Patching stories
Enterprises can now patch older open source software without disruptive upgrades, as IBM and Red Hat target stubborn vulnerability backlogs.
Sensitive physics and engineering research at US and Canadian universities may have been exposed after hackers used Roundcube flaws to enter mail servers.
The real risk is growing backlogs and patching delays, as AI speeds up exploit development faster than security teams can respond.
Security teams are being pushed to prioritise more than ever, as vulnerabilities now make up 42.6% of critical exposures, Check Point says.
New safeguards will let Fable 5 block more harmful cyber prompts, as Anthropic also seeks a common scale for jailbreak risk.
Only a small share of alerts proved urgent, but critical vulnerability exposures more than doubled as phishing also surged in the report.
Most users are still relying on virtual desktops, but patching confidence and rising management costs are pushing IT teams to rethink operations.
Security teams are being pushed to react faster as AI-assisted attacks widen the gap between exploit discovery, patching and live defence.
Administrators can now reverse failed EKS upgrades within seven days, reducing rebuilds and easing pressure on teams running many clusters.
Organisations have only days to patch gaps as AI-driven attackers automate the same old weaknesses, Five Eyes warned.
Its internal security team says automated agents now speed vulnerability checks, patching and production monitoring as attacks intensify.
Criminals are using AI to scale phishing and hunt flaws faster, forcing firms to harden defences as alert volumes and risks rise.
The industrial contractor says the move will save hours of IT work and trim future refresh bills, with 1,200 devices already deployed.
Attackers are already using AI to exploit flaws faster than many organisations can detect them, Five Eyes agencies warned.
Security teams may be able to cut false alarms as Picus says its new platform proves whether a vulnerability can actually be exploited.
It targets defence and government teams needing to handle sensitive data in disconnected environments without direct internet access.
The province found hidden security flaws in public sector systems in hours, a task officials say could have taken a manual review 6.5 years.
Organisations will need to widen cyber planning beyond a checklist as Australia moves to replace the Essential Eight with risk-based Essentials guidance.
Existing Citrix customers can avoid extra virtualisation fees as XenServer 9 is folded into current licences for deployments of up to 10,000 sockets.
The pact aims to help enterprises patch vulnerable open source code faster without forcing disruptive upgrades to production systems.
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