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12 Sep 2025
Generic, biosimilar markets at risk despite saving $467B in 2024
Generics and biosimilars cut U.S. drug costs by $467B in 2024, but the AAM warns that PBMs, IRA rules and a lack of competition threaten long-term stability of the market.
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12 Sep 2025
News brief: Salesloft Drift breach update and timeline
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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12 Sep 2025
Splunk preps OpenLLMetry tie-ins for deeper AI monitoring
Detailed visibility into internal communications will be essential to enterprise trust in AI agents, and something Splunk and the OpenTelemetry project intend to offer.
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12 Sep 2025
EU Data Act comes into force amid fears of regulation fatigue
The EU Data Act will potentially give users control of device data, and boost data sharing, cloud switching and competition while raising compliance demands
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12 Sep 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at TD Synnex, Arrow, Westcon-Comstor, Exclusive Networks, Umbraco, Evolve IP and Cellhub
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11 Sep 2025
M&S parts ways with CTO after cyber attack
M&S chief digital and technology officer Rachel Higham steps back from her role in the wake of the April 2025 cyber attack on the retailer’s systems
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11 Sep 2025
Students an increasing source of cyber threat in UK schools
Insider threats arising from student activity now appears to be the chief cause of notifiable cyber or data breach incidents in Britain’s schools
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11 Sep 2025
Chat Control: EU to decide on requirement for tech firms to scan encrypted messages
Law enforcement and police experts meet on Friday to decide on proposals to require technology companies to scan encrypted messages for possible child abuse images amid growing opposition from security experts
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10 Sep 2025
Splunk.conf: Cisco and Splunk expand agentic SOC vision
The arrival of agentic AI in the security operations centre heralds an era of simplification for security professionals, Splunk claims
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10 Sep 2025
Jaguar Land Rover admits data has been compromised in cyber attack
The car maker revealed that data was stolen in the cyber attack that began on 31 August, as its production line continues to be affected
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10 Sep 2025
UK contactless card payment limits could be unlimited
The UK Financial Conduct Authority says contactless payment technology and fraud protections have advanced enough for firms to adjust the limit
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10 Sep 2025
Open source security and sustainability remain unsolved problem
While software bills of materials offer some transparency over software components, they don’t solve the imbalance between corporate consumption of open source software and the lack of investment in its security and health
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10 Sep 2025
Open source security and sustainability remain unsolved problem
While software bills of materials offer some transparency over software components, they don’t solve the imbalance between corporate consumption of open source software and the lack of investment in its security and health
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09 Sep 2025
Splunk.conf: Splunk urges users to eat their ‘cyber veggies’
The dawn of AI-enabled cyber attacks makes it even more important for defenders to bring their A-game, particularly when it comes to getting the basics right
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09 Sep 2025
UK AI sector balloons by 85% to 5,800 companies from 2023 to 2025
A Perspective Economics study commissioned by DSIT sizes the UK AI sector at 5,800 companies, an increase of 85% over two years
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08 Sep 2025
Splunk.conf: Splunk and Cisco showcase unified platform
With 18 months having elapsed since Cisco closed its acquisition of Splunk, joint platform capabilities and developments are being showcased at the annual Splunk.conf fair
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08 Sep 2025
Northern Ireland police kept inspectors in dark over surveillance of journalists
The Police Service of Northern Ireland failed to inform the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office about surveillance operations against journalists during annual inspections
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08 Sep 2025
Q&A: Stuart Robson-Frisby, Netwrix
The firm’s recently appointed worldwide head of channel shares his thoughts on where partners are heading and his plans for the business
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08 Sep 2025
PCI council eyes wider data protection role beyond payments
Hailed as the gold standard for securing credit card information, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) could be extended to protect other kinds of data following industry feedback
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05 Sep 2025
News brief: U.S. Cyber Trust Mark update and how to prepare
