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For the past two decades, cybersecurity teams have been laser focused on identifying ‘what’s bot -- and what’s not’. Ove...
23/05/2025

For the past two decades, cybersecurity teams have been laser focused on identifying ‘what’s bot -- and what’s not’. Over the past couple of years, this focus has shifted slightly, with security teams dedicating most of their attention to the most sophisticated bots. New developments in AI over the past year have added a new level of complexity, with the emergence of beneficial business bots, like sophisticated AI agents, complicating what was once a binary task of differentiating bot from human....

For the past two decades, cybersecurity teams have been laser focused on identifying ‘what’s bot — and what’s not’. Over the past couple of years, this focus has shifted slightly, with securi…

Welcome to this week's overview of the best apps, games and extensions released for Windows 10 and 11 on the Microsoft S...
23/05/2025

Welcome to this week's overview of the best apps, games and extensions released for Windows 10 and 11 on the Microsoft Store and elsewhere in the past seven days...

Welcome to this week’s overview of the best apps, games and extensions released for Windows 10 and 11 on the Microsoft Store and elsewhere in the past seven days

We all know that businesses are facing a raft of more sophisticated cyberthreats, partly driven by AI. We also know that...
23/05/2025

We all know that businesses are facing a raft of more sophisticated cyberthreats, partly driven by AI. We also know that there can be an impact beyond the financial in terms of damage to reputation and loss of customers. A new report from cyber insurance specialist Hiscox reveals that 67 percent of organizations report increase in attacks and 34 percent of firms have compromised cybersecurity measures due to lack of expertise in managing emerging tech risks....

We all know that businesses are facing a raft of more sophisticated cyberthreats, partly driven by AI. We also know that there can be an impact beyond the financial in terms of damage to reputation…

There’s a famous quote by Einstein which reads: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting diff...
23/05/2025

There’s a famous quote by Einstein which reads: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” In cybersecurity, this saying has never been more fitting. We’ve seen years of increased investment, a figure Gartner estimates will reach $212 billion this year, yet the cost of breaches continues to rise, reaching $4.8 million in 2024…...

There’s a famous quote by Einstein which reads: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” In cybersecurity, this saying has never been more fitting. We…

As Java marks its 30th anniversary on May 23rd, it's a powerful reminder that few technologies have had the longevity --...
23/05/2025

As Java marks its 30th anniversary on May 23rd, it's a powerful reminder that few technologies have had the longevity -- or the impact -- of a language first launched in 1995. Today, Java continues to underpin much of modern software development, from cloud-native systems to enterprise-scale applications. To mark this milestone, we caught up with Dewan Ahmed, principal developer advocate at…...

As Java marks its 30th anniversary on May 23rd, it’s a powerful reminder that few technologies have had the longevity — or the impact — of a language first launched in 1995. Today…

WhatsApp has announced the expansion of its Voice Chat feature for groups. The live audio feature is something that was ...
23/05/2025

WhatsApp has announced the expansion of its Voice Chat feature for groups. The live audio feature is something that was well-received when it first appeared in the chat app, so the wider rollout makes a lot of sense. There is a twist, however. While the feature is now available to more users than before, the expansion is not like most feature expansions....

WhatsApp has announced the expansion of its Voice Chat feature for groups. The live audio feature is something that was well-received when it first appeared in the chat app, so the wider rollout ma…

A few weeks after announcing plans for a different approach to account verification, X rival Bluesky has quietly launche...
23/05/2025

A few weeks after announcing plans for a different approach to account verification, X rival Bluesky has quietly launched the feature. The decentralized social media platform has now started to open up verification to users. While any individuals or organizations can apply for verification or, indeed, to become a Trusted Verifier, it is certainly not the case that all applications will be successful....

A few weeks after announcing plans for a different approach to account verification, X rival Bluesky has quietly launched the feature. The decentralized social media platform has now started to ope…

The Snipping Tool app has proved itself to be one of the most useful and impressive utilities to be found in Windows 11....
23/05/2025

The Snipping Tool app has proved itself to be one of the most useful and impressive utilities to be found in Windows 11. Microsoft has slowly worked to create something genuinely impressive; there have been some omissions, however. One such oversight is the lack of support for creating GIFs, but this is about to change. The option of saving screen recordings as animated GIFs is overdue and extremely welcome....

The Snipping Tool app has proved itself to be one of the most useful and impressive utilities to be found in Windows 11. Microsoft has slowly worked to create something genuinely impressive; there …

Non-human identities (NHIs) -- such as service accounts, tokens, API keys, and workloads -- are exploding in volume, now...
22/05/2025

Non-human identities (NHIs) -- such as service accounts, tokens, API keys, and workloads -- are exploding in volume, now outnumbering humans 50 to one, but they remain under-observed, under-protected, and dangerously over-privileged. New data from identity security platform Silverfort shows 40 percent of cloud NHIs do not have an owner. These accounts are often excluded from proper lifecycle management, leaving them unobserved, unprotected, and open to abuse....

Non-human identities (NHIs) — such as service accounts, tokens, API keys, and workloads — are exploding in volume, now outnumbering humans 50 to one, but they remain under-observed, und…

The integration of Meta AI into WhatsApp represents a fascinating case study in how technical capabilities can undermine...
22/05/2025

The integration of Meta AI into WhatsApp represents a fascinating case study in how technical capabilities can undermine strategic positioning. WhatsApp’s success was built on a simple technical promise -- end-to-end encryption that creates a secure communication channel. Yet, the introduction of an AI chatbot that explicitly warns users against sharing sensitive information exposes a fundamental architectural contradiction that has broader implications for the tech industry....

The integration of Meta AI into WhatsApp represents a fascinating case study in how technical capabilities can undermine strategic positioning. WhatsApp’s success was built on a simple technical pr…

Ignoring vulnerabilities and exposures may not seem like a good idea, but conventional strategies rely heavily on vulner...
22/05/2025

Ignoring vulnerabilities and exposures may not seem like a good idea, but conventional strategies rely heavily on vulnerability severity (CVSS) and exploitability indicators (EPSS), which ignore whether vulnerabilities are exploitable or already mitigated by existing defenses in a specific organization. More than 40,000 new CVEs were disclosed in 2024, of which 61 percent were labeled as high or critical, but they won't all be a risk to every business....

Ignoring vulnerabilities and exposures may not seem like a good idea, but conventional strategies rely heavily on vulnerability severity (CVSS) and exploitability indicators (EPSS), which ignore wh…

As Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks grow in both frequency and sophistication, organizations are being force...
22/05/2025

As Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks grow in both frequency and sophistication, organizations are being forced to re-evaluate their defensive strategies. Gone are the days when a standalone DDoS mitigation service tacked onto your infrastructure was enough for peace of mind. The current threat landscape demands faster response times, simplified operations, and coordinated protection. A rising trend is the integration of DDoS mitigation directly with IP transit from a single provider....

As Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks grow in both frequency and sophistication, organizations are being forced to re-evaluate their defensive strategies. Gone are the days when a standal…

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