Monthly Curated Cybersecurity News
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What is new in October 2025 Cybersecurity News?
Palo Alto Networks Debuts Automated AI agents to Fight Cyberattacks
Palo Alto Networks has introduced a new class of AI-driven agents designed to take on routine and time-sensitive security tasks without constant human intervention. These automated agents are intended to help organizations contain and remediate incidents, such as compromised email accounts, more quickly by executing predefined response actions at machine speed. Read more here.
Why Cybersecurity is a Business Essential for Small Companies
Cybersecurity Awareness Month highlights how dramatically the threat landscape has evolved for businesses. Attacks that once relied on basic scams have given way to highly engineered campaigns that leverage data analytics, automation, and artificial intelligence.
For small or midsize business owners especially, this shift means cybersecurity is no longer a technical afterthought, but rather a foundational requirement for protecting operations, customer trust, and long-term viability in an increasingly digital marketplace. Read more here.
2025 Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Guidance on Responding to Cyberattacks
The article “2025 Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Recognize and Report Phishing” was published by the Division of Banks under the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation in Massachusetts. This article highlights how to identify phishing attempts, such as urgent tone, spoofed sender addresses, and unexpected attachments, and offers clear guidance on how to respond, including verifying communications through known contacts and reporting suspicious messages. Read more here.
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: 10 Cybersecurity Things to Know in 2025
The World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2025 points to an increasingly complex threat landscape. From geopolitical tensions to the impact of cybersecurity and AI, businesses’ vulnerabilities are growing rapidly. Adding to this is a widening skills gap impeding their efforts to step up defences. Small businesses are particularly exposed, with seven times more organizations reporting insufficient cyber resilience than in 2022.
