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Acoru, the Madrid-based startup that stops AI-enabled fraud and money laundering, has raised a €10m Series A round led by 33N Ventures. Existing investors Adara Ventures and Athos Capital also joined the round. The fresh funding will accelerate Acoru’s mission to help banks predict and prevent AI-powered fraud and money laundering before any transaction is initiated. Generative AI-driven scams Generative AI-driven scams – deepfakes, voice cloning...

Cyware, a pioneer in AI-powered threat intelligence management, automation, and security orchestration, announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft built on deep product integrations to help global enterprises and public sector organisations operationalise threat intelligence with greater speed, ease and confidence. The partnership delivers a uniquely integrated threat intelligence workflow across Cyware and Microsoft Sentinel, giving customers a faster path from threat insights to action....

Camelot Secure, a revolutionary cybersecurity company, announced that its CEO, Stan Oliver, has been named one of The Daily Record’s 2025 Most Admired CEOs in the category of Private Company with 50 or Fewer Employees. Oliver earned this recognition for his visionary leadership, groundbreaking innovations in proactive cybersecurity, and steadfast commitment to diversity and workforce development — qualities that continue to shape Camelot Secure’s growth and industry impact. I...

Atos, a major provider of AI-powered digital transformation, has announced a holistic new approach to delivering people-first digital sovereign and agentic AI capabilities across its end-to-end IT service portfolio. Its new suite of services provides the building blocks for companies to have a tailored, resilient, and future-ready approach that enables fast and easy adaptation to evolving regulations, geopolitical pressures and unique operational needs.  The three hubs will address the growing...

Commvault, a major provider of cyber resilience and data protection solutions for the hybrid cloud, has announced two new appointments for North Europe, as Martin Gittins moves into the Area Vice President (AVP) role for the region and Mark Molyneux joins the company as Field CTO.  As AVP of North Europe, Gittins will be responsible for growth, leadership, and strategy within this key market for Commvault. He joined the company in February of this year, leading the charge for Strategic Ac...

Illumio Inc., the breach containment company, announced Insights Agent, a new capability within Illumio Insights, the company’s AI-driven cloud detection and response (CDR) solution. Agent is an AI-powered, persona-driven guide designed to reduce alert fatigue, accelerate threat detection, and enable containment by delivering real-time, tailored alerts and instant one-click remediation recommendations. This powerful extension of Insights helps security teams stay focused and move quickly...

Hikvision has successfully achieved certification under the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0, following a rigorous independent audit conducted by the British Standards Institution (BSI). With this milestone, Hikvision becomes one of the first companies worldwide to achieve this certification, demonstrating its commitment to aligning its cyber security governance, risk management, and compliance practices with internationally recognised standards. What is NIST CSF 2.0? The NIST Cybersecu...

iDenfy, an identity verification, compliance and fraud prevention company from Lithuania, introduced new SMS and Email verification features to its industry-pioneering Know Your Customer (KYC) software. iDenfy is now able to improve both accuracy and simplicity during the initial user onboarding phase to help solve issues like multiple accounts, invalid phone numbers, forged IDs and other relevant security challenges that are commonly encountered during identity verification.  Standa...

Jamf, the standard in managing and securing Apple at work, announces the beta release of AI Analysis for Jamf Executive Threat Protection — a new artificial intelligence–powered capability designed to accelerate and simplify mobile forensic analysis. Jamf Executive Threat Protection is an advanced mobile forensics solution that helps organisations detect sophisticated attacks targeting high-value users such as executives, journalists, and political figures. In recent years, Apple h...

AuditBoard, the AI-powered global platform for connected risk, announces the findings of its Risk Intelligence Report - revealing a critical disconnect in enterprise risk management: while 53% of companies are implementing AI tools, many are trapped in cycles of inconsistent execution, resulting in sharp drops in confidence and deployment stalling in "pilot mode." Proprietary platform data The inaugural report, which combines proprietary platform data that includes over 50% of the Fortune 500...

