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Seventh annual Nutanix Enterprise Cloud Index finds Australia ahead of global peers in GenAI strategy implementation, yet lags in technical readiness to extract gains

Cyberint, rebranded as Check Point External Risk Management, offers a comprehensive view of an organization's cyber threats across the open, deep, and dark web

GUEST RESEARCH:  Bitdefender has combined information from openly available sources (OSINT) – including news reports and research – with data we gather by analysing Data Leak Portals (DLPs), websites where ransomware groups post details about their victims to develop our March 2025 Threat Debrief. It’s important to remember that we can't independently verify all of these claims, but we can feel quite confident in the trends we see over time.

COMPANY NEWS:  Check Point unveils AI-powered security advancements and earns #1 ranking in Miercom’s security benchmark

COMPANY NEWS:  Six new capabilities reduce complexity, enhance threat prevention, and set the stage for autonomous zero trust across the Infinity Platform

Google Cloud Security has released the H1 2025 Threat Horizons Report

While organizations pour resources into advanced threat detection systems and cutting-edge security tools, they often miss fundamental elements that could make or break their cybersecurity defenses. These overlooked components create vulnerabilities that sophisticated attackers are all too happy to exploit.

COMPANY NEWS: Cyber security solutions provider Check Point Software Technologies Ltd has released its 13th annual report, The State of Global Cyber Security 2025, revealing an alarming 44% increase in global cyber-attacks year-over-year.

COMPANY NEWS:  Exabeam leads the way in security operations productivity as the first platform to embrace Open API compatibility

COMPANY NEWS:  Proven Protection at Scale: Check Point Harmony Email Collaboration Secures Businesses Globally, Exceeding US$100M in ARR

GUEST OPINION:  Australian parliament recently passed the country’s first standalone Cyber Security Act, which brings in a range of additional legislation and protections around reporting ransomware incidents and sharing of information.

COMPANY NEWS:  Vectra NDR is powered by Attack Signal Intelligence to cut through alert noise and stop attacks early

GUEST RESEARCH:  Dragos's Industrial Ransomware Analysis Report Q3 2024  revealed that the ransomware threat ecosystem remained highly active, driven by the emergence of new groups, rebranding of existing entities, the expansion of initial access broker (IAB) operations, and the proliferation of illicitly traded tools. Operators demonstrated a growing ability to adapt to disruptions, leveraging technological advancements and strategic realignments to sustain their operations.

GUEST RESEARCH:  Rapid7 published its analysis of the Black Basta ransomware campaign, having observed a resurgence of activity related to the ongoing social engineering campaign being conducted by the group.

In early Nov, Rapid7 Labs identified a new, highly evasive malware installer, 'CleverSoar,' targeting Chinese and Vietnamese-speaking victims. CleverSoar is designed to deploy and protect multiple malicious components within a campaign, including the advanced Winos4.0 framework and the Nidhogg rootkit. These tools enable capabilities such as keystroke logging, data exfiltration, security bypasses, and covert system control, suggesting that the campaign is part of a potentially prolonged espionage effort.

COMPANY NEWS:  Commvault's modern cloud native software received highest possible score in "Hyperscale cloud/IaaS" criterion

Accelerating quantum-resilient encryption to help enterprises protect critical systems from the emerging threat of quantum adversaries

New KnowBe4 training addresses critical security risks in hiring processes, sharing insights for other organisations to learn the pitfalls and avoid mistakenly hiring hackers

COMPANY NEWS:  Empowers enterprises to detect, investigate, and respond to malicious files with more speed and precision

COMPANY NEWS:  Other key findings include surge of info-stealers and botnets, an increase in evasive malware and a rise in network attacks across the Asia Pacific