Amazon exposes years-long GRU cyber campaign targeting energy and cloud infrastructure
December 16, 2025Ravi LakshmananCloud security/vulnerabilities Amazon’s threat intelligence team has revealed details of a “multiyear-long” Russian state-led campaign targeting critical infrastructure in the West from 2021 to 2025. Targets of the campaign included organizations in the energy sector in Western countries, critical infrastructure providers in North America and Europe, and companies with cloud-hosted network infrastructure. […]
Record-breaking feat means information lasts 15 times longer in a new type of quantum processor than those used by Google and IBM
Scientists have developed a new manufacturing method to create superconducting quantum bits (qubits) that can remain coherent three times longer than current state-of-the-art systems in the lab. This makes it possible to perform more powerful quantum computing operations. The new technology, described in a study published Nov. 5 in the journal Nature, relies on the […]
Why data security and privacy needs to start in code
AI-assisted coding and AI app generation platforms have sparked an unprecedented surge in software development. Enterprises are currently facing rapid growth in both the number of applications and the pace of change within applications. Security and privacy teams are under tremendous pressure as the surface area they must cover expands rapidly, even as staffing levels […]
Fortinet FortiGate under active attack with SAML SSO authentication bypass
December 16, 2025Ravi LakshmananNetwork security/vulnerabilities Threat actors began exploiting two newly disclosed security flaws in Fortinet FortiGate devices less than a week after they were made public. Cybersecurity company Arctic Wolf announced that it observed an active intrusion involving a malicious single sign-on (SSO) login on a FortiGate appliance on December 12, 2025. The attack […]
React2Shell vulnerability is actively exploited to deploy Linux backdoors
According to findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 and NTT Security, a security vulnerability known as React2Shell is being exploited by threat actors to distribute malware families such as KSwapDoor and ZnDoor. “KSwapDoor is a professionally engineered remote access tool designed with stealth in mind,” Justin Moore, senior manager of threat intelligence research at […]
Deep snow turns Yellowstone Lake into a vast white void — Earth seen from space
simple facts Where is it? Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming [44.46284445, -110.3628428] What is in the photo? A blanket of white snow covers Yellowstone Lake Who took the photo? An unknown astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) When was it taken? January 26, 2022 This eye-catching astronaut photo shows Yellowstone’s eponymous lake covered in thick […]
Google to end dark web monitoring tools in February 2026
December 16, 2025Ravi LakshmananDark Web / Online Safety Google announced it would retire its Dark Web Reporting tool in February 2026, less than two years after launching it as a way for users to monitor whether their personal information was found on the dark web. As a result, scanning for new dark web breaches will […]
VC explains why most consumer AI startups still lack staying power
Three years after the generative AI boom began, most AI startups still make money by selling to businesses rather than individual consumers. While consumers quickly adopted general-purpose LLMs like ChatGPT, most specialized consumer GenAI applications have yet to catch on. “A lot of the early AI applications around video, audio, and photography were really cool,” […]
Disney’s OpenAI contract is exclusive for just one year, after which it’s open season.
Disney’s three-year licensing partnership with OpenAI includes one exclusivity, Disney CEO Bob Iger told CNBC. Last week, the company entered into a partnership with OpenAI to bring its iconic characters to the AI company’s Sora video generator. Once that special year ends, Disney will be free to enter into similar deals with other AI companies. […]
Nvidia strengthens open source offerings with acquisitions and new open AI models
Nvidia continues to expand its footprint in open source AI on two fronts: acquisitions and new model releases. The semiconductor giant announced Monday that it has acquired SchedMD, a leading developer of the popular open source workload management system Slurm. Nvidia said it will continue to operate the program, designed for high-performance computing and AI, […]