Semperis, a provider of AI-powered identity security and cyber resilience, released the official trailer for Midnight in the War Room, a groundbreaking new documentary. The film features top voices in cybersecurity and national security, including Chris Inglis, the first U.S. National Cyber Director; General (Ret.) David Petraeus, former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director; Jen Easterly, former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Director; Marcus Hutchins, WannaCry h...

In the ongoing implementation of the EU’s NIS2 Directive, much attention has been paid to its implications for cybersecurity. Yet, arguably, the impact on organisations’ physical security and access strategy is just as important. In fact, NIS2 ushers in a new degree of focus on cyber–physical resilience – with significant potential penalties for organisations which do not comply with the framework’s demands. NIS2 replaces 2016’s original NIS Directive on Netw...

End-users, security professionals and C-suite strategists continue to see significant rewards in access digitalisation. The most important factor, according to ASSA ABLOY’s survey data, is convenience. When employees, contractors and temporary visitors can come-and-go with ease, operations for building and security managers are made more efficient, including cost-efficient. Wireless solutions are often the fastest, simplest way to digitalise. Adopters cite reduced installation costs, easi...

Cyberseer, one of Darktrace’s first Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) partners and previous winner of Darktrace’s EMEA Service Partner of the Year award, today announced it has achieved Authorised Managed Detection & Response (MDR) Partner status with Darktrace, a pioneer in cybersecurity. This recognition underscores Cyberseer’s proven expertise, extensive training and commitment to delivering world-class MDR services powered by the Darktrace ActiveAI Security Plat...

ImmuniWeb has introduced new AI-powered penetration testing capabilities within its ImmuniWeb® On-Demand solution and launched two new Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) packages — ASM (Attack Surface Management) and Dark Web monitoring — in response to emerging cybersecurity risks and novel threats. ImmuniWeb® On-Demand, the company’s award-winning web application penetration testing solution, now offers expert-dr...

Zurich Insurance is increasing the power of its real-time fraud detection by becoming the first insurer to partner with Quantexa in the UK. The new AI-enabled platform will operate across multiple lines of business written by Zurich, alerting claims handlers to suspicious activity using an expanded range of sources and records so they are able to make decisions more effectively. Real-time fraud detection Zurich has been operating real-time fraud detection for the past three years and detected...

HackerOne, a pioneer in offensive security solutions, announces the evolution of HackerOne AI, Hai, from a copilot into an agentic AI system, and the general availability of its AI-native code security product, HackerOne Code. Together, they set a new standard in continuous exposure management by accelerating how enterprises find, prioritise, and remediate vulnerabilities. Hai is HackerOne’s coordinated team of AI agents that continuously analyses and contextualises findings to help organ...

OPSWAT, a pioneer in critical infrastructure protection, announced the integration of its MetaDefender Storage Security™ with NetApp® ONTAP®. This solution brings together OPSWAT’s advanced file security tools with NetApp’s widely adopted storage platforms to help organisations detect and prevent hidden malware, macro threats, sensitive data leakage, and file-borne vulnerabilities before they reach critical applications or users. Without disrupting existing workfl...

WatchGuard® Technologies, a pioneer in unified cybersecurity for managed service providers (MSPs), announced that it has been recognised as both a Leader and an Outperformer in the 2025 GigaOm Radar Report for Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR). The GigaOm Radar Report for EDR evaluates vendors across innovation, execution, and deployment models to guide IT and security pioneers in solution selection. WatchGuard’s strength In the 2025 report, GigaOm recognised...

Regula, a global developer of identity verification (IDV) solutions and forensic devices, has launched its brand-new Regula IDV Platform. This ready-to-use orchestration solution is designed to replace fragmented identity verification and management systems with a single, unified workflow. Built to scale according to an organisation’s growth pace and fully vendor-agnostic, the platform enables businesses to manage every stage of the identity lifecycle, from onboarding through continuous r...

