A private security company has started night-time patrols in Ballarat in response to concerns from residents about a crime rise in the regional Victorian city. On Monday night, Z Protection Services began patrols for over 20 residential addresses from 10pm to 5am. The company says it is offering two or three patrols every night in...Read More
Edited by ad hoc news Long-Term & Business-Model Desk. Verified prior to publication on 06/20/2026, 15:32 UTC. Details in the imprint. Gen Digital (US3687361044) positions itself as a global consumer cybersecurity provider built around the Norton and Avast brands. Analyst data compiled by MarketBeat show a mix of Buy, Hold and Sell ratings, underlining a...Read More
Open this photo in gallery: Kristi Noem served almost 14 months as homeland security secretary under U.S. President Donald Trump.J. Scott Applewhite/The Associated Press Former U.S. secretary of homeland security Kristi Noem has been appointed as a strategic adviser to NovaRed Mining Inc., a Vancouver-based copper and gold exploration company. Ms. Noem was fired by...Read More
President Trump said he doesn’t view Anthropic PBC as a national security threat, days after his administration took steps to cut off foreign access to the tech company’s most advanced artificial intelligence models. The government’s order poses a challenge to Anthropic’s business and its branding, which focuses heavily on AI safety. The company said it...Read More
0 To mark England’s progress in the World Cup in North America, the July 2026 edition of Professional Security Magazine has a ‘football summer’ theme. We consider the real-world and cyber risks around the tournament, for those whether the rich and famous or anyone hoping to attend the matches; and reflect on the notorious attempted...Read More
Global professional services company Accenture (NYSE:ACN) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q2 CY2026, with sales up 5.6% year on year to $18.72 billion. On the other hand, next quarter’s revenue guidance of $18.08 billion was less impressive, coming in 2.3% below analysts’ estimates. Its GAAP profit of $3.80 per share was 2.8% above analysts’...Read More
Researchers say a sweeping hacking campaign targeting devices made by Fortinet has led to compromises across the internet, with evidence of password theft at Fortune 500 companies and government agencies in more than 15 countries. Most of the affected devices were in the United States, India, and Taiwan, according to Hudson Rock, a firm that...Read More
AWS Transform’s continuous modernization capability keeps you ahead of tech debt Once you start moving code into production faster than ever, a new challenge emerges. How do you keep all this software up to date? The truth is that as soon as you deploy code, it starts to age. Dependencies drift. Frameworks get deprecated. Before...Read More
Three and a half years after it was founded, Israeli AI cyber defense unicorn Dream Security has more than doubled its value to $3 billion, after raising $260 million in its latest private funding round announced on Thursday. To date, the company has secured a total of $412 million from investors to build AI infrastructure...Read More
A Pietermaritzburg High Court acting judge ordered the Road Accident Fund (RAF) to pay a security company branch manager R8,908,500 for loss of earnings and future medical expenses following a traumatic motor vehicle collision. The 38-year-old man, who is employed at Fidelity Security, brought an application against the RAF after one of its insured vehicles...Read More
