Cyber Security
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The UK Government’s £121 million pledge to turbocharge the quantum technology sector has been broadly welcomed by industry figures — but also comes with a word of caution. -
AI was once again front and centre at Google Cloud Next 2025. CEO Sundar Pichai opened the show by reaffirming Alphabet’s long-standing approach: “to always bring our latest AI advances into the full layers of our stack: Products and platforms”.
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Proximus Global, through its messaging security arm 365squared, has launched 365guard, an AI-powered platform designed to help mobile network operators (MNOs) fight back against the growing wave of SMS fraud, spam, and ‘smishing’ attacks.
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Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) across the UK are collectively losing £3.4 billion each year due to poor cybersecurity, new research has revealed.
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The UK government has unveiled its upcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, a new legislation designed to bolster the nation's cyber defences by expanding regulatory oversight to include a broader range of digital services and supply chains.
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Malware rarely targets graphics processing units (GPUs), but analysts at cybersecurity firm Zscaler have uncovered a new strain that does exactly that — executing parts of its code on the GPU to help evade detection.
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Weaver Ant, a threat group with links to China, infiltrated telecom providers in Asia for several years without detection, according to new research by cybersecurity firm Sygnia.
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Colt Technology Services has successfully completed a trial of quantum-secured encryption across its fibre optical network.
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Elon Musk’s Starlink has reportedly been installed at the White House, raising questions about security and necessity.
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Nokia has continued its shift toward digital infrastructure by securing projects with European hosting provider Hetzner and cloud infrastructure provider Worldstream.
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Telefónica has appointed Piedad Álvarez de Arriba as the company’s new global security director.
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Quantum Industries, an Austrian firm developing quantum secure communications technologies, has secured $10 million in seed funding.
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Cisco and Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison have penned a partnership aimed at bolstering cybersecurity services for Indonesian enterprises.
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Orange has confirmed it has recently experienced a cyberattack, but insists it is still investigating claims that valuable data was stolen.
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China's cyber espionage campaigns surged dramatically. CrowdStrike reports a 150% rise in China-linked adversary operations compared to the previous year.
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Microsoft’s $700 million cloud, AI, and cybersecurity investment in Poland threatens Europe’s digital sovereignty and national security, warns Kai Wawrzinek, co-founder of Impossible Cloud Network.
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Sinch has partnered with Aduna, the telecom industry's API venture, to expand access to secure mobile network capabilities.
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DeepSeek burst onto the scene last week and upended the long-dominant big boys of AI with its smaller, more efficient approach to language model design.
