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16 Jun 2026
Salesforce plans to acquire Fin agentic customer service AI
Irish CX tech company Fin, long known as Intercom until a rebrand last month, promises to jump-start Salesforce's agentic customer service business.
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16 Jun 2026
HPE drives forward with AI networking push
HPE brings networking into focus for enterprises at Discover 2026, rolling out switching advancements, AI-powered remediation and AI assistant support.
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16 Jun 2026
Datadog shops: AI incident management needs platform engineers
AI-driven incident management will only be as good as the human-designed platforms they run on, according to conference presenters at Datadog DASH.
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08 May 2026
MEPs call for greater scrutiny of Europol following concerns over shadow IT
Expansion of Europol’s mandate should be paused while allegations investigated, a number of MEPs say
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07 May 2026
Data residency becomes the GCC’s next AI battleground
As sovereign AI strategies accelerate across the Gulf, organisations are shifting their focus from ‘how do we use AI?’ to ‘where does the data live?’, turning data residency into a strategic differentiator rather than a compliance exercise
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06 May 2026
UK financial security experts participate in sector-wide hackathon
Teams of security pros from UK financial services organisations came together at the end of April to participate in a hackathon exercise
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06 May 2026
CISO shortage may reflect unrealistic job expectations
A new report warns of a CISO shortage, but interviews suggest the reality is more complex. The gap may reflect unrealistic job expectations rather than a true talent shortage.
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06 May 2026
Police wrongly identified solicitor Fahad Ansari as Hamas member during Schedule 7 phone seizure
A police officer wrongly described a solicitor acting for Hamas in an appeal against its proscribed status in the UK as a Hamas member during Schedule 7 phone seizure
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06 May 2026
UK High Court dismisses facial-recognition judicial review case
The Metropolitan Police has won a judicial review case that argued its live facial-recognition policy was unlawful
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06 May 2026
Cloud and data sovereignty caught in a paradox
We asked the hyperscalers how they would respond to US court-ordered eavesdropping on foreign citizen data – and got responses that highlight a paradoxical situation
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06 May 2026
ServiceNow Knowledge 2026: McDermott proclaims fully automated cyber defence
Chief executive’s conference keynote launches agentic artificial intelligence cyber security features for enterprise software player’s centralised platform
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05 May 2026
ServiceNow reintroduces itself as an AI 'security company'
ServiceNow pulls ahead of other agent orchestrators with expanded AI security features, experts say, as enterprises proceed cautiously toward agent autonomy.
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05 May 2026
ServiceNow reintroduces itself as an AI 'security company'
ServiceNow pulls ahead of other agent orchestrators with expanded AI security features, experts say, as enterprises proceed cautiously toward agent autonomy.
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05 May 2026
Climb keeps EMEA expansion going
Distributor cuts the ribbon on a South African presence as it continues to widen its global coverage
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05 May 2026
EU finance firms urged to get on with anti-money laundering compliance
Two-thirds of finance firms in the European Union are at risk of missing next year’s deadline to comply with anti-money laundering regulations
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05 May 2026
‘They protect the law while breaking it’: Inside Europol’s shadow IT system
Under pressure to deliver in the fight against serious cross-border crime, Europol built and operated a shadow data analysis platform containing large volumes of sensitive information, which operated without key legal and technical safeguards
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05 May 2026
CSA: Take AI cyber threats to the boardroom
Current cyber risk assumptions may no longer be valid given the speed of advanced AI, warns the chief executive of Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency
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04 May 2026
UK’s NCSC warns of ‘wave of patches’
Vulnerability discovery and mitigation continues to exercise the top minds at Britain’s NCSC as cyber experts continue to debate the impact of frontier AI models such as Mythos
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01 May 2026
News brief: Critical infrastructure, OT cybersecurity attacks
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01 May 2026
IAM tools help Oracle Red Bull Racing keep pace with strict F1 regulations
Oracle Red Bull Racing massively improved the efficiency of its aerodynamics testing procedures after implementing new identity technology from 1Password. Learn more about this unlikely link
