Global cyber attacks jump 48% as phishing rises
about 1 hour agoOrganisations faced 2,803 attacks a week on average in September as phishing and ransomware added to pressure on corporate and public sector systems.
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Integrated Research launches Clarion SaaS tool
The cloud-native product is aimed at helping IT teams spot call and meeting problems before they trigger support tickets in distributed workforces.
Recognition to promote SMB1001 cybersecurity standard
The campaign targets an estimated 400 million small and medium-sized businesses worldwide, aiming to make cyber certification more affordable and practical.
VentraIP urges sites to prepare for quantum encryption
Site owners face a slow, infrastructure-wide upgrade as browsers and hosting providers start adopting quantum-resistant methods to protect long-lived data.
JFrog launches local AI security for developer laptops
Security teams can now spot unapproved AI tools on laptops before they reach central controls, as JFrog widens its software supply chain checks.
SentinelOne expands PartnerOne for AI security services
Partners will now be able to package and run more AI security services around SentinelOne's Singularity platform as customer demand grows.
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Synthetic fraud is slipping past standard checks, prompting banks to use real-time address matching to tie identities to physical locations.
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Acronis adds dark web monitoring to MDR service
Managed service providers can now spot exposed credentials and leaked data more quickly, with Acronis also widening multilingual support and customer alerts.
Iranian hacker group hides C2 server in US for first time
Shared hosting in the US has made Prince of Persia's command-and-control traffic harder for defenders to spot as the group adapts its methods.
Qualys offers free help after PHP2Shell flaw disclosure
Attackers are already probing the flaw, while more than 70% of PHP installations may not receive a patch, Qualys said.
Functionize launches MCP server for AI coding agents
Developers can now check AI-generated code against live applications without leaving their chat tools, as Functionize ties testing into Claude Code and Copilot.
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Australian organisations are deploying autonomous AI agents faster than they are building the controls to govern them, Deloitte found.
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