Businesses that have already been struggling to keep out the growing number of cyber threats would have been happy to see AIs now adding to their list of concerns. Hardly a week passes without yet another headline of an attack engineered by AI or worse, by an AI that had escaped the safe confines of its test environment. With so much to manage, businesses need to focus on getting their foundation right, like getting visibility of their digital assets and using AI too to secure the infrastructure, according to Japanese firm Canon. For a company that provides technology management services to businesses but is known more for its printers and cameras, it also advises its clients not to forget the printer or multi-functional device (MFD) that sits in a corner of the office and remains a possible loophole for hackers. While AI is worrying organisations, they should also secure the many connected devices in their network, says Hiroshi Yokota, senior vice-president for regional digital printing and business solution operations at Canon Singapore. “Organisations must treat printers and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices as integral parts of their core cybersecurity strategy rather than peripheral assets,” he tells Techgoondu in this month’s Q&A. NOTE: Responses are edited for style. Q: An AI recently “escaped” its sandbox and went on to hack other companies to accomplish its given task. Given how fast these AI-powered threats are appearing – including those engineered by hackers – what areas should businesses focus on with their limited budgets and capabilities? A: Autonomous, AI-driven threats bypassing traditional sandboxes prove that the threat landscape is evolving faster than corporate infrastructure can keep pace. For businesses navigating these shifting dynamics with limited budgets and capabilities, trying to defend every single digital asset equally is operationally challenging. They must instead
Aug 26, 2026 · via techgoondu.com
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Veea Inc. (“Veea”) (NASDAQ: VEEA), a provider of AI-driven, cybersecure edge infrastructure, today announced that its VHC25 VeeaHub® has completed Total Play Telecomunicaciones’ (“Totalplay”) technical qualification process, clearing a key milestone as the companies advance plans to offer Veea SecureConnect™ and VigiLynx™ to Totalplay business customers in Mexico. Veea and Totalplay have signed a collaboration agreement that provides a framework for combining Totalplay’s fiber connectivity and managed-services operations with Veea’s cloud-managed edge platform. Totalplay operates one of Mexico’s largest 100% fiber-optic networks and serves residential, small and medium-sized business, enterprise and public-sector customers. As of June 30, 2026, Totalplay reported approximately 5.7 million service subscribers and 19.5 million homes passed by its network. Its business portfolio includes high-capacity connectivity, managed networking, SD-WAN, Wi-Fi, cybersecurity, cloud, communications and video surveillance. One Edge Platform for Managed Business Services Business locations increasingly depend on broadband, Wi-Fi, payment systems, cameras, access controls, sensors, cloud applications and connected equipment. These capabilities are often deployed through separate appliances, applications and management platforms, increasing cost and complexity while creating additional points of cyber and operational exposure. The VeeaONE™ platform provides a common, cloud-managed environment for these services at the customer location. SecureConnect combines managed connectivity, enterprise networking, Wi-Fi, Software Defined Networking (SDN) with network and device type segmentation, connected-device intelligence and AI-powered cybersecurity. VigiLynx extends the same platform into the physical environment through VeeaVision™ video intelligence, AIoT sensor integration and optional Edge AI for local analytics, alerts and automation. VeeaWare middleware further enables AI acceleration, with agentic AI capabilities based on a variety of AI models and harnesses, on VeeaCloud-managed hyperconverged networks with a mix of VeeaHub devices, NVIDIA’s Jetson family of products and X86/X64 and Linux servers. A business can begin with secure connectivity and cybersecurity and add
Aug 26, 2026 · via markets.businessinsider.com
Kudelski Group 2026 HALF YEAR RESULTS | Kudelski Group / Key word(s): Half Year Results 2026 HALF YEAR RESULTS 26.08.2026 / 07:00 CET/CEST Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR Highlights: KEY FIGURES HALF YEAR 2026 Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland and Phoenix (AZ), USA – August 26th, 2026 – The Kudelski Group (SIX: KUD.S), the world leader in digital security, announced today its results for the first half of 2026. During the first half of 2026, the Kudelski Group continued to execute its strategic transformation, with all three segments improving their operating results and both Core Digital Security and IoT returning to revenue growth. Core Digital Security recorded its first year-on-year revenue increase in five years, supported by new business lines and an expanded scope of business with key European customers. Cybersecurity generated strong bookings growth in Managed Detection and Response and advisory services while