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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05 Sep 2025
US politicians ponder Wimwig cyber intel sharing law
US cyber data sharing legislation is set to replace an Obama-era law, but time is running out to get it over the line, with global ramifications for the security industry, and intelligence and law enforcement communities
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05 Sep 2025
Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack keeps workers at home
The recent cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover is keeping workers out of the plants as possible attack group identity becomes public
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05 Sep 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments of note this week at Synaxon, Ricoh Europe, Zyxel Networks, SentinelOne and Sharp
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04 Sep 2025
Sticking with Windows 10 could be costly
As the clock ticks down on support for the OS, research indicates that sticking with the platform could be expensive
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03 Sep 2025
European court upholds EU-US Data Privacy Framework data-sharing agreement
EU General Court upholds EU-US Data Privacy Framework, bringing certainty to businesses that exchange data with the US – for now. An appeal may be in the offing
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03 Sep 2025
IT departments face huge Windows 10 support bill
When Windows 10 reaches end-of-life on October 14th, organisations will need to purchase an Extended Support contract to receive Microsoft patches
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03 Sep 2025
Fastly CEO plots course through AI and security
Chief exec Kip Compton explains how Fastly’s unified platform is solving the web’s biggest challenges, from content scrapping by AI bots to distributed denial-of-service attacks
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02 Sep 2025
OpenAI targets India with datacentre push
The AI firm is planning to open a one-gigawatt datacentre in India, which could reduce latency, ensure regulatory compliance and give it an edge over hyperscalers
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02 Sep 2025
Cyber attackers damage Jaguar Land Rover production
Jaguar Land Rover reports a cyber attack has ‘severely disrupted’ its vehicle production and retail operations, recalling similar attacks on other prominent British brands this year
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02 Sep 2025
JFrog extends DevSecOps playbook to AI governance
The software security specialist is leveraging its capabilities in DevSecOps to address security, data provenance and bias in AI models
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29 Aug 2025
ICO publishes summary of police facial recognition audit
The UK data regulator has released a summary of its facial recognition audit of two police forces
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29 Aug 2025
Home Office ‘backdoor’ seeks worldwide access to Apple iCloud users’ data, court documents confirm
A court filing states that a government order against Apple would give it the capability to access communications and metadata of customers using the iCloud service anywhere in the world
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28 Aug 2025
Microsoft refuses to divulge data flows to Police Scotland
Tech giant Microsoft is declining to share key information with Police Scotland about where the sensitive data it uploads to Office 365 will be processed, leaving the force unable to comply with UK-wide data protection laws
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28 Aug 2025
UK cyber security centre helps expose China-based cyber campaign
GCHQ cyber security centre and its international partners release details of malicious cyber activity linked to Chinese businesses
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27 Aug 2025
Incident response planning cuts the risk of claiming on cyber security insurance
Proper attention to incident response planning is emerging as a core cyber control when it comes to reducing the risk of having to claim on cyber security insurance, according to a report
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27 Aug 2025
Ransomware activity levelled off in July, says NCC
Ransomware levels held steady in the month of July, although the risk remained as persistent as ever
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26 Aug 2025
Three new Citrix NetScaler zero-days under active exploitation
Citrix patches three new vulnerabilities in its NetScaler lines warning of active zero-day exploitation by an undisclosed threat actor
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26 Aug 2025
Okta makes AI identity play with Axiom acquisition
Okta says Axiom Security’s technology will reinforce its own offerings in privileged access management, especially when it comes to the growing number of non-human identities
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26 Aug 2025
Examining Elon Musk's xAI Lawsuit against OpenAI, Apple
While the lawsuit alleges anticompetitive practices and market monopolization, the case highlights the complexities of proving such claims.
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25 Aug 2025
DOJ targets state laws in latest inquiry
In another effort to further President Donald Trump's deregulatory agenda, the DOJ is seeking public comment on state laws that burden U.S. businesses.
