Department of Work and Pensions' answer to AI job fears is a bot to polish your CV
Whitehall says Work Assistant will help jobseekers apply around the clock – provided employers don't mind machine-written applications
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Enterprise network teams are falling behind as AI raises the stakes
Enterprise network operations teams are struggling to keep pace with the demands placed on them, and the challenge is growing as enterprises prepare their networks and observabilit…
History of CentOS: How a biochemist's Linux hobby project became the enterprise world's default operating system
When a community came together after Red Hat said Windows was 'probably the right product'
OpenAI Rolling Out ChatGPT Account Security Controls
The Active Sessions and Lockdown Mode features are being made more broadly available by the AI giant. The post OpenAI Rolling Out ChatGPT Account Security Controls appeared first o…
Yes! It’s true! Windows 11 is an agentic platform
It always has been, but Microsoft didn’t realize it
Anthropic Urges Industry Coordination to Allow for a ‘Pause’ in AI Development if Risks Grow
The proposed coordination would let advanced AI labs verify that global rivals have actually stopped or slowed their work. The post Anthropic Urges Industry Coordination to Allow f…
SolarWinds Serv-U Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit the flaw via specially crafted POST requests that crash the Serv-U service. The post SolarWinds Serv-U Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild app…
UNC3753 Used Vishing and Physical Intrusions in U.S. Data Theft Extortion Campaign
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a financially motivated data theft extortion campaign that has targeted dozens of organizations across professional, legal, and …
Meta Says 20,000 Instagram Accounts Hacked via AI Tool Abuse
The social media giant has informed authorities about the impact of the recent attack involving an account recovery support tool. The post Meta Says 20,000 Instagram Accounts Hacke…
Consultant mistakenly deleted a ton of data – but reported it as a bug
And he got away with it too!
VS Code Adds 2-Hour Extension Auto-Update Delay to Limit Supply Chain Attacks
Microsoft has announced that Visual Studio Code (VS Code) will apply a two-hour delay before extensions for the integrated development environment (IDE) are updated automatically t…
Over 20,000 Instagram accounts stolen in Meta AI support hack
Meta has revealed that 20,225 Instagram users had their accounts hijacked in a recent incident where attackers used Meta's AI-powered support system to reset passwords. [...]
Hands on with Intelligent Terminal, an AI-powered Windows Terminal
Microsoft has created an open-source fork of Windows Terminal called "Intelligent Terminal," and it allows you to use AI directly inside Terminal without interfering with the regul…
Our systems editor flew all the way to Taiwan and still couldn't get away from AI
Every show now is an AI show, and that included this year's Computex
C0XMO botnet spreads via DD-WRT router flaw, kills rival malware
A new variant of the Gafgyt botnet called C0XMO is targeting DD-WRT router firmware and can move to other device types with various CPU architectures. [...]
Silent Ransom Group targets law firms with fake IT support calls
The Silent Ransom Group extortion gang is actively targeting U.S. law firms and professional services organizations in social engineering attacks that often lead to data theft with…
Emphere Raises $2.1 Million for AI-Powered Vulnerability Remediation
Emphere’s solution delivers AI-driven remediation to software companies to speed up releases. The post Emphere Raises $2.1 Million for AI-Powered Vulnerability Remediation appeared…
Brit maritime agency heralds fresh global rules for crewless cargo ships
If you thought driverless cars were bad, imagine a 200,000 ton container ship
Home Office ditches legacy asylum database, keeps the spreadsheets
Years into a major IT overhaul, MPs say the department still lacks reliable view of what is happening across the asylum system
England's exam watchdog frets over smart specs turning GCSEs into Google searches
Ofqual says smart glasses, hidden earpieces, and AI tools are creating a new generation of cheating headaches
Critical Everest Forms Pro flaw exploited to take over WordPress sites
Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-3300) in the Everest Forms Pro plugin, which lets them take complete control of a WordPress website. [...]
New ChatGPT Lockdown Mode Limits Tools That Could Enable Data Exfiltration
OpenAI has begun rolling out a new Lockdown Mode to ChatGPT for eligible personal accounts to reduce the risk of data exfiltration arising from prompt injection attacks. The featu…
Opal Security Raises $23 Million for AI-Native Identity Governance
Raising $59 million to date, Opal also announced five senior leadership appointments. The post Opal Security Raises $23 Million for AI-Native Identity Governance appeared first on …
Free Apps Are Quietly Turning Smart TVs Into Web-Scraping Proxies for AI
A researcher has reverse-engineered the iOS SDK that Bright Data embeds in consumer apps and documented how it turns devices, including always-on smart TVs, into exit nodes that re…
CISA Adds Actively Exploited SolarWinds Serv-U DoS Flaw to KEV Catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a high-severity security flaw impacting SolarWinds Serv-U multi-protocol file server software to its Kno…
AI Agent Uncovers 21 Zero-Days in FFmpeg; Chrome Patches Record 429 Bugs
Two things landed within days of each other this week. A security startup reported 21 previously unknown vulnerabilities in FFmpeg, the media library inside almost everything that …
Oxford Uni student data pwned yet again - this time via career platform breach
Totally different attack from the break-in last month. Oh so that's OK then
Miasma Worm Hits 73 Microsoft GitHub Repositories in Major Supply Chain Attack
Microsoft's GitHub repositories have become the latest to fall victim to the ongoing Miasma self-replicating supply chain attack campaign. The incident impacted 73 Microsoft repos…
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager CVE-2026-20245 Flaw Actively Exploited – No Patch Available
Cisco has warned that a high-severity security flaw impacting Catalyst SD-WAN Manager has come under active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20245, carries a C…
Start spreading the news: Datacenters may face one-year ban in NY
The bill awaits Gov. Hochul's signature after passing the state legislature