Cybersecurity insurance market set to be worth $32.19 billion by 2030 as businesses respond to growing cyber threats
The global cybersecurity insurance market is expected to grow to $32.19 billion by 2030, up from $16.54 billion in 2025, according to a MarketsandMarkets report.
This growth, driven by a 14.2 percent Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR), reflects rising cyberrisks and increasing regulatory pressure forcing businesses to invest in digital risk protection.
This new Windows 11 clone is actually Linux and runs faster on your old PC -- get it now
The latest long-term support release of Linuxfx, version 11.25.07 “NOBLE,” is now available.
Based on Ubuntu 24.04.2 and styled to look like Windows 11, the update offers a familiar yet open-source experience that skips many of the frustrations commonly associated with Microsoft’s OS.
CrowdStrike one year on -- what have we learned?
Tomorrow -- July 19th -- marks a year since the CrowdStrike outage, which saw major disruption to Microsoft systems around the world caused by a faulty security software update.
Whilst it made the headlines at the time what have been the long-term effects of the outage and what has the industry learned to prevent something similar happening in future?
New emoji coming this fall when Unicode 17.0 launches
Emoji are unavoidable these days, regardless of whether you hate them, tolerate them, love them, or write using nothing else. The launch of new emoji is an event that is greeted by excitement, shrugs and shaken fists, and the Unicode Consortium has just unveiled some of the latest additions.
In all, eight new emoji have been revealed. They are scheduled to arrive in Unicode 17.0 later this year, but it is likely that they will be joined by other new images as well.
Apple battles Wordle with new Emoji Game
Newspapers have long been associated with all manner of games and puzzles, including crosswords, sudoku and so on. This is something that has endured the crossover from print to digital, with the likes of Wordle from the New York Times remaining incredibly popular.
Now Apple is looking to get in on the action, announcing a new puzzle called Emoji Game. The puzzler is just the latest addition to the Apple News+ collection, giving subscribers a new challenge every day.
The rise of the machine identity and what it means for cybersecurity [Q&A]
A report earlier this year highlighted the fact that machine identities now vastly outnumber humans.
This leads to a wider attack surface leaving many organizations vulnerable to cyberattack and loss of data. We spoke to Refael Angel, the co-founder and CTO of unified secrets and machine identity platform Akeyless Security, to find out more about the problem and how enterprises can protect themselves.
Google Chrome address bar – are you a top or a bottom?
Across all platforms, Google Chrome remains one of the most popular – if not the most popular – web browser. But while the desktop version of the software is versatile, customizable and flexible, the same cannot be said of the mobile apps.
And this is why an announcement made by Google several weeks ago caused a flurry of excitement. On the face of things, the news that it would be possible to move the address bar from its familiar position at the top of the browser may not seem huge, but now that it is rolling out, it is becoming clear that it is actually pretty significant for Android users.
Microsoft announces Extended Security Update programs for Exchange and Skype for Business
Support has ended, or is coming to an end, for a lot of Microsoft products at the moment. Perhaps the most notable or well-publicized is Windows 10, but this is far from being the end of the story.
In a move designed to push people towards Teams, killing off Skype and Skype for Business made a lot of sense. The same is true of the aging Exchange 2016 and 2019 losing support. But while this makes sense for Microsoft, it is also incredibly disruptive and expensive for businesses that rely on these tools – hence two newly announced Extended Security Update programs.
AI is fueling an explosive rise in fraud and digital identity crime
AI-powered fraud is evolving faster than most organizations can detect it. That’s the message from Proof, the identity authorization company, in its new report, The Trust Ledger: Transaction & Identity Fraud Bulletin.
The research reveals how synthetic identities, stolen credentials, and generative AI are fueling a surge in digital impersonation and fraud across industries.
You can turn your car into an Atari gaming arcade and play Asteroids and Breakout
Old video games never really die; they just find new screens to live on. Classic titles like Asteroids and Breakout have been part of the gaming culture for decades and now, they're being reintroduced inside a place few expected -- the car.
AirConsole, an in-car gaming platform, has partnered with Atari to bring Asteroids and Breakout to supported Volkswagen models starting today.
Millions of unsecured Wi-Fi networks are putting data at risk
New threat intelligence from Zimperium reveals over five million unsecured public Wi-Fi networks have been detected globally since the beginning of 2025, with a staggering 33 percent of users still connecting to these open networks, putting enterprise data at risk in the process.
“Mobile devices are now a primary gateway to corporate data, but during travel, they’re also the most vulnerable,” says Kern Smith, VP of global solutions at Zimperium. “Unsecured Wi-Fi, phishing disguised as travel alerts, and risky sideloaded apps are creating an ideal attack surface for cybercriminals -- especially in peak travel months.”
Cloaking-as-a-service set to reshape the phishing landscape
Imagine if hackers could give their scam websites a cloak of invisibility, showing one web page to regular people and a harmless page to security scans. Sneaky, huh?
According to new research from SlashNext that’s essentially what’s happening as cybercriminals start to leverage AI-powered cloaking services to shield phishing pages, fake stores, and malware sites from prying eyes.
CrapFixer update fixes Windows 11 and turns it into the operating system you deserve -- download it now!
There are a number of great tools that you can use to improve Windows 10 and 11, but our new favorite is CrapFixer. The free program can remove bloat, ads, AI, unwelcome data collection, and more from the operating system.
Although it was originally created seven years ago it has been completely rewritten for Windows 11 and a new update makes it even better, with its own small, modern Policy Editor.
The future of encryption in a post-quantum world
As quantum computing speeds edge closer to practical use, the ‘harvest now, decrypt later’ approach is already in motion with adversaries collecting encrypted data today, anticipating they'll be able to crack it tomorrow. But is enough being done to prevent it?
New research from Forescout highlights the urgent need for organizations to prepare for a future where quantum-capable adversaries can break widely used cryptographic protocols.
Application layer comes under threat
A new report from Contrast Security exposes a growing crisis at the application layer as adversaries use AI to easily launch previously sophisticated attacks at scale.
Recent reports from Verizon (DBIR 2025) and Google Mandiant (M-Trends 2025) confirm what many security leaders already suspect: components of the application layer are among the most targeted and least protected part of the modern enterprise.
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