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And the government thinks that AI and taking shackles off big tech will help? God help Britain

For the first time since the start of the pandemic, the number of tech firms incorporated in the UK has declined, with a shrinking economy, as well as high inflation and interest rates causing a slump in business confidence.…

Answers on a postcard to what 'Microcode Signature Verification Vulnerability' might mean

AMD has confirmed at least some of its microprocessors suffer a microcode-related security vulnerability, the existence of which accidentally emerged this month after a fix for the flaw appeared in a beta BIOS update from PC maker Asus.…

Old flaws that keep causing trouble haunt Big Red

Oracle has delivered its regular quarterly collection of patches: 603 in total, 318 for its own products, and another 285 for Linux code it ships.…

'The homeland has never been less secure,' retired Rear Admiral tells Congress

The Trump Administration gutted key cyber advisory boards in its first days, as expert witnesses warned Congress about dire risks posed by cyberattacks rooted in China.…

Threat actor exploited phishing and OAuth abuse to inject malicious code

Cybersecurity outfit Sekoia is warning Chrome users of a supply chain attack targeting browser extension developers that has potentially impacted hundreds of thousands of individuals already.…

Why Digital Trust and crypto-agility are essential to authentication and data security

Sponsored Post  Research firm IDC estimates that over 53 percent of organizations are now mostly or completely digital native.…

Update addresses boot failures on multi-node systems

Microsoft is releasing an out-of-band patch to deal with a problem that prevented some Windows Server 2022 machines from booting.…

Ross Ulbricht's family are now appealing for donations to support his reintegration into society

Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht is now a free man after US President Donald Trump made good on his promise to issue a federal pardon upon taking office.…

Everyone agrees defense matters. How to do it is up for debate

Feature  The Trump administration came to office this week without a detailed information security policy, but analysis of cabinet nominees’ public remarks and expert comments suggest it will make significant changes in the field.…

That invitation to a Teams call on which IT promises to mop up a spamstorm may not be what it seems

Two ransomware campaigns are abusing Microsoft Teams to infect organizations and steal data, and the crooks may have ties to Black Basta and FIN7, according to Sophos.…

Lawsuits pile up after database accessed by miscreants

Canada's largest school board has revealed that student records dating back to 1985 may have been accessed by miscreants who compromised software provider PowerSchool.…

Seven days after disclosure and little action taken, data shows

Fortinet customers need to get with the program and apply the latest updates as nearly 50,000 management interfaces are still vulnerable to the latest zero-day exploit.…

Incident response protocols engaged following claims of source code burglary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is probing assertions made by prolific Big Tech intruder IntelBroker that they broke into the US corporation's systems and accessed source code, among other things.…

Why not adopt a new approach for 2025?

Webinar  In today's digital landscape, cybersecurity teams can often find themselves trapped in an endless cycle of responding to threats.…

AI has transformed banking across APAC. But is this transformation secure?

Partner Content  The banking industry in Asia Pacific (APAC) is thriving, with strong financial performance underpinning its technological ambitions.…

Taipei invites infosec bods to come and play on its home turf

Picture this: It's 2030 and China's furious with Taiwan after the island applies to the UN to be recognized as an independent state. After deciding on a full military invasion, China attempts to first cripple its rebellious neighbor's critical infrastructure.…

Clear rules and guaranteed consequences concentrate the mind wonderfully. Just ask a Russian

Opinion  "As obsolete as warships in the Baltic" was a great pop lyric in Prefab Sprout's 1985 gem, Faron Young. Great, but ironically obsolete itself. Sweden has just deployed multiple warships in that selfsame sea to guard against the very modern menace of underwater cable cutting.…

Students have work to complete at home in the meantime

A UK high school will have to close for at least two days, today and tomorrow, after becoming the latest public-sector victim of ransomware criminals.…

'Minor issue' with showing accounting customers 'unrelated business information' required repairs

Sage Group plc has confirmed it temporarily suspended its Sage Copilot, an AI assistant for the UK-based business software maker's accounting tools, this month after it blurted customer information to other users.…

PLUS: Allstate sued for allegedly tracking drivers; Dutch DDoS; More fake jobs from Pyongyang; and more

Infosec in brief  Hogwarts doesn’t teach an incantation that could have saved Harry Potter publisher Scholastic from feeling the power of an online magician who made off with millions of customer records - except perhaps the wizardry of multifactor authentication.…