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Cyber leaders warn resilience gap as boards eye 2026

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Cyber chiefs warn a widening gap between cyber plans and real resilience as boards eye 2026 with only marginal spend increases.
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AI-driven cyber threats spur surge in intel spending

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Fears over AI-fuelled cyberattacks and state-backed hacking are pushing organisations to ramp up threat intelligence spending in 2026.
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BlueCat predicts AI will reshape networks & security

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BlueCat leaders say AI, rising security threats and IT modernisation will force enterprises to rethink how they design and defend networks.
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Proofpoint named Leader in Gartner 2025 email security

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Proofpoint crowned a Leader in Gartner’s 2025 Magic Quadrant for Email Security, topping rivals on Ability to Execute for a second year.
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AI-native attacks drive shift to continuous cyber tests

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AI-native cyber attacks and synthetic IDs are forcing firms to shift from periodic checks to continuous, AI-driven security testing by 2026.
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Agentic AI set to turbocharge cybercrime automation

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Agentic AI networks could let cybercriminals automate attacks at relentless scale, forcing security teams into a new AI-driven arms race.
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Advancing our secure by design pledge: What’s new in SonicOS 7.3 and NSM 3.1

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SonicWall’s SonicOS 7.3 and NSM 3.1 harden networks with secure-by-default passwords, auto patching and stronger encrypted management.
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HackerOne hires new leaders to drive AI security push

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HackerOne hires new revenue and marketing chiefs to target soaring enterprise demand for AI-driven security and threat exposure tools.
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Human-linked cyber incidents surge as AI use grows

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Human-linked cyber incidents have surged 90% as AI embeds deeper in workplaces, with security leaders warning of rising email and deepfake attacks.
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AI data leaks fuel surge in global cyber attacks

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AI data leaks are helping drive a global cyber attack surge, with firms now hit by over 2,000 assaults a week and ransomware on the rise.
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Watch out for these eight trends to impact cybersecurity teams in 2026

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Cybersecurity teams face digital border taxes, AI-first clouds, agentic AI threats and the end of VPNs as 2026 reshapes digital risk.
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AI-driven cyber wars to reshape security in 2026

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AI-powered attackers and defenders will clash in 2026, driving autonomous breaches, VPN failures and stricter rules that reshape cyber security.
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CrowdStrike warns AI will redefine cyber threats by 2026

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AI will redefine cyber threats by 2026, CrowdStrike warns, driving prompt-injection attacks, zero-day surges and machine identity chaos.
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Intel 471 appoints new CRO & CTO amid rapid growth

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Intel 471 promotes Amy Minyard-Bishop to CRO and Steve Micallef to CTO as it scales cyber threat intelligence amid surging global demand.
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Rapid7 & HITRUST team up on continuous compliance

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Rapid7 and HITRUST link attack surface monitoring with HITRUST controls to automate continuous compliance and cut manual audit workload.
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Australia leads world in costly, rising ransomware toll

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Australia tops global ransomware charts as attacks surge, nearly all victims pay up and AI-driven identity threats loom ever larger.
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NCSC warns AI prompt injection could drive huge UK data breaches

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UK cyber agency warns that misunderstanding AI prompt injection risks could trigger data breaches surpassing past SQL attacks in scale.
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Hack The Box launches AI cyber range & unveils red team certification

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Hack The Box launches HTB AI Range, the world’s first controlled AI cyber range for testing autonomous security agents in live scenarios.
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Cyber-extortion incidents surge as criminals target small firms

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Cyber-extortion incidents rose 44.5% to 19,000 victims, with small firms targeted most amid a fragmented, global cybercrime landscape, warns Orange Cyberdefense.
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Aisuru botnet drives record surge in DDoS attacks worldwide

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The Aisuru botnet has caused a 54% surge in DDoS attacks, driving record highs in volume and targeting sectors from AI to automotive worldwide in Q3 2025.