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• January 15, 2026 15 Jan'26

  Cyber body ISC2 signs on as UK software security ambassador

  Professional cyber association ISC2 pledges support to UK government’s Software Security Ambassador scheme, part of the recently unveiled Cyber Action Plan

• January 15, 2026 15 Jan'26

  Zoho opens its first UAE datacentres to boost cloud adoption

  New Dubai and Abu Dhabi facilities support data sovereignty, providing CIOs with local access to more than 100 Zoho and ManageEngine cloud services

• January 14, 2026 14 Jan'26

  Texas judge throws out second lawsuit over CrowdStrike outage

  A US judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by CrowdStrike shareholders over the July 2024 outage that caused widespread disruption around the world

• January 12, 2026 12 Jan'26

  Business leaders see AI risks and fraud outpacing ransomware, says WEF

  C-suite executives are more concerned with risks arising from AI vulnerabilities and cyber fraud than ransomware, according to the World Economic Forum

• January 12, 2026 12 Jan'26

  Ofcom begins investigation of explicit image generation on Grok

  Elon Musk’s Grok image generator, from parent company X, is being investigated by the UK regulator under the Online Safety Act

• January 12, 2026 12 Jan'26

  Intersec Dubai highlights why AI has become critical in the race against cyber attackers

  Cigna Healthcare’s Jean Wiles warns that healthcare security teams must act faster without sacrificing accuracy or compliance as threats driven by artificial intelligence scale

• January 11, 2026 11 Jan'26

  UAE’s VentureOne to deploy secure autonomy technologies in Europe through Unikie and Solita partners

  Partnerships with Finland’s Unikie and Solita will bring UAE-developed secure autonomy technologies to critical infrastructure, public safety and AI-enabled operations across Northern Europe

• January 08, 2026 08 Jan'26

  Like it or not, AI will transform cyber strategy in 2026

  Bubble or no bubble, from cyber skills to defensive strategies to governance, risk and compliance, artificial intelligence will remake the cyber world in 2026

• January 06, 2026 06 Jan'26

  Privacy will be under unprecedented attack in 2026

  The UK and Europe are ramping up opposition to encryption and stepping up surveillance of private communications. Here is what to expect this year

• January 05, 2026 05 Jan'26

  UK government to spend £210m on public sector cyber resilience

  The UK government unveils a £120m Cyber Action Plan to help reinforce and promote IT security resilience across the country's public services

• December 31, 2025 31 Dec'25

  Top 10 surveillance, journalism and encryption stories of 2025

  A transatlantic row between the UK and the Trump administration erupted after the UK attempted to force Apple to break its advanced encryption. That was just one of a series of stories reporting on the tension between state surveillance and privacy ...

• December 29, 2025 29 Dec'25

  Top 10 cyber security stories of 2025

  AI dominated all tech conversations this year, but the concerns of cyber security professionals extend far beyond. From remote work to supply chains, quantum to identity, there were plenty of other topics for the industry to chew over in 2025.

• December 19, 2025 19 Dec'25

  European Commission renews UK data adequacy agreement, ensuring continued free flow of data

  Despite calls from some data protection campaigners, the UK's agreement to allow data movement with European Economic Area countries is extended until 2031

• December 18, 2025 18 Dec'25

  AI safeguards improving, says UK government-backed body

  Inaugural AI Security Institute report claims that safeguards in place to ensure AI models behave as intended seem to be improving

• December 15, 2025 15 Dec'25

  Top IT predictions in APAC in 2026

  Enterprises across the Asia-Pacific region are expected to prioritise sovereign architectures, double down on securing agentic systems and rewrite their infrastructure playbooks, among other tech trends

• December 09, 2025 09 Dec'25

  OAIC to launch blitz on privacy compliance

  Australia’s privacy watchdog will begin the new year with a compliance sweep targeting businesses that run afoul of privacy rules, including the over-collection of personal information in-person, warning that non-compliance could trigger fines

• December 08, 2025 08 Dec'25

  NCSC warns of confusion over true nature of AI prompt injection

  Malicious prompt injections to manipulate GenAI large language models are being wrongly compared to classical SQL injection attacks. In reality, prompt injection may be a far worse problem, says the UK’s NCSC

• December 03, 2025 03 Dec'25

  UK government pledges to rewrite Computer Misuse Act

  Campaigners celebrate as security minister Dan Jarvis commits to amending the outdated Computer Misuse Act to protect security professionals from prosecution

• December 03, 2025 03 Dec'25

  UK national security strategy failing to account for online world

  The UK government’s national security strategy is falling short on online matters, according to the independent reviewer of terrorism

• December 03, 2025 03 Dec'25

  Post Office avoids £1m fine over botched website upgrade data breach

  The Information Commissioner’s Office considered fining the Post Office £1m for a 2024 data breach that let subpostmasters down again

• December 03, 2025 03 Dec'25

  Women in Cybersecurity Middle East marks five years of impact at Black Hat MEA

  As AI reshapes the regional cyber security landscape, diversity and skills development remain at the heart of building a resilient digital workforce

• December 03, 2025 03 Dec'25

  Black Hat MEA: Saudi Vision 2030 fuels surge in cyber security innovation

  Global cyber firms are racing to support the Kingdom’s mega-projects, but building trusted partnerships remains key, says Exabeam CEO Pete Harteveld

• November 26, 2025 26 Nov'25

  US breach reinforces need to plug third-party security weaknesses

  Cyber breach at US financial sector tech provider highlights the risk of third-party vulnerabilities in finance ecosystems

• 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 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

  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 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

  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 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

  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 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 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

  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

• 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 27, 2025 27 Oct'25

  Hamas lawyer seeks appeal following police’s seizure of his phone at Welsh port

  Police say that solicitors cannot have a ‘cast iron defence’ to protect their electronic devices from ever being searched

• October 23, 2025 23 Oct'25

  Amid CISA cuts, US state launches first VDP

  Legislators in Annapolis, Maryland, have teamed up with Bugcrowd to launch a statewide vulnerability disclosure programme

• October 23, 2025 23 Oct'25

  Ministry of Justice’s OpenAI deal paves way to sovereign AI

  OpenAI has been busy signing deals with the UK government to bolster UK artificial intelligence. It’s now launching data residency for UK customers

• October 23, 2025 23 Oct'25

  Business leaders raise concerns over public cloud data sovereignty

  The unpredictable geopolitical climate is having an impact on IT strategies, a report from Kyndryl has found

• October 22, 2025 22 Oct'25

  Singapore unveils efforts to govern agentic AI, prepare for post-quantum era

  Guidelines and tools will help organisations in the city-state manage risks from AI agents and prepare for a future where quantum computers could break current encryption

• October 22, 2025 22 Oct'25

  Jaguar Land Rover attack to cost UK £1.9bn, say cyber monitors

  The UK's Cyber Monitoring Centre calculates the overall cost of the Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack will be almost two billion pounds

• October 22, 2025 22 Oct'25

  Building security and trust in AI agents

  AI agents require standardised guidelines, clear human responsibility and a shared language between developers and policymakers to be secure and trusted, experts say

• October 21, 2025 21 Oct'25

  New cyber resilience centre to help SMEs fend off cyber threats

  Spearheaded by the Singapore Business Federation, the cyber resilience centre will equip SMEs in the city-state with cyber security capabilities to mitigate and recover from cyber attacks

• October 20, 2025 20 Oct'25

  France’s Atos eyes UK public sector with investment in secure UK infrastructure

  French IT services supplier invests in highly secure and accredited UK-based infrastructure