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25 Aug 2025
How to secure the identity perimeter and prepare for AI agents
Ping Identity CEO Andre Durand explains why identity has become the critical security battleground, how decentralised credentials will reduce data breach risks, and why AI agents will need their own identities to be trusted
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25 Aug 2025
Ransomware attack volumes up nearly three times on 2024
During the first six months of 2025, the number of observed and tracked ransomware attacks far outpaced the volume seen in 2024
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22 Aug 2025
News brief: Safeguards emerge to address security for AI
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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21 Aug 2025
Moscow exploiting seven-year-old Cisco flaw, says FBI
US authorities warn of an uptick in state-sponsored exploitation of a seven-year-old vulnerability in Cisco's operating system software
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21 Aug 2025
Scale of MoD Afghan data breaches widens dramatically
Many more data breaches at the MoD's Arap programme to relocate at-risk Afghan citizens to Britain have emerged following an FoI request by BBC journalists
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21 Aug 2025
Apple iOS update fixes new iPhone zero-day flaw
Latest Apple zero-day found in the ImageIO framework opens the door for targeted zero-click attacks on iPhone users
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21 Aug 2025
U.S. could feel effects of EU AI Act as companies comply
The U.S. may be making a deregulatory push on AI, but the EU AI Act means large U.S. AI developers must comply with AI regulations that will affect their models regardless.
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21 Aug 2025
UK equality watchdog: Met Police facial recognition unlawful
The UK’s equality watchdog has been granted permission to intervene in a judicial review of the Met Police’s live facial-recognition (LFR) technology use, which it claims is being deployed unlawfully
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20 Aug 2025
Microsoft starts including PQC algorithms in cyber foundations
Microsoft updates on its post-quantum cyber strategy as it continues integrating quantum-safe algorithms into some of the core foundations underpinning its products and services
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20 Aug 2025
Commvault users told to patch two RCE exploit chains
Storage firm Commvault fixes four vulnerabilities that, when combined, create a pair of RCE exploit chains that could be used to target on-premise customers with ransomware and other nasties
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20 Aug 2025
Warlock claims more victims as cyber attacks hit Colt and Orange
Ransomware gang Warlock is adding more victims to its data leak site as the impact of a spreading wave of cyber attacks continues to be felt
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19 Aug 2025
Google spins up agentic SOC to speed up incident management
Google Cloud elaborates on its vision for securing artificial intelligence unveiling new protections and capabilities across its product suite
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19 Aug 2025
Deepfake AI scammers target the Big Yin
Cyber criminal scammers exploiting GenAI to create deepfake AI tools are targeting one of the UK’s most beloved comics, and one of its strongest accents
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19 Aug 2025
ISACA launches AI security management certification
ISACA accredited security professionals can now pursue a new AI security management credential
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19 Aug 2025
US says UK has agreed to drop encryption ‘backdoor’ demands against Apple
US and UK end diplomatic row over UK encryption ‘backdoor’ order against Apple, but it remains unclear whether Apple will restore advanced encryption services to UK users
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19 Aug 2025
Singapore board directors to get cyber crisis training
The Singapore Institute of Directors and Ensign InfoSecurity have launched a programme to equip 1,000 board leaders with the skills to navigate high-stakes decisions during a cyber crisis
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18 Aug 2025
Workday hit in wave of social engineering attacks
A campaign of voice-based social engineering attacks targeting users of Salesforce’s services appears to have struck HR platform Workday
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18 Aug 2025
Extremist hacker who defaced websites and stole data imprisoned
Hacker Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky pled guilty to attacking multiple websites based on extremist political and religious ideology
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18 Aug 2025
L’Oréal to promote cyber resilience for Britain’s beauty salons
L’Oréal UK and Ireland will work with law enforcement, cyber educators and students, and other large organisations to help thousands of small salons across the UK improve their cyber resilience practice
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18 Aug 2025
Okta: AI adoption fuels problems for identity management
Okta research indicates the emergence and growth of novel security problems, connected with the spread of AI agents and non-human identities
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15 Aug 2025
News brief: Rising OT threats put critical infrastructure at risk
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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15 Aug 2025
Trump shifts U.S. competition policy
While revoking former President Joe Biden's executive order on competition may make M&A more favorable for tech companies, it doesn't hand the industry a pass for future deals.
