News Archive | October 2025

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October 31st
- CISA just published crucial new guidance on keeping Microsoft Exchange servers secure
- US telco confirms hackers breached systems in stealthy state-backed cyber campaign – and remained undetected for nearly a year
- Heavy workloads and botched digital initiatives are causing ‘transformation fatigue’ – and enterprises risk losing top talent if they don’t change their ways
- Cohesity appoints new channel development lead for UK, Ireland, and Benelux
- Microsoft’s huge AI spending still has investors sweating despite solid cloud growth
October 30th
- Analysts warn AI layoffs could spark a new wave of offshoring – enterprises are rehiring after workforce cuts, but either outsourcing or at lower rates of pay
- Hackers are using these malicious npm packages to target developers on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems – here’s how to stay safe
- Equinix announces multi-billion pound data center investment in ‘huge win’ for UK
- Pipedrive eyes new growth following C-suite shakeup
- The Microsoft Azure outage explained: What happened, who was impacted, and what can we learn from it?
October 29th
- Manufacturers report millions in losses as downtime wreaks havoc on operations
- Microsoft gives OpenAI restructuring plans the green light – but its terms ensure it still wins in the long run
- Red Hat eyes developer workflow efficiency, app modernization gains with new AI tools
- TeamViewer is targeting 'proactive IT management' with AI and closer Salesforce ties
- US Department of Energy’s supercomputer shopping spree continues with Solstice and Equinox
- Vertiv announces new EMEA president
- Google says reports of a 'huge' Gmail breach affecting millions of users are false, again
October 28th
- Enterprises can’t keep a lid on surging cyber incident costs
- UK software developers are still cautious about AI, and for good reason
- Computacenter enters the fray against Broadcom in Tesco's VMware lawsuit
- Cyber researchers have already identified several big security vulnerabilities on OpenAI’s Atlas browser
- Amazon is cutting 14,000 roles in a bid to ‘operate like the world's largest startup’
October 27th
- HPE's new Cray system is a pocket powerhouse
- Critical Dell Storage Manager flaws could let hackers access sensitive data – patch now
- CISA issues alert after botched Windows Server patch exposes critical flaw
- Microsoft 365 price hikes have landed the tech giant in hot water
- Dropbox is adding a range of handy new AI features – here’s what users can expect
- Arctic Wolf celebrates partner growth milestone in the UK and Ireland
October 24th
- Sundar Pichai thinks commercially viable quantum computing is just 'a few years' away
- Plans announced for UK's first renewable-powered sovereign cloud
- OpenAI announces UK data residency plans as Sam Altman hails ‘fourfold’ increase in Brit customers
- GitHub is scrapping some Claude, OpenAI, and Gemini models in Copilot – here's what you need to know and what alternatives are available
- Commvault bolsters European leadership with double appointment
October 23rd
- Global IT spending set to exceed $6 trillion in 2026
- Data engineers have never been more important, as businesses are starting to find out
- Warning issued over critical flaws spotted in TP-Link routers
- Clunky tech is costing developers 20 working days a year – these are the leading ‘productivity drains’ impacting teams
- Veeam snaps up DSPM specialist Securiti AI for $1.73 billion
- UK firms are pouring money into AI, but they won’t see a return on investment unless they address these key issues
- Dell Technologies just announced a major data platform overhaul – here's what customers can expect
October 22nd
- 'It's slop': OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy pours cold water on agentic AI hype – so your jobs are safe, at least for now
- AI-generated code is now the cause of one-in-five breaches – but developers and security leaders alike are convinced the technology will come good eventually
- Former NCSC head says the Jaguar Land Rover attack was the 'single most financially damaging cyber event ever to hit the UK' as impact laid bare
- Mimecast names Graham Douglas as chief customer and revenue officer
- Anthropic’s new Claude Code web portal aims to make AI coding even more accessible
October 21st
- The AWS outage brought much of the web to its knees: Here's how it happened, who it affected, and how much it might cost
- Volkswagen confirms security ‘incident’ amid ransomware breach claims
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says future enterprises will employ a ‘combination of humans and digital humans’ – but do people really want to work alongside agents? The answer is complicated.
