Thousands of exposed civil servant passwords are up for grabs online
While the password security failures are concerning, they pale in comparison to other nations
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Salesforce targets telco gains with new agentic AI toolsNews Telecoms operators can draw on an array of pre-built agents to automate and streamline tasks
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Four national compute resources launched for cutting-edge science and researchNews The new national compute centers will receive a total of £76 million in funding
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Using AI to generate passwords is a terrible idea, experts warnNews Researchers have warned the use of AI-generated passwords puts users and businesses at risk
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Researchers called on LastPass, Dashlane, and Bitwarden to up defenses after severe flaws put 60 million users at risk – here’s how each company respondedNews Analysts at ETH Zurich called for cryptographic standard improvements after a host of password managers were found lacking
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‘They are able to move fast now’: AI is expanding attack surfaces – and hackers are looking to reap the same rewards as enterprises with the technologyNews Potent new malware strains, faster attack times, and the rise of shadow AI are causing havoc
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Ransomware gangs are using employee monitoring software as a springboard for cyber attacksNews Two attempted attacks aimed to exploit Net Monitor for Employees Professional and SimpleHelp
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Notepad++ hackers remained undetected and pushed malicious updates for six months – here’s who’s responsible, how they did it, and how to check if you’ve been affectedNews Hackers remained undetected for months and distributed malicious updates to Notepad++ users after breaching the text editor software – here's how to check if you've been affected.
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CISA’s interim chief uploaded sensitive documents to a public version of ChatGPT – security experts explain why you should never do thatNews The incident at CISA raises yet more concerns about the rise of ‘shadow AI’ and data protection risks
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Former Google engineer convicted of economic espionage after stealing thousands of secret AI, supercomputing documentsNews Linwei Ding told Chinese investors he could build a world-class supercomputer
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90% of companies are woefully unprepared for quantum security threats – analysts say they need to get a move onNews Quantum security threats are coming, but a Bain & Company survey shows systems aren't yet in place to prevent widespread chaos
