News: Cybersecurity
efinancialcareers: Hedge fund Balyasny hired the CIA’s chief AI data scientist
Hedge fund Balyasny Asset Management L.P. has hired the CIA's chief AI data scientist
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CityAM: Cyber roles demand soars as UK firms scramble to plug skills gap
Shortage of people with cyber skills is an ongoing problem.
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Finextra: Two-thirds of bank staff using unapproved AI tools – survey
A study from AI vendor DeepL showed that 65% of the surveyed UK finance professionals admitted to using unsanctioned AI tools for customer interactions.
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October 13, 2025 / Cybersecurity, Digital
Cybersecurity Dive: Cyber risk a growing priority among insurance and asset management firms
Managing cyber risk has become a point of emphasis in the insurance and asset management sector, with companies boosting annual expenditures and increasing oversight at the board level, according to a report released last week by Moody’s.
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October 5, 2025 / Cybersecurity
BBC: ‘You’ll never need to work again’: Criminals offer reporter money to hack BBC
This is an interesting story of a way becoming more common to hack companies.
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CSO: AI is altering entry-level cyber hiring — and the nature of the skills gap
Teamwork, problem-solving, and analytical thinking outrank core technical skills such as data security and cloud security as criteria for hiring entry-level cybersecurity staff today, according to a report from ISC2.
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ITPro: Enterprises are concerned about ‘critical shortages’ of staff with AI ethics and security expertise
AI and security expertise requirements still lead the way.
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August 27, 2025 / Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Dive: Research shows AI agents are highly vulnerable to hijacking attacks
Some of the most widely used AI agents and assistants from Microsoft, Google, OpenAI and other major companies are susceptible to being hijacked with little or no user interaction, according to new research from Zenity Labs.
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UKTN: Majority of UK consumers don’t trust digital ID, research finds
Consumers in the UK are among the least trusting of digital ID solutions
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ITPro: The UK’s ‘chronic shortage of cyber professionals’ is putting the country at risk
The UK has a chronic shortage of cyber professionals.
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