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Australian city skyline cybersecurity shield rising cyber attacks

Cybersecurity Act drives surge in reporting as attacks rise

Fri, 9th Jan 2026
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Australia's Cybersecurity Act drives a surge in breach reporting as attacks soar, exposing rising business losses and tougher penalties.
Digital economy set to hit usd 28 trillion in 2026

Digital economy set to hit USD $28 trillion in 2026

Fri, 9th Jan 2026
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The global digital economy is forecast to surge 9.5% in 2026 to USD $28 trillion, triple the pace of overall worldwide economic growth.
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Geopolitics, cyber & AI top DTCC systemic risk survey

Fri, 9th Jan 2026
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Geopolitics, cyber threats and AI-linked fintech risks dominate DTCC's latest systemic risk survey as firms brace for uncertainty into 2026.
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Zynap raises EUR €6 million to scale AI cyber defence

Thu, 8th Jan 2026
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Barcelona cyber start-up Zynap raises EUR €6 million seed extension to scale its AI-driven preventive defence platform globally.
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AI cyber threats outpace stretched security teams by 2026

Thu, 8th Jan 2026
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AI-powered cyber attacks are outpacing thinly staffed security teams, as firms prioritise defence but starve programmes of people and budget.
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US cyber attack on Venezuela exposes CNI vulnerabilities

Thu, 8th Jan 2026
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Alleged US cyber role in Venezuela attack exposes how multi-domain operations can silently compromise critical national infrastructure.
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CommScope, TI boost secure boot for industrial devices

Wed, 7th Jan 2026
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CommScope launches PRiSM-based secure boot signing for TI AM6x chips, aiming to simplify compliance with tightening industrial cyber rules.
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DeepKeep launches PII guardrail to secure enterprise AI

Wed, 31st Dec 2025
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DeepKeep unveils a PII guardrail inside its AI Firewall to redact and block personal data in enterprise AI prompts, outputs and workflows.
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CISOs warned cloud supply-chain attacks set to surge

Tue, 30th Dec 2025
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Security chiefs warn CISOs to pivot from AI hype to systemic cloud risk as supply-chain attacks on major platforms are set to soar.
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Commvault, Pinecone boost RAG resilience with backups

Thu, 25th Dec 2025
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Commvault and Pinecone team up to deliver immutable backups and rapid recovery for mission-critical RAG and vector database workloads.
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AI-fuelled cyber onslaught to hit critical systems by 2026

Tue, 23rd Dec 2025
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AI-driven hackers are tipped to ramp up attacks on critical infrastructure and governments by 2026, exploiting ageing industrial systems.
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Digital wallets & AI threats to reshape ID security

Fri, 19th Dec 2025
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Digital wallets and decentralised IDs are set to surge by 2026 as AI-driven threats push firms to monitor human and machine identities nonstop.
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Linux Foundation unveils ORCA to contain cyber attacks

Fri, 19th Dec 2025
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The Linux Foundation has formed ORCA, a new alliance to contain automated cyber attacks by isolating and compartmentalising software.
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Cohesity deepens Google Cloud alliance for across ANZ

Thu, 18th Dec 2025
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Cohesity deepens its Google Cloud alliance to boost AI, cyber resilience and data sovereignty for tightly regulated ANZ enterprises.
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CISOs face rising scrutiny as AI escalates cyber risk

Wed, 17th Dec 2025
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CISOs are warned 2026 will bring harsher board scrutiny, AI-fuelled attacks, bigger budgets - and far less tolerance for cyber failure.
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Why agentic AI is the game-changer SOCs need

Wed, 17th Dec 2025
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Agentic AI is helping overstretched Australian SOCs fight rising, AI-driven cyber threats by automating legwork while keeping humans in control.
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Artificial intelligence drives shift to real-time cyber risk by 2026

Wed, 17th Dec 2025
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AI-fuelled attacks are pushing boards to ditch perimeter defences for real-time cyber risk visibility, reshaping security strategies by 2026.
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Cloudflare reveals AI surge & Internet 'bot wars' in 2025

Tue, 16th Dec 2025
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Cloudflare warns 2025 brings surging AI traffic, record DDoS attacks and escalating Internet 'bot wars' as civil groups face rising threats.
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Hitachi Vantara storage named leader in GigaOm AI era

Tue, 16th Dec 2025
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Hitachi Vantara's VSP One platform is named a GigaOm primary storage Leader again, praised for AI-era cyber resilience and hybrid cloud support.
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Proving human identity is essential to defending Australia's financial services sector

Mon, 15th Dec 2025
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Australia's banks face rising AI-driven scams, making robust human identity verification and phishing-resistant MFA critical to security.