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01 May 2026
Cyber experts take an optimistic view of AI-powered hacking
During the annual CETaS showcase in London, experts discussed the potential cyber risk of tools such as Claude Mythos
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30 Apr 2026
Almost half of UK businesses hit by cyber attacks
The government’s annual cyber security report reveals UK businesses are still struggling with the impact of attacks and breaches
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30 Apr 2026
AI is widening the asymmetry between attackers and defenders
As threat actors leverage AI to launch attacks at machine speed, cyber defenders must adopt an assumed breach mindset and prioritise breach containment
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28 Apr 2026
WhatsApp’s encryption protects servers but leaves users exposed to client-side attacks
The use of encryption helps to secure WhatsApp’s infrastructure, but researchers at Black Hat Asia warn platform’s architecture is driving hackers to target user devices directly
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28 Apr 2026
Vect ransomware actually destructive wiper malware
Analysis of a form of ransomware called Vect has uncovered a serious flaw that breaks its core functionality and turns it from a locker to a wiper
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28 Apr 2026
UK data watchdog accused of dragging feet on eVisa investigation
Despite longstanding data protection issues with the Home Office’s electronic visa system being flagged five months ago, the UK’s data regulator is yet to take any action
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28 Apr 2026
Lloyds Bank compensates another 1,625 customers after ‘alarming’ data breach
Bank pays out compensation to more customers and reveals expansion of affected group
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26 Apr 2026
Black Hat Asia: Privacy and cyber security are inseparable
The separation of privacy and security is no longer tenable in a world where exposed personal data is increasingly the entry point for major cyber incidents, delegates at Black Hat Asia 2026 were told
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24 Apr 2026
Wiz founder: Hack yourself with AI, before the bad guys do
At Google Cloud Next, Wiz co-founder Yinon Costica called on security defenders to use AI to steal a march on threat actors, and launched agentic capabilities for cyber teams
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24 Apr 2026
BT has now blocked over a billion clicks to malicious websites, says NCSC
NCSC’s Share and Defend scheme has seen BT block over a billion clicks through to malicious websites
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24 Apr 2026
News brief: AI woes continue for security leaders
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23 Apr 2026
Medical data of half a million Britons on sale in China after Biobank breach
Biobank operator is taking steps to improve security after biological, health and lifestyle information from its database was offered for sale on a Chinese website
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23 Apr 2026
Chinese hackers using compromised networks to spy on Western companies, says Five Eyes
Companies urged to take countermeasures as Chinese hacking groups use networks of infected home and office devices ‘at scale’ to evade security monitoring systems
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23 Apr 2026
Using AI to manage insider risk amid Middle East conflict
As geopolitical tensions reshape the cyber threat landscape across the region, organisations are turning to artificial intelligence-driven behaviour analytics, investigative automation and monitoring of AI agents to detect insider risk faster and strengthen operational resilience
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22 Apr 2026
NCSC heralds end of passwords for consumers and pushes secure passkeys
UK National Cyber Security Centre is urging consumers to replace passwords and two-factor authentication with passkeys, following a technical study that shows they are more secure and easier to use
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22 Apr 2026
Interview: Critical local infrastructure is missing link in UK cyber resilience
Jonathan Lee, director of cyber strategy at Trend AI, argues for more focus on local and municipal cyber resilience
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22 Apr 2026
UK to build ‘national cyber shield’ to protect against AI cyber threats
Security minister Dan Jarvis calls for artificial intelligence companies to work with government to develop AI-driven cyber defences
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22 Apr 2026
Google launches Gemini Agent Platform, eighth-generation TPUs
With more AI agents moving to production, Google Cloud is targeting governance, multi-cloud data architecture and purpose-built silicon to help enterprises orchestrate agentic workflows
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22 Apr 2026
A tsunami of flaws: When frontier AI and Patch Tuesday collide
Microsoft’s April Patch Tuesday drop was the second-largest in history, falling just shy of an October 2025 record. What is behind the spike in vulnerability disclosures, and is there a connection to Anthropic’s bug-hunting Claude Mythos AI model?
