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Ransomware crews exploit VMware vCenter flaw
A critical VMware vCenter vulnerability already under active exploitation is listed by CISA as associated with known ransomware campaigns, raising the stakes around unpatched management servers.
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Quorum Cyber agrees deal for Ontinue
Quorum Cyber has agreed to acquire Ontinue, combining two Microsoft-focused managed-security providers with operations spanning the UK, continental Europe, and North America.
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Hackuity raises $19m for vulnerability operations
French cybersecurity company Hackuity has raised $19 million to expand its vulnerability-operations platform as enterprises contend with growing volumes of security findings.
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Holaluz fined €675,000 over customer data breach
Spain’s data protection authority has fined Holaluz €675,000 after finding inadequate access controls following unauthorised access to customer information.
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Spain records first AI-agent breach notification
Spain’s data regulator has received its first breach notification involving an AI agent, with the reported attack chaining authenticated access, vulnerability discovery, and access to personal information.
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NIST tightens identity token guidance
NIST has finalised guidance for protecting identity tokens and assertions used in cloud, federation, API, single sign-on, and workload-access environments.
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Microsoft sets cyber limits for future AI
Microsoft AI has published a draft code intended to govern future MAI models, including explicit limits on offensive cyber activity, autonomy, privilege, and resistance to human shutdown.
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School websites miss browser security controls
An assessment of 25,454 UK school websites found more than a quarter lacked all seven browser-side security controls tested, despite generally stronger adoption of modern transport encryption.
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Cyber Essentials awards reach record level
More than 61,000 Cyber Essentials certificates were awarded in the year to June, extending adoption of the UK government-backed baseline security scheme.
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Fime acquires Red Alert Labs
Fime has acquired French cybersecurity specialist Red Alert Labs, adding product-security evaluation, certification expertise, and compliance automation as European cyber rules move into active reporting.