Security
Scattered Spider breaks America: High Street hackers sink fangs into US retailers
Group linked to the blockbuster M&S cyberattack is now believed to be targeting retailers on the other side of the Atlantic.
Jasper Hamill
Security
European Vulnerability Database steps into the breach amid fears for future of Mitre's CVE program
EU bug database does a similar job to its famous American cousin, which was saved from closure after a last-minute intervention from CISA.
AI
“We’re entering a trust crisis": Shifting left to scale agentic AI
What can be done to build up enterprises' confidence in AI and move from experimentation to implementation?
Security
Happy birthday WannaCry! Marking a grim ransomware anniversary
The infamous crypto worm infected hundreds of thousands of devices within hours and caused billions of dollars of damage.
"I'm struggling": Unemployment influencers and a new approach to LinkedIn jobhunting
Joe Emery is using his battles with mental health and the dire employment market to build a huge social media audience - and he's not the only one.
AI
OpenAI exec hints at the hyper-annoying future of ChatGPT
If you think the sycophantic GPT-4o update that sparked GlazeGate is bad, wait until you hear how the proactive GenAI models of tomorrow might behave...
Security
Panic on the High Street: M&S, Harrods & Co-op cyberattacks
"The industry must urgently strengthen resilience and develop robust response mechanisms to prevent breaches."
Security
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."
AI
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 urgent 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.
Security
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 patents sinister worker monitoring technology that can expose daydreamers
"Eye gaze-based biofeedback" system provides a grim glimpse of tomorrow's dystopian working environments.