A majority of Americans have grave concerns about providing biometric information online and two-fifths (39%) argue the technology should be banned, according to new research from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). The non-profit, which helps consumers and organizations mitigate the impact of identity crimes, polled 1177 individuals for its Biometric Consumer Attitude Report. It found that 87% were asked to provide a biometric identifier to verify their identity online in the past year, but…

Marks & Spencer (M&S) estimates its ongoing cyber-incident to cost around £300m ($400m). These costs will primarily be from lost sales, with the retailer forced to suspend online orders as part of efforts to mitigate the attack, which began in April 2025. This has heavily impacted sales in its fashion, home and beauty range. The firm also revealed that food sales have been impacted by reduced availability. It has incurred additional waste and logistics costs…

Up to 20% of the data used for training AI is already synthetic — that is, generated rather than obtained by observing the real world — with LLMs using millions of synthesized samples. That could reach up to 80% by 2028 according to Gartner, adding that by 2030, it’ll be used for more business decision making than real data. Technically, though, any output you get from an LLM is synthetic data. AI training is where…

But Funai’s primary focus is achieving greater efficiencies in house. Standardizing on SAP from its mixed ERP past has also eased the process of merger and acquisitions of large enterprises, of which IBM has completed 191 in recent years, including Red Hat, Apptio, DataStax, Hakkoda, HashiCorp, and a number of Oracle consulting firms. “Having that single ERP system when you’re ingesting another global corporation is a streamline to the merger and acquisition process,” she says….

Organizations looking to securely decommission end-of-life IT assets now have a useful how-to guide published by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The agency warned that safely retiring data, software and hardware is a critical endeavor with “potentially severe repercussions” if not done right. IT assets allowed to continue beyond their lifespan may pose a risk to the organization if they are lost, exploited or accessed by unauthorized individuals, it argued. Earlier this month, the…

Combined offering will boost compliance archiving while unlocking insights from conversational data across 100+ connected collaboration tools SUNNYVALE, Calif. – May 21, 2025 – Proofpoint, Inc., a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, today announced the acquisition of Nuclei, Inc., a U.S.-based technology company specializing in compliance archiving and AI-driven data enrichment for modern workplace communications. With this acquisition, Proofpoint will further enhance its market-leading digital communications governance (DCG) offering with unmatched capabilities to capture, retain, and…

Attackers have made a decisive switch toward stealthy, identity-centric attacks. Forget breaking in – modern cybercriminals simply log in. And that should be a concern. According to the IBM X-Force 2025 Threat Intelligence Index, nearly one-third of intrusions in 2024 were initiated not through sophisticated attacks, but through valid account exploitation. Moreover, phishing-delivered infostealers surged, quietly harvesting credentials to fuel subsequent attacks, while slow patch cycles and unpatched public-facing applications continue to provide gateways for…