Geopolitical pressure drove much of the state-sponsored cyber activity recorded between October 2025 and March 2026, according to ESET’s latest APT Activity Report. Espionage groups aligned with China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran adjusted their targets to match the economic and security concerns of their governments. Attack sources (Source: ESET) “In Asia, the campaigns primarily…
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AI, Global Security News, Risk Management
Geopolitical volatility has become a ‘technology leadership test’
Forrester has published a new report ‘Geopolitical Conflict Increases IT Budget Scrutiny And Security Risks’ which details how geopolitical instability in the Middle East is forcing technology leaders to heavily scrutinize their budgets.
AI, Global Security News, Government & Policy, Politics, Risk Management
War-Driven Outages Put MSP Data Center Strategies at Risk
Data centers are no longer insulated from geopolitical conflict, and MSPs are starting to feel the impact. Recent attacks tied to escalating tensions between Iran, the U.S., and Israel have disrupted cloud infrastructure in the Middle East, forcing hyperscalers to shift workloads and exposing new risks to uptime, supply chains, and service agreements. For managed…
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We Are At War
Rising geopolitical tensions are reflected (or in some cases preceded) by cyber operations, while technology itself has become politicized. Let’s admit it: we are in the middle of it. Introduction: One tech power to rule them all is a thing of the past The relative safety, peace and prosperity that much of the world has…
AI, Global Security News, Risk Management
Boards under pressure: Why AI is forcing a governance reset
iTWire TV: Australian boardrooms are entering a critical inflection point as AI, cyber risk and geopolitical uncertainty converge to reshape corporate governance.
AI, Data Breaches, Global Security News
How CISOs Can Survive the Era of Geopolitical Cyberattacks
Geopolitical tensions are driving destructive cyberattacks designed to disrupt operations, not demand ransom. CISOs must limit lateral movement and contain breaches to reduce the impact of wiper campaigns. […]
AI, china, Exploits, Global Security News, Government & Policy, malware, Network Security, Risk Management, Russia
NCSC Warns UK Organisations to Prepare for Potential Iran-Linked Cyber Activity
Geopolitical conflict rarely stays confined to physical battlefields. Increasingly, it spills into the digital domain. The latest escalation of tensions in the Middle East has prompted the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to issue a warning to organisations to review their cyber security posture and prepare for possible cyber activity linked to Iran. While…
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Radware 2026 Global Threat Report Shows DDoS Attacks Jump 168% as Cyber Threats Escalate Across Networks and Applications
Primary driver of DDoS activity remains geopolitical and ideological conflict AI-Driven Bot Attacks Accelerate Worldwide