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27 Feb 2026
News brief: Attackers gain speed in cybersecurity race
By Staff reportCheck out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team
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27 Feb 2026
Harness Artifact Registry strengthens supply chain governance
By Beth PariseauHarness makes its artifact registry generally available beyond early preview customers, with a security twist that could challenge established players such as JFrog.
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26 Feb 2026
ServiceNow touts AI governance for its Autonomous Workforce
By Beth PariseauAs an enterprise trust gap persists for autonomous AI agents, ServiceNow pledges strong platform controls for a new set of specialist agents, beginning with the L1 service desk.
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02 Mar 2026
APAC firms still in AI test mode as data readiness issues persist
By Aaron TanNetApp’s regional chief discusses the gap between AI intent and production, the rise of neoclouds, and why the storage firm is counting on getting data AI-ready to win market share
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27 Feb 2026
Channel catch-up: News in brief
By Simon QuickeDevelopments this week at Flotek, Infinigate, TD Synnex, Westcon-Comstor, GitLab, Yubico and Zenarmor
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26 Feb 2026
Qilin crew continues to dominate ransomware ecosystem
By Alex ScroxtonThe Qilin ransomware gang remained ‘top dog’ in January 2026, with over 100 observed cyber attacks to its name, amid a rapidly evolving and fragmenting cyber criminal ecosystem
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26 Feb 2026
UK to see weekend protests against ‘dirty datacentres’
By Antony AdsheadEnvironmental charity Global Action Plan UK is coordinating a campaign effort to bring attention to wider concerns about datacentre electricity demand, water use and environmental impacts
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26 Feb 2026
US artificial intelligence developers accuse Chinese firms of stealing their data
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonArtificial intelligence developers are accusing Chinese firms of stealing their intellectual property following a spate of ‘distillation attacks’, despite their own alleged theft of training data
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26 Feb 2026
CrowdStrike touts agentic SOC to tackle security woes
By Aaron TanBy embedding AI agents across its platform, CrowdStrike is looking to help security teams automate repetitive security tasks, enabling them to focus on complex and stealthier threats that could slip under the radar
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25 Feb 2026
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN users targeted in series of cyber attacks
By Alex ScroxtonThe NCSC, Cisa, and other Five Eyes agencies have warned of mass exploitation of vulnerabilities in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, which Cisco is attributing to an unknown threat actor called UAT-8616
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25 Feb 2026
The UK’s proposed social media ban explained
By Charlotte LangThe UK government will use new legal powers to lay the groundwork for an under-16 social media ban after its consultation on children’s digital well-being, but opponents warn the measures being considered will only treat the symptoms of the problem if they ignore the structural power of big tech
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25 Feb 2026
Application exploitation back in vogue, says IBM cyber unit
By Alex ScroxtonIBM’s X-Force unit observes an uptick in the exploitation of vulnerable public-facing software applications
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25 Feb 2026
Application exploitation back in vogue, says IBM cyber unit
By Alex ScroxtonIBM’s X-Force unit observes an uptick in the exploitation of vulnerable public-facing software applications
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25 Feb 2026
Police created ‘intelligence profile’ of BBC journalist subject to phone surveillance
By Bill GoodwinPolice and MI5 conducted seven unlawful operations to obtain phone data relating to former BBC journalist Vincent Kearney, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal heard today
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25 Feb 2026
How AI code generation is pushing DevSecOps to machine speed
By Stephen WithersOrganisations should adopt shared platforms and automated governance to keep pace with the growing use of generative AI tools that are helping developers produce code at unprecedented volumes
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24 Feb 2026
Cyber association launches code of conduct for security pros
By Alex ScroxtonISC2’s Code of Professional Conduct will supposedly establish a worldwide framework dedicated to principled and ethical practices in the security trade
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23 Feb 2026
Ransomware hammers manufacturing sector
By Alissa IreiRansomware attacks on manufacturers are skyrocketing. For cybercriminals, the sector sits at a sweet spot on the risk-reward continuum.
