Palo Alto Networks has updated its Cortex Cloud platform, integrating its Prisma Cloud that offers a broader range of cloud security capabilities. The move towards a more unified approach that could lower overall costs reflects organisational preferences. Occupy half of respondents in a joint survey indicated fragmentation of security solutions hampered their cyber threat response. The platform update also makes it easier to collect data necessary for training AI models for tackling increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity attacks.

IXON VPN Vulnerabilities Let Attackers Gain Access to Windows & Linux Systems
A security assessment by Shelltrail revealed three critical vulnerabilities in the IXON VPN client, allowing privilege escalation on Windows and Linux. Identified as CVE-2025-ZZZ-01, CVE-2025-ZZZ-02,