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Keeper Security Launches JetBrains Extension
This week, Keeper Security the launch of its JetBrains extension, offering JetBrains Integrated Development Environment (IDE) users a secure and seamless way to manage secrets within their development workflows. By integrating directly with the Keeper Va
09-01-2026 17:42
London council cyber attack exposes personal data and highlights risks of shared public-sector IT
A cyber attack on shared IT systems used by several London councils has resulted in the theft of personal data relating to thousands of residents, raising renewed concerns about the resilience of local government cyber security and the risks posed by int
09-01-2026 15:40
ChatGPT Health lets you connect medical records to an AI that makes things up
New feature will allow users to link medical and wellness records to AI chatbot.
08-01-2026 18:00
BBC Bitesize Launches Media Literacy Series To Help Teens Separate Fact From Fiction Online
Critical thinking and media literacy are now seen as essential skills for young people, yet many schools lack the resources to teach them, according to new research with teachers, commissioned for BBC Bitesize. Over half of teachers say they need more su
08-01-2026 16:21
ChatGPT falls to new data-pilfering attack as a vicious cycle in AI continues
Will LLMs ever be able to stamp out the root cause of these attacks? Possibly not.
08-01-2026 14:00
Why Business Structure Matters for Cybersecurity Compliance in Remote-First Companies
Remote-first companies are no longer an exception. What began as a temporary response to global disruption has evolved into a long-term operating model for startups, scaleups, and even established enterprises. Distributed teams, cloud-based tools, and bo
06-01-2026 09:46
The nation’s strictest privacy law just took effect, to data brokers’ chagrin
Californians can now submit demands requiring 500 brokers to delete their data.
05-01-2026 21:42
From noise to signal: Building a risk-first alert pipeline that analysts trust
We’re on the edge of something interesting in the industry right now, and it’s the transformation of the modern SOC. We Know the Problem Everyone knows that security operations centres are faced with too much, too hard, and too fast – not to mention too
05-01-2026 17:13
Sergey Petrossov’s Aero Ventures Addresses Aviation’s Younger, Tech-Focused Buyer Demographic
Private aviation’s typical buyer used to be straightforward: corporate executive, mid-50s, established wealth. That profile is still prominent, but it’s changing fast. Buyers under 45 now account for 29% of pre-owned private jet transactions,
05-01-2026 11:52
Supply chains, AI, and the cloud: The biggest failures (and one success) of 2025
The past year has seen plenty of hacks and outages. Here are the ones topping the list.
31-12-2025 13:15
From prophet to product: How AI came back down to earth in 2025
In a year where lofty promises collided with inconvenient research, would-be oracles became software tools.
31-12-2025 12:00
Condé Nast user database reportedly breached, Ars unaffected
A serious data breach has occurred, but Ars users have nothing to worry about.
30-12-2025 18:45
GPS is vulnerable to jamming—here’s how we might fix it
GPS jamming has gotten cheap and easy, but there are potential solutions.
29-12-2025 15:10
How AI coding agents work—and what to remember if you use them
From compression tricks to multi-agent teamwork, here's what makes them tick.
24-12-2025 12:00
Cyber Experts Warn of Increased Consumer Scams This Festive Season
As Santa starts his travels, experts are warning that his arrival could bring with it a range of cyber risks, from scams to insecure gadgets. Whilst Santa prefers to deliver via chimney, most cybercriminals are looking for backdoors. In some cases, hacke
24-12-2025 10:53
We Asked the Experts: 2026 Predictions
Once again, it’s predictions season. We spoke to experts from across the cybersecurity industry about what the future of cyber may look like as we head into 2026. From AI ethics and API governance to the UK’s Cyber Security and Resilience Bil
23-12-2025 16:19
A year of Keeper Security!