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23 Feb 2026
Innovate UK cyber startup programme gets £10m funding booster
By Alex ScroxtonGraduates of DSIT and Innovate UK's CyberASAP scheme to commercialise cutting-edge cyber research projects have raised nearly £50m in the past decade
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23 Feb 2026
Pure Storage rebrands to Everpure as storage maker’s business expands focus to data management
By Antony AdsheadEverpure rebrand aims to put the focus on managing data throughout its lifecycle for optimum use, storage, security and sovereignty, with new functionality planned this year
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23 Feb 2026
Why crypto agility is key to quantum readiness
By Aaron TanWith quantum computing threatening current encryption standards, experts call for organisations to achieve crypto agility by managing the lifecycle of certificates and cryptographic keys through automation
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20 Feb 2026
News brief: Nation-state hackers active on the global stage
By Staff reportCheck out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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20 Feb 2026
UK AI alignment project gets OpenAI and Microsoft boost
By Cliff SaranAltogether, £27m is now available to fund the AI Security Institute’s work to collaborate on safe, secure artificial intelligence
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20 Feb 2026
What it takes to secure agentic commerce
By Aaron TanWith AI agents increasingly acting as digital concierges for shoppers, verifying bot identities, securing the APIs they rely on and detecting anomalous behaviour will be key to safeguarding automated transactions, according to Akamai
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19 Feb 2026
ICO wins appeal over data protection obligations in Currys cyber attack
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK Information Commissioner’s Office has won an important appeal relating to data protection obligations arising from a 2017-18 cyber attack at electronics retailer Currys PC World
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19 Feb 2026
PromptSpy Android malware may exploit Gemini AI
By Alex ScroxtonA newly uncovered malware targeting the Android operating system seems to exploit Google’s Gemini GenAI tool to help it maintain persistence
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19 Feb 2026
Bank of Ireland UK fined for late security system implementation
By Karl FlindersThe payments regulator has fined the bank nearly £4m after it missed a deadline to implement a system to check payees
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18 Feb 2026
Flaws in Google and Microsoft products added to Cisa catalogue
By Alex ScroxtonCisa has added six CVEs to its Kev catalogue this week, including newly disclosed issues in Google Chromium and Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, and some older flaws as well
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18 Feb 2026
0APT ransomware crew makes embarrassing splash
By Alex ScroxtonA ransomware gang called 0APT has attracted attention, but many of its victims may not even be real, and its operators are being accused of over-egging their criminal pudding
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18 Feb 2026
Agentic AI affecting the world of the SOC
By Simon QuickeWhile many are tempted to lean on agentic AI, the rush to do so is potentially creating more risk
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17 Feb 2026
Western cyber alliances risk fragmenting in new world order
By Alex ScroxtonThe conduct of powerful nations is causing knock-on effects in the cyber world as long-standing security frameworks appear increasingly precarious
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17 Feb 2026
Businesses may be caught by government proposals to restrict VPN use
By Bill GoodwinLabour proposals to restrict social media use to people aged 16 and under could have unintended consequences for businesses using virtual private networks
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17 Feb 2026
Government wages cyber campaign as half the UK’s SMEs are breached
By Brian McKennaUK government says half of all small businesses have been cyber breached in the recent past as it urges them to ‘lock the door’
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17 Feb 2026
British Transport Police start using live facial recognition
By Charlotte LangBritish Transport Police will deploy facial recognition for six months despite calls for the government to halt its rapid expansion of the technology
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16 Feb 2026
Meeting NCSC MSP guidance a competitive advantage
By Simon QuickeBeing able to meet the requirements the national body recommends is a positive for managed service providers
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13 Feb 2026
News brief: 6 Microsoft zero days and a warning from CISA
By Staff reportCheck out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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12 Feb 2026
European Commission: TikTok’s addictive design breaches EU law
By Adele Zeynep WaltonIn a preliminary ruling, European Commission says TikTok’s additive design features are in breach of laws designed to create safer digital spaces
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11 Feb 2026
CVE volumes may plausibly reach 100,000 this year
By Alex ScroxtonThe number of vulnerabilities to be disclosed in 2026 is almost certain to exceed last year's total, and may be heading towards 100,000, according to analysis
