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The UK’s ‘chronic shortage of cyber professionals’ is putting the country at risk
News While high-profile attacks grab headlines, a security researcher warns the UK's "chronic shortage of cyber professionals" is left unaddressed by government, industry, and academia.
By Nicole Kobie Published
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Credential theft has surged 160% in 2025
News AI-powered phishing and the growth of Malware as a Service means hackers are compromising more accounts than ever
By Emma Woollacott Published
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M&S finally gets click-and-collect up and running again
News Four months after suffering a disastrous cyber attack, the service is back to normal
By Emma Woollacott Published
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US federal judiciary agency hit by 'escalated cyber attacks' which exposed highly sensitive data
News The agency says it plans to step up cybersecurity capabilities in the wake of the incident
By Emma Woollacott Published
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6.4 million Bouygues Telecom customers just had their data exposed in a major data breach
News A broad range of customer data was exposed, according to Bouygues Telecom
By Emma Woollacott Published
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LastPass just launched a tool to help security teams keep tabs on shadow IT risks
News Companies need to know what apps their employees are using, so LastPass made a browser extension to help
By Nicole Kobie Published
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Microsoft patched a critical vulnerability in its NLWeb AI search tool – but there's no CVE (yet)
News Researchers found an unauthenticated path traversal bug in the tool debuted at Microsoft Build in May
By Jane McCallion Published
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Air France and KLM confirm customer data stolen in third-party breach
News A spokesperson told ITPro the airlines are investigating "fraudulent access" to customer data following a third-party breach.
By Jane McCallion Published
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Google confirms customer data exposed in Salesforce database breach
News In an update to an investigation on the ShinyHunters group, Google revealed it had also been affected
By Ross Kelly Published
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Nearly one-third of ransomware victims are hit multiple times, even after paying hackers
News Many ransomware victims are being hit more than once, largely thanks to fragmented security tactics
By Emma Woollacott Published
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Millions of Dell laptops are are at risk thanks to a Broadcom chip vulnerability
News Widely used in high-security environments, the PCs are vulnerable to attacks allowing the theft of sensitive data
By Emma Woollacott Published
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Perplexity hits back at Cloudflare amid claims of website 'stealth crawling' to dodge AI blocks
News Perplexity has hit back at claims by Cloudflare that it's been stealthily crawling websites, suggesting recent research was a "sales pitch" for a new blocking product.
By Nicole Kobie Published
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