Keeper Security, the provider of zero-trust and zero-knowledge cybersecurity software protecting passwords and passkeys, infrastructure secrets, remote connections and endpoints, had reflected on 2025 as a year of meaningful growth. Amid an increase in c
23-12-2025 09:51
DDoS Protection Faces Fresh Challenges As Bot Traffic Reaches New Peak
As automated attack networks grow larger and more sophisticated, security teams are struggling to keep pace with a surge in malicious bot activity that is reshaping the DDoS threat landscape In December 2025, Solana experienced one of the largest DDoS at
22-12-2025 14:16
UK Government Data Stolen in Cyberattack
Government data has been stolen in a cyberattack, though officials say the risk to individuals remains low, according to a UK minister. The incident has prompted an ongoing investigation and renewed warnings from cybersecurity experts about the long-term
21-12-2025 10:17
Keeper Security Bolsters Federal Leadership to Advance Government Cybersecurity Initiatives
Keeper Security has announced the appointment of two new additions to its federal team, with Shannon Vaughn as Senior Vice President of Federal and Benjamin Parrish, Vice President of Federal Operations. Vaughn will lead Keeper’s federal business strateg
19-12-2025 17:31
CultureAI Selected for Microsoft’s Agentic Launchpad Initiative to Advance Secure AI Usage
UK-based AI safety and governance company CultureAI has been named as one of the participants in Microsoft’s newly launched Agentic Launchpad, a technology accelerator aimed at supporting startups working on advanced AI systems. The inclusion marks a mil
19-12-2025 16:58
Salt Security Unveils its “12 Months of Innovation”
Salt Security has unveiled its “12 Months of Innovation” recap, a holiday-inspired look at the company’s product, partnership, and research momentum across 2025. As organisations raced to adopt AI agents, MCP servers and cloud-native architectures, Salt
18-12-2025 17:53
Industrial routers bear the brunt of OT cyberattacks, new Forescout research finds
Industrial routers and other OT perimeter devices are absorbing the majority of cyberattacks targeting operational technology environments, according to new Forescout Vedere Labs research. Analysing 90 days of real-world honeypot data, researchers found
18-12-2025 09:49
OpenAI’s new ChatGPT image generator makes faking photos easy
New GPT Image 1.5 allows more detailed conversational image editing, for better or worse.
17-12-2025 22:22
New deepfake training from KnowBe4 – see it in action!
KnowBe4, the world-renowned platform that comprehensively addresses human and agentic AI risk management, has announced a new custom deepfake training experience to defend against advanced cybersecurity threats from deepfakes such as fraudulent video con
17-12-2025 17:27
Browser extensions with 8 million users collect extended AI conversations
The extensions, available for Chromium browsers, harvest full AI conversations over months.
17-12-2025 15:25
Merriam-Webster’s word of the year delivers a dismissive verdict on junk AI content
Dictionary codifies the term that took hold in 2024 for low-quality AI-generated content.
15-12-2025 22:41
Microsoft will finally kill obsolete cipher that has wreaked decades of havoc
The weak RC4 for administrative authentication has been a hacker holy grail for decades.
15-12-2025 21:15
Roomba maker iRobot swept into bankruptcy
Shenzhen-based Picea Robotics, its lender and primary supplier, will acquire all of iRobot’s shares.
15-12-2025 15:24
Next Gen Awareness Training: KnowBe4 Unveils Custom Deepfake Training
In today’s world, it can be hard for awareness training to keep up with the modern threats that are constantly emerging. Today, KnowBe4 has announced a new custom deepfake training experience to counteract the risk of ‘deepfake’ attacks
15-12-2025 13:43
ICO Issues Post Office Public Reprimand Instead of Fine Over Data Breach
The post office has once again come under scrutiny after avoiding a fine for a data breach. In the data breach, more than 500 former post office workers who were wrongfully convicted during the Horizon IT scandal had their names and personal information
15-12-2025 10:06
OpenAI built an AI coding agent and uses it to improve the agent itself
"The vast majority of Codex is built by Codex," OpenAI told us about its new AI coding agent.
12-12-2025 22:16
Keeper Security Launches ServiceNow Integration to Improve Visibility and Response to Cyber Attacks
Keeper Security has announced a new integration with ServiceNow® IT Service Management (ITSM) and the Security Incident Response (SIR) module. The integration allows organisations to securely ingest security alerts from across the Keeper platform directl
12-12-2025 17:29
From Breach Fatigue to Brand Loyalty: Winning Customer Confidence in an Era of Constant Threats
The Trust Crisis No One’s Talking About Every breach, leak, or phishing attack doesn’t just affect the targeted company—it reverberates across the broader consumer landscape. Each new headline chips away at public trust. As a result, businesses are no lo
12-12-2025 10:27
OpenAI releases GPT-5.2 after “code red” Google threat alert
Company claims new AI model tops Gemini and matches humans on 70% of work tasks.
11-12-2025 21:27
Outpost24 Acquires Infinipoint
This week, Outpost24 announced the acquisition of Infinipoint, a specialist in device identity, posture validation, and secure workforce access. The acquisition marks Outpost24’s entry into the Zero Trust Workforce Access market and enhances its identity
11-12-2025 16:46
Disney invests $1 billion in OpenAI, licenses 200 characters for AI video app Sora
Three-year deal lets users create AI videos of Mickey Mouse, Darth Vader, and more.
