The UK government’s AI Growth Zones strategy: Everything you need to know
The government is on a mission to make the UK an artificial intelligence (AI) superpower, by accelerating the adoption of the technology across the public…
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Microsoft will kill the Lens PDF scanner app for iOS, Android
Microsoft announced that it will phase out the Microsoft Lens PDF scanner app for Android and iOS devices starting in September. Microsoft Lens (formerly known as Office…
Windows User Account Control Bypassed Using Character Editor to Escalate Privileges
A sophisticated new technique that exploits the Windows Private Character Editor to bypass User Account Control (UAC) and achieve privilege escalation without user intervention, raising…
CISA Issues 10 ICS Advisories Detailing Vulnerabilities and Exploits
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released ten industrial control systems (ICS) advisories on August 7, 2025, highlighting critical vulnerabilities across various industrial…
OpenAI closes gap to artificial general intelligence with GPT-5
OpenAI has updated its large language model (LLM) in ChatGPT to GPT-5, which it says takes a significant step towards artificial general intelligence (AGI). In…
Exploiting ECS Protocol on EC2 to Exfiltrate Cross-Task IAM and Execution Role Credentials
A sophisticated technique dubbed “ECScape” that allows malicious containers running on Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) to steal AWS credentials from other containers sharing the…
Amazon ECS Internal Protocol Exploited to Steal AWS Credentials from Other Tasks
Security researchers have disclosed a critical vulnerability in Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) that allows malicious containers to steal AWS credentials from other tasks running…
CISA officials say agency is moving ahead despite workforce purge
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. LAS VEGAS — The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security…
The Gulf’s $100 billion investment in AI is only beginning.
In early 2025, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made a trip to Abu Dhabi to engage in discussions with AI fund MGX. This meeting marked a…
Columbia University data breach impacts nearly 870,000 individuals
An unknown threat actor has stolen the sensitive personal, financial, and health information of nearly 870,000 Columbia University current and former students and employees after…
Threat Actors Weaponize Malicious Gopackages to Deliver Obfuscated Remote Payloads
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated malware campaign targeting the Go ecosystem through eleven malicious packages that employ advanced obfuscation techniques to deliver second-stage payloads.…
US Confirms Takedown of BlackSuit Ransomware Behind 450+ Hacks
Federal law enforcement agencies have successfully dismantled the critical infrastructure of BlackSuit ransomware, a sophisticated cybercriminal operation that has compromised over 450 victims across the…