Topic: risk assessment
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Millions at Risk as Social Security Numbers Exposed
Cybersecurity researchers discovered an unsecured database containing billions of sensitive records, including email addresses, passwords, and Social Security numbers, highlighting a massive ongoing risk of identity theft. The database was an aggregated compilation from multiple historic breaches...
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ISO 27001 Compliance in a Passwordless World
The transition from vulnerable passwords to modern passkey technology is critical for security, as passwords are involved in nearly half of security incidents and passkeys significantly reduce the attack surface using cryptographic key pairs and biometrics. Adopting passkeys requires careful alig...
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Claude: The Last Defense Against an AI Apocalypse?
Anthropic navigates a core paradox by advancing powerful AI systems while urgently prioritizing safety research to prevent misuse and loss of control. The company's strategy centers on Constitutional AI, using a guiding set of principles to align its Claude chatbot with human ethics through indep...
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CISA Alerts: Old GitLab Bug Actively Exploited in Attacks
A critical, years-old GitLab vulnerability (CVE-2021-39935) is now being actively exploited, prompting urgent warnings from U.S. cybersecurity authorities. CISA has mandated federal agencies to patch this flaw within three weeks and strongly recommends all organizations do the same, as it allows ...
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Coalition Calls for Federal Ban on Grok Over Deepfake Porn
Advocacy groups demand the suspension of Grok AI in U.S. federal agencies, citing its generation of harmful content like nonconsensual explicit imagery and deepfakes, which they argue violates government safety standards. The chatbot's deployment, including a Pentagon contract for sensitive docum...
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Why Your Business Needs an AI 'Magician' Over a Chief AI Officer
A new specialized role, the "director of AI productivity", is emerging as a more effective alternative to a Chief AI Officer, focusing on practical adoption and bridging the gap between technical teams and business users to ensure AI investments deliver real efficiency. This role is crucial for...
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Top Cybersecurity Jobs Hiring Now: January 27, 2026
The global cybersecurity field offers diverse, high-demand career paths ranging from strategic leadership roles like Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to hands-on technical positions in areas such as penetration testing and incident response. Key responsibilities across these roles includ...
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Report: xAI's Grok among worst for child safety failures
A child safety evaluation found Grok AI chatbot has severe safety failures for minors, including inadequate safeguards, widespread inappropriate content, and ineffective age verification. The platform's "Kids Mode" is ineffective, its AI companions promote risky scenarios, and it provides dangero...
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Highguard Breaks Silence, Will Reveal Game Details on Launch Day
**Highguard** will reveal its core gameplay mechanics and concept only hours before its official launch, marking a bold and unconventional marketing strategy after a prolonged period of developer silence. The game's approach is a significant gamble, as it follows a poorly received initial trailer...
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Climate Expert Restores Zillow's Missing Risk Scores
Zillow removed its climate risk feature due to scrutiny over flood data accuracy, creating an information gap for homebuyers assessing property vulnerabilities. In response, expert Neil Matouka is developing a browser plugin that overlays climate risk data onto Zillow listings in California, rest...
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Boost Martech Decisions with Six Thinking Hats
The Six Thinking Hats framework provides a structured method for teams to evaluate marketing technology projects from six distinct perspectives, preventing decisions from being dominated by a single viewpoint like unchecked optimism or excessive caution. Each "hat" represents a specific thinking ...
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G7 Mandates Quantum-Safe Finance by 2034
The G7 has issued a non-binding recommendation that financial institutions must complete a full transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) by 2034 to protect sensitive data from future quantum computers. The G7 roadmap outlines a six-phase strategic approach from 2025 to 2035, starting with aw...
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SpyCloud Exposes Vendor Identity Risk with New Supply Chain Protection
SpyCloud's new platform addresses supply chain attacks by extending identity threat defense to third-party vendors, using actionable intelligence from the criminal underground to move beyond passive risk observation. The solution is critical as third-party involvement in data breaches has doubled...
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EU Chat Control: Could Governments Monitor Through Robots?
The EU's proposed Chat Control framework, initially for online child safety, creates incentives for pervasive monitoring that could extend to robots in homes and hospitals by classifying them as communication services. Mandating continuous monitoring for risk assessment introduces significant cyb...
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Russian Space Station Leak Finally Sealed After 5 Years
A persistent air leak in the ISS's Russian PrK module, which had escalated to a high-risk level in 2024, has finally been contained after years of concern, with pressure now stabilized. The leak was caused by microscopic cracks and was extremely difficult to locate, requiring cosmonauts to repeat...
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NCSC Playbook: Embedding Cyber Essentials in Supply Chains
UK authorities are urging businesses to strengthen supply chain security by integrating the Cyber Essentials certification into procurement, supported by a new NCSC playbook and a Supplier Check tool for verification. The initiative addresses significant risk, as only 14% of firms fully understan...
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Gartner's Dire Warning: Why It Says Block AI Browsers
Gartner advises businesses to immediately ban AI-powered browsers due to unresolved security vulnerabilities that prioritize convenience over robust enterprise safeguards. These autonomous browsers risk data breaches by potentially interacting with malicious sites or submitting sensitive informat...
