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Ransomware attacks surge 50% as industrial firms hit hardest

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Global ransomware attacks jump 50% to 7,874 in 2025, with industrial firms bearing the brunt as criminal groups reshuffle their tactics.
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Weebit Nano joins Korea drive for low-power AI chips

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Weebit Nano joins South Korea's state-backed push to develop ultra-low-power analogue compute-in-memory chips for next-generation AI.
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Claude Code flaws expose new risks in AI dev tools

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Claude Code flaws found by Check Point could let malicious repos run code and grab API keys before developers confirm a project is trusted.
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Rakuten Symphony, Lightstorm team on sovereign NaaS

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Rakuten Symphony and Lightstorm join forces to offer a sovereign NaaS platform for automated, compliant cloud-network services across MEA, India and APAC.
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Denmark tops 2026 FM resilience ranking, India climbs

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Denmark tops FM's 2026 Resilience Index for a third year as Europe dominates the rankings and India makes broad-based gains across all zones.
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AWS sets telco agenda with cloud & agentic AI for 6G

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AWS sets a three-point telco plan, pushing cloud modernisation, agentic AI automation and 6G-ready, satellite-linked network designs.
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Niobium taps Samsung for encrypted AI chip production

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Niobium partners with SEMIFIVE and Samsung to move its fully homomorphic encryption AI accelerator chip from prototype to volume production.
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AI-driven phishing surge as Acronis warns MSPs at risk

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Acronis warns AI is turbocharging phishing, email attacks and ransomware in 2025, with MSPs and collaboration tools under rising fire.
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AI-driven phishing surge dominates 2025 cyberattacks

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AI-powered phishing drives a sharp 2025 surge in email and chat attacks, as Acronis warns of a new era of automated cybercrime at scale.
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UK CIOs struggle to govern surge in business AI agents

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UK CIOs embed AI agents in critical workflows but lack real-time oversight as board pressure mounts for provable returns and tighter audits.
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AI-driven ransomware attacks surge, most go unreported

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AI-fuelled ransomware hit record levels in 2025, with BlackFog warning that around 86% of attacks worldwide are never publicly disclosed.
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CDN market to hit USD $42.89bn as edge demand surges

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Global CDN spending is forecast to soar from USD $27.25bn in 2025 to USD $42.89bn by 2030, driven by edge demand and performance pressure.
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LTE & 5G set to overtake legacy mission-critical LMR

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LTE and 5G critical communications investment to surge from USD $5.4bn in 2025 to more than USD $9.2bn by 2028, SNS Telecom & IT says.
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Teads expands Google TV HomeScreen ad reach globally

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Teads partners with Google TV to offer HomeScreen ads on over 500 million devices, boosting global connected TV reach and impact.
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Bitsensing unveils retrofit ADAS kit for bus & truck fleets

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Bitsensing launches ADAS Kit, a retrofit radar-and-camera safety system to cut collisions and boost awareness in bus and truck fleets.
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Utopai East buys Alquimista Media to anchor Korea push

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Utopai East takes full control of Seoul's Alquimista Media, securing a 15-title slate and launching its AI-driven push into Korea.
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Cybersecurity as a Service market to hit USD $83.96bn

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Cybersecurity as a Service market forecast to soar from USD $17.60bn in 2024 to USD $83.96bn by 2034, driven by threats and skills gaps.
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LG hits record 2025 sales as tariffs & EV slowdown bite

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LG posts record 2025 revenue of AUD 88.6 trillion but operating profit slips on U.S. tariffs, EV slowdown and one-off restructuring costs.
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CrowdStrike splits LABYRINTH CHOLLIMA into three units

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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CrowdStrike has split North Korea-linked LABYRINTH CHOLLIMA into three units, two for crypto theft and one for industrial espionage.
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Public safety LTE & 5G spend to top USD $6.3 billion

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Global public safety LTE and 5G spending will climb from USD $5bn in 2025 to over USD $6.3bn annually by 2028, SNS Telecom & IT says.