further expanding its gross margin, and IoT returned to growth with a recovery of its gross margin. Together, these developments show that the measures taken over the past two years are translating into improved operational profitability. The Group’s net revenues and other operating income were USD 171.8 million in the first half of 2026, a decrease of 1.5%, while EBITDA improved to USD -11.5 million compared to USD -19.1 million during the first half of 2025. The Group remained debt‑free with USD 64.3 million of cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period. CORE DIGITAL SECURITY: FIRST YEAR-ON-YEAR GROWTH OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS Core Digital Security generated revenues of USD 104.7 million, an increase of 0.7% compared to the first half of 2025 and the first year-on-year growth of the last five years. In Europe, revenues increased by 12.2% to USD 56.3 million, as the Group expanded the scope of its business with
Aug 26, 2026 · via eqs-news.com
According to an alarming finding in the new “IoT & OT Cybersecurity Report 2026” presented by the Düsseldorf-based cybersecurity company ONEKEY, the German business community is neglecting the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). The report is based on a survey of 200 German industrial companies regarding their strategies for implementing the EU’s latest cybersecurity regulation relating to operational technology (OT). OT is used to control physical systems and processes, as well as connected devices that exchange data over the internet (the Internet of Things, or IoT). A significant proportion — 45 per cent — stated that they were either barely familiar with or completely unfamiliar with the requirements. This is noteworthy because the first CRA obligations will take effect on 11 September this year. From this date onwards, manufacturers, importers and distributors of connected devices, machines and systems will be required to report any actively exploited vulnerabilities in their products, as well as any related serious security incidents. ONEKEY CEO Jan Wendenburg clarified: “With a few exceptions, this also applies to all products already on the market, not just new developments as is often mistakenly assumed.” The ‘IoT & OT Cybersecurity Report 2026’ provides the following examples: - Connected machines and control systems - Routers, firewalls, and network devices - IoT and smart home devices - Operating systems, apps, and other software - Industrial control software - Cloud functions, if necessary for product operation According to the new ONEKEY report, industrial companies that view themselves solely as users may still be affected and fall under the Cyber Resilience Act. For example: A company that buys connected machines solely for its own production, but imports them directly from Asia, may be considered an importer under the CRA if it transfers the machines to a subsidiary or sister company. Only One-third Are Familiar
Aug 25, 2026 · via finchannel.com
Drones have transformed industries ranging from logistics and agriculture to surveillance and emergency response. However, as these unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) become more connected and capable, cybersecurity experts are increasingly examining another possibility: Can drones be used as platforms for launching cyber-attacks? The answer is YES. A drone can potentially be used as a physical platform for carrying out or supporting certain cyber operations, particularly when it is equipped with computing hardware, wireless communication capabilities and appropriate network interfaces. This creates a convergence between physical security, wireless security and cybersecurity. How Drones can become Cybersecurity Threats Traditional cyber-attacks are generally launched through internet-connected computers, servers or compromised devices. A drone introduces an important difference: it can physically move close to a target. For example, a maliciously modified drone could potentially carry equipment capable of interacting with wireless networks or nearby Internet of Things (IoT) devices. This could allow an attacker to conduct reconnaissance of wireless environments or attempt to exploit poorly secured systems. The risk becomes more significant around sensitive locations such as industrial facilities, airports, government buildings and critical infrastructure. A drone could potentially approach areas that would otherwise be difficult for an attacker to access physically. However, simply flying a drone near a facility does not automatically provide access to its networks. Strong authentication, encryption, network segmentation and properly configured wireless infrastructure can significantly reduce the likelihood of successful compromise. Wireless Networks are a major Concern One of the most important cybersecurity concerns associated with malicious drones is their ability to interact with wireless technologies. Organizations increasingly depend on Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, cellular connectivity and other wireless technologies. If these systems are improperly configured or rely on outdated security mechanisms, an attacker operating a nearby drone could potentially attempt to identify vulnerable devices or interfere with wireless communications. This
