Microsoft Teams has become a staple of corporate communication, prompting companies to invest heavily in tools like Microsoft Defender for Office 365 to protect against phishing, malware, and malicious links.
The global financial community has unleashed a new era for global payments innovation with universal adoption of ISO 20022 as the standard language for cross-border payments worldwide.
Several major US financial institutions are on high alert following a cyber breach at SitusAMC, a key technology provider serving the mortgage industry. The incident, discovered on November 12, exposed sensitive data belonging to both banks and their customers.
A major malvertising operation known as TamperedChef is tricking users worldwide into installing malware disguised as legitimate software installers. According to Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU), attackers are deploying fake versions of common tools to establish persistent access and deliver a JavaScript-based backdoor for remote control. The campaign remains active, supported by search engine manipulation, fake ads, and abused digital certificates—all intended to boost credibility and evade security detection.
Condukt, an AI-driven compliance platform founded by former Revolut Business leaders Paulo Guichard and Bhasker Rao, has raised $10 million to expand into regulated financial services. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and MMC Ventures, with additional participation from Cocoa Ventures.
A global Cloudflare outage briefly impacted access to major websites and online services on Tuesday, causing intermittent failures across platforms including OpenAI, Spotify, X (formerly Twitter), and numerous telecom and media sites. Users reported that pages either would not load or lacked key content, and even Downdetector—which tracks service disruptions—became temporarily unavailable. Cloudflare acknowledged the issue and began gradually restoring service approximately three hours after the problem began.
Running a business today can be likened to trying to navigate a digital minefield. You know there are dangers all around, but knowing where they are and how to avoid them is rarely an easy task.
In mid-September 2025, state-sponsored cyber actors from China exploited Anthropic’s AI technology, specifically Claude Code, to orchestrate automated attacks on roughly 30 high-value global targets, including tech firms, financial institutions, chemical manufacturers, and government agencies.
