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      Firms Eye Vendor Vulnerabilities as Enterprise Cybersecurity Risks Surge

      2025-05-27

      PYMNTS: The tech sector thrives on rapid innovation, agile partnerships and application programming interface (API)-driven interconnectivity; an ethos that has evolved across other industries.

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      Check Point Acquires Veriti Cybersecurity to Bolster Defense

      2025-05-27

      Investing.com: In a move to enhance its cybersecurity offerings, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has announced the acquisition of Veriti Cybersecurity, a company specializing in automated threat exposure and mitigation. 

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      Fintech Hiring to Boom After Cyber Attack Carnage

      2025-05-26

      Yahoo Finance: UK fintech is set for another shot of momentum after a series of cyber attacks on top retailers exposed a need for greater security expansion.

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      Banking Groups Ask SEC to Drop Cybersecurity Incident Disclosure Rule

      2025-05-26

      Cointelegraph: American banking and financial industry advocacy groups have petitioned the Securities and Exchange Commission to repeal its cybersecurity incident public disclosure requirements. 

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      Know Your Breach: UK Legal Aid Agency

      The Target: The Legal Aid Agency, which is part of the UK’s Ministry of Justice, provides criminal and civil legal aid and advice to people in England and Wales.

      The Take: The compromised data includes applicants’ contact details and addresses, dates of birth, national ID numbers, criminal history, and employment status, as well as financial information such as contribution amounts, payments, and debts.

      The Vector: An investigation conducted with the aid of the National Crime Agency and National Cyber Security Centre revealed on May 16 that the intrusion was “more extensive than originally understood and that the group behind it had accessed a large amount of information relating to legal aid applicants”.

      This breach highlights the extreme importance of timely software updates for known software vulnerabilities, not only in systems directly under a firm’s control, but in third-party systems the firm relies upon as well. The longer a firm, or its vendors, hold out on deploying the most up-to-date software for their systems, the greater the chance an attacker will exploit the issue.

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      H.I.G. Capital Announces Strategic Growth Investment in AgileBlue to Accelerate AI-Powered Cybersecurity for the Mid-Market

      2025-05-22

      PR Newswire: H.I.G. Growth Partners ("H.I.G. Growth"), the dedicated growth capital investment affiliate of H.I.G. Capital ("H.I.G."), a leading global alternative investment firm with $69 billion of capital under management, is pleased to announce its investment in AgileBlue (or the "Company"), an AI-powered Security Operations platform that detects, investigates, and auto-responds to cyber threats across cloud, network, and endpoint environments.

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      Cyber and AI Fuel Surge in UK Tech M&A Deals

      2025-05-21

      Yahoo Finance: The UK’s software M&A market has hit a record high, with £13.2bn deployed across 420 deals over the past year, marking a 27 per cent year on year rise and revealing the nation’s pivotal role in Europe’s tech investment scene.

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      Hong Kong Regulator Bans Broker Text Links After Phishing Scams Hit Traders

      2025-05-21

      Finance Magnates: A wave of phishing scams has hit Hong Kong investors, with attackers impersonating licensed brokers in fraudulent text messages that link to fake websites.

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      Online Criminals Attacking HSBC ‘All the Time’, says Head of UK Arm

      2025-05-20

      The Guardian: The boss of HSBC’s UK arm has said the bank is “being attacked all the time” by online criminals, with cybersecurity now its biggest expense, costing the lender hundreds of millions of pounds.

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      Cybersecurity is in a Pivotal Moment With AI, Says Palo Alto Networks CEO

      2025-05-20

      CNBC: According to Nikesh Arora, even “naysayers” of AI are now trying to move data to the cloud in order to keep up with competitors. New AI models require the cloud, he said, claiming that businesses will be left behind if they don’t move their company to the platform.

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