11-12-2025 16:43
The Best Red Teaming Tools of 2026: What You Need to Know
As AI-generated threats continue to rise, more organisations are turning to red teaming to turn the tide. Nothing provides a better understanding of your security posture like letting a red team loose on your environment to simulate a real-world attack. 
11-12-2025 16:36
Oracle shares slide on $15B increase in data center spending
Company raises its capital expenditure forecast as it doubles down on AI infrastructure bet.
11-12-2025 14:39
Coupang CEO Resigns Following Major Data Breach Exposing 34 Million Customers
South Korea’s largest online retailer, Coupang, has been rocked by a massive data breach that exposed the personal details of nearly 34 million customers, forcing CEO Park Dae-jun to resign amid mounting scrutiny from regulators and the public. The breac
11-12-2025 11:16
A new open-weights AI coding model is closing in on proprietary options
Devstral 2 model scores 72% on industry benchmark, nearing proprietary rivals.
10-12-2025 20:38
Q&A: How Diversity and Mentorship Are Reshaping the Future of Cybersecurity
Sophia McCall is a rising force in cybersecurity and a leading cyber security speaker. She is a cyber security professional who co-founded Security Queens, a platform created to break down barriers in a sector that has struggled with representation. Her
10-12-2025 16:57
Human-Centric Cyber Risks Surge as AI Enters the Workforce, Report Finds
A new industry report by KnowBe4 suggests that organisations are facing a sharply escalating human-centred risk landscape as artificial intelligence becomes embedded in everyday work. The State of Human Risk 2025: The New Paradigm of Securing People in t
10-12-2025 16:51
Black Duck launches Signal™, bringing agentic AI to application security
Black Duck today announced the launch of Black Duck Signal™, a new agentic AI platform designed to secure software at the same speed it’s now being developed with AI coding tools. As AI-driven development accelerates, traditional security testing methods
10-12-2025 15:25
Operation Bluebird wants to relaunch “Twitter,” says Musk abandoned the name and logo
“Abandonment” offers rare chance to reclaim one of tech’s most recognized brands.
10-12-2025 12:32
Saviynt Raises $700M at Approximately $3B Valuation
Saviynt has today announced a $700M Series B Growth Equity Financing at a valuation of approximately $3 billion. Funds managed by KKR, a leading global investment firm, led the round with participation from Sixth Street Growth and TenEleven, as well as n
09-12-2025 13:56
Meta offers EU users ad-light option in push to end investigation
Facebook agrees to change "pay or consent" model after talks with European Commission.
08-12-2025 14:57
Salt Security Unveils New AI-Powered Capabilities, Expanding API Visibility and Protecting Emerging MCP Infrastructure
Salt Security used the stage at AWS re:Invent this week to unveil two major enhancements to its API Protection Platform, introducing a generative AI interface powered by Amazon Bedrock and extending its behavioural threat protection to safeguard Model Co
05-12-2025 18:22
Keeper Security Appoints New Chief Revenue Officer
Keeper Security has announced the appointment of Tim Strickland as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Strickland will lead Keeper’s global revenue organisation, driving go-to-market strategy, customer growth and channel expansion as demand accelerates globally
05-12-2025 17:49
In comedy of errors, men accused of wiping gov databases turned to an AI tool
Defendants were convicted of similar crimes a decade ago. How were they cleared again?
04-12-2025 21:51
KnowBe4 Named a Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Email Security
KnowBe4, the platform that comprehensively addresses AI and human risk management, has been recognised as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Email Security Platforms for the second consecutive year and acknowledged specifically for its Abili
04-12-2025 12:51
Admins and defenders gird themselves against maximum-severity server vuln
Open source React executes malicious code with malformed HTML—no authentication needed.
03-12-2025 23:16
Microsoft drops AI sales targets in half after salespeople miss their quotas
Report: Microsoft declared "the era of AI agents" in May, but enterprise customers aren't buying.
03-12-2025 18:24
Fraudulent gambling network may actually be something more nefarious
Researchers say there's more to the network, which has operated for 14 years.
03-12-2025 17:23
The Vault or the Vulnerability? Why Your Password Manager Might Be the New Cyber Risk
For years, the cybersecurity community has fought the scourge of weak, reused passwords. The solution, which was overwhelmingly adopted by both businesses and consumers, was the password manager (PM). These tools moved us from flimsy ‘123456’ credentials
03-12-2025 10:20
OpenAI CEO declares “code red” as Gemini gains 200 million users in 3 months
Three years after Google sounded alarm bells over ChatGPT, the tables have turned.
02-12-2025 22:42
Syntax hacking: Researchers discover sentence structure can bypass AI safety rules
New research offers clues about why some prompt injection attacks may succeed.
