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  • Microsoft will force its ‘superintelligence’ to be a ‘humanist’ and play nice with people

    Microsoft will force its ‘superintelligence’ to be a ‘humanist’ and play nice with people 2025-11-07 at 01:03 By Brandon Vigliarolo Redmond’s new AI boss is willing to sacrifice performance for the future of our species Microsoft has joined the ranks of tech giants chasing superintelligent artificial intelligence, but the company’s AI chief Mustafa Suleyman’s vision…

  • Gootloader malware back for the attack, serves up ransomware

    Gootloader malware back for the attack, serves up ransomware 2025-11-07 at 00:56 By Jessica Lyons Move fast – miscreants compromised a domain controller in 17 hours Gootloader JavaScript malware, commonly used to deliver ransomware, is back in action after a period of reduced activity.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source…

  • Tesla shareholders approve Elon Musk’s historic $1 trillion pay package — here’s when he could pocket the windfall

    Tesla shareholders approve Elon Musk’s historic $1 trillion pay package — here’s when he could pocket the windfall 2025-11-07 at 00:17 By Thomas Barrabi Tesla shareholders approved an epic $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk on Thursday – after the mercurial boss threatened to leave the company if he didn’t get it. This article…

  • This AI-powered tool predicts IVF success 90% of the time — and you won’t pay if you don’t have a kid

    This AI-powered tool predicts IVF success 90% of the time — and you won’t pay if you don’t have a kid 2025-11-06 at 23:53 By McKenzie Beard Gaia is “taking something that used to feel like a gamble and turning it into a plan,” its CEO said. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology…

  • Google’s Ironwood TPUs represent a bigger threat than Nvidia would have you believe

    Google’s Ironwood TPUs represent a bigger threat than Nvidia would have you believe 2025-11-06 at 23:31 By Tobias Mann Chocolate Factory’s homegrown silicon boasts Blackwell-level perf at massive scale opinion  Look out, Jensen! With its TPUs, Google has shown time and time again that it’s not the size of your accelerators that matters but how…

  • AI wreaks havoc on US jobs with two-decade high 150K cut in October – bringing 2025 total to 1M: report

    AI wreaks havoc on US jobs with two-decade high 150K cut in October – bringing 2025 total to 1M: report 2025-11-06 at 22:49 By Ariel Zilber The 153,074 job cuts from last month marked a 175% jump from the same month a year ago and a 183% spike from September, according to a new report.…

  • OpenAI CFO says can keep afloat without federal bailout

    OpenAI CFO says can keep afloat without federal bailout 2025-11-06 at 21:47 By Thomas Claburn Money-losing biz says it does not need government help to meet massive infrastructure commitments OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar says that her company is not seeking federal loan guarantees after suggesting the opposite in an on-stage interview at a Wall Street…

  • Cisco warns of ‘new attack variant’ battering firewalls under exploit for 6 months

    Cisco warns of ‘new attack variant’ battering firewalls under exploit for 6 months 2025-11-06 at 21:05 By Jessica Lyons Plus 2 new critical vulns – patch now Cisco warned customers about another wave of attacks against its firewalls, which have been battered by intruders for at least six months. It also patched two critical bugs…

  • Senate bill would require companies to report AI layoffs as job cuts reach 20-year high in October

    Senate bill would require companies to report AI layoffs as job cuts reach 20-year high in October 2025-11-06 at 21:05 By Brandon Vigliarolo Government agencies would also have to report losses due to automation. ai-pocalypse  A bipartisan pair of US Senators has introduced a bill that would require companies and government agencies to report AI-related…

  • Union brands Rockstar’s leak claim “a distraction” as protests hit Take-Two London

    Union brands Rockstar’s leak claim “a distraction” as protests hit Take-Two London 2025-11-06 at 21:05 By Carly Page Rockstar says it fired staff for leaks, but the IWGB accuses the GTA maker of union-busting Rockstar Games denies claims that it fired several employees over their union activity, insisting that it sacked the team members for…

