CISO The vital role the CISO has to play in the boardroom "As the collective business sector starts to awaken to the size and scale of the risk, the battle for exceptional CISOs will be fierce..."
News Intel patches Downfall bug, but slows CPUs in the process Intel's fix for a serious side-channel vulnerability in its CPUs could in some cases bring a significant performance slowdown
News Former crpyto king Bankman-Fried headed back to jail Former FTX boss Sam Bankman-Fried is headed back to a New York jail after a judge found he had sought to tamper with the key witness in his case
News Bulletproof host hit with charges in US A Polish man believed to be behind the LolekHosted bulletproof hosting service has been indicted on multiple charges in the US
google Google moves forward with signature support Google says its eSignature support for Docs and Drive has moved into the beta testing stage and will be open to test users
News White House calls for more open-source software collaboration The Biden Administration is asking for public input on ways to help secure open source software
News Featured Don't call it an office- Zoom opens doors on London 'Engagement Hub' Zoom has opened a new 15,000 square foot facility in Holborn, London, touting the office as a hybrid work "Engagement Hub"
News What is Kerberoasting? Only the hottest new attack trend of the Researchers say a hacking technique known as "kerberoasting" is becoming increasingly popular with cybercrime groups
News CISA warns of attacks on .NET vulnerability CISA has issued a warning over possible attacks on a denial-of-service vulnerability in .NET and Visual Studio, advising administrators to patch ASAP
NVIDIA Nvidia launches AI offensive with Grace Hopper "superchip" platform Nvidia has announced a new "superchip" design dubbed Grace Hooper as well as a service called AI-Workbench as part of a renewed push into the artificial intelligence space
News Phish fried; Interpol takes down cybercrime outfit 16shop Interpol, acting with Indonesia police and multiple cybersecurity vendors, arrested three people associate with the 16shop phishing service
News August Patch Tuesday brings 86 fixes from Microsoft Microsoft patched 86 security flaws including multiple Critical vulnerabilities in Windows and Teams as part of this month's Patch Tuesday update
News Pope Francis calls for conference to discuss artificial intelligence The Pope has called for an "open dialogue" around AI and its potential to damage humanity in an open letter for World Peace Day
UNHRC Featured UNHRC deliberates on brain implants, neurotechnology, as Neuralink raises Professor: "We need a new human right to cognitive liberty. Neural sensors will become part of our everyday technology and a part of how we interact with that technology. We have a moment to get this right before that happens..."
News Hackers achieve 93% word recovery from keyboard noise Keyboard clicks are giving up more information than you think, according to university researchers
Toshiba Toshiba takes buyout offer of $14bn in privatization plan Toshiba has accepted a buyout offer that would see the electronics giant remain under Japanese control as it looks to turn around its accounting
Russia Featured North Korea accused of hacking Russian missile builder Hackers associated with North Korea have been linked to a data breach at a Russian engineering firm noted for designing missiles
cybersecurity Most exploited vulnerabilities 2022: Five Eyes’ list of CVEs comes with a twist in the tail Two CVEs dominate attack traffic and one will look very familiar: So will six others...
google Featured Google gets key ruling ahead of antitrust trial Google has had several claims dismissed ahead of what looks to be a landmark antitrust case regarding its dominance over search and its associated markets
cybercrime Featured Dutch crunched: man and his wife plead guilty to $4.5bn Bitfinex hack A couple from New York have plead guilty to the $4.5bn hack of Bitfinex in 2016 and will now face decades in prison for stealing cryptocurrency
AWS Featured Amazon says AWS users are focused on 'optimising' as growth is sluggish AWS growth was uncharacteristically slow this quarter as customers remain focused on optimising their current setups, but execs believe that help could be on the was as more companies look to integrate its AI tools
FCC FCC gives record $299m fine for 'car warranty' robocall scammers The FCC has handed down its largest ever fine for a robocalling operation accused of bombarding the public with as many as five billion unwanted calls
cybersecurity NSRA says cyberattacks pose a greater threat than ever before The UK government has upped the risk factor for cyberattacks on infrastructure, outlining how attacks on vital services and the emergence of AI could potentially threaten public safety
multicloud Multi-cloud regulations might be in the pipeline, but why wait? Former divisional CTO at Worldpay and now Field CTO, EMEA, Yugabyte, David Walker, has some practical thoughts on avoiding the pain of cloud lock-in...
Microsoft Microsoft Bug Bash mishap lets Insider users enable hidden Windows 11 features Microsoft unintentionally gifted Insiders a way to turn on all of Windows 11's hidden features thanks to a bit of carelessness during a recent testing campaign