Aug 25, 2026 · via cybersecurity-insiders.com
As cybersecurity adoption continues to expand across businesses, governments and critical infrastructure, the digital attack surface is growing at an equally rapid pace. Organizations are deploying more security tools, adding additional layers of protection and adopting advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, zero-trust architecture and automated threat detection. However, this growing security stack is also creating a new challenge: complexity. Against this backdrop, the concept of “Subtractive Security” is gaining attention in cybersecurity discussions in 2026. Rather than continuously adding new security products and controls, subtractive security focuses on identifying and removing unnecessary technologies, privileges, processes, applications and access points that could potentially increase an organization’s exposure to cyber threats. The principle is relatively straightforward: sometimes improving cybersecurity means having less, rather than more. Reducing the Cybersecurity Attack Surface Modern enterprises can have hundreds or even thousands of applications, cloud services, connected devices, user accounts and third-party integrations operating simultaneously. Every additional component can potentially introduce vulnerabilities, misconfigurations or opportunities for attackers. Subtractive security encourages organizations to examine these components and ask an important question: Is this technology or access necessary? Unused applications, dormant accounts, excessive administrator privileges, obsolete systems, unnecessary network ports and redundant security tools can all increase an organization’s attack surface. Removing them can reduce the number of potential entry points available to cybercriminals. This approach is particularly relevant as businesses embrace cloud computing, remote work, Internet of Things (IoT) devices and AI-powered applications. Less Complexity can mean Better Security One of the biggest advantages of subtractive security is its ability to reduce operational complexity. Security teams often manage numerous products from different vendors, each generating alerts, logs and notifications. When the number of security tools becomes excessive, analysts can struggle to distinguish genuine threats from false positives. Tool consolidation can therefore become an important part of
Aug 25, 2026 · via cybersecurity-insiders.com
SIDTM Pune Invites Applications for M.B.A. in Digital & Telecom Management Through SNAP 2026 SMPL Pune (Maharashtra) [India], August 24: Symbiosis Institute of Digital & Telecom Management (SIDTM), Pune, a pioneer business school in technology management education under Symbiosis International (Deemed University), has announced the commencement of admissions for the academic year 2027-28 through the Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP) 2026. With SNAP registrations already underway, management aspirants can now apply to SIDTM and pursue an industry-relevant education at the intersection of business strategy and technology leadership. With a curriculum shaped around the needs of the various industries which need digital transformation along with AI transformation, SIDTM offers its flagship M.B.A. in Digital & Telecom Management (D&TM) across three specialisations: Systems & Finance, Marketing & Finance, and AI & Analytics. Graduates from any recognised university with a minimum of 50% marks (45% for SC/ST) are eligible to apply, while candidates holding foreign degrees will need an equivalence certificate from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU). SNAP is the common computer-based entrance test for admission to management programmes offered by Symbiosis International (Deemed University). Candidates can appear for the examination on multiple scheduled dates, with the best score considered for the admission process, followed by SIDTM's institute-specific selection process. "The current era demands management professionals who are equally fluent in business strategy, digital technology and knowledge of AI in business transformations. At SIDTM, our curriculum and pedagogy are designed to instil this balance, enabling our graduates to deliver impactful, commercially viable solutions across industries. As SNAP registrations open, we look forward to welcoming aspiring managers and leaders who are ready to lead India's digital and telecom growth story," said Dr. CA. Abhijit Chirputkar, Director of Symbiosis Institute of Digital & Telecom Management (SIDTM), Pune A hallmark of SIDTM's learning approach is
Aug 24, 2026 · via bignewsnetwork.com