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11 Feb 2026
London Assembly member: Police should halt facial-recognition technology use
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonIn lieu of a full-blown ban on the technology, Green London Assembly member Zoë Garbett has called for a number of new safeguards to be implemented that she feels would protect Londoners from ‘escalating’ biometric surveillance
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11 Feb 2026
The Security Interviews: Mick Baccio, Splunk
By Alex ScroxtonMick Baccio, global security advisor at Splunk SURGe and Cisco Foundation AI, reveals how the experience of running cyber on a dime for a US presidential campaign has informed how he does security, and why the basics still matter
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11 Feb 2026
Alteryx and Advania share AI insights
By Simon QuickeCustomers want to adopt artificial intelligence, but there continue to be factors holding them back, which are areas the channel can help with
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11 Feb 2026
CIOs discuss friction between legacy IT and innovation
By Cliff SaranWhile it may not be something IT leaders want to talk about, managing technical debt is critical to moving forward with IT innovation
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10 Feb 2026
Arctic Wolf targets mid-market security gap in APAC
By Stephen WithersFollowing the launch of its full portfolio in Malaysia, the SOC provider discusses the security challenges facing lean IT teams, the value of supplier neutrality, and its roadmap for AI and ransomware protection
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10 Feb 2026
February Patch Tuesday: Microsoft drops six zero-days
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft releases patches for six zero-day flaws in its latest monthly update, many of them related to security feature bypass issues
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10 Feb 2026
Researchers delve inside new SolarWinds RCE attack chain
By Alex ScroxtonResearchers at Huntress and Microsoft have shared findings from their analysis of a new SolarWinds Web Help Desk vulnerability
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10 Feb 2026
Second ever international AI safety report published
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonMore than 100 artificial intelligence experts have produced the second international AI safety report ahead of a summit in India, outlining a high degree of uncertainty about the development and risks of AI
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10 Feb 2026
Artificial intelligence now finance sector’s ‘connective tissue’
By Karl FlindersMajor study finds debate over AI adoption is over as almost every finance firm in the world is already using the technology
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10 Feb 2026
Singapore mounts largest ever cyber operation to oust APT actor
By Aaron TanOperation Cyber Guardian mobilised over 100 defenders to neutralise UNC3886, which infiltrated Singtel, StarHub, M1 and Simba networks, operators issue joint pledge on defence-in-depth
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09 Feb 2026
Russia’s cyber attacks on Polish utilities draws NCSC alert
By Alex ScroxtonA series of Russian cyber attacks targeting Poland’s energy infrastructure has prompted a warning from the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre
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09 Feb 2026
UAE’s TII challenges big tech dominance with open source Falcon AI models
By Andrea BenitoThrough its Falcon models and an open, efficiency-driven research strategy, the Technology Innovation Institute is positioning the UAE as a producer of foundational AI, not merely a consumer of global platforms
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09 Feb 2026
US bid for Dutch ID infrastructure raises sovereignty concerns
By Kim LoohuisKyndryl’s proposed takeover shows how critical systems become exposed to foreign control without an overarching policy decision
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09 Feb 2026
As space gets crowded, cyber threats from jamming to stalker satellites loom large
By Aaron TanExperts at the inaugural CYSAT Asia in Singapore warn of the urgency of securing space assets amid growing geopolitical tensions and supply chain vulnerabilities
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06 Feb 2026
News brief: Ransomware trends show new twists to old game
By Staff reportCheck out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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06 Feb 2026
Channel catch-up: News in brief
By Simon QuickeDevelopments this week at Insight, Westcon-Comstor, Infinigate UKI, Assured Data Protection and TP-Link, and Palo Alto Networks
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04 Feb 2026
SolarWinds RCE bug makes Cisa list as exploitation spreads
By Alex ScroxtonExploitation of CVE-2025-40551, an RCE flaw affecting SolarWinds Web Help Desk, appears to be spreading, with defenders on high alert
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04 Feb 2026
UK government must get its hands dirty on security, report says
By Alex ScroxtonAs the UK government develops its National Cyber Action Plan, a report from the Rusi think tank urges Westminster to take a more interventionist approach
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04 Feb 2026
AI security worries stall enterprise production deployments
By Beth PariseauFrom Big Tech executives at Cisco's AI Summit this week to market research, the industry is waking up to a major hindrance in enterprise AI adoption.