AI-powered cybersecurity firm Shinobi has announced a major expansion of its platform – the ability to penetration test mobile applications with the same skill, reasoning, and precision as human experts, but delivered continuously and at machine speed.  With phones having become vaults for employees’ digital lives, holding money, messages, health data, and work communications, attackers are increasingly targeting mobile apps. New vulnerabilities emerge with every update But t...

Building on their highly popular series of integrated high-security solutions events, the CNI Security Group has announced their next event, ‘Protecting CNI Scotland – The importance of cyber-secure solutions in critical national infrastructure’. Designed for all end users, consultants and system designers in the CNI sector, the free-to-attend event will be held at Dakota Eurocentral, Motherwell, on Wednesday 19th November, between 9:30 am and 4 pm. The event will show in...

Checkmarx, the global pioneer in agentic-AI powered application security testing, announced record-breaking growth for its flagship platform, Checkmarx One, underscoring a wave of customer adoption fuelled by innovation and strategic pioneering. The news comes alongside groundbreaking research from Checkmarx Zero that highlights the urgent need for secure software in an AI-driven development landscape. Record-breaking growth & adoption Checkmarx One has rapidly become the platform of choi...

Zimperium, the world's pioneer in mobile security, announced new research from its zLabs team exposing ClayRat, a rapidly expanding Android spyware campaign targeting Russian users. Disguised as popular apps, such as WhatsApp, TikTok, Google Photos, and YouTube, ClayRat steals sensitive information, including SMS, call logs, device data, and front-camera photos. New obfuscation layers While exploiting Android’s default SMS handler role to bypass security prompts While exploiting Androi...

ONVIF®, the pioneering standardisation initiative for IP-based physical security products, announces that it will end support for ONVIF Profile S, and is recommending the use of its successor, Profile T.   Profile S, the first-ever profile ONVIF introduced in 2011, provides a standardised set of specifications that enable basic video streaming capabilities between conformant devices (like IP cameras) and clients (like video management software) from different vendors. Pr...

Semperis, a pioneer in identity-driven cyber resilience, announced the release of Ready1 for Identity Crisis Management—which combines its innovative Active Directory Forest Recovery (ADFR), Disaster Recovery for Entra Tenant (DRET), and Identity Forensics and Incident Response (IFIR) services with its expert-built enterprise crisis management system, Ready1—to help organisations quickly return to normal business operations after identity-related cyberattacks. The ground-breaking sol...

According to the newly released 2025 Access Control Report from global research firm Omdia, Genetec Inc., the pioneer in enterprise physical security software, continues to expand its share of the global access control software market, maintaining its #2 position worldwide. In an industry shaped by mergers and acquisitions, the report shows that Genetec achieved the highest organic global market share gain in on-premises access control software. For customers, partnering with a c...

Jamf, the standard in managing and securing Apple at work, kicked off its 16th annual Jamf Nation User Conference (JNUC) in Denver, Colorado. Joined by key partners including Apple, Okta, AWS, Microsoft, Google and more, Jamf unveiled the latest updates to its pioneering Apple device management and security platform. Those updates include a rich API ecosystem, intelligent AI tools, and automated software updates powered by Declarative Device Management, making the Jamf platform more powerful...

Radiflow, a pioneering provider of cybersecurity solutions for industrial automation networks, announced that the company has launched the new Radiflow360, a unified, AI-enhanced OT cybersecurity platform that delivers full visibility, risk management and streamlined incident response for mid-sized industrial enterprises. Radiflow360 now enables mid-sized industrial operators to gain full visibility and control over their OT networks and risks, and is supported by an AI analyst assistant that s...

Kaseya, the pioneering provider of AI-powered IT management and cybersecurity software, kicked off its sold-out Kaseya DattoCon 2025 conference in Miami Beach by unveiling its latest innovations and previewing its next generation cyber resilience and digital workforce platforms. These new capabilities enable MSPs to deliver critical services while driving meaningful business growth. Once reserved for large companies, Kaseya’s latest innovations provide enterprise-caliber protection at a m...