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Ransomware victims surge to 7,551 as attacks fragment

Ransomware attacks spread through vendor systems and AI-aided tactics, leaving 7,551 publicly disclosed victims in the latest 12-month period.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Privileged Access Management

Cyber resilience priorities diverge sharply across sectors

Critical infrastructure and healthcare lag peers on basic cyber controls, leaving essential services more exposed than financial firms and technology groups.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • This month

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DevOps

IT leaders prioritise AI over infrastructure as code

Most firms still depend on manual endpoint workflows, even as they plan to step up AI spending and struggle with slow patching and poor visibility.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Yesterday

Ransomware

Manufacturers face new cyber risks from connected factories

Connected factory networks are widening the attack surface, with SonicWall warning that old flaws and weak access controls can expose production systems.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week

DevOps

Azul to launch monthly Java security patch updates

Organisations running Java in production will get faster fixes for serious flaws as Azul moves to monthly security-only updates from August 2026.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last week

Cloud Security

Linux kernel flaw lets local users gain root access

More than 16.4 million systems could be exposed after a Linux kernel flaw was found to let ordinary local users gain root privileges.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Disaster Recovery

SoftwareOne partners NinjaOne to simplify ANZ IT ops

ANZ businesses could cut endpoint management sprawl as SoftwareOne adds NinjaOne's platform to its direct sales offer, easing IT overheads.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Robotics

AI arms race forcing businesses to rethink cybersecurity

Security teams are racing to shrink exposure windows as AI makes newly disclosed vulnerabilities exploitable almost immediately.

By David Shilovsky • 4 min read • Last week

Data Protection

Old flaw leaves Wansview camera exposing credentials

Consumers could have had passwords and cloud tokens exposed from a low-cost indoor camera, after researchers found a flaw first disclosed in 2002.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week

Malware

Check Point CTO on AI's double-edged sword

AI is shrinking the gap between vulnerability disclosure and real-world exploitation to hours, forcing security teams to adapt fast.

By Donovan Jackson • 5 min read • Last week

Private Cloud

Google makes CodeMender available in its Gemini security models

Developers may get patched code faster as Google's preview agent scans repositories, tests exploits and drafts fixes for review.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week

Data Protection

Cisco launches Antares AI models for code flaw pinpointing

Security teams could cut hours from patching work as open-weight Antares models narrow flaws to the relevant code segment.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Cybersecurity

Ubuntu snap-confine flaw can give attackers root access

A race condition in Ubuntu's snap-confine could let a local user seize root on default desktop installs, prompting urgent patching.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last week

Network Security

Qualys joins Chainguard's Athena security coalition

The coalition has now processed more than 40,000 findings, underscoring how quickly open source flaws can spread across corporate systems.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Last week

DevOps

BellSoft launches hardened Paketo builder for containers

Security and compliance teams can now patch buildpack-based containers from a single hardened base, rather than chasing Dockerfiles across repositories.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Last week