02-12-2025 12:15
Do Modern iGaming Platforms Offer Better Cyber Protections Than Traditional Apps?
Modern iGaming security has evolved quickly, and users notice the difference. Stronger protections, more transparent communication, and more innovative tools give people far more confidence than older platforms ever did. At the same time, the number of o
28-11-2025 10:49
What your firewall sees that your EDR doesn’t
The group known as Librarian Ghouls has infiltrated networks of technical universities and industrial organisations across Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, all without raising immediate alarms. They achieved this by leveraging legitimate logins to move la
27-11-2025 15:52
Cyberattack on Multiple London Councils Exposes Fragility of Shared Public-Sector Systems
Several major London boroughs, including Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, and Hammersmith & Fulham, are facing serious disruption after a cyberattack crippled key IT systems, preventing residents from accessing frontline services and raising fear
27-11-2025 14:14
HP plans to save millions by laying off thousands, ramping up AI use
Product development, internal operations among teams expected to be hit hardest.
26-11-2025 17:19
Black Friday 2025: Smarter, Faster and AI-Powered Scams Drive a Surge in Cyber Threats
As retailers prepare for another record-breaking Black Friday, cybersecurity experts are warning that this year’s threats are not only bigger than ever but far more intelligent, automated and difficult to spot. Fresh data from Check Point, KnowBe4 Threat
26-11-2025 17:11
How User Education Can Become the Strongest Link in Casino Security
Casino security used to be pretty straightforward. You had cameras watching the floor and security guards watching for suspicious players. These days, things are way more complicated. Casinos deal with hackers, data breaches, and scammers who go after pl
26-11-2025 16:52
Crypto hoarders dump tokens as shares tumble
Several companies are selling crypto stockpiles in effort to fund share buybacks, shore up stock prices.
26-11-2025 15:37
How CTEM Helps Cyber Teams to Become More Proactive
How CTEM Helps Cyber Teams to Become More Proactive Software, infrastructure, and third-party services change far faster than quarterly audit cycles, which increases the risk of data and infrastructure exposure. In the UK, just over four in ten businesse
26-11-2025 13:56
Salt Security Launches Salt MCP Finder Technology
Salt Security has announced Salt MCP Finder technology, a dedicated discovery engine for Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, the fast-proliferating infrastructure powering agentic AI. MCP Finder provides an organisation with a complete, authoritative v
25-11-2025 17:23
Nominations Open For The Most Inspiring Women in Cyber Awards 2026
Nominations are now open for the 2026 Most Inspiring Women in Cyber Awards! The deadline for entry is the 9th January 2026. We’re proud to be media supporters once again.  The 2026 event is hosted by Eskenzi PR and sponsored by Fidelity Internation
25-11-2025 11:22
Podcast Empowers Professionals to Thrive in Their Cybersecurity Careers
Amelia Hewitt, Co-Founder (Director of Cyber Consulting) at Principle Defence and Founder of CybAid, and Rebecca Taylor, Threat Intelligence Knowledge Manager and Researcher at Sophos, are proud to announce the launch of the second series of The Cyber Ag
24-11-2025 17:25
UK government will buy tech to boost AI sector in $130M growth push
Plan will offer guaranteed payments for British startups making AI hardware
24-11-2025 14:17
Oops. Cryptographers cancel election results after losing decryption key.
Voting system required three keys. One of them has been "irretrievably lost."
22-11-2025 00:16
How to know if your Asus router is one of thousands hacked by China-state hackers
So far, the hackers are laying low, likely for later use.
21-11-2025 22:05
Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand
Google's AI infrastructure chief tells staff it needs thousandfold capacity increase in 5 years.
21-11-2025 21:47
ENISA becomes CVE Program Root, strengthening Europe’s vulnerability management framework
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has been officially designated as a Program Root in the global Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Program. It marks a significant step in the EU’s efforts to bolster cybersecurity resilience and
21-11-2025 14:49
HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs
HEVC licensing gets more expensive in January.
20-11-2025 23:02
Massive Cloudflare outage was triggered by file that suddenly doubled in size
"I worry this is the big botnet flexing," CEO said. But outage was self-inflicted.
19-11-2025 21:25
Critics scoff after Microsoft warns AI feature can infect machines and pilfer data
Integration of Copilot Actions into Windows is off by default, but for how long?
19-11-2025 20:25
Tech giants pour billions into Anthropic as circular AI investments roll on
ChatGPT competitor secures billions from Microsoft and Nvidia in deal to use cloud services and chips.
