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Ukrainian hackers claim to have destroyed major Russian drone maker's entire network
Ukrainian hackers claim to have taken out the IT infrastructure at Russia's Gaskar Integration plant, one of the largest suppliers of drones for its army, and also destroyed massive amounts of technical data related to drone production. …
Operation Eastwood shutters 100+ servers used to DDoS websites supporting Ukraine
International cops shut down more than 100 servers belonging to the pro-Russian NoName057(16) network this week as part of the Europol-led Operation Eastwood.…
Ex-OpenAI engineer pulls the curtain back on a chaotic hot mess
Thank heavens for former OpenAI engineers inspired to blog about their time at the famously secretive firm, for without them we would have no idea what a wild mess it is in there. …
Cloudflare fesses up to config change that borked internet access for all
There was a disturbance in the force on July 14 after Cloudflare borked a configuration change that resulted in an outage, impacting internet services across the planet.…
Google plugs AI into nuclear reactor biz – what could possibly go wrong?
While AI systems are known to spew wrong information and make up facts, Google and Westinghouse Electric are now pressing generative AI models into service to transform how nuclear reactors are constructed and optimize their operation.…
JWST peers through dusty curtain to catch young star making baby planets
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has helped provide a snapshot of the formation of a planetary system around a young star for the first time, according to astroboffins.…
Crims hijacking fully patched SonicWall VPNs to deploy stealthy backdoor and rootkit
Unknown miscreants are exploiting fully patched, end-of-life SonicWall VPNs to deploy a previously unknown backdoor and rootkit, likely for data theft and extortion, according to Google's Threat Intelligence Group.…
Google's Android boss suggests ChromeOS could be on borrowed time
Google's Android president has confirmed the platform is set to replace ChromeOS – but not when.…
ASML shares tumble as US tariff turmoil rattles investors
World War Fee Shares in ASML fell by more than 8 percent after it warned that tariff uncertainty over future trade was increasing and net sales were down on the previous quarter.…
Retailer Co-op: Attackers snatched all 6.5M member records
Co-op Group's chief executive officer has confirmed that all 6.5 million of the organization's members had their data stolen during its April cyberattack - Scattered Spider is believed to be behind the digital heist.…
Turbulence at Air Serbia, the latest airline under cyber siege
Exclusive Aviation insiders say Serbia's national airline, Air Serbia, was forced to delay issuing payslips to staff as a result of a cyberattack it is battling.…
UK tech minister negotiated nothing with Google. He may get even less than that
Comment Last week, UK minister for science, innovation and technology Peter Kyle spoke at Google Cloud Summit in London to tell the audience: "Now, sometimes I'm accused of being 'too close to big tech'," with the Chocolate Factory's multi-colored logo looming behind him.…
Security shop Adarma ceases trading, confirms it will enter administration
UK cybersecurity shop Adarma has confirmed it has entered administration.…
If you want a picture of the future, imagine humans checking AI didn't make a mistake – forever
Column Agentic AI will make jobs – but many will involve picking its failures off automated conveyor belts.…
VMware reboots its partner program again – and it looks like smaller players are out
Exclusive VMware has advised partners its current channel program will end, and it seems that smaller players won’t be invited back.…
Starlink says SpaceX targeting 2026 for launch of Starship-ready terabit satellites
Elon Musk’s space broadband service Starlink has hinted that Elon Musk’s Starship will be ready for commercial flights in 2026.…