Lego's supersized Hubble deserves a little more shine
Excellent internal detail cannot entirely disguise some penny-pinching choices
Security & Lifecycle News
Aggregated from vendor advisories, security research, and industry publications.
Apple macOS Screen Sharing Flaw Exploited on Internet-Exposed Macs to Install Monero Miner
A recently patched security flaw in Apple macOS has come under active exploitation in the wild to deploy a cryptocurrency miner, the Netherlands National Cyber Security Centre (NCS…
Anthropic says text watermarking scheme relies on inconsequential words
'Shall I compare thee to a summer's afternoon' is the sort of thing this will make, and others look likely to adopt it
How Anthropic plans to watermark Claude's AI-generated text
It could soon become easier to identify AI-generated content, even if it's not the usual "It's Not X, it's Y" type of post you'd come across on LinkedIn and other socials. [...]
Friday Squid Blogging: Searching for the Colossal Squid
Fascinating video about searching for life undersea. The video basically makes the point that our bright white searchlights are scaring everything away, and that red light is more …
DeepSeek's innovative harness treats everything as a plug-in
Chinese AI labs keep moving forward while US labs play defense
Mission-Driven Security: Inside a Global Bank's Defense
In this video interview, Standard Chartered's group CISO shares insights on transitioning from technical roles to strategic leadership, the importance of business-savvy security ex…
Hackers Spend Nearly $7 Million on Expired Domains to Redirect Traffic to Scams and Malware
Threat actors are acquiring expired domains to inherit website traffic and reputation to redirect victims to scams and malware on a large scale. DNS threat intelligence firm Infob…
Hackers arrested over €30M bank fraud exploiting service provider flaw
Four cybercriminals were arrested in Brazil, and three others were charged in Europe over allegations that they exploited a vulnerability at a service provider, allowing them to wi…
1.6M RingCentral accounts' data dumped after ShinyHunters extortion attack
Another one bites the dust
Amid AI-Driven Bug-Hunt Tsunami, NIST Looks to … AI
Driven by AI-augmented research and scanning, vulnerability volumes continue to surge, driving the National Institute of Standards and Technology to ask whether AI could be the ans…
IAM Compliance Requirements and Best Practices
IAM compliance is the practice of demonstrating that identity and access controls are not only documented but actually enforced across users, applications, infrastructure, and non-…
Russian missile uses Nvidia AI chip to help target Ukraine
Kyiv wants tighter controls to keep foreign silicon out of Moscow's weapons
Trump sends the US Navy back to the steam age
Troublesome electromagnetic catapults look set to be replaced with old-fashioned technology
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
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Scottish Govt Suffers Potentially Widening Data Breach at Prosecutor's Office
One Caledonian government agency reported a breach, thanks to a third party that may have serviced other agencies as well.
Why 6 GHz Wi-Fi will make or break the modern enterprise
I recently attended a CXO roundtable hosted by Extreme Networks for sports technology executives, and 6 GHz Wi-Fi was one of the hot topics. Given how reliant sports fans are on th…
TNO068: Packet Pushers Assemble! Bridging the Telemetry Divide
Today, several members of our Packet Pushers podcast team assemble to discuss whether the grass is greener on the NetOps or DevOps side of the telemetry fence. William of The Cloud…
Hackers exploit macOS Screen Sharing flaw to deploy Monero miner
The Netherlands' National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is warning that hackers are actively exploiting a macOS authentication bypass vulnerability after public exploit code emerged…
French tax authority admits data heist after crook touts 2M records
Government disputes claims of continued access as investigators measure damage
The Modern Attack Chain: Rethinking Google Workspace Security in the Age of AI
Google Workspace attacks do not always begin with phishing. Stolen OAuth tokens can provide another path into Gmail, Drive, and connected systems. Material Security explains why or…
What Boards Need to Know About Tech Risk
Why do so many boards underestimate technology risk until it becomes a crisis?
Is your networking built for AI’s traffic patterns and data volumes?
As data centers evolve into AI factories, compute has shifted from a cost center to a revenue driver. “Compute is revenue,” said Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of NVIDIA. “Wit…
Max severity SAP Commerce Cloud flaw now targeted in attacks
A maximum-severity SAP Commerce Cloud remote code execution vulnerability patched three days ago is already being targeted in attacks, according to threat intelligence company Defu…
Virgin Galactic flights stay paused while ticket prices head for the Moon
Turns out this space thing really is hard
Mustang Panda Adds Signed Windows Rootkit to CoolClient Backdoor for Stealth
The threat actor known as HoneyMyte (aka Mustang Panda) has been observed deploying an updated version of the CoolClient backdoor with a signed Windows kernel-mode rootkit that can…
Autonomous AI attacks pose 'clear and present danger' to critical infrastructure
Weaponized agents could turn digital intrusions into kinetic disasters, experts warn
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Cyera's Oasis Security Buy Is All About AI Agent Control
The $1 billion deal aims to converge data security and identity into a single control plane for agents, with privileged access redefined around business context rather than static …
Less than a year on, Microsoft tells Mico to pipe down
Copilot's gurning blob is leaving Voice for a new career in education
In Other News: Rapid7 Layoffs, Hacking a Boeing 737, Refrigeration System Vulnerabilities
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: government AI platform deal sparks outrage, North Korean IT worker breaches federal agency, DEF CON attendee blamed for …