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• November 20, 2025 20 Nov'25

  Swedish welfare authority suspends ‘discriminatory’ AI model

  A machine learning model used by Sweden’s social security agency to flag benefit fraud has been discontinued following investigations by media outlets and the country’s data protection watchdog

• November 19, 2025 19 Nov'25

  Cloudflare contrite after worst outage since 2019

  Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince apologises for the firm’s worst outage in years and shares details of how a change to database system permissions caused a cascading effect that brought down some of the web’s biggest names

• November 19, 2025 19 Nov'25

  EU sets out plans to cut red tape on digital

  Changes have been proposed to simplify AI Act compliance for smaller businesses, easier cyber security reporting and tweaks to GDPR

• November 19, 2025 19 Nov'25

  UAE to launch first space-to-ground quantum communication network

  Technology Innovation Institute and Space42 unveil a collaboration at the Dubai Airshow to deliver the UAE’s first space-enabled quantum communication network, strengthening national cyber resilience and advancing sovereign leadership in ...

• November 19, 2025 19 Nov'25

  Cisco: Network architectures must be rebuilt for agentic AI

  Rising traffic volumes, AI-powered security threats and the move to agentic workflows will require organisations to modernise their network infrastructure

• November 18, 2025 18 Nov'25

  Microsoft unveils AI agents to automate security operations

  Tech giant bakes AI agents into its security products to democratise advanced security capabilities, automate repetitive tasks and provide context-aware intelligence for cyber defenders

• November 18, 2025 18 Nov'25

  Ransomware resilience may be improving in the health sector

  A Sophos report on ransomware highlights resilience improvements among healthcare organisations but warns that the wider threat is still live and growing

• November 18, 2025 18 Nov'25

  Cloudflare outage disrupts public web services

  An outage at web traffic management specialist Cloudflare has caused disruption across the internet

• November 18, 2025 18 Nov'25

  Fintech leaders call for united front against AI-driven cyber crime

  As AI makes financial scams more personalised and convincing, fintech experts have called for deeper collaboration and the use of behavioural analytics and other technologies to protect consumers

• November 16, 2025 16 Nov'25

  Australia lags regional peers in AI adoption

  Report finds governance gaps, a lack of training and fear of risks as key reasons for the nation’s slow uptake of artificial intelligence compared with regional peers

• November 14, 2025 14 Nov'25

  Cl0p claims ransomware hit on NHS

  Ransomware gangsters claim to have attacked the NHS, but clarity on the nature of the incident is yet to emerge

• November 14, 2025 14 Nov'25

  Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack costs firm £485m in the quarter

  Jaguar Land Rover’s quarterly financial statement discloses a £485m loss due to the late August cyber attack that halted production for six weeks, damaging the UK economy

• November 14, 2025 14 Nov'25

  MI5 made multiple applications for phone data to identify BBC journalist’s sources

  MI5 discloses it made and authorised unlawful ‘sequential applications’ for Vincent Kearney’s phone data during his time at the BBC, but will neither confirm nor deny whether it undertook further ‘lawful’ surveillance of BBC journalists

• November 13, 2025 13 Nov'25

  Scottish government to launch cyber observatory

  The observatory will analyse and share warnings on public sector cyber threats, and identify emerging risks

• November 12, 2025 12 Nov'25

  Hungry for data: Inside Europol’s secretive AI programme

  The EU’s law enforcement agency has been quietly amassing data to feed an ambitious but secretive artificial intelligence development programme that could have far-reaching privacy implications for people across the bloc

• November 12, 2025 12 Nov'25

  US cyber intel sharing law set for temporary extension

  The CISA 2015 cyber intelligence sharing law, which lapsed just over a month ago amid a wider shutdown, will receive a temporary lease of life should attempts to reopen the federal government succeed

• November 12, 2025 12 Nov'25

  Microsoft users warned over privilege elevation flaw

  An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Windows Kernel tops the list of issues to address in the latest monthly Patch Tuesday update

