A new global report on Ransomware 2025 from cybersecurity firm Acronis reveals the persistent and growing threat worldwide. The findings show that AI is increasingly being used to strengthen social engineering attacks such as phishing, business email compromise (BEC) and deepfakes, creating a serious risk for organizations across all industries. Phishing attacks double against service … Read more

(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/eelnosiva) A promising new ultrafast broadband technology that uses existing copper infrastructure has entered field trials in the UK and could deliver launch speeds up to 330 Mbps, with the potential to reach 500 Mbps as the technology matures over the coming decade. The technology, known as G.Fast, has begun a field trial … Read more

TrendAI and CleanDNS today announced a partnership designed to elevate the fight against cybercriminal infrastructure. Traditionally, blocking malicious domains and websites has been a core cyberdefense tactic. However, merely blocking domains does not address the root cause: the malicious infrastructure remains intact and can be reused in future attacks against other victims. Combining agent-driven AI … Read more

Author: Zach Bennett, Microsoft Teams MVP and Principal Architect, LoopUp Multinational companies still rely on a telephony model built for a different era. Fragmented contracts, region-specific providers, and legacy infrastructure make global communication unnecessarily complex, expensive, and slow to scale. In an age of “anytime, anywhere” communication and the technical capability to operate globally, why … Read more

When CONVENDUM opened a new coworking space at Birger Jarlsgatan 57 in the iconic Spårvagnshallarna, CONVENDUM Coffee also opened in the same building, located in one of the city’s most spectacular atriums. The café already operates at two central Stockholm addresses: Kungsgatan 9 by Stureplan and Vegagatan 14 by Odenplan. CONVENDUM Coffee is CONVENDUM’s own … Read more

It has been a difficult week for China Mobile. The operator, the world’s largest by domestic subscriber count, has been downgraded by Morgan Stanley, and Jefferies analyst Edison Lee has warned the company faces a dilemma over Internet of Things (IoT) standards. Morgan Stanley highlighted three major concerns about China Mobile’s strategy: the cost and … Read more

NetSymphony takes the next step in its European expansion by strengthening its ownership base ahead of a new growth phase. The Swedish SaaS company has welcomed Andreas Harting, Senior Partner at Deloitte, as an investor to accelerate its expansion across Europe in response to rising regulatory demands and cybersecurity requirements. Andreas brings international experience from … Read more

Two of the UK’s major telecom firms are reportedly discussing a potential merger to better compete with market leaders BT and Sky. O2 and Virgin Media are said to be exploring a deal that would combine their respective strengths across television, broadband, and mobile services. Liberty Global, the owner of Virgin Media, is reportedly in … Read more

UK communications regulator Ofcom has fined BT £42,500 for providing inaccurate information in response to a request about EE’s broadband service availability. The data was supplied to help Ofcom estimate how many premises might be eligible for a 10Mbps or faster broadband connection under the Universal Service Obligation (USO), which became active in March 2020. … Read more

Kaspersky warns of a resurgence of backdoors preinstalled in firmware on new Android devices, including Keenadu and multiple variants of Triada. Kaspersky’s solutions blocked a total of 14,059,465 mobile attacks during 2025, an average of 1.17 million per month. The data comes from the Kaspersky Security Network (KSN), a global threat intelligence network that collects … Read more