Financial Systems
AI agents move into credit broking as regulators sharpen their knives
World's first Agentic Credit Broking Protocol sets a standard for financial services bots as they take on mission-critical roles in lending.
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Cyberwar
Russian cyber-spies target UK and European officials via messaging apps
High-risk figures warned to exercise extreme caution when using WhatsApp, Signal and other third-party applications.
Enterprise
From beerware to the chicken dance: The world's weirdest open source licenses
"It’s tempting to dismiss these licenses as curiosities - but they highlight a fundamental tension and a lesson for technical leaders."
Quantum
Quantum attacks could crack cryptocurrency encryption in minutes, Google warns
Research sheds new light on Google’s decision to accelerate its shift to post-quantum cryptography.
Financial Systems
Catching connected criminals: Exposing the networks driving modern fraud
Financial crime is now a complex web spun by coordinated networks—and investigators face a difficult task untangling it.
Quantum
Google speeds up post-quantum migration to counter "harvest now, decrypt later" attacks
Traditional encryption may soon be trivial to crack - prompting adversaries to gather sensitive protected data they can access in future.
Security
China’s Red Menshen “sleeper cell” spies caught hiding deep inside global telecoms networks
Rapid7 uncovers "ongoing" espionage campaign involving long-term persistence within highly sensitive communications environments.
Security
Threat actors exploit identity at “industrial scale” as trust becomes the attack surface
Adversaries are pushing beyond the perimeter to exploit the trusted infrastructure that keeps global businesses running.
Business
Big Tech AI layoffs will reshape the jobs market. How should workers respond?
"Talent displaced from large enterprises will intensify competition for roles at mid-sized and smaller organisations."
Government
US ban on Chinese routers leaves “millions” of insecure devices in American homes
Blocking sales of foreign-made routers will fail to secure vast numbers of older devices described as threat actors’ “attack vector of choice”.
Cyberwar
Beyond Zero Trust: Strategies for securing the multi-domain digital battlespace
"AI investments within national defence departments risk coming to nothing if command-and-control systems aren’t backed by agile data flow."
Financial Systems
Bank of England: Cloud outages and DDoS attacks pose risk of cascading systemic failure
Regulators tighten oversight of “operational incidents” that could ripple through the digital economy.