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ARMONK, N.Y., Feb. 25, 2026 /CNW/ -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) today released the 2026 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, revealing that cybercriminals are exploiting basic security gaps at dramatically higher rates, now accelerated by AI tools that help attackers identify weaknesses faster than ever. IBM X‑Force observed a 44% increase in attacks that began with the exploitation of public-facing applications, largely driven by missing authentication controls and AI-enabled vulnerability discovery.  Some of the key highlights include:Active ransomware and extortion groups surged (49%) year

Project is part of the IBM Impact Accelerator and will apply IBM's AI, data and quantum technologies to address local challenges in Canada's forest value chain MONTREAL, Nov. 13, 2025 /CNW/ -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Polytechnique Montréal today announced a new collaboration through the IBM Impact Accelerator, IBM's pro bono social innovation program that helps nonprofit and government organizations scale AI-powered solutions for communities and systems facing environmental and economic challenges. The project is part of IBM's 2025 cohort focused on sustainably strengthening supply chains.

With IBM Digital Asset Haven, clients can manage digital assets across various blockchains, all while conforming to their sovereignty, security, and compliance requirements ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced the launch of IBM Digital Asset Haven, a comprehensive platform for financial institutions, governments, and corporations to securely manage and scale their digital asset operations. Banks and governments now have a single solution to manage their digital asset lifecycle – from custody to transactions to settlement – that helps them meet compliance obligations while being integration-ready.

AI Can Help Businesses Save Millions and Protect Consumer Data Canadian businesses are losing CA$6.98 million on average to data breaches, with impacts trickling down to consumers.Shadow AI is driving up risks, adding CA$308,000 per breach for Canadian businesses and increasing the likelihood of sensitive data exposure.Adopting security AI and automation extensively reduced breach costs to CA$5.19 million, compared to CA$8.53 million for those organizations not using these technologies.MARKHAM, ON, July 30, 2025 /CNW/ -- Data breaches in Canada are becoming more costly and complex, with organizations paying an average of CA$6.98 million per breach in 2025, according to the latest IBM Cost of

U.S. breach costs rise to $10.22 million, despite the global average cost of a breach decreasing to $4.44 million; Only 49% of breached organizations plan to invest in security ARMONK, N.Y., July 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) today released its Cost of a Data Breach Report, which revealed AI adoption is greatly outpacing AI security and governance. While the overall number of organizations experiencing an AI-related breach is a small representation of the researched population, this is the first time security, governance and access controls for AI have been studied in this report, which suggests AI is already an easy, high value target.

Nearly half of all cyberattacks resulted in stolen data or credentialsIdentity abuse was the preferred entry pointAsia Pacific represented more than one-third of attacks in 2024ARMONK, N.Y., April 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today released the 2025 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index highlighting that cybercriminals continued to pivot to stealthier tactics, with lower-profile credential theft spiking, while ransomware attacks on enterprises declined. IBM X-Force observed an 84% increase in emails delivering infostealers in 2024 compared to the prior year, a method threat actors relied heavily on to scale identity attacks.

In its eighth year, Call for Code presents a series of SDG-focused hackathons throughout the year, kicking off with a competition to build AI agents BOULDER, Colo., March 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Call for Code Creator David Clark Cause, Founding Partner IBM (NYSE: IBM), Global Impact Partner United Nations Human Rights, and Program Affiliate the Linux Foundation invite developers and problem solvers to participate in the 2025 Call for Code program to create projects and solutions that use AI to help tackle United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  Since its l

New advancements built on watsonx empower IBM Consulting security analysts to help clients accelerate alert investigation ARMONK, N.Y., Aug. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) announced today the introduction of generative AI capabilities to its managed Threat Detection and Response Services utilized by IBM Consulting analysts to advance and streamline security operations for clients. Built on IBM's watsonx data and AI platform, the new IBM Consulting Cybersecurity Assistant is designed to accelerate and improve the identification, investigation and response to critical security threats.

