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.
Jasper Hamill
"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.
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.
Security
“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".