- Cyber experts have been warning about AI-powered DDoS attacks – now they’re becoming a reality
- Microsoft issues fix for Windows 11 update that bricked mouse and keyboard controls in recovery environment – here's what you need to know
October 20th
- Microsoft issues warning over “opportunistic” cyber criminals targeting big business
- Employee ‘task crafting' could be the key to getting the most out of AI
- IT leaders are throwing money away with legacy systems: Enterprises report $370 million in losses each year due to outdated tech
- Europol takes down SIM farm network that scammed thousands of victims
- Park Place Technologies launches debut partner program in Europe
- Amazon Web Services outage live: Hundreds of apps including Slack, mobile carriers, banking services down
October 17th
- Thousands of exposed civil servant passwords are up for grabs online
- Global PC shipments surge in Q3 2025, fueled by AI and Windows 10 refresh cycles
- The UK’s aging developer workforce needs a ‘steady pipeline’ of talent to meet future demand – but AI’s impact on entry-level jobs and changing skills requirements mean it could be fighting an uphill battle
- Colt DCS bolsters senior leadership with double appointment
- OpenAI has a bold plan to pay for its $1 trillion spending spree: Ads, personal assistants, and cheaper subscriptions
October 16th
- Oracle’s new marketplace is a one-stop shop for enterprise AI agents
- 77% of security leaders say they'd fire staff who fall for phishing scams, even though they've done the same thing
- AI is redefining roles in the tech industry and forcing Gen Z workers to reassess career paths
- Zen Internet eyes channel growth under new partner chief
- "Do not sacrifice your entry-level jobs": Salesforce might be all in on AI, but it isn't giving up on junior workers yet – despite Marc Benioff's job replacement claims
- Hackers stole source code, bug details in disastrous F5 security incident – here’s everything we know and how to protect yourself
- Databricks wants to train 100,000 people in AI across the UK and Ireland – here's how to get involved
- Been offered a job at Google? Think again. This new phishing scam is duping tech workers looking for a career change
October 15th
- Channel leaders: Complexity is an opportunity
- Capita fined £14 million after it 'failed to ensure the security' of personal data
- Hackers are using a new phishing kit to steal Microsoft 365 credentials and MFA tokens – Whisper 2FA is evolving rapidly and has been used in nearly one million attacks since July
- TP-Link just hit a 'critical milestone' in breakthrough Wi-Fi 8 trials – the results are very promising so far, but don’t expect huge speed gains
- ‘I don't think anyone is farther in the enterprise’: Marc Benioff is bullish on Salesforce’s agentic AI lead – and Agentforce 360 will help it stay top of the perch
October 14th
- Dreamforce 2025 live: All the latest updates from San Francisco
- GTIA charts new course with bold funding model and renewed purpose
- This new Android attack could let hackers swipe 2FA codes and snoop on private messages – ‘Pixnapping’ affects Samsung and Google smartphones, but experts warn more could be at risk
- Government urges large enterprises to shore up defenses as NCSC warns UK faces four 'nationally significant' cyber attacks every week
- This new Microsoft tool lets enterprises track internal AI adoption rates – and even how rival companies are using the technology
- Windows 10 end of life could create a major e-waste problem
October 13th
- Twilio names Jake Kanter as new vice president of sales for EMEA
- Salesforce just launched a new catch-all platform to build enterprise AI agents
- Slack is now the key to Salesforce’s agentic AI plans
- Third time lucky? The FBI just took down BreachForums, again
- The tech industry is becoming swamped with agentic AI solutions – analysts say that's a serious cause for concern
- Microsoft says 71% of workers have used unapproved AI tools at work – and it’s a trend that enterprises need to crack down on
October 10th
- Researchers sound alarm over AI hardware vulnerabilities that expose training data
- 'Payroll Pirates' target US universities, Microsoft warns
- The number of ransomware groups rockets as new, smaller players emerge
- Zyxel Networks targets SMB installer market with BroadbandBuyer appointment
October 9th
- Using AI to code? Watch your security debt
- Will the future of AI be made in Europe? The EU thinks so
- Is an 'AI' bubble about to pop?
- Organizations warned of "significant lag" in deepfake protection investment
October 8th
- Repeated cyber attacks act as a stark reminder this Cybersecurity Awareness Month
- Critical networks face unprecedented threat as DDoS attacks are getting shorter and more intense
- Teens arrested over nursery chain Kido hack
- Kaseya expands backup portfolio, acquires email security specialist INKY
October 7th
- Otter.ai wants to bring agents to all third party systems – with transcription just the start
- OpenAI signs another chip deal, this time with AMD
- Deloitte signs up Anthropic in AI enterprise deal
- Oracle patches EBS amid extortion attacks
- TD Synnex adds Boxphish security awareness training to UK&I portfolio
- IT and business pros call for more tech training
October 6th
- Agentic AI poses major challenge for security professionals, says Palo Alto Networks’ EMEA CISO
- UK government to fund regional tech programs up to £20m
- "There is a pressing need to address 'technostress' head-on" – Knowledge workers stressed and anxious thanks to tech
October 3rd
- Middlesbrough Council boosts cybersecurity spending, strategy in response to repeated cyberattacks
- Japan running super dry of its favourite beer as Asahi cyberattack continues
- Red Hat reveals unauthorized access to a GitLab instance where internal data was copied
October 2nd
- Microsoft unveils additional CEO to work alongside Nadella
- OpenAI signs series of AI data center deals with Samsung
- Google warns executives are being targeted for extortion with leaked Oracle data
- We're in the age of "mega-tasking," and here's what HP is doing about it
- Foreign states ramp up cyberattacks on EU with AI-driven phishing and DDoS campaigns
October 1st
- Cybersecurity leaders must stop seeing resilience as a "tick box exercise" to achieve meaningful protection, says Gartner expert
- AI isn't taking anyone's jobs, finds Yale study – at least not yet
- A new 'top-tier' Chinese espionage group is stealing sensitive data
- Alkira names Bruce Hockin as new EMEA and APAC channel chief