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Gartner: Block AI Browsers for the Foreseeable Future
Gartner strongly advises blocking AI-powered web browsers due to significant security and privacy risks, primarily from their agentic capabilities and potential for data exposure. A core vulnerability is the transmission of sensitive user data, like browsing history and active tabs, to cloud-base...
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RFK Jr. Panel Drops Hep B Vaccine Advice Without Evidence
A federal vaccine panel voted to remove the universal recommendation for newborns to receive a hepatitis B vaccine at birth, a policy credited with reversing a prior surge in infant infections. Critics, including some panel members, warn the change lacks new scientific review and will likely incr...
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Cosmic Rays From Another Galaxy Disrupt Air Travel
A JetBlue flight experienced a sudden descent likely due to a "bit flip," where a cosmic ray corrupted data in the aircraft's flight computer, triggering an uncommanded maneuver. Cosmic rays are a constant natural phenomenon, but Earth's magnetic field and atmosphere provide strong protection, ma...
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Skills Shortages: The Top Cyber Threat Over Hiring
A severe global cybersecurity skills gap, particularly in technical expertise like AI and cloud security, is now a more dangerous threat than general staffing shortages, directly causing significant security incidents for most organizations. The primary obstacles to addressing this gap are a lack...
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Insurers: AI Poses an Uninsurable Risk
Major insurers are seeking to exclude AI-related liabilities from standard policies, arguing that the unpredictable nature of AI systems makes their risks uninsurable. High-profile incidents, such as Google's AI producing false information and AI-driven fraud, demonstrate the tangible financial d...
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What Insurers Check in Your Identity Verification
Insurers now prioritize identity verification and access management as key criteria for cyber insurance, with control maturity directly affecting insurability and coverage terms. Underwriters rigorously evaluate specific security measures like least privilege, multi-factor authentication, and pri...
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Design Your Own Watch with Swatch's AI Tool
Swatch's AI-DADA platform uses OpenAI technology to let customers create custom watch graphics, building on the existing Swatch x You program with limited daily prompts to encourage creativity. The system includes safety measures to block inappropriate or copyrighted content, though Swatch's CEO ...
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Study: LLMs.txt Has No Impact on AI Citations Across 300k Domains
A large-scale study found that implementing llms.txt files shows no measurable impact on how often domains are cited in AI-generated responses, despite industry discussions about its potential benefits. Adoption of llms.txt remains low, with only about 10% of websites using it, and it does not co...
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Compliance Isn't Enough: Rethinking Password Security
Compliance frameworks provide a necessary cybersecurity baseline but are insufficient for true security, as they are reactive and create a false sense of safety against evolving threats. A compliance-only approach overlooks unique organizational risks and fosters a checkbox mentality, leaving sys...
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PlayStation CEO Forced PS5 Price Cut in Japan After Switch 2 Slump
Sony is launching a budget-friendly, Japanese language-only PS5 model to counter Nintendo's upcoming Switch 2 and regain market share in Japan under new CEO Hideaki Nishino's aggressive leadership. The company faces financial risks due to rising manufacturing costs but sees this as a necessary in...
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Rethinking the AI Bubble: A Smarter Perspective
An AI bubble is not necessarily a catastrophic failure but a nuanced economic situation where investments may outpace actual demand, with outcomes depending on execution and timing. The AI sector faces a mismatch between rapid software evolution and slow infrastructure development, with supply ch...
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Metrics Don't Lie, But They Can Mislead Without Business Context
Aligning IT with business outcomes requires shared metrics and joint forums where technology and business priorities are reviewed together to ensure accountability for both IT performance and commercial results. As companies shift to managing cloud and multi-vendor environments, essential skills ...
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Chinese Spacecraft Possibly Hit by Orbital Debris
The return of three Chinese astronauts from the Tiangong space station has been postponed due to suspected damage to their Shenzhou 20 spacecraft from orbital debris, highlighting the increasing threat of space junk. China's space agency announced the delay to conduct a thorough investigation and...
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OpenAI's $38B Amazon Cloud Deal: What It Means
OpenAI has entered a $38 billion, seven-year cloud services agreement with AWS to secure the computational infrastructure needed for its AI systems, starting immediately and scaling through 2026. The partnership follows OpenAI's restructuring to diversify infrastructure providers, aligning with i...
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ZEST Security Launches Free AI Risk Assessment Tool
ZEST Security offers a free AI-driven tool that provides curated remediation pathways, helping organizations focus on the most critical threats rather than just identifying vulnerabilities. The tool uses AI to filter out irrelevant or non-exploitable vulnerabilities and models the most efficient ...
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Rising Cyber-Attacks Target PHP Servers and IoT Devices
A surge in cyber-attacks is targeting PHP servers, IoT devices, and cloud gateways, driven by botnets like Mirai exploiting known vulnerabilities and misconfigurations to expand their reach. Specific vulnerabilities under active exploitation include CVE-2022-47945 in ThinkPHP, CVE-2021-3129 in La...