Policy Pulse - Issue #30 | Week of August 23, 2026 Mandiant found more than 100 critical flaws in two days with an agentic review harness. NIST opened two new comment windows, and CISA added nine actively exploited vulnerabilities. Policy Pulse - Issue #30 | Week of August 23, 2026 Your weekly briefing on cybersecurity policy affecting vulnerability disclosure and security research. Top Story Mandiant just made AI-scale vulnerability disclosure measurable On August 18, Mandiant published the architecture and early results of its Agentic Vulnerability Discovery Harness. In one incident-response engagement, the system found more than 100 true-positive critical vulnerabilities in two days. Across ten months of use, Mandiant says the harness has processed tens of millions of lines of code, run thousands of analysis pipelines, generated tens of thousands of findings, produced 12 assigned CVEs, and left another dozen findings in active disclosure. (Mandiant) The useful bit is not just the volume. Mandiant built explicit gates around it: agents create a threat model, discover entry points, trace control and data flow, generate hypotheses, and attack those hypotheses with multiple validators. Human consultants then reproduce exploitation, write proof-of-concept code, discard false positives, deduplicate the survivors, and prepare formal disclosures. That is closer to a disclosure production line than a faster scanner. Why it matters for VDP: AI-scale intake is no longer a hypothetical future problem. A single team has demonstrated more than 100 critical findings in 48 hours while keeping a human validation gate. Program operators now need a comparable receiving system: machine-readable evidence requirements, aggressive duplicate clustering, support for chained findings, clear CNA routing, and enough coordination capacity to keep validated reports from becoming a new backlog. Upcoming Deadlines & Events | Date | Agency | Event/Deadline | Action Required | Link | |---|---|---|---|---| | Aug 24, 2026 |
Aug 23, 2026 · via t.co
Industrial IoT Security: Designing OTA Updates That Recover From Failure Key Highlights - Industrial Linux devices require specialized OTA update strategies to ensure safety, security and minimal downtime during software upgrades. - A/B system updates, combined with hardware-assisted redundancy, allow seamless updates and automatic recovery from failures without service interruption. - Physical storage options like independent SD cards and SSDs enhance resilience, enabling systems to switch between multiple bootable images safely. - Implementing cryptographically signed update bundles and generating Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs) ensures security, traceability and compliance with regulatory standards. Every engineer who ships an industrial Linux device eventually reaches the same question: how do you update hardware that is installed in a cabinet, on a factory floor or at a remote site without prolonged service interruption, a site visit or risking a bricked device? For a development board on a workbench, updating Linux can be as simple as connecting over SSH and running apt upgrade. Industrial devices are different. They may be difficult to access, connected through unreliable networks or expected to operate continuously for years. A failed update, unexpected power loss or application that fails to start after reboot can turn a routine software release into a service call. A robust over-the-air (OTA) update therefore needs to do more than copy files. It must install a complete system safely, verify that it works and recover automatically if it does not. A practical architecture combines A/B system updates, hardware-assisted rollback, signed update bundles, software bills of materials (SBOMs) and reproducible builds. This article explores those concepts using Strato Pi Max from Sfera Labs and Rugix from Silitics as examples. Together, they provide an effective combination of industrial hardware with multiple physical storage options and a software stack designed for robust, reproducible updates. Why industrial OTA updates are
Aug 21, 2026 · via automationworld.com
Cybersecurity organisation CREST has launched a new accreditation aimed at helping organisations assess whether providers have the expertise to test AI-enabled systems securely, as generative AI and large language models become embedded in business applications. The Security Testing of AI standard sets independently assessable requirements for cybersecurity service providers, giving buyers a way to assess suppliers’ technical expertise, testing methodologies and governance. CREST said the accreditation addresses a growing gap as AI moves from experimentation into applications, products and business processes. Buyers have had limited ways to distinguish providers with specialist AI security testing capabilities from those simply claiming expertise. The standard assesses practitioner competence, testing methodologies, governance and quality controls, technical approaches and tooling, and processes for identifying and evaluating AI-specific security risks. Providers must also produce evidence supporting their testing conclusions. The approach takes a system-level view of AI security rather than treating the underlying model as the only attack surface. Testing can encompass applications, prompts and system instructions, retrieval mechanisms, data sources, memory, tools, plugins, APIs, orchestration layers and downstream systems affected by AI-generated outputs. That broader approach is increasingly relevant to connected products and services, where an AI model may sit alongside multiple applications, APIs, data sources and Cloud or Edge components. CREST chief executive Nick Benson said the organisation’s members had identified a need for greater visibility into the AI testing credentials of cybersecurity providers. “Offering security testing of AI systems and demonstrating the ability to deliver it effectively are two different things,” he said. The accreditation is the latest element of CREST’s expanding AI assurance programme. In July, the organisation introduced an AI-Enabled Penetration Testing standard covering how providers use AI to deliver cybersecurity services. The latest standard instead focuses on their ability to test AI-enabled systems themselves. CREST research cited in the announcement