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15 Aug 2025
Warlock claims ransomware attack on network services firm Colt
UK network services firm Colt is attempting to recover various customer-facing systems following a cyber attack that has been claimed by the Warlock ransomware gang and may have arisen via a SharePoint flaw
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15 Aug 2025
UK cyber leaders feel impact of Trump cutbacks
The ripple effects of US cyber security cutbacks have reached this side of the Atlantic, according to a report
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15 Aug 2025
US trade body calls on Washington to cut cyber red tape
The US Information Technology Industry Council has called on the White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director to cut burdensome regulations in areas such as AI and incident reporting, and to do more to build a unified security regime
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15 Aug 2025
Whitehall IT projects face complex challenges, Nista report finds
The annual report from the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority gives major police IT project ‘red’ rating, while several others are rated ‘amber’, including Gov.uk One Login and Making Tax Digital
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14 Aug 2025
SMEs yet to embrace cyber insurance
Although managed service providers are being told they need to work with the insurance industry, the message has yet to get to a vast number of customers
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13 Aug 2025
BlackSuit ransomware payment recovered in takedown operation
US authorities reveal how over a million dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency assets laundered by the BlackSuit ransomware gang were seized ahead of a July takedown operation
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13 Aug 2025
SonicWall backs MSPs with unified approach
The security player launches a wave of products as JumpCloud’s latest market survey reveals the benefits of consolidating IT tools
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12 Aug 2025
August Patch Tuesday addresses 107 vulnerabilities
Admins have no zero-days this month, but organizations that still rely on Exchange Server or SharePoint Server will have several serious flaws to resolve.
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12 Aug 2025
Eight critical RCE flaws make Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday list
Microsoft rolls out fixes for over 100 CVEs in its August Patch Tuesday update
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12 Aug 2025
Researchers firm up ShinyHunters, Scattered Spider link
ReliaQuest researchers present new evidence that firms up a potential link, or outright partnership, between the ShinyHunters and Scattered Spider cyber gangs
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12 Aug 2025
UK work visa sponsors are target of phishing campaign
Mimecast identifies a phishing campaign targeting UK organisations that sponsor migrant workers and students, opening the door to account compromise and visa fraud
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12 Aug 2025
Workday research: 75% of employees will work with artificial intelligence, but not for it
Workday research finds 75% of workers like AI as a teammate, but only 30% want it to be the boss. Trust in the technology may grow with use, but human focus, clear roles and governance are key
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12 Aug 2025
Norway fixing Big Bang e-health botch with fintech security
Experts call for Europe’s health sector to protect medical APIs with security originated from UK open banking as officials take urgent measures against unprecedented attacks
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11 Aug 2025
Aspire sets sights on £100m revenue
Strength of channel player’s 2024 fiscal year gives it the confidence to go for an ambitious growth target
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11 Aug 2025
McCullough Review into PSNI spying on journalists and lawyers delayed
Angus McCullough KC is to present findings of an independent review of police spying on phone data of lawyers, journalists and NGOs in Northern Ireland in October
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11 Aug 2025
Watching the watchers: Is the Technical Advisory Panel a match for MI5, MI6 and GCHQ?
Dame Muffy Calder is chair of the Technical Advisory Panel (TAP), a small group of experts that advises the Investigatory Powers Commissioner on surveillance technology. Do they have what it takes to oversee the intelligence community?
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08 Aug 2025
Intel CEO's potential China links a warning for U.S. companies
President Donald Trump called for Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to resign, another signal of the administration's heightened focus on competition and support of domestic manufacturing.
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08 Aug 2025
MSPs encouraged to tighten up security defences
Fears of attacks that exploit VPN vulnerabilities and compromise networks has underlined the need for the channel to remain vigilant
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08 Aug 2025
Black Hat news: Exposed vaults, firmware flaws, AI hacks
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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08 Aug 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at Lenovo, Exertis Enterprise, Phoenix Software, NTT DATA and WatchGuard Technologies
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08 Aug 2025
OpenAI closes gap to artificial general intelligence with GPT-5
As OpenAI’s latest large language model delivers smarter AI, experts are wary of the risks GPT-5 poses to human creativity
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07 Aug 2025
Credit Karma leader shares AI governance lessons learned
Start slow and break things -- that's how the head of data and AI at the fintech says enterprises should start building AI governance frameworks.
