Irish Stories

Irish firms face ransomware resilience gap, report warns

Irish organisations overestimate ransomware readiness as BullWall and Renaissance survey finds 57% hit in two years and backup gaps persist.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month

Global Stories

Malware

Team Cymru launches Total Insights Feeds for threat data

Team Cymru unveils Total Insights Feeds, a single-stream threat intelligence framework blending internet-wide scoring, context and automated risk tagging.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month

IoT Security

FIRST conference highlights AI & CVE disclosure push

FIRST conference in Scottsdale draws 500-plus as security leaders and AI firms debate vulnerability disclosure, CWE's role and CVE's future.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • This month

Firewalls

OpenAI launches Trusted Access for Cyber with major names

OpenAI expands Trusted Access for Cyber with Bank of America, BlackRock and others, backing defenders, researchers and open-source security teams.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • This month

Endpoint Protection

Cyber insurance now common among North American SMBs

ESET survey finds North American SMBs increasingly buying cyber cover, with insurers shaping controls and managed detection services after repeated breaches.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 5 min read • This month

Digital Transformation

Cork Cyber adds automated mapping to Vantage platform

Cork Cyber boosts Cork Vantage for MSPs with automated mapping, cutting manual work and improving asset accuracy across client, device and inbox records.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • This month

Data Protection

11:11 Systems named Cohesity's MSP Strategic Partner

11:11 Systems wins Cohesity FY2025 MSP Strategic Partner of the Year award as joint cyber recovery services gain traction.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month

Data Protection

Rubrik survey warns of AI agents outpacing security

Survey finds AI agents are spreading faster than security teams can track them, with most firms lacking visibility, rollback controls and identity governance.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month

Data Protection

The autonomous SOC: A dangerous illusion as firms shift to human-led AI security

Human-led AI security gains ground as experts warn autonomous SOCs risk hidden errors, weaker accountability and costly business disruption.

By Moe Ibrahim • 4 min read • This month

Ransomware

Ransomware activity stays high as new groups surge

GuidePoint says ransomware attacks stayed elevated in Q1 as The Gentlemen surged, construction became a top target and extortion-only tactics spread.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • This month

Digital Transformation

IBM unveils AI cyber defences against autonomous attacks

IBM rolls out assessment and multi-agent security services to help large organisations spot AI-driven weaknesses and speed up remediation across complex systems.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • This month

Firewalls

Artemis announces $70 million in seed funding for AI security

Artemis lands $70 million as investors back AI-driven cyber defence platform for real-time threat detection and response.

By Catherine Knowles • 5 min read • This month

Disaster Recovery

Manufacturing leads ransomware targets in 2025 report

Manufacturing was the most targeted sector for ransomware in 2025, as Check Point counted 1,466 attacks worldwide amid rising supply chain exposure.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month

Firewalls

Security teams want AI tools under human oversight

Survey finds 77% of security professionals want AI tools in security operations kept under human oversight, as 88% adopt guardrails.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • This month

Software-as-a-Service

Claroty adds Visibility Orchestration to xDome platform

Claroty boosts xDome with Visibility Orchestration to turn patchy cyber-physical asset data into prioritised security tasks across critical operations.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month

Unified Communications

Former Black Basta affiliates target executives in Teams

ReliaQuest says suspected former Black Basta operators are bombarding staff with emails and posing as IT support in Microsoft Teams to reach senior executives.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month

Ransomware

Bitdefender launches GravityZone email security for MSPs

Bitdefender adds integrated email defence to GravityZone, giving MSPs and businesses post-delivery protection against phishing, ransomware and BEC.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • This month

Stories from Other Regions

Firewalls

Anthropic's Mythos AI sparks UK bank cyber stability alarm

Banks and regulators race to assess Anthropic's controlled Mythos access, as AI cyber testing raises fears over payments, trading and wider financial stability.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • This month

Storage

Index Engines lands third straight CRN Storage 100 nod

Index Engines wins third straight CRN Storage 100 spot as cyber recovery demand rises and partners seek cleaner ransomware restoration.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • This month

Virtualisation

Manchester tech event spotlights AI, cyber & trust

Manchester tech conference to probe AI governance, cyber defence and deepfake hiring as business leaders weigh trust, risk and customer experience.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month