artificial intelligence
California pushes forward with AI regulations targeting Big Tech
"The regulation of AI R&D is predicated on the illusion of 'existential risks' pushed by a handful of delusional think tanks."
Cobalt Strike
Cobalt Strike takedown likely to make Sliver even more popular
Brute Ratel, Sliver and other alternatives are less well-known and mature than Cobalt Strike but increasingly adopted.
ESG
Can AWS really reduce the carbon footprint of AI workloads by 99% or is it 'greenwashing'?
Cloud experts dig into claims that Amazon Web Services has pulled off the incredible feat of almost eliminating AI emissions by moving clients' workloads from on-premises infrastructure to its data centres
Entrust
Entrust CEO pledges changes after Google’s dynamite decision
CEO blames "misinterpretation we made of CA/Browser Forum compliance requirements"
AI, CMA, competition
Google and AWS turn on Microsoft as UK competition watchdog probes cloud industry
Nothing to see here say rivals – except Microsoft’s licensing practices
cybersecurity
Nuclear sector 'lacks understanding of cybersecurity threat landscape', think tank warns
Chatham House confirms that nuclear infrastructure is a 'high value' target for threat actors, but calls on the industry to do more to protect itself (and the rest of us) from attack
Salesforce
‘On-device agentic AI is here!’ Salesforce makes big claims about its ‘Tiny Giant’ LLM
Marc Benioff, CEO, shares his excitement about an LLM he claims is the world’s top-performing “micro-model” for function-calling
News
Less than a fifth of European companies will use AI by 2030, Digital Decade report reveals
The EU’s digital transformation is running late – just like everyone else’s. What do this mean for the future of tech across The Continent?
BT
"Our infrastructure is not designed for it": BT security leader reveals the challenges of deploying zero trust
How do you protect legacy technology from the threats of tomorrow? Security chief at world's oldest telecoms firm shares rare insights into its move towards a post-trust world
News
Anthropic dangles funding for AI model risk and capability evaluation tools
AI firm says "a robust, third-party evaluation ecosystem is essential for assessing AI capabilities and risks" but warns that the current "landscape is limited.”
OpenSSH
Pre-auth RCE to root in OpenSSH server: 700,000 instances exposed
RHEL 9 affected, Debian, Ubuntu, SUSE push fixes
Entrust
Google to block sites using Entrust certificates in bombshell move
No confidence in “competence, reliability, and integrity” of company says Chrome team as frustrations build to a head – just days after Entrust grovelled to the CA/Browser forum.