Aug 21, 2026 · via iotinsider.com
Medical Device Cybersecurity Solutions Market Report Examines Industry Trends, Growth Drivers And Future Outlook The landscape of medical device cybersecurity solutions is rapidly evolving, driven by the increasing integration of connected technologies in healthcare. As devices become more sophisticated and interconnected, ensuring their protection from cyber threats has become a critical priority. This overview explores the market's growth projections, key players, emerging trends, and segmentation to offer a comprehensive understanding of this vital sector. Projected Market Size and Expansion of the Medical Device Cybersecurity Solutions Market The medical device cybersecurity solutions market is on track for remarkable expansion, anticipated to reach $46.92 billion by 2030. This growth corresponds to a robust compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.4%. Several factors are fueling this surge, including the rising adoption of IoT-enabled medical devices, tighter cybersecurity regulations targeting medical technologies, and the growing complexity of cyberattacks. Additionally, the shift toward cloud-based healthcare infrastructure and increased investments in cybersecurity measures are significant contributors to this upward trend. Throughout the forecast period, the market is expected to witness key trends such as heightened risks linked to connected devices, demand for solutions compliant with regulatory standards, a stronger emphasis on secure software updates, expansion of security services covering devices throughout their lifecycle, and greater implementation of proactive threat detection and monitoring systems. The medical device cybersecurity solutions market size has grown exponentially in recent years. It will grow from $16.67 billion in 2025 to $20.9 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25.3%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to growth in network-connected medical devices, early cybersecurity breaches in healthcare, increasing digitization of hospital infrastructure, initial regulatory guidance on device security, rising adoption of software-based medical devices. Download a free sample of the medical device cybersecurity solutions market
Aug 21, 2026 · via openpr.com
WISeKey Appoints Alexander Hirsch as Group Chief Marketing Officer to Coordinate Global Marketing Across the Group Source: GlobeNewswire Geneva, Switzerland — August 21, 2026 — WISeKey International Holding Ltd. (SIX: WIHN; NASDAQ: WKEY), a global leader in cybersecurity, digital identity and IoT, today announced the appointment of Alexander Hirsch as Group Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), with responsibility for coordinating and accelerating the marketing, communications, brand positioning and go-to-market activities of WISeKey Group and its affiliated companies, including its SEALSQ Corp (Nasdaq: LAES) (“SEALSQ”), SEALQUANTUM, WISeSat and WISeID subsidiaries. The appointment comes as the Group enters a new phase of international expansion across post-quantum cybersecurity, semiconductors, quantum technologies, satellite communications and digital identity. In his role as Group CMO, Mr. Hirsch will work closely with the leadership and marketing teams of each company to create a more integrated global strategy while preserving the specialized positioning and market identity of each business. Mr. Hirsch brings over 15 years of international marketing leadership, specializing in scale-up strategies, corporate communications, and high-impact global partnerships. Throughout his career, he has built a strong reputation for bridging complex, cutting-edge technologies with commercial market success, creating compelling narratives that resonate across enterprise clients, strategic partners, and key industry stakeholders. Prior to joining WISeKey, Mr. Hirsch was Senior Director of EMEA Executive Field Marketing at Salesforce, where he directed executive marketing strategies and brand presence across Europe. During his tenure, he spearheaded major global partnership initiatives, including Salesforce's F1 activations and engagements at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, and oversaw the region's Salesforce Innovation Centers, which served as flagship briefing hubs for C-suite digital transformation strategy. He also drove marketing programs across Salesforce’s proprietary events and high-caliber third-party industry gatherings, delivering high-impact digital transformation experiences for C-suite leaders. In these roles, he drove engagements for
Aug 21, 2026 · via markets.ft.com