• November 12, 2025 12 Nov'25

  Synnovis to notify NHS of data breach after nearly 18 months

  Synnovis, the pathology lab services provider hit by a Qilin ransomware attack in 2024, is notifying its NHS partners that their patient data was compromised, following a lengthy investigation

• November 12, 2025 12 Nov'25

  IT services companies and datacentres face regulation as cyber security bill reaches Parliament

  The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will require large IT services companies, including datacentres, to report security incidents within 24 hours

• November 11, 2025 11 Nov'25

  Google: Don’t get distracted by AI, focus on real cyber threats

  While hackers are using artificial intelligence to optimise attacks, many of the most damaging breaches still rely on old-school methods, says a top security analyst from Google

• November 11, 2025 11 Nov'25

  German healthcare aims to replace faxes and phones with secure messaging

  Germany’s digital health agency, Gematik, has turned to open source for secure messaging services that will link patients, doctors and pharmacies

• November 09, 2025 09 Nov'25

  Nikkei data breach exposes personal data of over 17,000 staff

  Hackers used stolen login details from an employee's computer to access the Japanese media giant’s Slack messaging platform, with names, email addresses and chat histories potentially exposed

• November 07, 2025 07 Nov'25

  Popular LLMs dangerously vulnerable to iterative attacks, says Cisco

  Cisco researchers probed some of the most widely used public GenAI LLMs and found many of them were dangerously susceptible to so-called multi-turn cyber attacks producing undesirable outputs

• November 07, 2025 07 Nov'25

  City of London deploys SASE to future-proof public infrastructure

  Managed services provider to deliver an end-to-end networking connectivity offering, encompassing what is said to be a UK-first enterprise secure access service edge roll-out for public services

• November 07, 2025 07 Nov'25

  Industry calls for clarity on government digital ID plans

  The digital identity industry asks UK government for transparency on its digital identity scheme and proposes a formal collaboration agreement

• November 07, 2025 07 Nov'25

  How Palo Alto Networks is leveraging AI

  Palo Alto Networks CIO Meerah Rajavel explains how the company is using AI to sieve through 90 billion security events a day, and why security and user experience are two sides of the same coin

• November 06, 2025 06 Nov'25

  Government considers physical ID cards

  Physical ID cards may become available to those who don’t have access to technology when the government introduces its mandatory digital ID scheme

• November 06, 2025 06 Nov'25

  Cisco beefs up secure AI enterprise network architecture

  IT and networking giant builds on enterprise network architecture with systems designed to simplify operations across campus and branch deployments such as network configuration

• November 05, 2025 05 Nov'25

  Darktrace: Developer tools under constant attack

  Attackers are using automated tools to target development environments within seconds of them going live, warns Darktrace’s global field chief information security officer

• November 05, 2025 05 Nov'25

  US indicts three cyber pros who moonlit for ransomware gang

  US prosecutors indict three men who allegedly attacked multiple victims with ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware while working as professional cyber incident responders

• November 05, 2025 05 Nov'25

  M&S profits tumble after cyber attack

  M&S profits fall by over 90% in the wake of the spring 2025 cyber attack that crippled the retailer’s systems for weeks

• November 05, 2025 05 Nov'25

  Dutch boardroom cyber security knowledge gap exposed

  Cyber security governance professor warns that executives lack the capability to assess cyber threats in implementation approaches

• November 05, 2025 05 Nov'25

  Bugcrowd brings Mayhem AI to bear on ethical hacking community

  Bugcrowd acquires scaleup Mayhem Security to enhance the ingenuity of its human hackers with AI-backed software testing capabilities

• November 04, 2025 04 Nov'25

  Ryt Bank taps agentic AI for conversational banking

  Malaysia’s Ryt Bank is using its own LLM and agentic AI framework to allow customers to perform banking transactions in natural language, replacing traditional menus and buttons