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22 Apr 2026
Three-quarters of UK IT leaders without strong AI governance plans
Almost one in nine British IT leaders say their organisations use agentic AI, but with few putting in place strong governance plans, according to a Red Hat survey
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21 Apr 2026
Nation states responsible for ‘nationally significant’ cyber attacks against UK, says NCSC chief
The UK is facing four nationally significant cyber attacks a week, the majority from hostile states, NCSC chief, Richard Horne, will warn at the CyberUK conference
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21 Apr 2026
Sans Institute preps live systems for Nato cyber exercise
Cyber training body the Sans Institute is preparing live power generation IT and OT systems for Nato’s annual Locked Shields blue team exercise, which this year appears more relevant than ever
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20 Apr 2026
Singapore pushes for global standard to test generative AI
The proposed standard aims to ensure trustworthy AI by standardising benchmarking and red teaming methodologies, as IMDA’s chief urges faster action on global rules
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20 Apr 2026
Abacus expands incident response as Kocho reveals users are struggling
As one managed security specialist increases the support it can provide from its UK base, another exposes the issues faced by users once a breach has been identified
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17 Apr 2026
Surging CVE disclosures force NIST to shake up workflows
NIST announces big changes to the way it categorises and manages CVEs, which are set to have a big impact on how organisations manage patching and remediation
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17 Apr 2026
News brief: Microsoft security vulnerabilities revealed
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17 Apr 2026
North Korean social engineering campaign targets MacOS users
A MacOS-focused social engineering campaign orchestrated by North Korea-based threat actor Sapphire Sleet has been exposed by Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence Unit
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17 Apr 2026
Bank cyber teams on red alert as Anthropic promises them Mythos next week
Artificial intelligence supplier promises UK banks opportunity to review AI model, which has already revealed thousands of security flaws
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16 Apr 2026
UK’s Sovereign AI supports supercomputing and drug discovery AI startups
The UK government’s £500m Sovereign AI fund announces first cohort of startups backed to boost economic growth and national security
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16 Apr 2026
CyberUK 2026: UK lagging on legal protections for cyber pros
Ahead of next week’s CyberUK conference, the CyberUp Campaign for reform of the UK’s hacking laws urges the government to keep focus and proposes a four-pillar framework that would protect cyber professionals from prosecution
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15 Apr 2026
UK businesses must face up to AI threat, says government
Technology secretary Liz Kendall urges Britain’s business community to sit up and pay attention to emerging AI threats, following the debut of Anthropic’s new frontier model, Mythos
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15 Apr 2026
Danske Bank upgrade error exposed 20,000 customer addresses
Danish bank revealed details of a customer data leak last year which affected thousands of customers
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14 Apr 2026
April Patch Tuesday brings zero-days in Defender, SharePoint Server
Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday update may be one of the largest in history, with more than 160 issues in scope
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14 Apr 2026
Department for Transport shows how its AI system avoids bias
A report looking at a system to extract themes from public consultations highlights human and LLM-based checks
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14 Apr 2026
Infosec 2026: The Channel Zone returns
After a successful introduction at last year’s show, Infosecurity Europe event director Bradley Maule-ffinch shares plans for this year’s Channel Zone when the show opens at Excel in June
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14 Apr 2026
UK financial regulators rush to assess risks of Anthropic AI model
Banks called in by regulators as latest artificial intelligence model identifies thousands of software vulnerabilities
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13 Apr 2026
UK reliance on US big tech companies is ‘national security risk’, claims report
UK government urged to follow European countries by backing technology based on open standards
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13 Apr 2026
‘Grand Theft Auto’ publisher Rockstar hit by hackers again
The notorious ShinyHunters hacking collective menaces video game publisher Rockstar and says it will leak data on 14 April
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13 Apr 2026
Climb CEO sets sights on further M&A across Europe
Foray into Greece earlier this year will not be the last move made by distributor Climb, according to its CEO
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13 Apr 2026
In the AI race, a global bank bets on the human touch
Standard Chartered’s technology and security chief, Alvaro Garrido, says AI will transform finance, but the industry’s biggest vulnerabilities lie outside its own walls
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10 Apr 2026
News brief: Iranian cyberattacks target U.S. water, energy
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09 Apr 2026
Singapore Cyber Security Agency chief: Cyber stability a necessity, not a luxury
