AI
Europe’s AI Act demands extensive "logs" - targets biometrics, bias, black boxes
Emotion recognition banned in workplaces, classrooms.
Alation
Alation overhauls its platform, launches data services offering
"Less scrolling and clicking"
Fortinet
Fortinet warns on critical SQL Injection bug after NCSC disclosure
More pre-auth RCE bugs in Fortinet appliances? Colour us shocked!
Bank of England
Bank of England warns on expanded operational resilience regime – cloud providers put on notice
New demands of "critical third-parties" will "require some adjustments all round" says senior BoE official.
AI cloud
Oracle Q3 numbers show it really is a cloud co now
“We’re building an AI data center in the United States, where you could park eight Boeing 747s nose to tail..."
AWS
AWS buys a data centre campus with two nuclear plants attached
Will suck up 40% of two nuclear power stations' output under Talen Energy deal.
Cybersecurity
CI/CD platform TeamCity exposed to critical pre-auth RCE bug, amid disclosure spat
JetBrains' platform "a suitable vector to position an attacker to perform a supply chain attack" if compromised warns Rapid7.
earnings
Dell COO: AI will move to the data
"We believe the long-term AI action is on-prem"
Kubernetes
Kubernetes clusters are typically using just 13% of CPU: CIOs could save a small fortune
Overprovisioning CPU and memory will keep the lights on, but it is costly. Underprovisioning them risks CPU throttling and out-of-memory kills, which cause applications to perform poorly or even crash."
utilities
National Grid eyes £50 million service desk, digital workforce overhaul, as changes loom
A UK net zero target and fossil fuel vehicle ban are likely to result in as many as 1,600 connections to the grid each day. Current application processes are inadequate.
ConnectWise
Leaked LockBit malware deployed in ScreenConnect attacks – 600+ IPs seen attacking 8,200 instances
"The executable in question was built using the LockBit 3 ransomware builder tool leaked in 2022, so this particular sample may not have originated with the actual LockBit developers"
cybersecurity
US Treasury confirms $9 billion ICBC ransomware impact
"ICBC’s inability to access its systems caused securities to be delivered for settlement with no funds backing the trades"