Latest articles by Solomon Klappholz
Meta’s Llama 3.1 promises to compete with closed source competition
News Social media giant reveals its most powerful open source model yet, but stakeholders continue to question its credibility in the field
Wiz backs out of $23 billion Google acquisition
News Security firm cites antitrust and investor concerns as it backs out of Google deal, but experts note there are other cloud security specialists the search giant could turn to
NCA takes down world’s most prolific DDoS-for-hire website
A joint operation led by the National Crime Agency to infiltrate the Digitalstress.su criminal marketplace and take control of its infrastructure and domains
Hackers create fake CrowdStrike recovery resources
Businesses urged to exercise caution and look out for the file named ‘result.txt in %TMP%’ that could indicate a “Daolpu” infection
CISA breached a federal agency as part of its red team program — and nobody noticed for five months
News A red team assessment performed by CISA on an unnamed federal agency found a series of critical security weaknesses
Global IT outage caused by faulty CrowdStrike update could take ‘days and weeks’ to resolve, experts warn
News Responsible for one of the largest IT outages in years, CrowdStrike has had a tough day, but experts warn customers could face a "nightmare" in the coming days
Half of Australia’s population was exposed in the MediSecure breach, but victims might never know if they’re affected
News Financial difficulties at MediSecure mean it doesn’t have the resources to establish exactly who was impacted in a recent breach and what data was stolen
King’s Speech: Security in the spotlight as government promises new efforts to lock down insecure IT supply chains
News The new Labour government has promised fresh cybersecurity legislation aimed at minimizing supply chain risk and improving incident reporting
What's really motivating the Disney hackers?
One security expert told ITPro the Disney hackers could have ulterior motives despite framing themselves as hacktivist champions in support of content creators
Tony Blair thinks AI is a silver bullet for public sector efficiency – but it's not that simple
News A recent white paper claimed the public sector could save billions every year by embracing AI, but experts warn this requires the right approach
HP shows the AI PC ecosystem is starting to bear fruit — is it time for businesses to take note?
Analysis The era of the AI PC may soon be upon us as software vendors start to realize the potential value of processing AI workloads locally
Google tried to scupper Microsoft’s CISPE settlement with a $512 million sweetener – but it failed
News Google offered a lucrative package filled with incentives in an unsuccessful attempt to convince CISPE members to reject a deal with Microsoft
Google's greenhouse gas emissions have skyrocketed
News Google is struggling to balance long-term sustainability goals while keeping pace with key competitors in the generative AI race
HP caps off its PC overhaul with the launch of the OmniBook Ultra 14 – its most powerful AI-powered laptop to date
News With the HP Dragonfly, Spectre, and Envy brands ditched in sweeping restructure of device portfolio, the OmniBook Ultra 14 marks the first major step into the era of the AI PC
AT&T hacker says firm paid nearly $400,000 to have stolen data deleted
News The move by AT&T comes after a data breach exposed "nearly all" of the telecoms giant's 100 million customers
AWS’ nuclear-powered data center deal just hit a major roadblock
News AWS' $650 million nuclear-powered data center deal with Talen Energy could be in jeopardy as US utility companies hit back against the plans
Microsoft warns 'Skeleton Key' can crack popular AI models for dangerous outputs
News Microsoft says threat actors can bypass guardrails built into some of the most popular LLMs using this simple technique
The hackers behind the Indonesian data center attack just handed over a decryption key for free – and they even apologized
The threat actors behind a ransomware attack that crippled public services across Indonesia has handed over the decryption key for free
10 billion stolen passwords have been shared online in the biggest data leak of all time
News A new record-breaking password leak saw over 10 billion credentials posted to an underground hacking forum last week
Hundreds of Cobalt Strike servers have been taken offline in a major law enforcement sting
News Seven law enforcement agencies collaborated to put a dent in infrastructure supporting malicious uses of Cobalt Strike by hacking gangs
Cloudflare is fighting back against AI web scrapers
Newes Cloudflare wants to help wrestle back control of the web from AI website crawlers
Excel for the web just got a big makeover – and it’s a lot easier to use
News Microsoft has updated the web version of Excel, adding a bunch of handy features that should make reading and editing spreadsheets a breeze
Want cheaper cyber insurance? Security leaders say improving resilience has helped them save on coverage
Analysis Cyber insurance is becoming widespread, and many enterprises are making major investments to boost resilience in a bid to drive down their premiums
Twilio warns Authy users of imminent social engineering attacks after hackers got hold of phone numbers
News Twilio warned Authy users to be wary of social engineering attacks, after the ShinyHunters gang listed 33 million records for sale on the dark web
This new ransomware group has been calling up victims to pressure them into paying – and it could be their downfall
A new ransomware group has ditched the traditional leak site in favor of calling up their victims to pressure them into paying, but this could give law enforcement the extra info they need
