News

Igor Rudenko’s career in cybersecurity spans more than a decade and two continents. Igor spent years in Ukrainian law enforcement investigating international cybercrimes like the Egregor ransomware and fraudulent call centers before moving into the private sector. Now working as a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) for the U.S.-based company, he specialises in application security, DevSecOps, and penetration testing. In this interview for IT Security Guru, Igor reflects on lessons learned from high-profile investigations,...

As AI agents proliferate across enterprise networks, posing a new wave of intelligent and adaptive cyber threats, SandboxAQ has launched a platform designed to meet the moment. The cybersecurity and quantum tech firm today unveiled AQtive Guard, a new solution built to secure the rapidly expanding ecosystem of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and the cryptographic assets they depend on. With projections estimating more than one billion AI agents in operation within the next few years, security...

Organisations demand uncompromising protection against today’s most pressing threats while ensuring minimal disruption to legitimate business operations. Check Point CloudGuard Network Security has just set a new industry benchmark by achieving a 100% exploit block rate including evasions in independent testing conducted by CyberRatings.org (Fig 1.). Fig 1: Check Point CloudGuard Network Security sets new industry benchmark in overall effectiveness from CyberRatings.Org Check Point also leads in reducing alert fatigue with an industry highest 100%...

Organised by Eskenzi PR in media partnership with the IT Security Guru, the Most Inspiring Women in Cyber Awards aim to shed light on the remarkable women in our industry. The following is a feature on one of 2024’s Top 20 women selected by an esteemed panel of judges. Presented in a Q&A format, the nominee’s answers are written in their own words. In 2025, the awards were sponsored by BT, KnowBe4, Mimecast, Varonis, Bridewell, Certes, Pentest Tools and AI Dionic. Community partners included WiCyS UK & Ireland...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has officially added HQC (Hamming Quasi-Cyclic), co-invented by SandboxAQ, to its suite of post-quantum cryptographic (PQC) standards, the company announced today. HQC becomes the fifth algorithm selected by NIST in its ongoing effort to develop quantum-resistant encryption standards. Of the five, three will serve digital signature purposes, while HQC and ML-KEM will be used to secure the confidentiality of communications — protecting everything from Internet traffic and...

Data Connect, a leading cyber security services provider underpinned by elite cyber practitioners and technology, today announced the launch of vSOC Assure. The platform has been developed in response to the growing need for robust, ongoing security assessments and it goes beyond traditional cyber security audits, offering a structured, year-round approach to risk identification, remediation and reduction. “Cyber risk poses the greatest threat to the solvency of organisations today, but understanding how incidents could impact...

KnowBe4, Security Awareness Training leader, today launched its Phishing Threat Trend Report, detailing key trends, new data, and threat intelligence insights surrounding phishing threats targeting organisations at the start of 2025. Based on data generated by KnowBe4 Defend, this edition highlights the growing threat of ransomware and explores how cybercriminals are using sophisticated tactics to bypass native security and secure email gateways (SEGs). It also examines how AI is being leveraged to create polymorphic phishing...

More than 15 women have graduated from cyberUPLIFT, a new cybersecurity training programme from TECwomen, a community-interest company committed to supporting, training, and building a network for women who work or aspire to work in the Technology, Engineering, and Creative Digital industries. The programme, which builds on the success of TECwomen’s digitalUPLIFT initiative, was developed to tackle two urgent and interconnected challenges: the rising level of online threats disproportionately affecting women and the critical underrepresentation...

KnowBe4, the cybersecurity platform that comprehensively addresses human risk management, today announced a new report, “From Primary Schools to Universities, The Global Education Sector is Unprepared for Escalating Cyber Attacks”. The education sector was the most targeted industry for cyberattacks in 2024, according to several reports, including one from Check Point Research. The sector has also seen a stark increase in cyberattacks. Key findings from the report include: ●      Both primary and higher education institutions heavily...

KnowBe4, the world-renowned cybersecurity platform that comprehensively addresses human risk management, today announced that it has been awarded first place in this year’s teissAwards Cybersecurity Company of the Year category for enterprise organisations. The teissAwards celebrate excellence in cyber and information security, recognising the outstanding contributions of vendors and technologies over the past year. Winning first place in the Cybersecurity Company of the Year category underscores KnowBe4’s commitment to innovation, product development, and addressing the human element...