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PEXA boosts property exchange resilience with AWS tech
Disaster Recovery

PEXA boosts property exchange resilience with AWS tech

PEXA slashes recovery time for its Australian digital property exchange to under four hours with AWS multi-region and AI-powered upgrades.

By Catherine Knowles • 5 min read • Thu, 11th Dec 2025

Global Stories

Secure by Design stories

Chainguard launches EmeritOSS to safeguard mature OSS
Virtualisation

Chainguard launches EmeritOSS to safeguard mature OSS

Chainguard unveils EmeritOSS to keep mature but unmaintained open source projects secure, patched and reliable without adding new features.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Mon, 12th Jan 2026
Why auto update is the most underrated security feature on your firewall
Firewalls

Why auto update is the most underrated security feature on your firewall

Auto-update turns your firewall into a living defence, slashing patch delays and shutting attackers' favourite door: unpatched systems.

By Asif Mujtaba • 6 min read • Mon, 12th Jan 2026
Keeper adds zero-knowledge secrets manager to JetBrains
Data Protection

Keeper adds zero-knowledge secrets manager to JetBrains

Keeper launches a zero-knowledge secrets manager extension for JetBrains IDEs, aiming to eliminate hardcoded credentials in codebases.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 8th Jan 2026
Keeper Security grows PAM platform & global presence
Encryption

Keeper Security grows PAM platform & global presence

Keeper Security tops four million paid users as it expands its unified PAM platform globally and earns fresh analyst and industry recognition.

By Catherine Knowles • 7 min read • Sat, 27th Dec 2025
Linux Foundation unveils ORCA to contain cyber attacks
Cloud Security

Linux Foundation unveils ORCA to contain cyber attacks

The Linux Foundation has formed ORCA, a new alliance to contain automated cyber attacks by isolating and compartmentalising software.

By Catherine Knowles • 5 min read • Fri, 19th Dec 2025
Agentic AI surge in 2026 sparks fresh cyber security risks
Firewalls

Agentic AI surge in 2026 sparks fresh cyber security risks

Security experts warn agentic and generative AI will rapidly widen global cyber attack surfaces in 2026, outpacing current safeguards.

By Shannon Williams • 6 min read • Fri, 12th Dec 2025
Advancing our secure by design pledge: What's new in SonicOS 7.3 and NSM 3.1
Firewalls

Advancing our secure by design pledge: What's new in SonicOS 7.3 and NSM 3.1

SonicWall's SonicOS 7.3 and NSM 3.1 harden networks with secure-by-default passwords, auto patching and stronger encrypted management.

By Chirag Saxena • 5 min read • Thu, 11th Dec 2025
AI, compliance and security trends for 2026
Data Protection

AI, compliance and security trends for 2026

AI agents, real-time compliance and deep fake cyber attacks will define 2026 as trust becomes the key battleground for organisations.

By Orca Opti • 5 min read • Wed, 10th Dec 2025
AI-driven cyber wars to reshape security in 2026
Firewalls

AI-driven cyber wars to reshape security in 2026

AI-powered attackers and defenders will clash in 2026, driving autonomous breaches, VPN failures and stricter rules that reshape cyber security.

By Kaleah Salmon • 11 min read • Wed, 10th Dec 2025
Cloud backup security incident investigation complete and strengthened cyber resilience
Firewalls

Cloud backup security incident investigation complete and strengthened cyber resilience

SonicWall confirmed a state-sponsored attack accessed cloud backup files, but no products or customer networks were compromised in the incident.

By SonicWall • 2 min read • Fri, 21st Nov 2025
SonicWall acts after backup breach as state actors target cloud files
Firewalls

SonicWall acts after backup breach as state actors target cloud files

SonicWall confirmed state actors accessed backup cloud files via an API, prompting swift investigation and enhanced security for partners and customers.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Fri, 21st Nov 2025
SonicWall maintains perfect threat efficacy in firewall testing
Firewalls

SonicWall maintains perfect threat efficacy in firewall testing

SonicWall achieved a perfect 100% threat block rate in independent firewall tests for a second year, highlighting its leading network security performance.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 19th Nov 2025
SolarWinds unveils AI Agent to boost IT resilience & automation
Robotic Process Automation

SolarWinds unveils AI Agent to boost IT resilience & automation

SolarWinds launches AI Agent to boost IT resilience, automating incident response and simplifying operations for more proactive innovation in complex systems.

By Jed Nykolle Harme • 4 min read • Fri, 10th Oct 2025
Exclusive: Cloudera's Carolyn Duby warns of rising AI-powered cybercrime
Data Protection

Exclusive: Cloudera's Carolyn Duby warns of rising AI-powered cybercrime

AI-driven cyberattacks now cost firms on average USD $4 million and 100 days to recover, raising security to a vital business priority worldwide.

By Melania Watson • 5 min read • Fri, 3rd Oct 2025

Stories from Other Regions

Secure by Design stories

UK firms invest in cyber, overlook growing AI risks
Data Protection

UK firms invest in cyber, overlook growing AI risks

UK firms pour cash into cyber security yet neglect AI-specific threats, leaving new attack surfaces exposed despite rising confidence.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 9th Jan 2026
CloudMile unveils LumiTure.ai to boost secure AI & FinOps
Data Protection

CloudMile unveils LumiTure.ai to boost secure AI & FinOps

CloudMile has launched LumiTure.ai, a multi-cloud FinOps platform aimed at enhancing secure AI adoption and financial operations across Southeast Asia.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Wed, 8th Oct 2025