News Archive | July 2026

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July 17th
- Cisco sounds alarm over new Russian malware campaign hitting firms in US and Europe
- Why Microsoft paused Patch Tuesday updates for some Dell devices
- Google DeepMind boss Demis Hassabis issues call to action on AI safety standards
- Delinea targets AI-driven growth with new partner program
- Airbus announces cloud deal with Scaleway in digital sovereignty push
- AI agents could make living off the land attacks ‘much more dangerous’, says CrowdStrike Field CTO
July 16th
- 1Password teams up with Anthropic to give Claude access to your credentials
- Passkeys will soon be the default authentication method in Microsoft Entra ID – here's what it means for users and when the changes come into effect
- CISPE vs Broadcom continues, but this time it’s bringing friends to the party in fight over VMware changes
- Beware of exposed serverless cloud functions, Mandiant warns
- Hardware shortages force channel partner rethink on infrastructure strategies
July 15th
- ITPro Best of Show Awards now open for IBC 2026
- Cyber professionals are flocking to AI tools, but they’re getting tired of fixing mistakes and reviewing outputs
- Meta used a ‘constellation of internal artificial intelligence systems’ to target workers in recent layoffs, lawsuit claims – keystroke monitoring data, AI token usage, and performance ratings allegedly decided employee fates
- UK firms still can't master the basics when it comes to AI adoption
- ‘We did not adapt and move quickly enough’: IBM CEO Arvind Krishna laments enterprise spending pivot as company issues profit warning
- European SMBs are leading the way in AI execution – here's why
July 14th
- Pure DC reveals plans for 550MW data center campus in Finland
- Databricks appoints Lee Stockwell to lead UK&I public sector strategy
- ‘A company should be able to use a model without giving up the knowledge that makes it unique’: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says enterprises shouldn’t be sharing so much data with AI providers
- Intel to expand European chip production with €5bn Ireland investment
- Lidl data breach: Supermarket chain warns customers after third-party 'IT incident' exposes customer information – here's what we know so far
- Nearly two-thirds of enterprises could reduce software engineering teams by 2029 - but ‘tiny teams’ won’t be a disaster for engineers
July 13th
- Jitterbit eyes global growth under new CRO Chris Stoddard
- This one cyber crime group accounted for nearly a fifth of all ransomware attacks in June
- NCSC issues warning over Russian intelligence-backed threat group
- Data centers gobbled up 23% of Ireland’s electricity supply in 2025 – nearly as much power as every home in the country combined
July 10th
- ‘Give me three years, I’ll have hopefully enough AI savvy people’: Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora says it’s up to workers to adapt to AI – and that includes leadership
- The agents you use to beef up cybersecurity could be turned against you – ‘Friendly Fire’ attacks can manipulate OpenAI and Anthropic models into running malicious code
- Working with the enemy: Ransomware negotiator-turned cyber criminal jailed after working with hackers to extort clients
- ‘The challenge now is making sure the next generation develops those same foundations before relying too heavily on AI’: Devs are swerving fundamental skills like Git and Agile because of AI – but there’s a good reason
- IBM targets AI cost optimization with updates to Bob developer tool
July 9th
- Barracuda strengthens identity security capabilities with Evo Security acquisition
- Cyber researchers sound alarm over a 15-year-old Linux kernel flaw – 'GhostLock' could let hackers seize unpatched machines in just five seconds
- Flaws in some of the most popular AI coding tools left developers wide open to attack
- The memory shortage is hitting PC sales hard, but vendor revenues are still growing at the expense of consumers
- Rubrik selects London as EMEA hub as part of £375m investment pledge
July 8th
- The NCSC wants to build an AI-powered 'Cyber Shield' to protect the UK from hackers – here’s how it’ll work
- IBM targets data center efficiency gains with new z17 and LinuxONE offerings
- Databarracks expands business resilience services with Acumen acquisition
- AI projects are stalling at mid-market firms – Google Cloud and Accenture want to solve that
- FCA recommends expanded powers to boost financial services AI regulation
July 7th
- Amazon OpenSearch update targets performance boosts and lower costs – and at no extra charge for users
- 'It’s a marker of where extortion tradecraft is heading': Cyber experts say they've identified the first case of ‘agentic ransomware’ – but there’s a catch
- Yorkshire Building Society touts customer service gains with AI agents
- Arrow Electronics secures pan-EMEA distribution deal with ABB
- UK’s Cyber Resilience Pledge gathers momentum as 60 firms sign up to bolster capabilities
- ‘The risk to every organization has increased exponentially’: The FortiBleed campaign just took a turn for the worse
July 6th
- Workday expands EMEA VAR ecosystem with HR Path UK&I partnership
- ‘The biggest barrier to growth is not access to technology, it is access to the right people’: Demand for developers with AI skills has surged 597% – but enterprises are still struggling to find the right talent
- Hackers are posing as Interpol to target small businesses – here's what you need to know
- Forward deployed engineers are big tech’s latest gambit to drive AI adoption
July 3rd
- ITPro is 20!
- Cyber experts issue alert after two ransomware groups team up on ‘unprecedented’ threat campaign
- Agentic AI 'breaks the traditional SaaS seat licensing model' – now it’s up to vendors to ditch 'legacy dashboards' and build with agents in mind
- One Identity targets EMEA, North America growth with new channel hires
- UK business leaders have a 'limited understanding' of AI usage costs – and it's coming back to bite them
July 2nd
- Opera browser thinks it has the solution to stopping ClickFix malware attacks
- ‘Many workers no longer feel there is a natural point where pressure eases or where they can properly switch off’: 'Always on' culture is pushing Brits to breaking point – and nearly half are ready to quit
- Kyndryl expands sovereignty services with Microsoft cloud deal
- Why the US imposed export controls on Anthropic’s Fable and Mythos models – and why they’ve been lifted
- Westcon-Comstor taps Olya Scekaturova to lead UK&I sales
- Alleged Scattered Spider hacker snared in Finland, extradited to US
July 1st
- 'The game is to keep them interested': Netgear targets partner simplicity with next-gen platform launch
- Anthropic touts new Claude Sonnet 5 model range, offering performance ‘close to that of Opus 4.8, but at lower prices’ – here’s what users can expect
- SaaS has a big identity problem
- Startup founders lament 'regulatory friction' despite EU simplification efforts
- Dropzone AI expands EMEA channel reach with QBS Software distribution deal
- ‘Every hour ransomware goes undetected drastically increases its potential blast radius’: Hackers are breaching networks and laying low for longer – and nearly half of firms don’t realize until data is stolen