Cybersecurity

Retailers and banks are adopting autonomous "agentic" AI despite widespread infrastructure gaps and liability uncertainties. Cybersecurity threats are evolving with sophisticated React Server Component exploits and a surge in malicious content hosted on 90% of parked domains. In finance, institutions are moving private credit on-chain as decentralized and traditional financial markets converge. Notable Insights: • While nearly half of top retailers are investing in agentic AI, only 15% possess the technical infrastructure or contractual frameworks needed to manage autonomous transaction risks. • Over 90% of parked domains now serve malicious content or scams, a 1,700% increase since 2014, driven by ad networks selling traffic to threat actors. • Early AI adopters report concrete productivity gains: Telus saves 40 minutes per customer interaction, and Suzano reduced data query times by 95% using large language models.