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Financial sector faces surge in cyberattacks & human risk

Thu, 4th Sep 2025
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The global financial sector faces a 25% surge in cyberattacks for 2024, with nearly 45% of employees prone to phishing, raising critical human risk concerns.
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Barracuda warns of rising phishing attacks with clever URL tricks

Thu, 4th Sep 2025
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Barracuda reveals over a million phishing attacks in early 2025 using clever URL tricks that evade security and deceive email users globally.
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SentinelOne brings AI-powered security to SMBs via Pax8 launch

Thu, 4th Sep 2025
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SentinelOne launches Managed AI Defence on Pax8 cloud marketplace, offering AI-powered cybersecurity to SMBs via MSPs and MSSPs with simple deployment.
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Healthcare sector slow to fix vulnerabilities despite strong prevention

Thu, 4th Sep 2025
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Healthcare sector excels in preventing serious security flaws but takes nearly two months to fix them, risking sensitive data exposure amid rising cyber threats.
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Portnox teams with SentinelOne to boost real-time zero trust security

Thu, 4th Sep 2025
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Portnox integrates with SentinelOne to combine real-time endpoint security and network access control, enhancing automated zero trust defence for organisations.
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F5 named overall leader in 2025 KuppingerCole WAAP report

Mon, 1st Sep 2025
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F5 has been named overall leader in the 2025 KuppingerCole report for its advanced Web Application and API Protection solutions across complex multi-cloud environments.
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Celebrating diversity & tackling insider threats in cybersecurity

Mon, 1st Sep 2025
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This September, the cybersecurity sector highlights tackling insider threats and advancing women's roles to build a more resilient, diverse future.
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KnowBe4 launches free resource kit for Cybersecurity Month

Fri, 29th Aug 2025
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KnowBe4 has launched a free, multilingual resource kit featuring arcade-style tools to help organisations boost cybersecurity during Awareness Month 2025.
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IT leaders focus on ransomware & AI despite readiness gaps

Fri, 29th Aug 2025
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Enterprise IT leaders prioritise ransomware defence and AI integration for 2025, despite significant gaps in organisational readiness and skills.
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Industry leaders mark International Women in Cyber Day with optimism

Fri, 29th Aug 2025
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Industry leaders mark International Women in Cyber Day with optimism, urging greater diversity and celebrating women's growing impact in cybersecurity roles worldwide.
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Acronis & Intel partner to deliver AI threat detection on PCs

Thu, 28th Aug 2025
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Acronis partners with Intel to offer AI-powered, real-time threat detection on PCs with Intel Core Ultra processors, boosting security and performance.
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Salesforce data theft campaign exposes SaaS integration risks

Thu, 28th Aug 2025
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State-sponsored hackers have stolen OAuth2 tokens from Salesforce integrations, compromising hundreds of organisations and exposing risks in SaaS connectivity.
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Check Point named a leader in 2025 Gartner firewall analysis

Thu, 28th Aug 2025
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Check Point has been named a Leader in Gartner's 2025 Magic Quadrant for Hybrid Mesh Firewalls, recognised for AI-driven threat prevention and unified security management.
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AppOmni unveils Zero Trust Bridge to counter SaaS cyberattacks

Thu, 28th Aug 2025
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AppOmni launches Zero Trust Bridge to help firms counter SaaS attacks by ShinyHunters and UNC6040, enhancing real-time security policy enforcement.
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AMSYS adopts Conifers platform to scale security services growth

Thu, 28th Aug 2025
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AMSYS Innovative Solutions adopts Conifers CognitiveSOC platform to scale managed security services and boost efficiency without increasing staff numbers.
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Check Point named Leader in Gartner's 2025 hybrid firewall report

Thu, 28th Aug 2025
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Check Point has been named a Leader in Gartner's 2025 Magic Quadrant for Hybrid Mesh Firewalls, recognised for innovation and robust multi-environment security.
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AI now powers cybersecurity for 73% of firms amid rising threats

Thu, 28th Aug 2025
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Nearly 73% of global firms now use AI in cybersecurity, tackling rising threats as nearly all plan AI-driven security investments this year.
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Commvault unveils new HyperScale Edge & Flex for cyber resilience

Thu, 28th Aug 2025
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Commvault launches HyperScale Edge and Flex to boost cyber resilience for diverse enterprise workloads amid rising edge device cyberattacks.
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CrowdStrike to acquire Onum for Falcon SIEM AI data integration

Thu, 28th Aug 2025
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CrowdStrike will acquire Onum to integrate its real-time data pipeline tech with Falcon SIEM, boosting speed, cutting costs, and enhancing autonomous threat detection.
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Ransomware attacks stable in July but threat remains high, warns report

Thu, 28th Aug 2025
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Ransomware attacks held steady in July with 376 incidents globally; Industrials hardest hit, while North America faces over half of all cases, warns NCC Group.