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03 Feb 2026
Ransomware gangs focus on winning hearts and minds
By Alex ScroxtonRansomware-as-a-service operations are increasingly seeking to forge connections with employees, contractors and trusted partners of their target organisations as an alternative to straight-up hacking, says NCC
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03 Feb 2026
Infosecurity Europe launches cyber security startups stream
By Brian McKennaInfosecurity Europe 2026 will feature a cyber security startup exhibition zone and a competition for business support, in conjunction with the UK Cyber Flywheel organisation
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03 Feb 2026
Banks on the hook for £173m in APP fraud reimbursement
By Karl FlindersBanks paid 88% losses claimed by customers that fell victim to authorised push payment fraud last year
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02 Feb 2026
Canva uses 1Password to secure ID during growth phase
By Alex ScroxtonAs it underwent a growth spurt in the early 2020s, graphic design platform Canva turned to 1Password to manage identity across its expanding organisation
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02 Feb 2026
Sluggish UK security growth offset elsewhere in Europe
By Simon QuickeThe European market as a whole saw cypher security sales increase last year, even with a couple of the leading territories underperforming
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02 Feb 2026
Interview: Why identity is the nucleus for cyber security
By Aaron TanAmid a wave of market consolidation, Computer Weekly speaks to Keeper Security’s leadership on how identity and access management systems are becoming unified identity platforms capable of securing both human and machine identities
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30 Jan 2026
News brief: Patch critical and high-severity vulnerabilities now
By Staff reportCheck out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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30 Jan 2026
Home Office announces sweeping police technology plans
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe Home Office plans to ramp up its deployment of artificial intelligence and facial-recognition technologies under wide-ranging reforms to UK policing
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30 Jan 2026
Channel catch-up: News in brief
By Simon QuickeDevelopments this week at Redsquid, BCS Consultancy, Evolve IP, ANS, Synaxon, TD Synnex, Advania and Guardz
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30 Jan 2026
Hitachi Vantara: Customers looking for channel help with AI
By Simon QuickeVendor releases insights into position of UK IT leaders on artificial intelligence, with the overwhelming majority keen to work with a partner
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29 Jan 2026
RAMP ransomware forum goes dark in probable FBI sting
By Alex ScroxtonRAMP, an infamous Russian-speaking cyber crime forum, has gone off the air after an apparent US operation
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29 Jan 2026
Metropolitan Police needs effective constraints on live facial recognition use, court hears
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe Metropolitan Police has defended its use of live facial recognition against a legal challenge that claims there are no effective constraints on where it can deploy the technology
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29 Jan 2026
Security now one of the UK’s fastest-growing career paths
By Alex ScroxtonThe number of people working in the cyber security field has almost trebled in the 2020s, with one cyber professional for every 68 businesses in the UK
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29 Jan 2026
Westcon-Comstor and Bechtle expand global reach
By Simon QuickeDistributors Westcon-Comstor and Bechtle seal acquisitions to add more geographical coverage across Europe
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27 Jan 2026
Transfer learning and governance help bridge healthcare AI divide
By Aaron TanSingapore researchers show how adapting pre-trained AI models can solve data scarcity issues in countries with limited resources. Separately, they have proposed forming an international consortium to build consensus on AI governance in medicine
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27 Jan 2026
Wave of ShinyHunters vishing attacks spreading fast
By Alex ScroxtonThe ShinyHunters hacking collective that caused chaos in 2025 is ramping up a new voice phishing campaign, with several potential victims already identified
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27 Jan 2026
Saudi Arabia ordered to pay £3m to UK dissident targeted with Pegasus spyware
By Bill GoodwinA court has found that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia subjected a London-based human rights activist to abuse and physical violence after infecting his phone with Pegasus spyware
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27 Jan 2026
Broken decryptor leaves Sicarii ransomware victims adrift
By Alex ScroxtonA coding error in an emergent strain of ransomware leaves victims unable to recover their data, even if they cooperate with the hackers’ demands
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27 Jan 2026
Landmark legal challenge against police facial recognition begins
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe High Court will examine whether the Metropolitan Police is acting lawfully with its deployments of live facial recognition, in the UK’s first judicial review of how the technology is being used
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23 Jan 2026
US punts renewal of threat data sharing law to September
By Alex ScroxtonUS lawmakers have extended the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 for another nine months, buying time to enact a replacement for the legislation.
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23 Jan 2026
News brief: Email scams highlight need for employee vigilance
By Staff reportCheck out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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23 Jan 2026
Ransomware, reputation, risk: Black Hat Europe in review, 2026 in view
By Dan RaywoodBlack Hat Europe made clear that cyber security can no longer be separated from politics, economics and behaviour, as ransomware, AI and long-standing security failures combine
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23 Jan 2026
Singapore debuts world’s first governance framework for agentic AI
By Aaron TanThe Infocomm Media Development Authority has released a guide to help enterprises deploy artificial intelligence agents safely and address specific risks such as unauthorised actions and automation bias
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22 Jan 2026
JPMorgan CEO urges slowdown of AI roll-out to ‘save society’
