Security
Hollowgraph malware turns Microsoft 365 calendars into secret-stealing "dead drop"
Command-and-control tool targets Israeli entities and shares technical similarities with a backdoor previously linked to an Iranian threat actor.
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AI
"Nine seconds of terror": How to stop AI agents wiping out systems at machine speed
How can organisations protect themselves against bad bots hellbent on destroying core production data?
Financial Systems
Agentic AI demands an upgrade to financial system resilience, Bank of England warns
Central bank warns that "stronger defences are not enough" amid growing concerns about the weaponisation of autonomous security tools.
Crime
How cybercriminals are industrialising the trade in stolen healthcare data
Inside the underground criminal ecosystem where private information is bought and sold on a global scale.
Financial Systems
Stablecoins could become a systemic risk to global financial stability, central banks warn
Asset-backed digital currencies are set to enter widespread usage and pose
Reviews
Can a digital notepad ever feel as good as real paper? TCL NXTPAPER Note A1 review
An inveterate notetaker asks where writing on a device matches scribbling or doodling in a notepad - and where analogue wins.
AI
Five Eyes orders "whole of society" response to AI security crisis set to erupt in "months"
Intelligence agencies fear frontier AI risk is about to undergo a rapid takeoff - requiring a profound technological and philosophical shift.
Critical Systems
Chinese IoT ‘kill switches’ could disable Britain’s critical systems and infrastructure, MPs warn
"When one country controls the overwhelming supply of a technology, that is by its nature a structural risk."
The DragonForce ransomware gang just gave us another huge reason to hate Microsoft Teams
Hackers piggybacked on the deeply unpopular communications app to quietly siphon data out of a "major US services firm".
Security
Critical systems are moving beyond human control. How can regulated industries respond?
"Enterprise environments are growing in complexity, making it harder to effectively oversee risk using traditional models and tools."
Critical Systems
The Silicon Age Collapse: Systemic risks that could derail digital civilization
The first part of an ongoing series exploring threats that could trigger catastrophic cascading failures across the modern world.
AI
Software complexity is outpacing humans' ability to control it, Datadog warns
Will legacy homo sapiens lose control of its systems as AI agents take the reins and complexity spirals beyond the comprehension of our species?