AI Plays Crucial Role in Reducing Impact of Cyber Breaches for Canadian Organizations Canadian organizations pay an average cost of CA$6.32 million per data breach.Financial sector pays $9.28 million on average per breach, the technology sector is paying $7.84 million on average, and the industrial sector pays $7.81 million on average.Organizations with extensive use of security AI and automation report costs of CA$2.84 million less and 54-day shorter breach lifecycles.MARKHAM, ON, July 30, 2024 /CNW/ -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) today released its annual Cost of a Data Breach Report, revealing that Canadian organizations are paying an average cost of CA$6.32 million per data breach in 2024, as breache

Intellectual property theft spiked; More than one-third of breaches involved shadow data Yet use of AI/Automation cut breach costs by $1.88 million CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) today released its annual Cost of a Data Breach Report revealing the global average cost of a data breach reached $4.88 million in 2024, as breaches grow more disruptive and further expand demands on cyber teams. Breach costs increased 10% from the prior year, the largest yearly jump since the pandemic, as 70% of breached organizations reported that the breach caused significant or very significant disruption. Lost business and post-breach customer and th

ARMONK, N.Y., July 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Microsoft announce strengthened cybersecurity collaboration to help clients simplify and modernize their security operations, and manage and protect their hybrid cloud identities. As organizations embrace hybrid cloud and AI to drive innovation, they require advanced security capabilities to protect their most valuable data. By combining IBM Consulting's industry-leading cybersecurity services with Microsoft's comprehensive security technology portfolio, the two companies are providing clients the tools and experti

New data from Futurum1 suggests that the mainframe skills pool is growing, with 65 percent of university leaders surveyed reporting more skilled mainframe talent available today as compared to the last 5 yearsAccording to Futurum research, 91 percent of employer respondents said they are planning to hire talent for new mainframe positions in the next 1-2 years, investing in and growing their mainframe IT team66 percent of organizations use third-party learning programs or platforms to support mainframe learning and talent development, according to new findings from FuturumORLANDO, Fla., March 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) introduced the Mainframe Skills Council during this week's SH

New data from Futurum1 suggests that the mainframe skills pool is growing, with 65 percent of university leaders surveyed reporting more skilled mainframe talent available today as compared to the last 5 yearsAccording to Futurum research, 91 percent of employer respondents said they are planning to hire talent for new mainframe positions in the next 1-2 years, investing in and growing their mainframe IT team66 percent of organizations use third-party learning programs or platforms to support mainframe learning and talent development, according to new findings from FuturumORLANDO, Fla., March 6, 2024 /CNW/ -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) introduced the Mainframe Skills Council during this week's SHARE con

By Christina Montgomery, Chief Privacy & Trust Officer, IBM and Joshua New, Senior Fellow, IBM Policy Lab WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Deepfakes – realistic AI-generated audio, video, or images that can recreate a person's likeness – are one of the most pressing challenges posed by generative AI, given the potential for bad actors to use it to undermine democracy, exploit artists and performers, and harass and harm everyday people. These are not speculative risks. Already, deepfakes are being used to spread election disinformation, capitalize on unsanctioned imita

-71% spike in cyberattacks caused by exploiting identity - 50% AI market share milestone to trigger a cyber problem - Nearly 70% of attacks globally targeted critical infrastructure in 2023 - Europe feels brunt of cyberattacks, making up 32% of global incidents CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) today released the 2024 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index highlighting an emerging global identity crisis as cybercriminals double down on exploiting user identities to compromise enterprises worldwide. According to IBM X-Force, IBM Consulting's offensive and defensive security services arm, in 2023, cybercriminals saw more opportunities to "log in" versus hack into corpo

Newest IBM LinuxONE system is engineered to deliver cybersecurity, resiliency, scalability and AI inferencing for hybrid cloud environments.Moving Linux workloads from a compared x86 system to an IBM LinuxONE 4 Express can save over 52% on the total cost of ownership over 5 years.1ARMONK, N.Y., Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced IBM® LinuxONE 4 Express, extending the latest performance, security and AI capabilities of LinuxONE to small and medium sized businesses and within new data center environments. The pre-configured rack mount system is designed to offer cost savings and to remove client guess work when spinning up workloads quickly and getting started with the

NEW YORK and ARMONK, N.Y., Jan. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Casper Labs, the enterprise blockchain software and services provider, and IBM (NYSE:IBM) Consulting today announced they will work to help clients leverage blockchain to gain greater transparency and auditability in their AI systems. Together, Casper Labs and IBM Consulting plan to develop a new Casper Labs solution, designed with blockchain and built leveraging IBM watsonx.governance, that establishes an additional analytics and policy enforcement layer for governing AI training data across organizations. The process of training, developing and deploying generative AI models happens across multiple organizations, from the orig

Ingests and analyzes security data from an extensive ecosystem of technologies and vendors Offers 24/7 monitoring, investigation and automated remediation of security alerts ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) today unveiled the next evolution of its managed detection and response service offerings with new AI technologies, including the ability to automatically escalate or close up to 85% of alerts,1  helping to accelerate security response timelines for clients. The new Threat Detection and Response Services (TDR) provide 24x7 monitoring, investigatio

