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Radware warns of surging DDoS & app attacks in 2025

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Radware warns 2025 cyberattacks are exploding, with network DDoS up 168% and web DDoS up 101% as bots, apps and APIs face heavier fire.
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AI-driven phishing surge as Acronis warns MSPs at risk

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Acronis warns AI is turbocharging phishing, email attacks and ransomware in 2025, with MSPs and collaboration tools under rising fire.
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Aeris & Palo Alto link SASE to secure global IoT fleets

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Aeris links its IoT Watchtower with Palo Alto Networks' Prisma SASE 5G to unify zero-trust security and connectivity for global IoT fleets.
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Tanium unifies Canada sales & names Adam Ostopowich

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Tanium unifies its Canadian sales under a single national structure and appoints Adam Ostopowich as Canada Country Manager to drive growth.
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AI-driven phishing surge dominates 2025 cyberattacks

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AI-powered phishing drives a sharp 2025 surge in email and chat attacks, as Acronis warns of a new era of automated cybercrime at scale.
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OT cyber threats shift from spying to disruption in 2025

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Cyber attacks on industrial systems in 2025 shifted from quiet spying to coordinated operations aiming to disrupt critical infrastructure.
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LockBit 5.0 ransomware targets Windows, Linux, ESXi

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New LockBit 5.0 ransomware hits Windows, Linux and ESXi in single campaigns, widening blast radius across mixed and virtualised environments.
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Data-only extortion surges as remote access abused

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Data-only extortion soars 11-fold as attackers 'log in instead of break in', abusing remote access tools for faster, stealthier raids.
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Gallagher & M.C. Dean deepen global security pact

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Gallagher Security and M.C. Dean deepen a long-standing global pact to tackle complex, mission-critical security deployments worldwide.
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AI drives shift to persistent, low‑level cyber conflict

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Cyber operations have become constant, covert pressure in geopolitics, with AI-fuelled identity abuse replacing headline-grabbing cyberattacks.
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Xiid & Cytex link AI governance with zero trust access

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Xiid and Cytex join forces to fuse AI governance with zero trust access, targeting shrinking attack paths and stricter cyber regulation.
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Photonic & Telus achieve quantum teleportation trial

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Photonic and Telus teleport quantum data over 30km of live Vancouver fibre, marking a milestone for future quantum-secure networks.
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AI-driven ransomware attacks surge, most go unreported

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AI-fuelled ransomware hit record levels in 2025, with BlackFog warning that around 86% of attacks worldwide are never publicly disclosed.
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OPSWAT names Jan Miller CTO to lead new Technology Centre

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OPSWAT appoints malware expert Jan Miller as CTO and puts him in charge of a new Technology Centre focused on AI-driven threat prevention.
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Gartner warns misconfigured AI could halt G20 power

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Gartner warns a misconfigured AI in cyber-physical systems could knock out critical infrastructure and power in a G20 nation by 2028.
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Okta warns of North Korean fraud in remote tech hiring

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Okta warns North Korean operatives are landing remote tech jobs with stolen and synthetic identities to fund the regime and enable cyber attacks.
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BADIIS malware hijacks IIS servers for covert SEO fraud

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BADIIS malware is hijacking over 1,800 IIS servers worldwide, quietly boosting illicit gambling and crypto phishing sites via poisoned SEO.
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Trane to acquire LiquidStack in data centre cooling push

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Trane Technologies will acquire liquid cooling specialist LiquidStack to bolster data centre thermal management for AI and high-density computing.
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Ericsson unveils 5G in-vehicle router for fleets & RTK

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Ericsson launches Cradlepoint R2400 5G in-vehicle router with dual-SIM, satellite links and edge compute for mission-critical fleets.
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Honeywell, TCS partner to drive AI-led IT-OT convergence

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Honeywell and TCS form an AI-driven cloud partnership to merge IT and OT, targeting autonomous, secure and efficient industrial operations.