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November 5, 2025Ravi LakshmananCybercrime/Ransomware The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on eight individuals and two entities within North Korea’s global financial network for laundering money for a variety of illegal schemes, including cybercrime and information technology (IT) worker fraud. “North Korea’s state-sponsored hackers are stealing and laundering funds to fund the regime’s nuclear weapons program,” said John K. Hawley, the Treasury undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence. “These actors directly threaten U.S. and global security by generating revenue for North Korea’s weapons development. Treasury will continue to pursue the facilitators and enablers behind these plans to cut off…
The European Commission has announced a landmark €2.9 billion funding package to support 61 pioneering net-zero technology projects across the continent. The grant, awarded under the Innovation Fund, aims to fast-track Europe’s transition to climate neutrality and strengthen its leadership in clean technology innovation. This funding round follows the first net-zero technology call (IF24 call) launched in December 2024. This funding round builds on the EU’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support industries in transitioning to low-carbon solutions. The Innovation Fund leverages revenues from the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and is expected to generate around €40…
Behind every alert is an analyst. Tired eyes scanning the dashboard, long nights spent on false positives, and a constant fear of missing something big. It’s no wonder that many SOCs experience burnout before facing their next breach. But this doesn’t have to be the norm. The way out is not by working harder, but by working smarter and together. Here are three practical steps every SOC can take to prevent burnout and build healthier, more resilient teams. Step 1: Reduce alert overload with real-time context SOC burnout often begins with vigilance fatigue. Traditional systems only provide fragments of the…
Dr. Gitanjali Chhabra, assistant professor at Canada West University, and Dr. Noor Rizvi, lecturer in the Department of English at Kansas State University, discuss the influence of collective moral imagination on human decisions and how it improves responsibility and fairness. As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance, human decision-making is evolving through systems that integrate human judgment and machine input. For these systems to function effectively, we need to stay informed and harness our moral imagination—our ability to assess, imagine, and respond to complex situations with creativity and empathy. Creating a collective moral imagination between humans and machines is extremely…
Health concerns are growing across the UK after new evidence reveals millions of residents may be drinking water contaminated with toxic “permanent chemicals”. Following the BBC investigation, water technology company Bluewater issued a stark warning, urging both public awareness and government intervention to address the growing problem of PFAS in tap water. Bengt Littori, founder and CEO of Blue Water, said: “The findings highlighted by the BBC confirm that safety can no longer be taken for granted, even in countries with advanced water systems from Europe to North America.” Explanation of PFAS PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are a group…
November 5, 2025Ravi LakshmananVulnerability/Network Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added two security flaws affecting Gladinet and Control WebPanel (CWP) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of real-world exploitation. The vulnerabilities in question are as follows. CVE-2025-11371 (CVSS Score: 7.5) – A vulnerability exists in an externally accessible file or directory in Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox that could lead to the unintentional disclosure of system files. CVE-2025-48703 (CVSS Score: 9.0) – Operating system command injection vulnerability in the Control Web Panel (formerly CentOS Web Panel) allows unauthenticated remote code execution via a…
Amazon has instructed Perplexity to remove Agent Browser from its online store, the companies publicly confirmed on Tuesday. After warning Perplexity multiple times that its AI-powered shopping assistant Comet was violating Amazon’s terms of service by not disclosing its agent status, the e-commerce giant sent the AI search engine startup a sharply worded cease and desist letter, Perplexity wrote in a blog post titled “Bullying Is Not Innovation.” “This week, Perplexity received an aggressive legal threat from Amazon demanding that Comet users be banned from using its AI assistant on Amazon. This is Amazon’s first legal salvo against an AI…
Shares of electric aviation startup Beta Technologies fell on Tuesday after the company raised a whopping $1 billion and went public on the New York Stock Exchange. The Vermont-based company priced its IPO stock at $34, above its expected range of $27 to $33. Beta Technologies sold 29.9 million shares, raising an additional $1 billion at a valuation of $7.4 billion. Beta Technologies’ stock price fell at the start of trading, but then recovered, eventually closing at $36. Beta Technologies’ public market debut marks the culmination of founder and CEO Kyle Clark’s nontraditional approach to building an airline. Clark, a…
Rivian launched a second spinoff company this year, an industrial AI and robotics venture called Mind Robotics. According to the company’s third-quarter shareholder letter issued Tuesday, the new efforts will focus on “leveraging industrial AI to reimagine how businesses operate in the physical world and leverage Rivian’s operational data as the foundation for the robotics data flywheel.” It’s a buzzword, and Rivian declined to elaborate further. Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe said on an investor call Tuesday that the company recognized an opportunity to “develop products and robotic solutions that enable manufacturing plants to run and operate more efficiently.” Mr. Scaringe…
Just over three years after becoming Sequoia Capital’s top leader, Roelof Botha is stepping down from his senior management role at the storied venture capital firm. The company announced Tuesday that partners Alfred Lin and Pat Grady will replace him as co-stewards. Lin joined the storied company in 2010 and has led major investments in category-defining companies such as Airbnb, DoorDash, and Kalshi. Meanwhile, Pat Grady has been a partner for nearly 19 years and has led Sequoia’s growth-stage investments since 2015, supporting iconic companies such as ServiceNow, OpenAI, and legal AI platform Harvey. Botha assumed the role of supreme…