Investment intended to advance work in open-source AI, accelerating technology innovation ARMONK, N.Y., Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) and open-source AI platform Hugging Face, today announced that IBM is participating in the $235M series D funding round of Hugging Face. The additional funding will further strengthen Hugging Face's position as the leading open-source and open science artificial intelligence platform. IBM and Hugging Face recently announced a collaboration on watsonx, IBM's generative AI platform, to help enterprises build, deploy and customize fo

IBM is designing this product to refactor, transform, and validate COBOL code to help speed time-to-value and augment skills for critical application modernization on IBM ZThe product will be enabled by a 20 billion parameter large language model (LLM) for codeARMONK, N.Y., Aug. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced watsonx Code Assistant for Z, a new generative AI-assisted product that will help enable faster translation of COBOL to Java on IBM Z and enhances developer productivity on the platform. This product will be generally available in Q4 2023, and is being designed to help accelerate COBOL application modernization. Watsonx Code Assistant for Z will preview during T

MOUNT PROSPECT, IL and ARMONK, NY, July 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) and IBM (NYSE:IBM) Consulting are pleased to announce their collaboration to build Pulse by NABP™, a new digital platform that is intended to bring visibility to the drug supply chain and help protect patients from counterfeit or substandard prescription medications. Launching in late summer 2023, the platform is designed to facilitate manufacturers, wholesalers, pharmacies, and regulators to identify counterfeit or substandard prescription medications and connect with each other when required; provide authorized partners with capabilities to help them accurately tra

AI/Automation cut breach lifecycles by 108 days; $470,000 in extra costs for ransomware victims that avoid law enforcement; Only one third-of organizations detected the breach themselves CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) Security today released its annual Cost of a Data Breach Report,1 showing the global average cost of a data breach reached $4.45 million in 2023 – an all-time high for the report and a 15% increase over the last 3 years. Detection and escalation costs jumped 42% over this same time frame, representing the highest portion of breach costs, and indicating a shift towards more complex breach investigations. According t

IBM will support projects that can help improve access to safe drinking water for all, improve water quality by reducing pollution, increase water-use efficiency, protect and restore water-related ecosystems, increase sanitation management, and reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity This year's RFP will have representatives from Water.org and United Nations Development Programme as part of the selection processARMONK, N.Y., March 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) announced today that it is accepting proposals for the next cohort of the IBM Sustainability Accelerator, which will focus on water management solutions. This program applies IBM technologies, such as hybrid

Manufacturing Most Extorted Industry; Email Thread Hijacking Attempts Spike; Time to Ransom Moves from Months to Days ARMONK, N.Y., Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) Security today released its annual X-Force Threat Intelligence Index finding that although ransomware's share of incidents declined only slightly (4 percentage points) from 2021 to 2022, defenders were more successful detecting and preventing ransomware. Despite this, attackers continued to innovate with the report showing the average time to complete a ransomware attack dropped from 2 months down to less than 4 days.  According to the 2023 report, the deployment of backdoors, which allow

The Linux Foundation invites contributions to two open-source Call for Code sustainability projects Clinton Global Initiative University announces energy trading platform winner of Call for Code University Edition ARMONK, N.Y., Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Call for Code founding partner IBM (NYSE: IBM), creator, David Clark Cause, charitable partner United Nations Human Rights, and program affiliate, the Linux Foundation announced the winner of the fifth annual Call for Code Global Challenge, which invited innovators across the globe to help accelerate sustainability and combat climate change with open source-powered technology. The top prize this year went to GardenMate for creating

-      Sense of duty to protect others cited amongst the top reasons 77% of respondents entered Incident Response (IR) -      Ransomware has exacerbated the psychological demands of IR for 81% of respondents -      Majority of respondents have sought out mental health assistance due to their experiences responding to cyberattacks CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM Security (NYSE:IBM) today announced the results of a global survey that examines the critical role of cybersecurity incident responders at a time when the physical and digital worlds are increasingly converging. The study, released during National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, found that incident responders surveye