  • FBI prevails over convicted fraudster in $345M destroyed Bitcoin dispute

    FBI prevails over convicted fraudster in $345M destroyed Bitcoin dispute 2025-11-06 at 19:18 By Connor Jones Counterfeiter failed to conjure a credible claim, appeals court rules A convicted identity thief has lost his appeal against Uncle Sam after claiming federal agents destroyed a seized hard drive containing cryptocurrency worth more than $345 million.… This article…

  • Furious mom claims Elon Musk’s AI asked her 10-year-old son for NSFW favor in disturbing video: ‘I’m gonna throw up’

    Furious mom claims Elon Musk’s AI asked her 10-year-old son for NSFW favor in disturbing video: ‘I’m gonna throw up’ 2025-11-06 at 19:09 By Asia Grace Grok AI responded to The Post’s request for a comment, saying, “Legacy Media Lies.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original…

  • Agents of misfortune: The world isn’t ready for autonomous software

    Agents of misfortune: The world isn’t ready for autonomous software 2025-11-06 at 19:09 By Thomas Claburn Amazon’s spat with Perplexity shows that technology is not the only blocker for the agentic era Opinion  The agentic era remains a fantasy world. Software agents, the notional next frontier for generative AI services, cannot escape the gravity of…

  • Lenovo puts the ‘cloud’ in cloud computing, proposes mid-air datacenters

    Lenovo puts the ‘cloud’ in cloud computing, proposes mid-air datacenters 2025-11-06 at 19:09 By Dan Robinson Sustainable vision? Who knows Lenovo says that traditional datacenters are not fit for purpose, and must evolve to future-proof businesses across EMEA. This is based on research, but the PC and server biz has come up with some wacky…

  • Researchers Hack ChatGPT Memories and Web Search Features

    Researchers Hack ChatGPT Memories and Web Search Features 2025-11-06 at 19:09 By Eduard Kovacs Tenable researchers discovered seven vulnerabilities, including ones affecting the latest GPT model. The post Researchers Hack ChatGPT Memories and Web Search Features appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source React to this headline:

  • Trojanized ESET Installers Drop Kalambur Backdoor in Phishing Attacks on Ukraine

    Trojanized ESET Installers Drop Kalambur Backdoor in Phishing Attacks on Ukraine 2025-11-06 at 19:09 By A previously unknown threat activity cluster has been observed impersonating Slovak cybersecurity company ESET as part of phishing attacks targeting Ukrainian entities. The campaign, detected in May 2025, is tracked by the security outfit under the moniker InedibleOchotense, describing it…

  • Cisco Warns of New Firewall Attack Exploiting CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362

    Cisco Warns of New Firewall Attack Exploiting CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362 2025-11-06 at 19:09 By Cisco on Wednesday disclosed that it became aware of a new attack variant that’s designed to target devices running Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software releases that are susceptible to CVE-2025-20333…

  • Vibe coding named Word of the Year. Developers everywhere faceplant

    Vibe coding named Word of the Year. Developers everywhere faceplant 2025-11-06 at 17:40 By Lindsay Clark It’s not a bug, it’s a feeling Vibe coding has broken free of tech circles to claim Collins Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2025 — a choice that may prompt developers to ask: what could possibly go wrong?… This…

  • Cisco fixes critical UCCX flaws, patch ASAP! (CVE-2025-20358, CVE-2025-20354)

    Cisco fixes critical UCCX flaws, patch ASAP! (CVE-2025-20358, CVE-2025-20354) 2025-11-06 at 17:16 By Zeljka Zorz Cisco has fixed two critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-20358, CVE-2025-20354) affecting Unified Contact Center Express (UCCX), which may allow attackers to bypass authentication, compromise vulnerable installations, and elevate privileges to root. The good news is that there is currently no evidence of…

  • Microsoft: Don’t let AI agents near your credit card yet

    Microsoft: Don’t let AI agents near your credit card yet 2025-11-06 at 16:45 By Richard Speed Shopping bots pick first option and ‘vulnerable to manipulation’, Magentic Marketplace trial finds Ready to have your agent talk to my agent and arrange a sale? Microsoft has published a simulated marketplace to put AI agents through their paces…

