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• June 20, 2025 20 Jun'25

  Election workers’ data stolen in cyber breach of Oxford City Council

  Oxford City Council election workers had personal information stolen by cyber attackers in an attack over the weekend of 7-8 June. The council has stated that most disrupted systems are back online

• June 17, 2025 17 Jun'25

  Cyber action plan kicks off to ‘supercharge’ UK security sector

  UK government says its cyber growth action plan will provide a large boost to Britain’s security industry as it sets out to create a roadmap for future growth

• June 10, 2025 10 Jun'25

  UK defence scheme invests in future cyber tech Cheri

  Cambridge-based SCI Semiconductors is awarded DTEP funding to work on the application of defensive Cheri technology

• June 04, 2025 04 Jun'25

  Infosecurity 2025: SMEs feel on their own in the face of cyber attacks

  Project findings to be presented at Infosecurity Europe 2025 highlight vulnerability of SMEs to cyber attack

• June 02, 2025 02 Jun'25

  Infosecurity 2025: NCA cyber intelligence head spells out trends

  Will Lyne, head of cyber intelligence at the National Crime Agency, sketches out cyber criminal trends as ransomware and other attack varieties become democratised beyond Russophone, skilled software developers

• May 30, 2025 30 May'25

  Dutch businesses lag behind in cyber resilience as threats escalate

  While non-IT business professionals in the middle of their careers face the most disruption from AI, professionals in the IT services sector and their employers must prepare for change

• May 07, 2025 07 May'25

  Europe leads shift from cyber security ‘headcount gap’ to skills-based hiring

  Research from Sans Institute reveals European organisations are leading a global shift in hiring priorities, driven by regional regulatory frameworks

• April 29, 2025 29 Apr'25

  Kaspersky calls for cyber immunity amid growing cyber threats

  The rise of professional cyber crime groups and state-sponsored actors targeting critical infrastructure requires a move towards inherently secure ‘cyber immune’ systems, says Kaspersky CEO Eugene Kaspersky

• April 10, 2025 10 Apr'25

  Google bets on unifying security tools to ease CISO pain

  At Google Cloud Next in Las Vegas, Google launches its Unified Security platform with the goal of bringing together disparate security solutions to help cyber leaders and practitioners address their most keenly felt pain points

• April 09, 2025 09 Apr'25

  Microsoft’s April 2025 bumper Patch Tuesday corrects 124 bugs

  Microsoft is correcting 124 vulnerabilities in its March Patch Tuesday, one of which is being actively exploited in the wild, and 11 of which are ‘critical’

• April 04, 2025 04 Apr'25

  Norway and Nordic financial sector ramps up cyber security

  Finans Norge sets up cyber security unit CTSU to support the finance sector in Norway amid increasing threats

• April 03, 2025 03 Apr'25

  Are LLM firewalls the future of AI security?

  As large language models permeate industries, experts at Black Hat Asia 2025 debate the need for LLM firewalls and explore their role in fending off emerging AI threats

• March 13, 2025 13 Mar'25

  HMRC looks to upgrade SOC with advanced SIEM tech

  HMRC issues a request for information notice ahead of opening up bids for a new security information and event management project that aims to reinforce its ability to respond to cyber threats

• March 03, 2025 03 Mar'25

  Singapore’s HomeTeamNS hit by ransomware attack

  The non-profit organisation suffered a ransomware attack that affected some servers containing employee and member data, prompting an investigation and enhanced security measures

• February 23, 2025 23 Feb'25

  Check Point co-founder on AI, quantum and independence

  Gil Shwed, Check Point’s co-founder and executive chairman, discusses the company’s focus on artificial intelligence-driven security and his commitment to remaining an independent force in the cyber security market

• February 13, 2025 13 Feb'25

  UK government sanctions target Russian cyber crime network Zservers

  The UK government has imposed sanctions on a Russian cyber crime syndicate responsible for aiding ransomware attacks, targeting the group and individual members

