security
M&S and Co-op cyberattacks: How can retailers protect themselves?
"The industry must urgently strengthen resilience and develop robust response mechanisms to prevent breaches."
Jasper Hamill
Cybercrime
British cops losing "arms race" with high-tech car thieves, MPs warn
"It is disheartening to see so much car theft in our cities and the police are unable to do anything about it."
ChatGPT
OpenAI bins "sycophantic" ChatGPT update after "Glazegate" backlash
Sam Altman admits that GPT-4o has been sucking up to its users too intensely and takes surgent action to make it a bit less icky.
Europol declares war on digital "violence-as-a-service" underworld
Criminal masterminds are openly recruiting young people on social media and gamifying vicious violent acts.
cybersecurity
Kim Jong-unemployable: Exposing fake North Korean tech workers
"The staggering volume of ongoing infiltration attempts far outpaces any other insider threat vector we monitor," SentinelOne warns.
Apple
Apple patents sinister worker monitoring technology that can expose daydreamers
"Eye gaze-based biofeedback" system provides a grim glimpse of tomorrow's dystopian working environments.
Agentic AI
The agentic apocalypse: Resisting the onslaught of one billion AI agents
The rise of agents is about to create the largest attack surface in human history - and there's no guarantee we'll be able to secure it.
cybersecurity
“Today’s tools won’t survive”: Bitsight on cybersecurity paradoxes and AI adoption models
Threat intelligence leader Gabi Reish reveals a long-view of the security threat landscape and the predictable risks of emerging technologies.
security
State-sponsored threat actors launch Clickfix social engineering blitz
Iran, Russia and North Korea deploy new tactic during their "business-as-usual espionage campaigns".
NSFW
Lewd language models: Has ChatGPT been asking users to send d*** pics?
Over-familiar AI accused of requesting a graphic image of a man's private parts whilst diagnosing a nasty-looking infection.
Extremely Online
The dark side of the LinkedIn AI action figure trend
Discover the true environmental impact of the craze that has gripped social media (and forgive us for taking part in it).
security
Save our CVEs: CISA announces temporary Mitre funding extension
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Program has been brought back from the brink... for now.