Next generation LinuxONE servers extend IBM's capabilities to help clients across industries, including Citibank, reach sustainability targets ARMONK, N.Y., Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) today unveiled the next generation of its LinuxONE server, a highly scalable Linux and Kubernetes-based platform, designed to deliver scalability to support thousands of workloads in the footprint of a single system1. IBM LinuxONE Emperor 4 features capabilities that can reduce clients' energy consumption. For example, consolidating Linux workloads on five IBM LinuxONE Emperor 4 systems instead of running them on compared x86 servers under similar conditions can reduce energy consumption by 7

60% of breached businesses raised product prices post-breach; vast majority of critical infrastructure lagging in zero trust adoption; $550,000 in extra costs for insufficiently staffed businesses CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) Security today released the annual Cost of a Data Breach Report,1 revealing costlier and higher-impact data breaches than ever before, with the global average cost of a data breach reaching an all-time high of $4.35 million for studied organizations. With breach costs increasing nearly 13% over the last two years of the report, the findings suggest these incidents may also be contributing to rising costs of goods and services. In fact,

New Power10 scale-out and midrange models extend IBM's capabilities to deliver flexible and secured infrastructure for hybrid cloud environments ARMONK, N.Y., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced a significant expansion of its Power10 server line with the introduction of mid-range and scale-out systems to modernize, protect and automate business applications and IT operations. The new Power10 servers combine performance, scalability, and flexibility with new pay-as-you-go consumption offerings for clients looking to deploy new services quickly across multiple environments.

Other Findings: Asia Pacific Now Most Attacked Region; Average Lifespan of Ransomware Groups is 17 Months; Vishing Triples Phishing Click Rate CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) Security today released its annual X-Force Threat Intelligence Index unveiling how ransomware and vulnerability exploitations together were able to "imprison" businesses in 2021 further burdening global supply chains, with manufacturing emerging as the most targeted industry. While phishing was the most common cause of cyberattacks in general in the past year, IBM Security X-Force observed a 33% increase in attacks caused by vulnerability exploitation of unpatched software, a point of

Record date for distribution of Kyndryl shares will be October 25, 2021 Distribution date for Kyndryl shares anticipated to be November 3, 2021 IBM (NYSE:IBM) announced today that its board of directors has approved the previously announced separation of Kyndryl, the company's managed infrastructure services business. To effect the separation the IBM board of directors declared a pro rata distribution to IBM stockholders of 80.1 percent of the outstanding shares of Kyndryl. Once distributed, each holder of IBM common stock will receive one share of Kyndryl common stock for every five shares of IBM common stock held on October 25, 2021, the record date for the distribution. The distrib

ARMONK, N.Y. and LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles announced today during National Voter Education Week the deployment of a new solution designed to help improve awareness of local, statewide, and national issues in communities lacking traditional access to and education about voting. Five Fifths Voter is a web-based application built using open source-powered technology to help educate, empower and enable disenfranchised minority voters to overcome setbacks incurred by voter suppression. Nationally, 66.8% of ci

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Aug. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) Security today announced new Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) services designed to help accelerate organizations' adoption of cloud-delivered security at the edge, closer to the users and devices that access corporate resources. The new services combine expertise and methods from IBM Security with technology from Zscaler, to help deliver a fully managed transformation to a cloud-based SASE architecture, a key element of a zero trust security posture. According to a new commissioned study from IBM, conducted by Fo

Data breaches cost surveyed companies $4.24 million per incident on average; highest in 17-year report history Adoption of AI, hybrid cloud, and zero trust approach lowered data breach costs CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) Security today announced the results of a global study which found that data breaches now cost surveyed companies $4.24 million per incident on average – the highest cost in the 17-year history of the report. Based on in-depth analysis of real-world data breaches experienced by over 500 organizations, the study suggests that security incidents became more costly and harder to contain due to drastic operational shifts during the pandemic, w

ARMONK, N.Y., June 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced the availability of Reigniting Small Business from IBM, a program aiming to provide no-cost, education and coaching designed to help small businesses run their companies more effectively as the COVID-19 pandemic eases.   This initiative is important because small businesses play a vital role in the economy, and may face unique challenges. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, 47.1% of the private sector workforce -- 60.6 million people -- was employed in 2017 by businesses with less than

LOUISVILLE, Ky. & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) Watson Health today announced a collaboration leveraging IBM’s conversational artificial intelligence (AI) solution – to help provide a better member experience while providing greater clarity and transparency on benefits and other related matters for Humana Employer Group members. Research indicates that consumers who do not understand how their health plan works or how to estimate out-of-pocket costs are more likely to delay or avoid essential care. Watson Assistant for Health Benefits aims to help address this issue by leveraging conversational AI to streamline the engagements betw