AI skills in cybersecurity job postings doubled as junior hiring stalls The AI Workforce Consortium today reported that the share of cybersecurity job postings across the Group of Seven economies that ask for artificial intelligence skills doubled over the year, and junior hiring has not moved with them. This was the first in a new series of spotlight reports, this one on the impact of AI agents on cybersecurity. Job demand across the G7 grew 9.5% in the six months through March, measured against the same period a year earlier. The preceding half-year came in at 6.8%. AI skills turned up in 28.5% of those postings, against 14.2% a year before. The most recent month in the data ran at 29.7%. All of it covers G7 markets only. Sort the same postings by seniority and the picture changes. Senior-titled roles grew 65% in the six months through March. Growth in junior-titled roles was 5.9%. In the half-year before that they had shrunk slightly. The consortium calls this the experience paradox. Employers are asking for senior skills in jobs that are nominally entry level. Cisco Systems Inc., which founded the consortium, asked security leaders what they cannot find in entry-level candidates. Hands-on experience with AI agents was the top gap, at 49%. Technical cybersecurity depth was 48%, human skills 45%. Four percentage points separate the top and bottom of that list, so the three are presented as a cluster rather than a ranking. The same survey asked about budgets. Leaders picked up to three investment priorities for the next two years, and AI-powered defense was chosen most often, by 36%. People came fourth on 25%, level with threat intelligence. Anthropic PBC disclosed a cyber-espionage campaign in November 2025 in which its Claude model ran 80% to 90% of the operation under
Aug 21, 2026 · via siliconangle.com
As reported by The Hacker News, a cybersecurity campaign dubbed Operation CameraSwarm has compromised over 14,530 Dahua devices between June 17 and July 22, 2026. Researchers at Hunt.io detailed the operation, which utilized credential attacks, two authentication-bypass vulnerabilities, and a peer-to-peer (P2P) relay technique to gain unauthorized access.The campaign, primarily impacting devices in Ukraine and Russia, leveraged CVE-2021-33044 and CVE-2021-33045, two authentication-bypass flaws rated 9.8 CVSS by the NVD. These vulnerabilities allowed attackers to bypass device identity authentication by sending malicious data packets. Additionally, a P2P relay technique, separate from the CVEs, enabled access to devices behind network address translation (NAT) by using a valid serial number to establish a relay path before device credential checks.Hunt.io reported that 12,324 devices were compromised via credential attacks, 1,923 through authentication bypass, and 283 via the P2P relay. While Dahua has released firmware fixes for the CVEs, ITRES Labs recommends disabling P2P functionality where not essential and ensuring devices are running the latest firmware. The campaign's operator is believed to be Russian-speaking, though no specific threat actor has been identified.Source: The Hacker News Get daily email updates SC Media's daily must-read of the most current and pressing daily news You can skip this ad in 5 seconds
Aug 20, 2026 · via scworld.com
How Internet Censorship Threatens IoT Systems Proton Proton The Internet of Things rests on a simple premise: devices talk to each other across a free and open internet. Smart city sensors stream data to municipal dashboards. Connected medical devices relay patient vitals to healthcare providers. Industrial IoT systems coordinate supply chain logistics in real time. All of this assumes the internet is truly interconnected. But what happens when it isn't? According to Freedom House's Freedom on the Net 2025 report, global internet freedom declined for the 15th consecutive year. Of 72 countries assessed, conditions deteriorated in 28 while only 17 saw improvements. China has remained the world's worst environment for internet freedom for over a decade. The report highlights that government manipulation of online information has undergone the most consistent global decline of any indicator measured over 15 years. For the IoT industry, this is not an abstract policy debate. Internet censorship through website blocking, content filtering, or shutdowns directly undermines the infrastructure that connected devices rely on to function. IoT devices depend on continuous network access. When governments block services, throttle bandwidth, or sever connectivity entirely, the consequences cascade through the ecosystem. As IoT For All has explored, urban IoT systems depend on uninterrupted data flows between sensors and central platforms. Traffic signals that adjust in real time, environmental monitoring stations, and smart parking systems all assume that data can move freely. Now imagine a government-ordered internet shutdown, or targeted blocking of cloud services hosting IoT platforms. Smart infrastructure stops working when the network fails. Emergency alert systems built on IoT frameworks go silent. Russia has repeatedly shut down mobile internet across large regions, disrupting digital payment systems and IoT-dependent commerce. These shutdowns demonstrate how quickly the absence of connectivity can paralyze the digital economy. Censorship and surveillance often
Aug 20, 2026 · via iotforall.com
