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23 Apr 2026
Merck, Home Depot tap Gemini Enterprise for AI agent development
Blue chips will expand use of Gemini Enterprise AI agents on a revamped platform, but how far its appeal will extend beyond the Google Cloud user base remains to be seen.
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23 Apr 2026
Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform adds 'connective tissue' to Vertex AI
Gemini Enterprise expands multi-agent orchestration, data management and security features, flexing Google Cloud's infrastructure muscle.
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23 Apr 2026
Cisco unveils quantum network advancements
Cisco's quantum switch prototype operates like a data center switch and supports four encoding modalities. It marks a step forward in making quantum computing 'broadly viable.'
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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
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
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 ’26: 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
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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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
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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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
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17 Mar 2026
Health workers call for Palantir to be booted from NHS contracts
Health justice charity Medact warns that Palantir’s involvement in NHS data systems is a threat to patients and healthcare organisations
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17 Mar 2026
Interview: D360 Bank redefines cyber security for Saudi Arabia’s cashless future
Muath Alhomoud, director of cyber security at D360 Bank, discusses payment security, cloud resilience and the responsible use of AI in a hyper-connected financial ecosystem
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16 Mar 2026
Companies House restarts online services following cyber breach
Companies House was forced to pull its WebFiling service offline at the weekend after it emerged that a flawed update was putting data at risk of exposure
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16 Mar 2026
Revealed: How HMRC has been quietly building surveillance capabilities
HMRC has bought phone scanning equipment and analysis software capable of extracting data from mobile devices as it steps up its electronic intelligence gathering capabilities, an investigation by Computer Weekly reveals
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13 Mar 2026
News brief: Risk of Iran-backed cyberattacks rising in U.S.
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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13 Mar 2026
Interpol obliterates cyber criminal infrastructure
A major Interpol operation has resulted in the seizure of thousands of malicious cyber criminal IP addresses and servers, and multiple arrests
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13 Mar 2026
UK falls behind on supercomputing amid slow investment, NAO warns
While UKRI has improved its oversight of research and innovation, funding remains fragmented and has been too slow to replace supercomputers
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12 Mar 2026
The UK government’s digital identity scheme: Dystopian nightmare or modernised public services?
Critics and supporters of digital ID are honing their arguments for the government’s consultation – but it’s the public that will decide. How should you choose?
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11 Mar 2026
Iran war a melting pot for other cyber threats
State-backed cyber threat actors from non-combatant states are taking advantage of the Israeli-US war on Iran to fulfil their own goals, according to Proofpoint analysts
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11 Mar 2026
Cyber industry welcomes women, but challenges persist
Three-quarters of women working in security say they feel comfortable in the field, but women are still much more likely to be laid off and face persistent challenges around career advancement, according to a report
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11 Mar 2026
Salesforce tracks possible ShinyHunters campaign targeting its users
Salesforce warns users of an uptick in malicious activity targeting Experience Cloud customers with misconfigured user settings via an open source tool
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11 Mar 2026
Child rapist could have profiled victims through unaudited access to NHS databases
NHS analyst’s conviction for child sexual abuse offences raises concerns over unaudited access to patient data
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11 Mar 2026
Channel momentum continues at AvePoint
Recent financial results revealed an increasing contribution to the business from its channel base
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11 Mar 2026
CISOs on alert: Strengthening cyber resilience amid geopolitical tensions in the Middle East
As regional uncertainty rises, security leaders across the Gulf focus on resilience, faster incident response and deeper threat intelligence to protect critical systems and data
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11 Mar 2026
Welsh government boosts funding for cyber education
The Welsh government’s Tech Valleys programme is providing three-quarters of a million pounds to help reach thousands of primary school children with security education and careers guidance
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10 Mar 2026
Microsoft patches zero-days in .NET and SQL Server
Zero-days in .NET and SQL Server, and a handful of critical RCE bugs, form the nucleus of Microsoft’s March Patch Tuesday update
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10 Mar 2026
Whitehall launches digital ID consultation
Eight-week consultation aims to get the public’s view on how the proposed digital ID system would work, and contemplates introducing a universal unique identifier linked to the ID
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10 Mar 2026
Met Police to ‘trial’ handheld facial recognition tech
London Mayor Sadiq Khan reveals in a scrutiny session with London Assembly members that the Met is set to trial a facial recognition phone app for police officers
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10 Mar 2026
AI chooses nuclear escalation in 95% of simulated crises
With artificial intelligence increasingly deployed in analysis and decision-making in armed conflict, research shows AI systems will not naturally default to ‘safe’ outcomes in nuclear crises
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10 Mar 2026
WA auditor general flags weak Microsoft 365 security controls across state entities
Western Australia’s Office of the Auditor General has uncovered weaknesses in M365 configurations across seven government agencies, leading to compromised accounts and data breaches
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09 Mar 2026
UK to launch cyber fraud squad in April
The UK’s Online Crime Centre, launching next month, will bring together government, police, intelligence agencies, banks, mobile networks and tech firms to take coordinated action against cyber fraud
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09 Mar 2026
Trump looks to power up post-quantum, AI security
The US has unveiled a six-pillar national cyber security strategy, with developing technological areas such as post-quantum cryptography and artificial intelligence front and centre
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09 Mar 2026
APT36 unleashes AI-generated ‘vibeware’ to flood targets
The Pakistani threat group has been using AI to rewrite malicious code across multiple programming languages, prioritising scale over sophistication to evade detection, security researchers have found
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06 Mar 2026
News brief: Strikes on Iran put cybersecurity teams on alert
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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06 Mar 2026
Scattered Spider attack on TfL affected 10 million people
The 2024 Scattered Spider attack on Transport for London affected approximately 10 million people, many of whom remain blissfully unaware their data was compromised
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06 Mar 2026
Norway braced for foreign AI cyber attacks on vital petroleum computing
Nordic petrostate is preparing for war and turning the spotlight on vulnerabilities in its critical industries, as adversaries look for ways to damage the most important oil and gas producer to the EU
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06 Mar 2026
Nordics ally with Baltics to accelerate digital wallet roll-out
Baltic and Nordic countries work together on a common certification system to support digital wallet applications
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06 Mar 2026
Enterprises warming to AI PCs amid growing cloud costs
While global memory shortages will pose a threat to the broader PC market, AI PCs are gaining momentum across Asia as companies look to cut cloud costs, boost productivity and secure sensitive information
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05 Mar 2026
Spyware suppliers exploit more zero-days than nation states
Exploitation of zero-days by commercial surveillance and spyware developers outpaced exploitation by nation-state actors last year, according to a report
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05 Mar 2026
Government wants to build digital ID system in-house
The Home Affairs Committee hearing on digital ID reveals consultation is due next week; there will be no central database; and while government wants to build the system in-house, it will not replace private digital ID providers
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05 Mar 2026
Police do not have to explain to lawyer Fahad Ansari why they seized his phone data, says court
A high court judge has ruled that police do not have to give reasons to lawyer, who acts for Hamas, why they seized his mobile phone data