  • You’ll never guess what the most common passwords are. Oh, wait, yes you will

    You’ll never guess what the most common passwords are. Oh, wait, yes you will 2025-11-06 at 16:45 By Brandon Vigliarolo Most of you still can’t do better than 123456? 123456. admin. password. For years, the IT world has been reminding users not to rely on such predictable passwords. And yet here we are with another…

  • Dissecting and Understanding APT Threat Group Activity

    Dissecting and Understanding APT Threat Group Activity 2025-11-06 at 16:45 By Trustwave SpiderLabs CTI APT Groups Prioritize Espionage and Data Theft: Approximately two-thirds of all Trustwave SpiderLabs-tracked APT group activity is motivated by espionage, targeting government, defense, and telecom sectors primarily in the US, Ukraine, and Russia. Top Attacker Nations: China (41%), Iran (12.5%), and…

  • Ping Identity offers protection against adversarial AI threats

    Ping Identity offers protection against adversarial AI threats 2025-11-06 at 16:45 By Industry News Ping Identity announced “Identity for AI,” a new solution designed to secure the world of AI agents. As organizations embrace agentic AI to boost productivity and commerce, Ping Identity is redefining how enterprises enable this new class of autonomous digital identities,…

  • Truffle Security Raises $25 Million for Secret Scanning Engine

    Truffle Security Raises $25 Million for Secret Scanning Engine 2025-11-06 at 16:45 By Ionut Arghire The investment will fuel the development of Truffle’s enterprise-grade secrets detection, verification, and remediation platform. The post Truffle Security Raises $25 Million for Secret Scanning Engine appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source…

  • Team Cymru RADAR investigates external infrastructure in real time

    Team Cymru RADAR investigates external infrastructure in real time 2025-11-06 at 15:57 By Industry News Team Cymru announced RADAR, a new real-time discovery module designed to give threat analysts visibility into all internet-facing infrastructure, whether known or unknown, without waiting on asset inventories, third-party scans, or compliance-oriented tools. “Our RADAR solution is about giving defenders…

  • Microsoft Configuration Manager to switch to an annual release cadence

    Microsoft Configuration Manager to switch to an annual release cadence 2025-11-06 at 15:30 By Richard Speed Intune is where the party’s at, even if admins might prefer the Configuration Manager kitchen Microsoft has officially confirmed that Configuration Manager will transition to an annual release cadence, with Intune as the primary focus for innovation.… This article…

  • SonicWall cloud backup hack was the work of a state actor

    SonicWall cloud backup hack was the work of a state actor 2025-11-06 at 15:30 By Zeljka Zorz Incident responders from Mandiant have wrapped up their investigation into the SonicWall cloud backup service hack, and the verdict is in: the culprit is a state-sponsored threat actor (though the specific nation wasn’t disclosed). “[The incident] was isolated…

  • Colt gets greenlight for £2.5bn London datacenter splurge

    Colt gets greenlight for £2.5bn London datacenter splurge 2025-11-06 at 14:50 By Dan Robinson Three hyperscale sheds to double capacity near Heathrow Colt Data Centre Services has secured approval to invest £2.5 billion ($3.3 billion) in three hyperscale data centers at its Hayes Digital Park campus in west London.… This article is an excerpt from…

  • Malware-pwned laptop gifts cybercriminals Nikkei’s Slack

    Malware-pwned laptop gifts cybercriminals Nikkei’s Slack 2025-11-06 at 14:50 By Carly Page Stolen creds let miscreants waltz into 17K employees’ chats, spilling info on staff and partners Japanese media behemoth Nikkei has admitted to a data breach after miscreants slipped into its internal Slack workspace, exposing the personal details of more than 17,000 employees and…

  • Boffins: cloud computing’s on-demand biz model is failing us

    Boffins: cloud computing’s on-demand biz model is failing us 2025-11-06 at 14:50 By Lindsay Clark Science loses when lab workers grapple with costs and availability, claim researchers Cloud vendors’ commercial models poorly serve scientists, forcing them to struggle for value amid tightening budgets, according to research.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View…

