Cyber Threat stories - Page 22

Industry leaders mark International Women in Cyber Day with optimism, urging greater diversity and celebrating women's growing impact in cybersecurity roles worldwide.

Acronis partners with Intel to offer AI-powered, real-time threat detection on PCs with Intel Core Ultra processors, boosting security and performance.

State-sponsored hackers have stolen OAuth2 tokens from Salesforce integrations, compromising hundreds of organisations and exposing risks in SaaS connectivity.

Check Point has been named a Leader in Gartner's 2025 Magic Quadrant for Hybrid Mesh Firewalls, recognised for AI-driven threat prevention and unified security management.

A cyberattack forced Nevada to shut government offices and took websites and phone lines offline, disrupting key public services and staff work.

AppOmni launches Zero Trust Bridge to help firms counter SaaS attacks by ShinyHunters and UNC6040, enhancing real-time security policy enforcement.

AMSYS Innovative Solutions adopts Conifers CognitiveSOC platform to scale managed security services and boost efficiency without increasing staff numbers.

Check Point has been named a Leader in Gartner's 2025 Magic Quadrant for Hybrid Mesh Firewalls, recognised for innovation and robust multi-environment security.

Nearly 73% of global firms now use AI in cybersecurity, tackling rising threats as nearly all plan AI-driven security investments this year.

Commvault launches HyperScale Edge and Flex to boost cyber resilience for diverse enterprise workloads amid rising edge device cyberattacks.

CrowdStrike will acquire Onum to integrate its real-time data pipeline tech with Falcon SIEM, boosting speed, cutting costs, and enhancing autonomous threat detection.

Ransomware attacks held steady in July with 376 incidents globally; Industrials hardest hit, while North America faces over half of all cases, warns NCC Group.

Rapid7 is named a Leader in IDC's 2025 report for its Exposure Command platform, unifying attack surface visibility with AI-powered risk prioritisation and remediation.

CrowdStrike will acquire Onum to enhance its Falcon SIEM with real-time AI, boosting data processing speed and autonomous cybersecurity.

Dark web job posts for AI, cloud, and social engineering skills have surged, doubling from 2023 to 2024 and reaching 2025's total by midyear.

IGEL partners with Carahsoft to boost North American public sector access to its secure IGEL OS endpoint platform, supporting zero-trust security and modernisation.

Industry leaders urge greater support and inclusion of women in cybersecurity to boost diversity, innovation, and career opportunities ahead of International Women in Cyber Day.

Oyster Backdoor malware, disguised as WinSCP and PuTTY, targets healthcare IT professionals to enable ransomware operations like Rhysida, warns BlueVoyant.

HCLTech and Rubrik have launched VaultNXT, a platform powered by AI to enhance ransomware detection, recovery, and cyber resilience across enterprise and cloud systems.

Cybercriminals exploit AI website builder Lovable to swiftly create phishing and scam sites, lowering barriers for digital crime, warns cybersecurity firm Proofpoint.