• February 12, 2025 12 Feb'25

  Microsoft’s February 2025 Patch Tuesday corrects 57 bugs, three critical

  Microsoft is correcting 57 vulnerabilities in its February Patch Tuesday, two of which are being actively exploited in the wild, and three of which are ‘critical’

• February 11, 2025 11 Feb'25

  Google: Cyber crime meshes with cyber warfare as states enlist gangs

  A report from the Google Threat Intelligence Group depicts China, Russia, Iran and North Korea as a bloc using cyber criminal gangs to attack the national security of western countries

• January 15, 2025 15 Jan'25

  Cyber security dovetails with AI to lead 2025 corporate IT investment

  Cyber security and GenAI top enterprise IT investment plans for 2025, whether singly or together, according to research from Enterprise Strategy Group

• December 18, 2024 18 Dec'24

  Top 10 cyber security stories of 2024

  Data breaches, data privacy and protection, and the thorny issue of open source security were all hot topics this year. Meanwhile, security companies frequently found themselves hitting the headlines, and not always for good reasons. Here are ...

• December 13, 2024 13 Dec'24

  How AWS is protecting customers from cyber threats

  Amazon Web Services reveals how its threat intelligence capabilities work under the hood to thwart cyber attacks and keep its customers’ data safe

• December 04, 2024 04 Dec'24

  Nordics move to deepen cyber security cooperation

  Nordic countries are increasing collaboration on cyber security amid more sophisticated and aggressive attacks

• October 25, 2024 25 Oct'24

  Dutch critical infrastructure at risk despite high leadership confidence

  Stark paradox in Dutch cyber security landscape has business leaders expressing high confidence in their IT infrastructure as cyber attacks rise

• October 23, 2024 23 Oct'24

  Democracy campaigner to sue Saudi Arabia over Pegasus and QuaDream spyware in UK court

  Pro-democracy campaigner Yahya Assiri given permission to file legal action in London court against Saudi Arabia over its use of Israeli spyware

• October 22, 2024 22 Oct'24

  Danish government reboots cyber security council amid AI expansion

  Denmark’s government relaunches digital security initiative to protect business sectors and society at large

• October 03, 2024 03 Oct'24

  SOC teams falling out of love with threat detection tools

  Security operations centre practitioners are fed up of being flooded with pointless alerts and many no longer have much confidence in their threat detection tools, according to a report

• September 13, 2024 13 Sep'24

  UN-backed cyber security report highlights global shortfalls in preparedness

  In the three years since the UN-backed cyber security report was published, countries have been making a concerted effort to protect themselves from cyber threats, but there’s more to do

• September 13, 2024 13 Sep'24

  Cyber workforce must almost double to meet global talent need

  Research from ISC2 finds global cyber workforce needs additional 4.8 million people to fully secure businesses

• August 28, 2024 28 Aug'24

  Global cyber spend to rise 15% in 2025, pushed along by AI

  Security spending will increase at pace in 2025, with artificial intelligence, cloud and consultancy services all pushing outlay to new highs, according to Gartner

• August 28, 2024 28 Aug'24

  How Kaspersky is driving growth in APAC

  Kaspersky is leveraging its threat intelligence capabilities and local market knowledge to navigate geopolitical tensions and expand its footprint across the Asia-Pacific region

• August 27, 2024 27 Aug'24

  Palo Alto Networks bets on ‘precision AI’

  Palo Alto Networks’ regional leader, Steven Scheurmann, explains how machine learning, neural networks and generative AI can help to prevent breaches in what it calls ‘precision AI’

• August 02, 2024 02 Aug'24

  How CrowdStrike is leveraging AI to empower security teams

  CrowdStrike CTO Elia Zaitsev explains how the company’s multi-agent AI architecture can help to enhance analyst efficiency and tackle cyber security challenges

• July 16, 2024 16 Jul'24

  Incubator Plexal heads to Singapore for CyberBoost

  Cyber startup hub Plexal expands its presence to Singapore through a new initiative, and sets its sights on helping new UK businesses break into the booming Asia-Pacific market

