AI likely to worsen economic inequality, says IMF
Artificial intelligence (AI) could impact almost 40% of global employment, says International Monetary Fund (IMF), and will “likely worsen overall inequality” if policymakers do not…
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Microsoft topples Apple to become global market cap leader – Finance
Microsoft has eclipsed Apple to become the world’s largest company by market capitalisation, driven by its deep focus on generative artificial intelligence (AI), a sector…
Microsoft working on a fix for Windows 10 0x80070643 errors
Microsoft is working to fix a known issue causing 0x80070643 errors when installing the KB5034441 security update that patches the CVE-2024-20666 BitLocker vulnerability. While the…
Windows Defender SmartScreen Vulnerability Exploited with Phemedrone Stealer
The vulnerability was patched on November 14, 2023, but the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) list due to…
British Library catalogues back online after ransomware attack
The British Library has successfully recovered a significant portion of its main catalogue and restored public access, two-and-a-half months after being forced to take the…
Windows SmartScreen flaw exploited to drop Phemedrone malware
A Phemedrone information-stealing malware campaign exploits a Microsoft Defender SmartScreen vulnerability (CVE-2023-36025) to bypass Windows security prompts when opening URL files. Phemedrone is a new…
British Cosmetics Retailer Lush Investigating Cyber Attack
Lush Retail Ltd., a popular British cosmetics retailer headquartered in Poole, Dorset, is investigating a cyber attack. Still, it is unclear whether it is a…
Critical infrastructure in the crosshairs: Examining the threats facing service providers in the U.S.
[By Rahul Kannan, President and Chief Operating Officer, Securin] Critical infrastructure is facing a wave of cyberattacks, posing a severe threat to essential services across…
Octopus Energy invests £200m in datacentre heat reuse startup Deep Green
Heat reuse-focused datacentre compute provider Deep Green has secured £200m in investment from Octopus Energy’s generation arm, which will be used to help the UK-based…
Quantum Radiology ransomware attack turns nightmare to patients
Quantum Radiology, a diagnostics firm based in Sydney, recently fell victim to a cyber attack orchestrated by a criminal group. The breach, which occurred on…
Cosmetics retailer Lush dealing with mystery cyber incident
Dorset-based cosmetics retailer Lush has fallen victim to a cyber security incident of a currently undisclosed nature, via a brief notice posted to its website…
Latest Adblock update causes massive YouTube performance hit
Adblock and Adblock Plus users report performance issues on YouTube, initially blamed on Google but later determined to be an issue in the popular ad-blocking…