County's Juvenile Probation Agency Selects SuperCom's PureOne GPS Technology Following Multi-Week Live-Unit Evaluation Reinforces SuperCom's Expansion Model Within Newly Entered U.S. States NEW YORK, Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SuperCom (NASDAQ: SPCB), a global provider of secure solutions for the e-Government, IoT, and Cybersecurity sectors, today announced that it has won a new county-level electronic monitoring contract with a juvenile probation agency in the state of Texas. The award represents SuperCom's third contract since its recent expansion in the state in December 2025 and fully displaces the county's incumbent electronic monitoring provider. Under the contract, SuperCom will deploy its proprietary PureOne GPS solution to support the agency's juvenile supervision program. The contract follows a recurring revenue model based on daily active units, further expanding SuperCom's recurring revenue customer base. SuperCom was selected following a multi-week live-unit evaluation in which its PureOne technology was tested against competing solutions. "Our ambition in the United States is to build durable and expanding positions within each new market that we enter," commented Ordan Trabelsi, President and CEO of SuperCom. "Texas is a strong example of this strategy in action. After establishing a foothold, we build density county by county as the performance of our technology and the quality of our execution create opportunities for continued expansion." "This latest contract builds on broad-based momentum across our core markets, including more than 45 new electronic monitoring contracts secured in the United States since mid-2024 and more than 20 national project wins across Europe," Trabelsi added. "With trailing twelve-month EBITDA1 of approximately $11.7 million through the second quarter of 2026 and a strong balance sheet, we have the financial and operational foundation to leverage our technology leadership to drive continued expansion across both the U.S. and Europe." SuperCom's PureOne is an all-in-one GPS tracking bracelet designed for
Aug 20, 2026 · via prnewswire.com
TechEx North America 2026 comes to San Jose for your annual enterprise technology intelligence briefing. SAN JOSE, CA, UNITED STATES, March 9, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — TechEx North America will take place on May 18–19, 2026, at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, bringing together seven co-located enterprise technology events under one roof to tackle the real questions enterprise leaders are asking right now. This leading enterprise technology showcase will help CIOs, CTOs, IT Directors, enterprise architects, and IT leaders understand what’s changing, what matters and what to prioritise within the technology ecosystem. TechEx North America Conference Agenda TechEx North America will deliver a comprehensive agenda, with two days of technical discussion and industry collaboration across AI and Big Data, Cyber Security and Cloud, IoT, Digital Transformation, Intelligent Automation, Edge Computing, and Data Center. View the agenda-at-a-glance, featuring all of the co-located stages from across TechEx: Commenting on the agenda, Michael Hughes, Head of Conference at TechEx Events, said: “This year’s TechEx North America agenda reflects the conversations enterprise leaders urgently need to have. I am particularly excited about our new Physical AI track, which addresses the pivotal moment where AI moves beyond models and dashboards into operational environments” The new Physical AI track explores how AI integrates with robotics, edge devices, digital twins, industrial systems, and autonomous infrastructure. As AI moves beyond models and dashboards into operational environments, the challenge shifts from experimentation to orchestration. Industry Leading Speakers The conference program features C-suite and senior executives sharing proven approaches to delivering measurable impact in a digital-first world. Secure your place today & hear from: • Franziska Bell, Chief Data, AI and Analytics Officer, Ford Motor Company • Kevin Shin, CISO, Samsung • Tina Tsou, Director of Global Tech Operations, TikTok • Mohit Goenka, Director of Engineering, Yahoo • Ricardo Lafosse,
Aug 20, 2026 · via seacoastonline.com
Abstract The increasing heterogeneity and scale of Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystems have intensified cybersecurity challenges associated with highly imbalanced traffic distributions, evolving attack patterns, and resource-constrained deployment environments. Conventional cloud-centric intrusion detection systems often introduce communication overhead and latency constraints, while minority attack classes remain difficult to detect under severely skewed traffic conditions. To address these challenges, this study proposes EHiD-FC, an explainable hierarchical two-stage intrusion diagnosis framework for IoT Fog–Cloud environments. The proposed framework employs lightweight anomaly screening at the Fog layer using Autoencoder (AE), Isolation Forest (IF), and One-Class Support Vector Machine (OCSVM), followed by Cloud-level multi-class attack diagnosis using an Ensemble + XGBoost classifier. Stage-specific explainability is incorporated through LIME-based local interpretation at the Fog layer and SHAP-based global feature attribution at the Cloud layer. Experimental evaluation was conducted using the CIC-IoT2023 dataset under multiple operational scenarios involving Fog-layer anomaly screening, Cloud-level diagnosis, real-time traffic simulation, and explainability