Cyber Risk stories
Smaller firms will gain access to CrowdStrike's AI-era cyber risk tools through new channel partners as threats accelerate and in-house defences lag.
More groups are now driving attacks, leaving victim numbers flat even as ransomware operations reached a record 93 active crews in the quarter.
A Windows Defender zero-day is leaving organisations exposed to SYSTEM-level takeover until Microsoft issues an official fix.
Ransomware victims jumped 49% in July, while organisations worldwide also faced 16% more cyber attacks year on year.
Senior security leaders are increasingly focused on how AI vendors handle sensitive data, as adoption in security operations becomes routine.
Smaller businesses could gain cheaper ransomware protection as managed service providers get a new endpoint security option from SonicWall.
The approval clears the way for a larger managed services group serving 4,000 businesses to expand across Australia, New Zealand and the US.
Approved defenders will gain broader access to cyber tools as the new tiered Daybreak programme adds GPT-5.6-Cyber for advanced security work.
Customers in Australia and New Zealand may now see Liverton Security as a lower-risk supplier after the Wellington firm won CREST ANZ membership.
Support teams can now handle device context and remediation in one place as PDQ widens its Windows and macOS management tools.
Hong Kong saw a record 15,877 cyber incidents in 2025 as AI speeds attacks and shortens the window to exploit software flaws.
The hire is aimed at accelerating adoption of its identity verification platform as enterprises battle impersonation attacks and account takeover risk.
Security teams can now automate repetitive threat triage and response as AI agents assess alerts, gather evidence and act under policy controls.
The suite aims to cut security backlogs and tighten oversight of AI agents as companies face a surge in machine identities and fragmented tools.
Security teams can now automate triage of leaked credentials, phishing pages and breach claims while keeping policy controls and audit trails in place.
The appointment signals KnowBe4's push to widen sales and enter new markets as cyber vendors adapt to AI-driven workplace risk.
Arctic Wolf has expanded its security portfolio with cyber resilience services, an AI-led SOC and a partner programme for exposure management.
UK CISOs and senior cyber executives will examine resilience, third-party risk and practical AI use at a London cyber security forum.
Average cybercrime losses for large Australian businesses jumped as AI-enabled attacks became a bigger worry than privacy for many boards.
Businesses are being warned that publicly exposed staff data can now fuel phishing and deepfake fraud without breaching internal systems.