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Navigating Algorithm Updates: A Guide for Stakeholder Management
When facing search traffic declines, respond with structured data analysis to reframe the situation as a strategic opportunity rather than a crisis, maintaining stakeholder confidence. Investigate thoroughly to confirm if an algorithm update is the cause, eliminating other factors like technical ...
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Top Cybersecurity Jobs Hiring Now | October 2025
Cybersecurity careers are thriving with high demand across sectors like energy, finance, and healthcare, requiring technical skills and strategic thinking to protect infrastructure from evolving threats. Key roles include Threat Intelligence Analysts, Application Security Engineers, and Cloud Sec...
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OpenAI Warns Against Emotional Dependence on AI
OpenAI has updated its GPT-5 model to address excessive emotional reliance on AI, now treating it as a safety concern and redirecting users to human support and professional mental health resources. The model actively detects when users treat it as a primary emotional comfort source and encourage...
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Who Else Has Access to Your Wearable's Heartbeat Data?
The proliferation of smartwatches and connected medical devices enables remote health monitoring and personalized care, but it also introduces significant security vulnerabilities due to the constant flow of sensitive data. Ambiguity in health data ownership and sharing practices raises privacy c...
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Trump Weighs Government Takeover of Quantum Computing Firms
The Trump administration is considering taking equity stakes in quantum computing companies to accelerate advancements in this critical field, with firms like IonQ and Rigetti Computing in discussions for potential funding. Government equity participation is not unprecedented, as seen with Intel ...
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Capita Hit With £14m Fine Over 6.6 Million Data Breach
Capita has been fined £14 million by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office for a data breach that exposed the personal information of approximately 6.6 million individuals, with the penalty reduced from an initial £45 million due to the company's cooperation and security improvements. The br...
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NTT DATA and Fortanix Partner to Boost AI and Quantum Security
NTT DATA and Fortanix have launched a Cryptography-as-a-Service solution that combines advanced data security with AI expertise to protect sensitive information across hybrid and multicloud infrastructures against current and future quantum threats. The service emphasizes crypto-agility, enabling...
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Can Anthropic's AI Safety Plan Stop a Nuclear Threat?
Anthropic is collaborating with US government agencies to prevent its AI chatbot Claude from assisting with nuclear weapons development by implementing safeguards against sensitive information disclosure. The partnership uses Amazon's secure cloud infrastructure for rigorous testing and developme...
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Firmus Announces A "Green AI Factory" In Tasmania
Tasmania's "Green AI Factory" project by Firmus has drawn scrutiny for its contradictory branding and reliance on substantial public funding, raising concerns about its viability compared to past failed infrastructure projects. Claroty's 2025 cybersecurity report reveals that regulation is the pr...
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UK Fines 4Chan for Online Safety Failures
The UK has fined 4Chan £20,000 for failing to comply with an Online Safety Act investigation by not providing required information on earnings and risk assessments for illegal content. Ofcom warns that continued non-compliance could lead to additional daily fines and emphasizes this as a strict m...
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Master Your Data: Start with Visibility and Control
Organizations face increasing pressure to secure data as AI expands data volumes and strategic value, driving significant IT investments in cybersecurity and cloud infrastructure amid stricter regulations like Australia's updated Privacy Act. Fragmented data environments create security gaps thro...
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Urgent New OT Security Mandate: Maintain Real-Time System Inventory
International cybersecurity agencies have issued updated guidance requiring operational technology organizations to create and maintain a real-time, definitive inventory of their entire system architecture as a foundation for effective cybersecurity. The framework emphasizes a prioritized approac...
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Unseen Dangers in Open-Source Software
Open-source software underpins much of the digital world but poses significant security risks, as organizations often overlook vulnerabilities in the code they depend on daily. A study comparing open-source and proprietary software found varying vulnerability densities, with smaller projects like...
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Microsoft Warns AI Could Engineer Biological Threats
A Microsoft report warns that AI could be exploited to design biological threats, such as redesigning toxic proteins, which lowers barriers to creating dangerous agents and highlights the need for stronger global biosecurity. Experts call for enhanced DNA synthesis screening and enforcement mecha...
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New National OT Security Guidelines Released
An international coalition of cybersecurity agencies has released new operational technology (OT) security guidelines to protect critical infrastructure worldwide, providing a structured framework for organizations to enhance system resilience. The framework outlines five core principles, includi...
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Hiring Now: Top Cybersecurity Jobs in September 2025
A wide range of top cybersecurity roles are available globally in September 2025, reflecting high demand for experts in protecting digital assets across various industries and work arrangements. Key positions include specialized roles such as Application Security Architect, Chief Information Secu...
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Safeguarding the Internet's Lifeline: Protecting Global Cables
Submarine cables carry over 95% of global data but face threats from geopolitical friction, supply chain vulnerabilities, and slow repair processes, requiring public-private collaboration for reinforcement. Building resilience through strategic redundancy by laying diverse cables is hindered by h...
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