assessment. The framework demonstrated competitive intrusion detection performance across multiple evaluation metrics, including Precision, Recall, F1-score, Macro-F1, Specificity, False Positive Rate (FPR), False Negative Rate (FNR), and G-Mean under highly imbalanced traffic conditions. The results indicate that EHiD-FC supports interpretable and imbalance-aware intrusion diagnosis in Fog–Cloud IoT environments while highlighting the need for further validation under large-scale real-world deployment conditions. Subjects Acknowledgements This research is supported by Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University (PNU) Researchers Supporting Project number (PNURSP2026R194), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Funding Open access funding provided by Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal. Ethics declarations Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests. Ethical approval This study uses the publicly available CIC-IoT2023 dataset, which contains anonymized network traffic data and does not involve human participants, personal data, or sensitive information. Therefore, ethical approval was not required for this study. Additional information Publisher’s note
Aug 19, 2026 · via nature.com
Abstract As more IoT-powered Smart farming systems push automation to the next level, many farms are facing security risks, including spoofing, data breaches, and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Most current intrusion detection methods do not perform well due to limited scalability and the decision system's limited interpretability, as well as the dynamic nature of agricultural settings. On the one hand, traditional machine learning models fail to capture more complex temporal-spatial patterns in network traffic; on the other hand, many existing deep learning-based systems lack satisfactory explainability and are not feasible for edge deployment. To overcome these limitations, this paper offers AgroCyberShield, a new cybersecurity framework for IoT-enabled smart agriculture. At the core of this framework is the proposed FarmSecureNet algorithm a hybrid deep learning model that integrates Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory (BiLSTM), and attention for effective and explainable intrusion detection. These two datasets come from different sources on which the model is trained to enable generalisation. Extensive experiments demonstrate that FarmSecureNet achieves 96.4% classification accuracy, with F1-score, precision, and recall outperforming baseline models. We present further validation of the framework with SHAP-based explainability, confusion matrix analysis, and ablation studies. Moreover, the low latency and minimal memory footprint, as demonstrated in edge-deployment tests on Raspberry Pi and Jetson Nano, further support real-time performance. The developed AgroCyberShield framework enhances the cybersecurity of smart farms while improving decision transparency, contributing to the sustainable and safe digitisation of agriculture. Subjects Materials availability Materials used in this research are available from the corresponding author and can be provided on request. Ethics declarations Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests. Consent for Publication The authors give consent for their publication. Additional information Publisher's note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Rights and permissions
Aug 19, 2026 · via nature.com
At Palo Alto Networks, we are privileged to sit at the intersection of cybersecurity technology, business, and outcomes. We speak to hundreds of customers, partners, analysts, and other experts every day about threats, tools, and solutions, so we’re often asked for our opinions on what’s next for cybersecurity. But when technology leaps forward, it can create trends whose impact and speed are much harder to forecast. The sudden changes to the cybersecurity landscape in the first half of 2026 are a good example of this, leaving many playing catch-up in some areas. To illustrate the salience of these changes, let’s take a look back at our predictions for this year, as outlined by our Chief Security Intelligence Officer, Wendi Whitmore, in her late-2025 article ‘2026: The Year of the Defender’, and see which have come true, which haven’t, what’s surprised us, and what’s next. The new age of deception: The threat of AI identity The role of frontier AI in shaping cyber risk and vulnerabilities has become far more significant in 2026, impacting many of our predictions. AI identity is just one significant part of that.The transition from human identities to non-human identities (NHIs) is not only well underway but progressing even faster than we predicted in late 2025. The ratio of NHIs to human identities was 82:1, now it’s a staggering 109:1. We’ve all had to step up our capabilities in pressure testing identity systems to simulate bad actors’ increasing use of NHIs in their attacks. It’s a trend our CyberArk acquisition did anticipate, however, leading us to build our new Idira platform around identity. Thankfully, our access to new frontier AI models via our participation in Project Glasswing has allowed us to model some of these emerging attack vectors. It’s a good thing we can, because in the
Aug 19, 2026 · via paloaltonetworks.com