Cyber Security
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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”. -
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.
Forthcoming events
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Joe Bombagi director, systems engineering at Palo Alto Networks tells Capacity’s Jack Haddon how new generation technologies are changing the game for security automation
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Cyber-security specialists Ivanti have made four major hires that it hopes will further the advancement of its software as a service (SaaS) product strategy and deployment.
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MEF has partnered with CyberRatings.org (CyberRatings), to launch its beta program for certification of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) products and services.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) presents a unique proposition to the cybersecurity industry - given its ability to be used by cybercriminals but also by enterprises to combat that very threat.
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Despite only affecting a small number of customers, T-Mobile suffering yet another data breach can still be “highly damaging” to the company’s reputation and customer trust, Erfan Shadabi, cybersecurity expert at Comforte AG says.
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Enea, a cybersecurity specialist has urged the PEGA Committee to broaden its scope and look beyond the use of spyware over mobile networks.
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An Ericsson subsidiary has bought Ericom, a US company that provides 5G-oriented cloud-based security.
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Paris-based Iliad has bought a majority stake in iTrust, a French specialist in cyber security.
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Messaging company Twilio has appointed Microsoft’s Charlie Bell to its board of directors.
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Cassava Technologies’ Liquid C2 has opened a cyber security centre in Zambia, its third in Africa.
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Vodafone and IBM are urging companies in the telecoms supply chain to make sure they are ready for the post-quantum world.
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Fujitsu and Osaka University say they have made a significant breakthrough in quantum computing.
