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  1. Security Week

    Hackers Steal 2.6 Million Records From Sony’s Japanese ISP So-net

    The data of So-net and Plala customers in Japan was exposed, along with 54,401 email account passwords and 16 bank account records. The post Hackers Steal 2.6 Million Records From Sony’s Japanese ISP So-net appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  2. CIO Dive

    What are the must-have qualities of a CIO?

    Leaders don't need to know it all, but those capable of building trust among staff while discerning AI hype will stand out among the pack.

  3. IT Pro

    UK government targets simplified planning, community incentives with digital infrastructure build-out

    Will the new Data Centre Covenant really make all that much difference?

  4. Wired

    An AI Breakthrough Has Made Decades of Computer Science Research ‘Irrelevant’

    Anthropic and OpenAI say they’ve disproved a key tenet of computer science. Researchers are struggling with the fall but also feel like “overexcited bunnies” as they look at new questions to explore.

  5. The Hacker News

    Cisco Patches Actively Exploited ASA and FTD VPN Flaw That Can Crash Firewalls

    Cisco has released patches to address a high-severity security flaw in Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software that it said has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-76418, is rated 8.6 on the CVSS...

  6. IT Pro

    NCC Group names Guy Ellis as CEO amid improved cyber profitability

    Ellis will focus on expanding recurring revenues and scaling the firm’s cyber capabilities as it enters its next phase of growth

  7. Wired

    A Hacker Targeted High-Stakes Poker Players With Malware That Exposed Their Cards

    Illicit software on the computers of some of the world’s best online poker players allowed the accused cheater to see what cards were in the victims’ hands—and trounce them at the tables.

  8. Wired

    Hisense UR8 RGB MiniLED TV: Midrange Quality, Upscale Color Accuracy

    The Hisense UR8 RGB MiniLED is more affordable than competitors and offers exceptional color accuracy, but is otherwise just OK.

  9. Infosecurity Magazine

    ICO Reprimands Staffordshire Police After Domestic Abuse Breach

    The UK’s privacy regulator has issued a reprimand to Staffordshire Police following a serious breach of personal information

  10. Security Week

    Cisco SD-WAN Zero-Day Exploitation Tied to Volt Typhoon’s ‘Silent Train’ Network

    Cisco Talos linked SD-WAN key-stealing malware to infrastructure overlapping Volt Typhoon’s Silent Train network, which Lumen detailed. The post Cisco SD-WAN Zero-Day Exploitation Tied to Volt Typhoon’s ‘Silent Train’ Network appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  11. The Hacker News

    GitHub Launches npm Firewall to Block Malicious Packages Before Installation

    GitHub has announced that it's introducing a new package firewall as a preview to block installation of suspicious npm packages during installation time. "The firewall inspects both metadata requests and package downloads for signs of malicious activity, acting as an install-time policy gate,"...

  12. IT Pro

    Security leaders brace for an overhaul of public key infrastructure as quantum risks rise

    The scale of the work ahead is becoming clearer across cryptographic discovery, automation, architecture, governance and investment

  13. IT Pro Security

    Security leaders brace for an overhaul of public key infrastructure as quantum risks rise

    The scale of the work ahead is becoming clearer across cryptographic discovery, automation, architecture, governance and investment

  14. Help Net Security

    Hacktivists leak 41,000 DHS staff records, revealing undercover ICE agents

    Names, offices, contact details and assignments of more than 41,000 U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees have been leaked by a hacktivist group calling itself the Department of Peace. The group handed the data to the transparency collective Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets)...

  15. IT Pro

    Tech industry reacts to Autumn Budget 2026

    Investment in AI security and sovereignty capabilities have been hailed by industry stakeholders

  16. Wired

    I Did Push-Ups With Snap’s Chunky AR Glasses

    They fit better than they look and stay put when you move, but Snap’s $2,195 Specs still feel like a developer prototype in search of a purpose.

  17. CIO

    When your AI vendor goes belly up

    With hundreds of AI-related companies increasingly crowding the market for enterprise dollars, IT leaders should prepare for the day when at least one of their AI vendors suddenly shutters or gets acquired. While the AI market overall is showing few signs of slowing down, a shakeout will eventually...

  18. CSO Online

    Vulnerability exploitation rising as the root cause of many breaches

    More evidence has emerged that attackers are turning to vulnerabilities rather than phishing as a means for breaking into corporate systems. Incident response firm LevelBlue’s Q3 findings show that vulnerability exploitation accounted for 14% of initial access cases, up from 4% in Q2. The finding...

  19. Dark Reading

    Shadowy AI Relay Disables OpenAI Codex, Claude Code Sandboxes

    The enigmatic service is providing popular AI coding tools to mainland China and other regions where OpenAI and Anthropic products are not officially for sale — but with key security features turned off.

  20. Wired

    I Gave My Blood to the AI Death Clock

    Death Clock promises to predict when you’re going to die and help you extend your time on Earth. After a month, I felt like it was sucking the life out of me.