while enterprises are advancing from AI experimentation to full-scale production, measurable returns on investment (ROI) remain limited for most organisations. According to the 2025 REVelate report from Domino Data Lab, 88% of enterprises have improved their ability to deploy AI at scale, but nearly 60% expect less than 50% ROI from machine learning and generative AI (Gen AI) initiatives.

6 days ago | techmonitor.ai | Aninda Chakraborty

Ransomware claims remained the most financially damaging cyber threat, despite a stabilisation in their frequency in 2024. The finding is part of cyber insurer Coalition’s 2025 Cyber Claims Report, based on data from the company’s policyholders across the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia. The report highlighted that ransomware remained the most expensive form of cyberattack, despite a 3% year-over-year (YoY) decrease in claim frequency and a 7% reduction in severity.

1 week ago | techmonitor.ai | Aninda Chakraborty

Organisations are set to allocate more of their 2025 tech budgets to Generative AI (GenAI) than to security, according to new global research commissioned by Amazon Web Services (AWS). The Gen AI Adoption Index study, which surveyed 3,739 senior IT decision-makers across nine countries, was conducted by Access Partnership. The survey’s findings show that 45% of organisations identified GenAI as their top IT investment priority for 2025. In comparison, 30% of organisations prioritised cybersecurity.

1 week ago | techmonitor.ai | Heidi Vella

Andrea Carcano, a former teenage amateur white hat hacker, never planned on founding his own cybersecurity company. Carcano began his infatuation with engineering malware and viruses while studying for his PhD in a European Commission (EC) lab, where he was freely able to demonstrate how these malicious programs could stubborn CNI control systems. He then switched to the defensive.

1 week ago | techmonitor.ai | Aninda Chakraborty

Microsoft has issued a warning about potential security vulnerabilities linked to default configurations in Kubernetes deployments, particularly those using pre-configured Helm charts. These configurations can inadvertently expose sensitive data and cloud resources, making environments vulnerable to attackers.