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence will prompt ‘civil unrest’ if governments and companies fail to protect workers from its displacing effects, says JPMorgan boss
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22 Jan 2026
Sportswear firm Under Armour falls victim to data breach
By Alex ScroxtonDetails of over 70 million customers of US sportswear giant Under Armour were leaked following a supposed ransomware attack by the Everest gang
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22 Jan 2026
Maintel pipeline remains strong
By Simon QuickeChannel player shares an update on how its last fiscal year went with it clear there were challenges as well as positives
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22 Jan 2026
Mid-sized customers go it alone with security
By Simon QuickeResearch from Advania raises the worrying prospect that a portion of users are missing out on the expertise the channel can provide around security
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22 Jan 2026
UK government begins trials of digital driving licence
By Bryan GlickThe digital version of the physical driving licence will be made available through an app-based digital wallet, with testing underway before wider roll-out later this year
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21 Jan 2026
UK and China reach out across cyber no-man's land
By Alex ScroxtonLondon and Beijing have supposedly conducted high-level talks seeking to establish a joint security forum to help de-escalate potential cyber flashpoints, according to reports
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21 Jan 2026
AI slop pushes data governance towards zero-trust models
By Alex ScroxtonOrganisations are implementing zero-trust models for data governance thanks to the proliferation of poor quality AI-generated data, often known as AI slop
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20 Jan 2026
UK public sector, CNI in Russian hacktivist crosshairs
By Alex ScroxtonHacktivists aligned to the Russian state are ramping up their targeting of UK organisations with denial of service attacks
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20 Jan 2026
Met claims success for permanent facial recognition in Croydon
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonMet Police boasts that its permanent deployment of live facial recognition cameras in Croydon has led to more than 100 arrests and prompted a double-digit reduction in local crime, ahead of an upcoming judicial review assessing the technology’s lawfulness
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19 Jan 2026
UK copyright law unfit for protecting creative workers from AI
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonAs the UK government considers its approach to artificial intelligence and copyright, Computer Weekly explores the dynamics at play in copyright markets, and what measures can be taken to ensure that creatives are protected
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16 Jan 2026
News brief: Security flaws put thousands of systems at risk
By Staff reportCheck out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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16 Jan 2026
NSA urges continuous checks to achieve zero trust
By Cliff SaranThe agency leading the US government’s cryptology and cyber security strategies has published its latest zero-trust guidance
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16 Jan 2026
Channel catch-up: News in brief
By Simon QuickeDevelopments this week at BCN, TD Synnex Maverick, Heimdal and Syspro
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16 Jan 2026
Okta looking to expand GSI base
By Simon QuickeSecurity player keen to widen channel base and deepen its partner reach across the globe
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15 Jan 2026
IBM prepares hybrid cloud twist for sovereign AI
By Beth PariseauIBM Sovereign Core proposes a control plane for AI apps that doesn't rely on any single public cloud provider, which will appeal to some large enterprises, analysts said.
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15 Jan 2026
Cyber body ISC2 signs on as UK software security ambassador
By Alex ScroxtonProfessional cyber association ISC2 pledges support to UK government’s Software Security Ambassador scheme, part of the recently unveiled Cyber Action Plan
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15 Jan 2026
Zoho opens its first UAE datacentres to boost cloud adoption
By Andrea BenitoNew Dubai and Abu Dhabi facilities support data sovereignty, providing CIOs with local access to more than 100 Zoho and ManageEngine cloud services
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14 Jan 2026
Texas judge throws out second lawsuit over CrowdStrike outage
By Alex ScroxtonA US judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by CrowdStrike shareholders over the July 2024 outage that caused widespread disruption around the world
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14 Jan 2026
Microsoft DCU uses UK courts to hunt down cyber criminals
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft has taken down the RedDVS cyber crime-as-a-service network after obtaining a UK court order, marking its first civil legal action outside of the US
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14 Jan 2026
Nozomi Networks opens APAC headquarters in Singapore
By Aaron TanIndustrial cyber security firm Nozomi Networks has opened its Singapore headquarters, doubling its regional headcount, and pledging to remain vendor agnostic while targeting the manufacturing and utility sectors
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14 Jan 2026
Distology boss looking for strong 2026
By Simon QuickeSecurity distributor has signed Tenable as part of its ongoing growth strategy
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14 Jan 2026
UK government backtracks on plans for mandatory digital ID
By Bryan GlickThe proposed national digital identity app will no longer be compulsory for conducting right-to-work checks, removing the most contentious and widely criticised element of the scheme
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13 Jan 2026
Microsoft patches 112 CVEs on first Patch Tuesday of 2026
By Alex ScroxtonJanuary brings a larger-than-of-late Patch Tuesday update out of Redmond, but an uptick in disclosures is often expected at this time of year
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13 Jan 2026
‘Dual-channel’ attacks are the new face of BEC in 2026
By Alex ScroxtonBusiness email compromise remains a significant threat as cyber fraudsters deploy a more diverse range of tactics against their potential victims, according to a report
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12 Jan 2026
Business leaders see AI risks and fraud outpacing ransomware, says WEF
By Alex ScroxtonC-suite executives are more concerned with risks arising from AI vulnerabilities and cyber fraud than ransomware, according to the World Economic Forum