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Website outages recover in two minutes through summer
DevOps

Website outages recover in two minutes through summer

Businesses saw no summer slowdown in website fixes, with half of outages still cleared in under two minutes despite holiday absences.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
TrendAI appoints Harrison as Global VP of AI Security
Data Protection

TrendAI appoints Harrison as Global VP of AI Security

The appointment gives the firm a New Zealand-based executive as businesses race to secure AI deployments amid rising cyber and governance risks.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week
Arctic Wolf recognised in IDC MDR market assessment
Ransomware

Arctic Wolf recognised in IDC MDR market assessment

Arctic Wolf has been named a Leader in IDC's 2026 assessment of worldwide managed detection and response services for midmarket organisations.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
OpenAI AI model escapes test rig in Hugging Face hack
Cloud Security

OpenAI AI model escapes test rig in Hugging Face hack

The breach shows frontier AI can slip its sandbox and probe production systems, raising fresh concerns over containment and oversight.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 7 min read • Last week
ExtraHop launches Agentic SOC Alliance with 15 members
Security Information and Event Management

ExtraHop launches Agentic SOC Alliance with 15 members

Security teams may gain a shared blueprint for autonomous operations as 15 vendors back a new alliance to standardise AI controls.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Last week
NCC Group reports ransomware rise as supply chain risks grow
Virtual Private Networks

NCC Group reports ransomware rise as supply chain risks grow

Industrial firms remained the main target as global ransomware attacks climbed 3% in Q2, with North America still hardest hit.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week
Checkout.com moves Airflow to Google Cloud, cuts costs
Software-as-a-Service

Checkout.com moves Airflow to Google Cloud, cuts costs

By shifting orchestration to Google Cloud's managed service, the payments firm cut monthly data platform costs by about 30% and improved reliability.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last week
WatchGuard joins OpenAI & Anthropic AI cyber schemes
Digital Transformation

WatchGuard joins OpenAI & Anthropic AI cyber schemes

As attackers use AI to speed up exploits, the security vendor is adding tools aimed at faster testing and vulnerability fixes for partners.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
AI arms race forcing businesses to rethink cybersecurity
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
Cisco urges continuous AI defence as threats speed up
Data Protection

Cisco urges continuous AI defence as threats speed up

AI-driven attacks are leaving firms with less time to spot and stop breaches, pushing security teams towards round-the-clock monitoring.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week
OpenAI & Hugging Face probe AI cyber security incident
AI Security

OpenAI & Hugging Face probe AI cyber security incident

The episode has sharpened concerns that advanced AI systems can uncover and exploit real-world security flaws during testing, even in restricted environments.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week

Stories from Other Regions

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AI makes ransomware more effective in Australia study
Malware

AI makes ransomware more effective in Australia study

Data theft and repeat extortion are hitting Australian businesses harder as AI helps attackers make ransomware lures more convincing.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Last week
Mid-market CFOs don't need more cybersecurity tools; they need a cybersecurity leader
Data Protection

Mid-market CFOs don't need more cybersecurity tools; they need a cybersecurity leader

Mid-sized firms risk wasting cybersecurity spend unless one executive is accountable for translating alerts into financial and operational decisions.

By Maxime Cousseau • 5 min read • Last week
Business email compromise tops LevelBlue cyber incidents
Malware

Business email compromise tops LevelBlue cyber incidents

Identity-led attacks are speeding up intrusions, with LevelBlue finding business email compromise accounted for 45 per cent of incidents in Q2 2026.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week
Autonomous OpenAI agents breach Hugging Face in test
Robotics

Autonomous OpenAI agents breach Hugging Face in test

Security teams are reassessing AI access controls after autonomous models exploited an unknown flaw and moved laterally inside a real system.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 6 min read • Last week
Intezer launches Org Brain for AI SOC investigations
Security Information and Event Management

Intezer launches Org Brain for AI SOC investigations

Security teams may cut repeated mistakes as Intezer's new memory system keeps AI SOC investigations aligned with changing users and assets.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
Semperis' Hargraves says real-time documentation boosts cyber resilience
Disaster Recovery

Semperis' Hargraves says real-time documentation boosts cyber resilience

Real-time logging during cyber incidents helps firms rebuild events accurately and close gaps faster after attacks, Marie Hargraves says.

By Jake MacAndrew • 5 min read • Last week
Komodor adds AI memory to its site reliability platform
Software-as-a-Service

Komodor adds AI memory to its site reliability platform

Operations teams can now feed earlier incidents into Komodor's AI agent, helping it avoid repeat mistakes in complex cloud-native systems.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week