• July 11, 2024 11 Jul'24

  Dutch research firm TNO pictures the SOC of the future

  In only a few years, security operations centres will have a different design and layout, and far fewer will remain

• June 28, 2024 28 Jun'24

  How Recorded Future is operationalising threat intelligence

  Recorded Future is investing in APIs to enable automated security workflows, among other measures, to help organisations overcome the hurdles of operationalising threat intelligence

• June 07, 2024 07 Jun'24

  Sophos uncovers Chinese state-sponsored campaign in Southeast Asia

  Sophos found three distinct clusters of activity targeted at a high-level government organisation that appeared to be tied to Chinese interests in the South China Sea

• May 22, 2024 22 May'24

  ORBs: Hacking groups’ new favourite way of keeping their attacks hidden

  Beware the ORB: why attacks on your network could come from a home router down the street

• April 25, 2024 25 Apr'24

  Zero trust is a strategy, not a technology

  Zero-trust security should be seen as a strategy to protect high-value assets and is not tied to a specific technology or product, says the model’s creator John Kindervag

• March 28, 2024 28 Mar'24

  UK plc going backwards on cyber maturity, Cisco report claims

  Fewer UK organisations believe their cyber security postures have reached a mature level than did so 12 months ago, as they struggle to keep up with new challenges and a fast-evolving threat landscape

• February 13, 2024 13 Feb'24

  Hunter-killer malware volumes seen surging

  Latest Picus Security report on malware tactics, techniques and procedures reveals an increasing focus on disabling security defences

• January 24, 2024 24 Jan'24

  Inside Cisco’s security platform strategy

  Raj Chopra, senior vice-president of Cisco’s security business, outlines the company’s security platform strategy and how it brought different products together into a single platform

• January 02, 2024 02 Jan'24

  China’s UNC4841 pivots to new Barracuda ESG zero-day

  The Chinese state threat actor behind a series of cyber attacks on Barracuda Networks customers embarked on a campaign targeting the supplier’s email security products in the run-up to Christmas

• December 21, 2023 21 Dec'23

  Top 10 cyber crime stories of 2023

  Ransomware gangs dominated the cyber criminal underworld in 2023, a year that will prove notable for significant evolutionary trends in their tactics

• October 26, 2023 26 Oct'23

  Exploitation of Citrix NetScaler vulns reaching dangerous levels

  Observed activity exploiting two new Citrix NetScaler vulnerabilities disclosed earlier this month is ramping up, and users may be running out of time to patch lest they be attacked

• October 19, 2023 19 Oct'23

  Loughborough Uni to create five cyber AI research posts

  Supported by Darktrace, Loughborough University is to recruit five doctoral researchers focusing on cross-disciplinary research in AI and cyber security

• September 28, 2023 28 Sep'23

  Security and risk management spending to grow 14% next year

  Growth in public cloud services will stand out over the next 12 months, as Gartner projects an overall 14% increase in cyber spending in 2024

• July 07, 2023 07 Jul'23

  Suspicious email reported every five seconds in UK

  National Cyber Security Centre report reveals a suspicious email was reported by UK citizens and organisations every five seconds last year

• June 23, 2023 23 Jun'23

  Phishing and ransomware dominate Singapore’s cyber threat landscape

  Phishing and ransomware attacks continued apace in Singapore last year amid signs of improving cyber hygiene

• June 09, 2023 09 Jun'23

  Barracuda ESG users told to throw away their hardware

  Owners of Barracuda Email Security Gateway appliances are being told that they will need to throw out and replace their kit after it emerged that a patch for a recently disclosed vulnerability had not done the job

• May 17, 2023 17 May'23

  Pentera ups ante in penetration testing

  The Israeli startup, which expanded to the APAC region last year, scans for vulnerabilities and emulates cyber attacks through its automated security validation platform