• November 04, 2025 04 Nov'25

  The Security Interviews: Colin Mahony, CEO, Recorded Future

  Recorded Future’s CEO talks threat intelligence, AI in cyber security and the ever-changing cyber threat landscape

• November 04, 2025 04 Nov'25

  Nordic investors drive investment in region’s defence sector

  Slush Startup in Helsinki will feature dual-use, defence and security events that bring suppliers together

• November 04, 2025 04 Nov'25

  UAE Sovereign Launchpad begins nationwide roll-out with support from e& and AWS

  The cloud infrastructure platform aims to strengthen digital resilience and regulatory compliance across government and regulated sectors in the United Arab Emirates

• November 04, 2025 04 Nov'25

  G42 and Cisco expand strategic partnership to drive AI innovation and infrastructure growth

  The UAE-based tech group and global networking giant will co-develop secure AI infrastructure and cyber security solutions to support high-performance computing and datacentre growth

• November 04, 2025 04 Nov'25

  Fewer data breaches in Australia, but human error now a bigger threat

  Australian privacy commissioner warns that the human factor is a growing threat as notifications caused by staff mistakes rose significantly even as total breaches declined 10% from a record high

• November 03, 2025 03 Nov'25

  CrowdStrike: Europe second only to North America for cyber attacks

  Europe faces rising cyber threats from criminals and nation-states, according to CrowdStrike. Ransomware attacks now take just 24 hours, with 22% of global victims being European

• October 31, 2025 31 Oct'25

  European governments opt for open source alternatives to Big Tech encrypted communications

  European governments are rolling out decentralised secure messaging and collaboration services as they seek to reduce their reliance on Big Tech companies

• October 31, 2025 31 Oct'25

  Cyber agencies co-sign Exchange Server security guide

  US and allied cyber agencies team up to try to nudge users to pay more attention to securing Microsoft Exchange Server

• October 30, 2025 30 Oct'25

  Yubico bolsters APAC presence, touts device subscriptions

  Yubico is hiring local teams in Singapore and pitching its subscription service to help enterprises secure employee access to corporate networks and applications

• October 30, 2025 30 Oct'25

  US senators seek to prohibit minors from using AI chatbots

  Two US senators have proposed legislation that would require AI chatbot companies to verify the ages of people using their chatbots, in attempt to limit their harmful effects on children

• October 30, 2025 30 Oct'25

  Microsoft CEO speaks of global cloud factory as Azure stalls

  Alongside Microsoft's posted cloud revenue of $49bn was a configuration error that caused a global outage affecting many customers

• October 29, 2025 29 Oct'25

  Rapid7: Cyber defences stuck in the 1980s as threats mount

  The company’s chief product officer notes that many defence tactics are still stuck in the past, urging organisations to adopt AI-driven security platforms to improve threat detection and response

• October 29, 2025 29 Oct'25

  Scope of US state-level privacy laws expands rapidly in 2025

  Nine state-level data protection laws have come into force in the US this year, and three more are slated for January 2026. Navigating this complex landscape is becoming a challenge

• October 28, 2025 28 Oct'25

  Effective cyber sanctions require a joined-up approach, says Rusi

  Calling out and sanctioning cyber threat actors can be an effective tool, but is not a universal panacea, and needs to be considered as part of a wider, strategic approach, say Rusi think tank analysts

• October 28, 2025 28 Oct'25

  Cisco and Splunk plot multi-year data fabric journey

  Company leaders talk up their vision for the Cisco Data Fabric that will allow enterprises to gain insights about their IT infrastructure and security posture from machine data wherever it resides, from the network edge to the cloud

• October 27, 2025 27 Oct'25

  LockBit 5.0 expands targeting amid ransomware escalation

  The LockBit RaaS operation is back in action, with technical features and expanded targeting, and is contributing to a steadily growing number of ransomware attacks