  • Russia-linked hackers intensify attacks as global APT activity shifts

    Russia-linked hackers intensify attacks as global APT activity shifts 2025-11-06 at 14:50 By Anamarija Pogorelec State-aligned hacking groups have spent the past six months ramping up espionage, sabotage, and cybercrime campaigns across multiple regions, according to ESET’s APT Activity Report covering April through September 2025. The research highlights how operations linked to Russia, China, Iran,…

  • Panelists to Discuss Crisis Management When Threats Overlap

    Panelists to Discuss Crisis Management When Threats Overlap 2025-11-06 at 14:50 By The “Crisis Leadership in the Age of Polycrisis” panel at the 2025 SECURITY 500 Conference will feature security leaders discussing the intricacies of crisis management when threats overlap. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source…

  • Automotive IT Firm Hyundai AutoEver Discloses Data Breach

    Automotive IT Firm Hyundai AutoEver Discloses Data Breach 2025-11-06 at 14:50 By Eduard Kovacs Hyundai AutoEver America was hacked in February and the attackers managed to steal SSNs and other personal data. The post Automotive IT Firm Hyundai AutoEver Discloses Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original…

  • Cisco Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in Contact Center Appliance

    Cisco Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in Contact Center Appliance 2025-11-06 at 14:50 By Ionut Arghire The flaws allow attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely and elevate their privileges to root on an affected system. The post Cisco Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in Contact Center Appliance appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View…

  • ThreatsDay Bulletin: AI Tools in Malware, Botnets, GDI Flaws, Election Attacks & More

    ThreatsDay Bulletin: AI Tools in Malware, Botnets, GDI Flaws, Election Attacks & More 2025-11-06 at 14:50 By Cybercrime has stopped being a problem of just the internet — it’s becoming a problem of the real world. Online scams now fund organized crime, hackers rent violence like a service, and even trusted apps or social platforms…

  • Bitdefender Named a Representative Vendor in the 2025 Gartner® Market Guide for Managed Detection and Response

    Bitdefender Named a Representative Vendor in the 2025 Gartner® Market Guide for Managed Detection and Response 2025-11-06 at 14:50 By Bitdefender has once again been recognized as a Representative Vendor in the Gartner® Market Guide for Managed Detection and Response (MDR) — marking the fourth consecutive year of inclusion. According to Gartner, more than 600…

  • Follow Pragmatic Interventions to Keep Agentic AI in Check

    Follow Pragmatic Interventions to Keep Agentic AI in Check 2025-11-06 at 14:45 By Steve Durbin Agentic AI speeds operations, but requires clear goals, least privilege, auditability, red‑teaming, and human oversight to manage opacity, misalignment, and misuse. The post Follow Pragmatic Interventions to Keep Agentic AI in Check appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an…

  • SonicWall fingers state-backed cyber crew for September firewall breach

    SonicWall fingers state-backed cyber crew for September firewall breach 2025-11-06 at 14:26 By Carly Page Spies, not crooks, were behind digital heist – damage stopped at the backups, says US cybersec biz SonicWall has blamed an unnamed, state-sponsored collective for the September break-in that saw cybercriminals rifle through a cache of firewall configuration backups.… This…

  • Prowler embeds AI directly into security workflows

    Prowler embeds AI directly into security workflows 2025-11-06 at 14:24 By Industry News Prowler launched Prowler Lighthouse AI, an intelligent security assistant and MCP Server, that brings autonomous AI directly into DevSecOps workflows. Available immediately, Prowler’s AI innovations combine agentic reasoning with automation to accelerate risk analysis, streamline compliance and guide teams through faster remediation…

  • DeFi Protocol Balancer Starts Recovering Funds Stolen in $128 Million Heist

    DeFi Protocol Balancer Starts Recovering Funds Stolen in $128 Million Heist 2025-11-06 at 14:11 By Ionut Arghire Hackers drained more cryptocurrency from Balancer by exploiting a rounding function and performing batch swaps. The post DeFi Protocol Balancer Starts Recovering Funds Stolen in $128 Million Heist appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from…

  • From Tabletop to Turnkey: Building Cyber Resilience in Financial Services

    From Tabletop to Turnkey: Building Cyber Resilience in Financial Services 2025-11-06 at 13:59 By Introduction Financial institutions are facing a new reality: cyber-resilience has passed from being a best practice, to an operational necessity, to a prescriptive regulatory requirement. Crisis management or Tabletop exercises, for a long time relatively rare in the context of cybersecurity,…

