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Incident Response stories

KPMG sees AI surge as firms struggle to prove value

Nearly half of businesses have paused or scaled back AI projects as weak cost tracking leaves returns unproven and security gaps widen.

By Sean Mitchell • 6 min read • Last week

Multi-factor authentication

Net-Defence warns travel scams grow more convincing

Travel firms are facing more convincing fraud as criminals use genuine booking details to trick customers into paying bogus fees.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Last week

Security Information and Event Management

CybaVerse expands CybaOps with SIEM & case management

Managed service providers can now offer broader cyber security services without building their own security operations from scratch.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week

Network Security

UK cyber agency plans AI shield for critical networks

The plan could speed defences across government and vital sectors, but experts warn weak basics and policy gaps may blunt its impact.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Supply Chain

M&S backs UK cyber resilience pledge for suppliers

The voluntary scheme puts cyber security on boards' agendas as ministers try to lift resilience across suppliers without a mandatory regime.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Global Stories

Incident Response stories

Ransomware

Group-IB launches purple teaming service for cyber defences

Security teams are being pressed to prove their defences work in live attacks, as spending scrutiny shifts from tools to real-world response.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Digital Transformation

AI shifts from novelty to infrastructure, firms say

Firms say the bigger payoff now lies in embedding AI into logistics, security and data systems, while poor governance leaves firms exposed.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Software-as-a-Service

Google warns public sector on 22-second cyber hand-off

Public agencies risk ransomware within seconds as attackers exploit identities, cloud tools and virtualisation layers, Google warns.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Software-as-a-Service

Agentic AI widens cyber risk as attackers speed up

Attackers are using agentic tools to compress breaches into days, exposing developers and cloud users to faster, harder-to-stop intrusions.

By Sean Mitchell • 8 min read • Last week

Enterprise Resource Planning

'Human-in-the-Loop' is the industry's most comfortable lie

Enterprise buyers risk signing off on AI systems that only claim human oversight, while real-time intervention and auditability are often absent.

By Anurag Gurtu • 3 min read • Last week

Malware

Check Point sees June cyberattacks jump 17% year on year

Business and public sector organisations faced 2,270 attacks a week in June, as ransomware rose 33% and GenAI use exposed sensitive data.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Last week

Disaster Recovery

Telstra outage exposes Australia's reliance on carriers

Businesses and emergency services faced outages nationwide as a Telstra mobile failure exposed the risks of Australia's concentrated carrier market.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Last week

Cloud Security

Blackpoint launches AI tool to halt identity attacks

Credential misuse is pushing defenders to automate faster containment, as Blackpoint's new tool can freeze cloud account attacks in under two minutes.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Software-as-a-Service

Tanium wins Spain's top security certification for cloud

The approval opens Spain's public sector market to Tanium Cloud, after the platform met the country's highest security standard for sensitive systems.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week