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07 Aug 2025
Context: Security continues to deliver for distribution in H1
Review of how the first half of the year has gone indicates that overall the market is growing, although the UK could pick up steam compared with mainland Europe
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06 Aug 2025
Black Hat USA: Startup breaks secrets management tools
Researchers at Cyata, an agentic identity specialist that has just emerged from stealth, found 14 CVEs in the widely used CyberArk Conjur and HashiCorp Vault enterprise secrets management platforms
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06 Aug 2025
Cyber criminals would prefer businesses don’t use Okta
Okta details a phishing campaign in which the threat actor demonstrated some unusually strong opinions on what authentication methods they would like their targets to use
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06 Aug 2025
Companies House ID verification to start in November 2025
Companies House plans to start vetting director identities from mid-November, but its reliance on the troubled One Login digital identity service may be cause for concern
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06 Aug 2025
NCSC updates CNI Cyber Assessment Framework
Updates to the NCSC’s Cyber Assessment Framework are designed to help providers of critical services better manage their risk profiles
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06 Aug 2025
Australian scaleup to bring AI-led data protection to the MoD
The UK’s Ministry of Defence is embracing AI-led data protection in the wake of a major privacy breach, enlisting Australian cyber firm Castlepoint Systems to oversee sensitive records
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05 Aug 2025
Attacker could defeat Dell firmware flaws with a vegetable
Cisco Talos discloses five vulnerabilities in cyber security firmware used on Dell Latitude and Precision devices, including one that could enable an attacker to log on with a spring onion
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05 Aug 2025
Climb and IGEL extend Treadmill programme
UK distributor given opportunity to extend programme after delivering solid results in the first few months of relationship
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04 Aug 2025
Black Hat USA: Halcyon and Sophos tag-team ransomware fightback
Ransomware experts Halcyon and Sophos are to pool their expertise in ransomware, working together to enhance data- and intelligence-sharing and bringing more comprehensive protection to customers
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04 Aug 2025
Proliferation of on-premise GenAI platforms is widening security risks
Research finds increased adoption of unsanctioned generative artificial intelligence platforms is magnifying risk and causing a headache for security teams
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04 Aug 2025
Agentic AI a target-rich zone for cyber attackers in 2025
At Black Hat USA 2025, CrowdStrike warns that cyber criminals and nation-states are weaponising GenAI to scale attacks and target AI agents, turning autonomous systems against their makers
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01 Aug 2025
Met Police to double facial recognition use amid budget cuts
The UK’s largest police force is massively expanding its use of live facial recognition technology as it prepares to lose 1,700 officers and staff
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01 Aug 2025
Securing agentic identities focus of Palo Alto’s CyberArk buy
Palo Alto Networks is entering the identity security space with a multibillion-dollar acquisition, and plans to address growing concerns around protecting identities associated with AI agents
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01 Aug 2025
Channel catch-up: News in brief
Developments this week at TD Synnex, Insight Enterprises, Kite Distribution, Cynomi, Fortinet and Confluent
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01 Aug 2025
News brief: Rise of AI exploits and the cost of shadow AI
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.
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31 Jul 2025
Climb Global Solutions hints at further M&A
Distributor shares Q2 progress, with CEO talking of willingness to make strategic investments to expand the business
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31 Jul 2025
Ingram Micro threatened with post-ransomware data leak
Group that attacked distributor indicate they have terabytes of data that was stolen from the channel player
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31 Jul 2025
Palo Alto Networks to acquire CyberArk for $25bn
The deal marks Palo Alto Networks’ entry into the identity and access management space amid the growing need to secure human, machine and emerging AI agent identities
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30 Jul 2025
Scattered Spider tactics continue to evolve, warn cyber cops
CISA, the FBI, NCSC and others have clubbed together to update previous guidance on Scattered Spider's playbook, warning of new social engineering tactics and exploitation of legitimate tools, among other things
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30 Jul 2025
Apple pushes almost 30 security fixes in mobile update
Apple pushes what will likely be the last major security update to its current iPhone and iPad operating systems, fixing 29 vulnerabilities in its mobile ecosystem