  • Nevada Ransomware Attack Started Months Before It Was Discovered, Per Report

    Nevada Ransomware Attack Started Months Before It Was Discovered, Per Report 2025-11-06 at 13:54 By Associated Press The ransomware attack discovered in August occurred as early as May when a state employee mistakenly downloaded malicious software. The post Nevada Ransomware Attack Started Months Before It Was Discovered, Per Report appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article…

  • UK space sector ‘lacks strategic direction,’ Lords warn

    UK space sector ‘lacks strategic direction,’ Lords warn 2025-11-06 at 11:51 By Richard Speed Parliamentary report calls for sovereign launch capability and reduced dependence on US services The UK’s House of Lords UK Engagement with Space Committee has published a scathing report, “The Space Economy: Act Now or Lose Out,” declaring that the 2021 National…

  • 1touch.io Kontxtual provides LLM-driven control over sensitive data

    1touch.io Kontxtual provides LLM-driven control over sensitive data 2025-11-06 at 11:10 By Industry News 1touch.io unveils Kontxtual, an AI-driven data platform engineered for the AI era. Built to accelerate enterprise innovation without compromising control, Kontxtual harnesses the power of AI and LLMs to deliver real-time data, identity, usage, and risk insights, assuring sovereignty and security…

  • Aptori Code-Q delivers verified, explainable fixes that integrate into development workflows

    Aptori Code-Q delivers verified, explainable fixes that integrate into development workflows 2025-11-06 at 11:10 By Industry News Aptori announced Code-Q (Code Quick Fix), a new agent in its AI-powered security platform that automatically generates, validates and applies code-level remediations for confirmed vulnerabilities. Building on Aptori’s AI Triage, which delivers deterministic vulnerability validation, Code-Q extends that…

  • MajorKey IDProof+ combats AI-driven fraud

    MajorKey IDProof+ combats AI-driven fraud 2025-11-06 at 11:10 By Industry News MajorKey Technologies announced IDProof+, a high-assurance identity verification solution leveraging biometric technology. Developed in collaboration with identity verification innovator authID, IDProof+ is designed to help enterprises combat AI-driven fraud and streamline remote workforce onboarding. Key benefits of IDProof+ include: Integration with Microsoft Entra Biometric…

  • Hypori Secure Workspace Ecosystem helps IT teams protect enterprise data

    Hypori Secure Workspace Ecosystem helps IT teams protect enterprise data 2025-11-06 at 10:28 By Sinisa Markovic Hypori announced the expansion of its platform with the launch of the Hypori Secure Workspace Ecosystem, a suite of next-generation products designed to give organizations flexibility, scalability, and control over secure mobile access. The new portfolio introduces Hypori Mobile…

  • Binarly Transparency Platform 3.5 now supports Java archives and JVM bytecode

    Binarly Transparency Platform 3.5 now supports Java archives and JVM bytecode 2025-11-06 at 10:28 By Industry News Binarly released the Binarly Transparency Platform 3.5 with Java ecosystem support, enterprise-grade YARA integration, and operational upgrades. With this update, Binarly’s cryptographic algorithm identification engine now supports Java archives (JARs) and JVM bytecode, scanning both standalone and embedded…

  • OpenGuardrails: A new open-source model aims to make AI safer for real-world use

    OpenGuardrails: A new open-source model aims to make AI safer for real-world use 2025-11-06 at 10:28 By Mirko Zorz When you ask a large language model to summarize a policy or write code, you probably assume it will behave safely. But what happens when someone tries to trick it into leaking data or generating harmful…

  • Bitdefender GravityZone Security Data Lake unifies telemetry from multiple tools

    Bitdefender GravityZone Security Data Lake unifies telemetry from multiple tools 2025-11-06 at 10:28 By Industry News Bitdefender announced Bitdefender GravityZone Security Data Lake and Data Lake for Managed Detection and Response (MDR), solutions that help organizations cut through alert overload and complexity by unifying security telemetry from multiple tools into a single, intelligent platform. The…

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