18-11-2025 20:37
Bonkers Bitcoin heist: 5-star hotels, cash-filled envelopes, vanishing funds
Bitcoin mining hardware exec falls for sophisticated crypto scam to tune of $200k
18-11-2025 18:37
Google CEO: If an AI bubble pops, no one is getting out clean
Sundar Pichai says no company is immune if AI bubble bursts, echoing dotcom fears.
18-11-2025 16:32
5 plead guilty to laptop farm and ID theft scheme to land North Koreans US IT jobs
Fleets of laptops run from US residences gave appearance workers were in the US.
17-11-2025 22:20
Oracle hit hard in Wall Street’s tech sell-off over its huge AI bet
Company falls more than rivals over its borrowing and reliance on OpenAI contracts.
17-11-2025 16:41
Forget AGI—Sam Altman celebrates ChatGPT finally following em dash formatting rules
Ongoing struggles with AI model instruction-following show that true human-level AI still a ways off.
14-11-2025 18:45
Researchers question Anthropic claim that AI-assisted attack was 90% autonomous
The results of AI-assisted hacking aren't as impressive as many might have us believe.
14-11-2025 12:20
OpenAI walks a tricky tightrope with GPT-5.1’s eight new personalities
New controls attempt to please critics on both sides with a balance between bland and habit-forming.
12-11-2025 22:54
Meta’s star AI scientist Yann LeCun plans to leave for own startup
AI pioneer reportedly frustrated with Meta's shift from research to rapid product releases.
12-11-2025 17:14
ClickFix may be the biggest security threat your family has never heard of
Relatively new technique can bypass many endpoint protections.
11-11-2025 12:30
Researchers isolate memorization from problem-solving in AI neural networks
Basic arithmetic ability lives in the memorization pathways, not logic circuits.
10-11-2025 23:06
Two of the Kremlin’s most active hack groups are collaborating, ESET says
Turla is getting a helping hand from Gamaredon. Both are units of Russia's FSB.
19-09-2025 19:35
Two UK teens charged in connection to Scattered Spider ransomware attacks
Ransomware group is one of the world's most prolific.
19-09-2025 00:00
New attack on ChatGPT research agent pilfers secrets from Gmail inboxes
Unlike most prompt injections, ShadowLeak executes on OpenAI's cloud-based infrastructure.
18-09-2025 16:29
How weak passwords and other failings led to catastrophic breach of Ascension
A deep-dive into Active Directory and how "Kerberoasting" breaks it wide open.
18-09-2025 14:31
KnowBe4 Report Reveals UK Retail Sector on High Alert for Cyber Scams
KnowBe4, the human risk management platform, has released a new report entitled IT and Cybersecurity Trends in UK Retail: 2025 Survey Insights. The findings revealed nearly all (99.6%) of the 250 UK retail IT security professionals surveyed are facing a
18-09-2025 10:57
Salt Security Announces Industry First Solution to Secure API Actions Taken by AI Agents
At CrowdStrike Fal.Con 2025, Salt Security announced the industry’s first solution to secure the actions AI agents take in the enterprise. As large organisations adopt agentic AI, agents are increasingly making real-time API calls through protocols like
18-09-2025 09:14
White House officials reportedly frustrated by Anthropic’s law enforcement AI limits
Officials say Claude chatbot usage policies block FBI, Secret Service contractors' work.
17-09-2025 22:03
Nagomi Control Brings CTEM Into Action
Nagomi Security has announced the next step in its platform evolution with Nagomi Control, a new release that redefines Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) by enabling security teams to shift from identifying exposures to fixing them. Nagomi Con
17-09-2025 13:24
Check Point Acquires AI Security Company Lakera
Yesterday, Check Point announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire Lakera, an AI-native security platform for Agentic AI applications. It has been revealed that the acquisition has cost $300m. By joining forces with Lakera, Check Point set
17-09-2025 09:34
Hack the Box acquires LetsDefend for blue team upskilling
Hack The Box (HTB), a provider of gamified cybersecurity skills development, has announced the acquisition of LetsDefend, a pioneering blue team training platform known for its hands-on SOC simulations and growing community members. The company said the
17-09-2025 08:53
ChatGPT may soon require ID verification from adults, CEO says
Chatbot will "default to the under-18 experience" when age is uncertain after teen suicide lawsuit.
16-09-2025 20:09
Millions turn to AI chatbots for spiritual guidance and confession
Bible Chat hits 30 million downloads as users seek algorithmic absolution.
16-09-2025 11:15
Modder injects AI dialogue into 2002’s Animal Crossing using memory hack
Unofficial mod lets classic Nintendo GameCube title use AI chatbots with amusing results.
12-09-2025 21:36
source : arstechnica, darkreading, itsecurityguru