With state-linked attacks rising and international rules unravelling, Singapore’s cyber security commissioner calls for global cooperation to prevent catastrophic conflict in cyber space
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08 Apr 2026
Capita’s troubled Civil Service Pension Scheme hit by data breach
A data breach affecting 138 members of the Civil Service Pension Scheme piles pressure on the service’s administrator, Capita, amid ongoing issues
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08 Apr 2026
Rapid7 enhances Pact programme after partner feedback
The raft of enhancements to its Pact programme have come as a result of listening to its channel community
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07 Apr 2026
Russian cyber spies targeting consumer, Soho routers
The UK’s NCSC and Microsoft have shared details of an ongoing cyber espionage campaign targeting vulnerable network routers, orchestrated by Russian state actor Fancy Bear
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03 Apr 2026
News brief: Iran cyberattacks escalate, U.S. targets named
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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02 Apr 2026
How ‘Wikipedia of cyber’ helps SAP make sense of threat data
SAP runs enormous cloud environments for some of the world’s most heavily-regulated organisations, and in the hyperscale era, data security and compliance were becoming big challenges. It turned to cutting-edge agentic tools from Uptycs to cut through the noise
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02 Apr 2026
NCSC warns high-risk individuals of Signal and WhatsApp social engineering attacks
NCSC advises on countermeasures for high-risk individuals over phishing attacks on encrypted messaging services, such as Signal, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger
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01 Apr 2026
Trust lacking in the security world
There is a need for the channel to work harder to represent vendors that are failing to generate customer confidence
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31 Mar 2026
High Court dismisses judicial review against eVisa system
The High Court rules that the Home Office is acting lawfully in refusing to issue alterative proof of immigration status outside of its electronic visa system, but both the judge and the department accepts that those affected by data quality and integrity issues are facing ‘real difficulties’ in their day-to-day lives
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31 Mar 2026
Backup Day puts the focus on data protection
World Backup Day provides the channel with a chance to encourage customers to get on top of problems around storing their data correctly and safely, especially in the age of AI
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31 Mar 2026
Shrinking PQC timeline highlights immediate risk to data security
Google’s decision to move up its timeline for migration to post-quantum cryptography highlights that some of the cyber security risks posed by quantum computing are already reality
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30 Mar 2026
Stop Scams steps up to online fraud challenge
After years of putting the building blocks in place, Stop Scams is ready and able to react quickly to fight emerging fraud threats
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27 Mar 2026
News brief: U.S. absence at RSAC sparks leadership concerns
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27 Mar 2026
UK government lacks ambition to fight tax fraud, says PAC
The Public Accounts Committee says the UK government has dropped the ball on the use of data analytics to tackle tax fraud and error, as the public purse haemorrhages billions of pounds
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27 Mar 2026
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments of note this week at Insight, TD Synnex, Arrow Electronics, Bulletproof, Netrio and Cambridge Management Consulting
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27 Mar 2026
EU Parliament rejects Chat Control message scanning
MEPs vote down proposals to allow US tech companies to continue scanning private messages for illegal content
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26 Mar 2026
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: The bare metal facts
The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure appears to have more in common with datacentre hosting than with public infrastructure-as-a-service providers
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26 Mar 2026
UAE positions cyber security as pillar of national resilience and digital growth
Strategic investment and coordination reinforce the country’s ability to withstand complex cyber threats
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26 Mar 2026
Agentic bots and synthetic identities fuel surge in fraud
LexisNexis Risk Solutions warns of a 450% rise in agentic traffic and an eight-fold increase in synthetic identity fraud as cyber criminals scale automation to bypass security controls
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25 Mar 2026
US government launches Bureau of Emerging Threats
The US’ Bureau of Emerging Threats sits within the State Department and will supposedly help address national security threats arising from cyber attacks, the weaponisation of space and other emerging technologies
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25 Mar 2026
Google targets 2029 for post-quantum cyber readiness
Google sets out a timeline for its migration to post-quantum cryptography, saying it will complete its migration before the end of the 2020s
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25 Mar 2026
Emergency Microsoft, Oracle patches point to wider cyber issues
Emergency out-of-band patches from Microsoft and Oracle signal underlying security issues around update cycles and patching, and identity security and zero-trust, says the community
