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Custodia warns of AI record-keeping risk in finance

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Custodia says financial firms must widen record-keeping to cover collaboration tools, messaging apps and AI-generated content as regulators step up scrutiny.
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OpenAI unveils GPT-5.3 Instant with fewer refusals

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OpenAI unveils GPT-5.3 Instant, promising smoother, more direct ChatGPT conversations, fewer refusals and improved accuracy on web-sourced facts.
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WhatsApp unveils lockdown mode for high-risk users

Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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WhatsApp launches Strict Account Settings, a lockdown mode offering tighter privacy and security for journalists and other high‑risk users.
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LinkedIn DMs abused to spread Python-based malware

Wed, 21st Jan 2026
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Attackers are abusing LinkedIn private messages to deliver Python-based malware via booby-trapped archives, ReliaQuest has warned.
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WhatsApp API flaw exposes 3.5 billion users to major privacy risk

Fri, 28th Nov 2025
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A WhatsApp API flaw exposed details of 3.5 billion users, including millions in Asia, raising significant privacy and cybersecurity concerns worldwide.
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Varonis acquires SlashNext for up to USD $150 million to boost AI email security

Fri, 5th Sep 2025
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Varonis has acquired AI-driven email security firm SlashNext for up to USD $150 million, enhancing its threat detection across emails and messaging platforms.
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Hornetsecurity launches AI cyber assistant for Microsoft 365

Fri, 20th Jun 2025
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Hornetsecurity unveils an AI Cyber Assistant within 365 Total Protection Plan 4 to boost Microsoft 365 security with automated email and Teams threat defence.
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Generation Z challenges brands with digital preferences

Fri, 11th Apr 2025
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A recent TP Business Insights report reveals Generation Z is the toughest customer demographic to support, influenced by their unique online communication styles.
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TP report shows Gen Z prefer interactive communication

Fri, 4th Apr 2025
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A new report from TP reveals that Generation Z favours interactive communication, posing challenges for businesses catering to this tech-savvy cohort.
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Grandstream releases two new models in GCC6000 Series

Thu, 5th Sep 2024
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Grandstream expands its GCC6000 Series with the new GCC6010W and GCC6011, offering unified communication, networking, and security solutions for SMEs.
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Zoom expands its platform by adding Zoom Team Chat feature

Wed, 14th Sep 2022
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Chat technology helps dispersed teams consolidate workflows, gain efficiencies, and enable people to work better together.
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Kaspersky uncovers malicious version of Whatsapp mod

Thu, 26th Aug 2021
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Malicious FMWhatsapp mod discovered spreading Triada mobile Trojan, leaving users vulnerable to illegal activity.
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Why Laminar Communications is all-a-chatter about messaging app LamChat

Thu, 29th Apr 2021
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Brisbane-based IT company, Laminar Communications, has developed LamChat, a free messaging system and app that prioritizes privacy and security.
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Messaging app used to control and distribute malware

Mon, 26th Apr 2021
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Hackers are using instant messaging app Telegram for remote control and distribution of malware, according to Check Point Research.
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NHS staff breaking data security policies every day with WhatsApp

Wed, 14th Mar 2018
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The 'unsustainable' issue of NHS staff using consumer instant messaging services is actually much bigger than has been previously reported.
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Presence is the new dial tone

Wed, 10th Oct 2012
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Communications has traditionally been about a device with numeric identity; for many people there were multiple devices and numbers to consider.
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I want an iPhone

Wed, 1st Dec 2010
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Apple's iPhone could revolutionise the workplace, but when should businesses provide employees with the latest consumer devices and applications?.
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New threats need new defences

Wed, 1st Sep 2010
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Symantec warns that anti-virus software alone can't combat new online threats, stressing the need for multi-layered security in the digital age.
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Creating a flexible work environment

Thu, 1st Jan 2009
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Unified communications technology is providing a new, flexible working environment and helping achieve work-life balance.