2025

Australia Bans Kaspersky Software Over National Security and Espionage Concerns 2025-02-24 at 12:19 By Australia has become the latest country to ban the installation of security software from Russian company Kaspersky, citing national security concerns. “After considering threat and risk analysis, I have determined that the use of Kaspersky Lab, Inc. products and web services […]

Microsoft’s Euro-mandated File Explorer surgery shows ‘less is more’ is still a thing 2025-02-24 at 11:46 By Rupert Goodwins Humble but with a huge history, the utility’s privacy pare-back points to a productive possible future Opinion  Windows File Explorer doesn’t get much love, poor thing. It gets sworn at if a sought file cannot be

Maps of terrestrial fibre networks aren’t great. The Internet Society wants to fix that 2025-02-24 at 08:33 By Simon Sharwood Wants regulators and carriers to adopt Open Fibre Data Standard to answer questions like ‘Is that one fibre, or nine?’ APRICOT 2025  The Internet Society wants to help improve maps that depict terrestrial optic fibre

Cybersecurity risks organizations need to address this year 2025-02-24 at 08:18 By Organizations that don’t pivot to an asset-centric security model risk more than exposure — they’re inviting catastrophic breaches. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Rather than add a backdoor, Apple decides to kill iCloud E2EE for UK peeps 2025-02-24 at 05:54 By Brandon Vigliarolo PLUS: SEC launches new crypto crime unit; Phishing toolkit upgraded; and more Infosec in brief  Apple has responded to the UK government’s demand for access to its customers’ data stored in iCloud by deciding to

Trump administration threatens tariffs for any nation that dares to tax Big Tech 2025-02-24 at 02:38 By Simon Sharwood Digital services taxes, network build levies, touted as violations of US sovereignty United States president Donald Trump last Friday issued a memorandum that suggests imposition of tariffs on nations that dare to tax big tech companies.…

If you thought training AI models was hard, try building enterprise apps with them 2025-02-23 at 19:27 By Tobias Mann Aleph Alpha’s Jonas Andrulis on the challenges of building sovereign AI Interview  Despite the billions of dollars spent each year training large language models (LLMs), there remains a sizable gap between building a model and

Here’s the ugliest global-warming chart you’ll ever need to see 2025-02-23 at 17:07 By Rik Myslewski Earth is running a fever. That’s not news. What’s surprising is exactly how fast its temperature is rising Analysis  As you’ve likely read in many a headline-shouting article, our precious Blue Marble Earth just experienced its warmest year since

‘Jetsons’-like flying cars could be a reality in Orlando by 2028: report 2025-02-22 at 23:22 By Chris Harris The flying electric vehicles envisioned by Orlando International Airport will fit up to six passengers and take off and land vertically. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post

California goes ape with bill to crown Bigfoot official state cryptid 2025-02-22 at 14:50 By Richard Currie Beast remains as mythical as the return on AI investment Some muy importante legislation is stuck in the cogs of Californian bureaucracy – an Assembly Bill to recognize Bigfoot, aka Sasquatch, as the official state cryptid.… This article

Binned off staff, slashed stock options. What’s next? Ah yes, bigger C-suite bonuses 2025-02-22 at 12:03 By Brandon Vigliarolo And really, nothing out of the ordinary for Silicon Valley After another round of mass layoffs and reports of slashed stock options for remaining employees, Meta has like clockwork opted to reward its top executives with

Bybit Confirms Record-Breaking $1.46 Billion Crypto Heist in Sophisticated Cold Wallet Attack 2025-02-22 at 09:49 By Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit on Friday revealed that a “sophisticated” attack led to the theft of over $1.46 billion worth of cryptocurrency from one of its Ethereum cold (offline) wallets, making it the largest ever single crypto heist in history.