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25 Mar 2026
Security market shifts to MSP, identity and infrastructure
Market analysis from Context reveals a market undergoing evolution that is driven by customer demands
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25 Mar 2026
Why AI agents are one prompt away from ransomware
As AI adoption advances beyond chatbots, security leaders are up against rogue AI agents mirroring threat actors and a generational skills gap as security operations teams become overly dependent on AI
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24 Mar 2026
Cyber pros must grasp the vibe coding nettle, says NCSC chief
At RSA in San Francisco, NCSC chief exec Richard Horne says security professionals have an opportunity and a responsibility to get in front of the security issues raised by the popularity of ‘vibe coding’
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24 Mar 2026
US government bans imported routers, raising tough questions
The US communications regulator has enacted a ban on all router hardware made outside America citing security concerns, but experts say the move may risk creating more issues than it solves
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24 Mar 2026
Ignition Technology lands in North America
Distributor sets sights on making an impact with its specialist approach on the other side of the Atlantic
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24 Mar 2026
QuikBot and EFGH bring real-time insurance to physical AI
The two companies will embed insurance directly into the infrastructure governing autonomous robots, reducing claims processing and creating a trust layer for smart cities
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23 Mar 2026
Irish government launches CNI resilience plan
Ireland’s National Strategy on the Resilience of Critical Entities sets out a pathway to improved cyber resilience for the nation’s critical infrastructure, and establishes compliance with an EU directive
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20 Mar 2026
Essex Police halts live facial recognition over bias and accuracy risks
LFR deployments by Essex Police will not continue until risks associated with bias and inaccuracy have been reduced
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20 Mar 2026
UK Cyber Monitoring Centre plans expansion in US amid risk of Category 5 attack
Organisations lulled into a false sense of security after Russian invasion of Ukraine are still at risk of a Category 5 attack in 2026
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20 Mar 2026
News brief: Stryker recovering after large-scale cyberattack
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20 Mar 2026
Upwind founder talks benefits of going channel from the start
Cloud security player Upwind has been working with partners since it emerged three years ago
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19 Mar 2026
Questions raised about Instagram memorialisation in Noah Donohoe inquest
Court hears that a mother was frozen out of her son’s social media a day after he tragically died, potentially depriving a coroner investigating the case of a ‘huge’ amount of information
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19 Mar 2026
Cisa tells US organisations to harden endpoint management after Stryker attack
Last week’s cyber attack on the systems of a US medical services company by Iranian hacktivists has prompted an alert from Cisa, urging organisations to reinforce their defensive posture
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19 Mar 2026
AI makes debut in Bridewell cyber security in CNI report
Regulation has superseded cyber threats as the main driver of cyber security spending, and AI has made its debut for attack and defence, according to a CNI-focused report from Bridewell
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19 Mar 2026
Gartner: Ditch ‘big transformation’ cyber strategies for continuous improvement
As artificial intelligence reshapes the enterprise, CISOs must abandon risky big bang security transformation initiatives in favour of incremental changes to build cyber resilience
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19 Mar 2026
Apple issues first Background patch for WebKit browser flaw
Apple’s first ever Background Security Update fixes a WebKit browser engine bug that could enable threat actors to see and steal important data from their victims
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18 Mar 2026
US lawmakers quiz Meta over ‘dangerous’ facial recognition plans for smart glasses
Democratic senators warn that Meta’s plans to introduce facial recognition technology into smart glasses could lead to normalisation of mass surveillance and breach citizens’ rights
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18 Mar 2026
UK MoD awards more than two dozen contracts for AI targeting systems
The UK Ministry of Defence is ramping up its investment into military artificial intelligence in a bid to increase the ‘lethality’ of the British armed forces
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17 Mar 2026
Digital IDs edge closer to practical reality for UK businesses
Industries and policymakers are strongly aligned on the need for digital company IDs for UK businesses, as progress is made towards the implementation of a practical standard
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17 Mar 2026
Technology accelerating crime, boosts case for national police service, says NCA chief
NCA director general Graeme Biggar says technology has helped criminals get smarter, faster and more connected, boosting case for National Police Service
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17 Mar 2026
Contactless payment limit removal will happen overnight, but change won’t
Banks will be able to set their own contactless card payment limits from 19 March, following rule change by Financial Conduct Authority