Civil servants to protest outside Capita AGM over pension shambles
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ZTE hosts 2026 Broadband User Congress in São Paulo, under the Theme "Monetize Your Intelligent Broadband"
Empowering operators to move beyond basic connectivity with next-gen AI and ODN systems
GemStuffer Abuses 150+ RubyGems to Exfiltrate Scraped U.K. Council Portal Data
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign dubbed GemStuffer that has targeted the RubyGems repository with more than 150 gems that use the registry as a dat…
ZTE and MediaTek unveil Tri-band Wi-Fi 7, targeting a relatively unexplored premium niche in Brazil
Empowering Brazilian ISPs with next-gen Wi-Fi 7 infrastructure
Hundreds of Malicious Packages Force RubyGems to Suspend Registrations
More than 500 packages were pushed during the attack, but the target appears to have been RubyGems itself rather than users. The post Hundreds of Malicious Packages Force RubyGems …
AI will soon be capable of telling convincing lies
That's fine when playing poker, but less useful when we trust LLMs with serious work like finding software flaws
Linux Kernel Vulnerability copy.fail - CVE-2026-31431
CVSSv3 Score: 7.8 CVE-2026-31431In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place This mostly reverts …
Android Adds Intrusion Logging for Sophisticated Spyware Forensics
Google on Tuesday unveiled a new opt-in Android feature called Intrusion Logging for storing forensic logs to better analyze sophisticated spyware attacks. Intrusion Logging, avail…
ICS Patch Tuesday: New Security Advisories From Siemens, Schneider, CISA
Many ICS vendors have not released new advisories for the May 2026 Patch Tuesday. The post ICS Patch Tuesday: New Security Advisories From Siemens, Schneider, CISA appeared first o…
Malware crew TeamPCP open-sources its Shai-Hulud worm on GitHub
Where it’s been well and truly forked, seemingly without Microsoft’s code locker noticing
Man jailed for packing printer with something more expensive than toner: Cocaine
Class A drugs loaded instead of A4
Vietnam to develop domestic cloud so it can ditch risky overseas operators for government workloads
Communist government plans personalized ‘data-driven decision-making based on real-time information’ by 2035
Execs admit AI makes them value human workers less
As suits say they're burning cash on brainboxes without seeing results
Doozy of a Patch Tuesday includes 30 critical Microsoft CVEs
The good news: no 0-days. The bad news: busy week ahead for Microsoft admins
US govt seeks Instructure testimony on massive Canvas cyberattack
The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security is calling on Instructure executives to testify about two cyberattacks by the ShinyHunters extortion group that targeted the company's…
Google users fight for refunds as unauthorized API usage bills soar
'What the hell is going on? It's just draining my money'
Foxconn confirms cyberattack after ransomware crew claims it stole confidential Apple, Nvidia files
Affected factories back up and running, we're told
Patch Tuesday, May 2026 Edition
Artificial intelligence platforms may be just as susceptible to social engineering as human beings, but they are proving remarkably good at finding security vulnerabilities in huma…
Google launches line of Android laptops festooned with Gemini AI
If you're not a fan of having AI baked into your OS, look elsewhere
It's Patch Tuesday for Microsoft & Not a Zero-Day In Sight
It's the first time in two years with no zero-days. But with 137 flaws to patch, including nine critical ones, admins still have plenty of work to do.
Hollywood A-listers back proposed standard that would pay them when AI uses their likeness or work
RSL Media expands machine-readable licensing rules to cover AI use of identities and creative works
UK fines water supplier $1.3M for exposing data of 664k customers
The Information Commissioner's Office has fined South Staffordshire Water Plc and parent company South Staffordshire Plc £963,900 ($1.3 million) over a cyberattack that exposed the…
Webinar: Fixing the gaps in network incident response
IT teams often struggle to quickly coordinate responses across disparate systems during network incidents. This upcoming webinar explores how automation and AI-assisted workflows c…
Signal adds security warnings for social engineering, phishing attacks
Signal has introduced new in-app confirmations and warning messages as additional safeguards against phishing and social engineering attempts that could lead to various forms of fr…
Microsoft releases Windows 10 KB5087544 extended security update
Microsoft has released the Windows 10 KB5087544 extended security update to fix the May 2026 Patch Tuesday vulnerabilities and resolve an issue with the new Remote Desktop warnings…
Fortinet warns of critical RCE flaws in FortiSandbox and FortiAuthenticator
Fortinet has released security patches for two critical vulnerabilities in FortiSandbox and FortiAuthenticator that could enable attackers to run commands or arbitrary code. [...]
Windows 11 KB5089549 & KB5087420 cumulative updates released
Microsoft has released Windows 11 KB5089549 and KB5087420 cumulative updates for versions 25H2/24H2 and 23H2 to fix security vulnerabilities, bugs, and add new features. [...]
Microsoft May 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 120 flaws, no zero-days
Today is Microsoft's May 2026 Patch Tuesday, with security updates for 120 flaws and no zero-days disclosed this month. [...]
Microsoft Patches 137 Vulnerabilities
Fresh security updates resolve critical flaws in Azure, Windows, Dynamics 365, and the SSO Plugin for Jira & Confluence. The post Microsoft Patches 137 Vulnerabilities appeared fir…
Exaforce Raises $125 Million for Agentic SOC Platform
Exaforce has raised a total of $200 million and plans on using the latest investment for product development and international expansion. The post Exaforce Raises $125 Million for…