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  1. IT Pro

    AI is speeding up coding, but devs are squandering time savings (opens IT Pro in a new tab)

    An Atlassian survey suggests AI helps coding, but workflow friction needs to be addressed too

  2. IT Pro Security

    Progress WhatsUp Gold 2026 review (opens IT Pro Security in a new tab)

    A good value network monitoring choice with a wealth of features, a highly informative web console, and the smart WhatsUp Gold 360 service

  3. Security Week

    Iran’s Prince of Persia APT Hosts C&C in US for First Time Since 2016 (opens Security Week in a new tab)

    After a three-month lull, Prince of Persia hid a Tornado C&C server on US shared hosting, its first US-based server since 2016. The post Iran’s Prince of Persia APT Hosts C&C in US for First Time Since 2016 appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  4. Help Net Security

    Google opens its cloud to rival OpenAI, promises business data won’t train models (opens Help Net Security in a new tab)

    Google Cloud is adding OpenAI models to its platform, initially through a private preview for selected business customers. The launch includes GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Luna. Google positions them as options for demanding work, lower-cost professional tasks and everyday use that requires...

  5. The CIO Magazine

    Empowering Organizations to Scale Safely, Efficiently, and Sustainably (opens The CIO Magazine in a new tab)

    Keith Campbell is Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Superior Energy Services. A business-first technology executive and CISSP, he brings more than two decades of leadership experience across global industrial and energy organizations, including Amgen, Chevron, Tengizchevroil, PDC...

  6. Help Net Security

    Drone program compliance: What a CTO says most agencies get wrong (opens Help Net Security in a new tab)

    In this interview with Help Net Security, Nick Donarski, CTO at RotorLab, explains what councils, records clerks, insurers, and auditors expect from a public safety drone program, and where most programs fall short. He covers chain of custody for flight logs and video, how to publish drone activity...

  7. Help Net Security

    AI is taking cybersecurity jobs at junior and experienced levels alike (opens Help Net Security in a new tab)

    Organizations are cutting cybersecurity roles as they adopt AI, even while reporting shortages of the expertise needed to manage threats, according to Barracuda’s Cybersecurity Skills Gap Report. 56% have experienced professional workforce reductions linked to AI, evenly divided between entry-level...

  8. Help Net Security

    New infosec products of the week: October 23, 2026 (opens Help Net Security in a new tab)

    Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from AppGate, IDENTOS, Sweet Security, and ThreatModeler. Sweet Security adds one-click protection for vulnerable cloud workloads Sweet Security has announced the release of Virtual Patching, a new capability that...

  9. Dark Reading

    State Bank of India Suffers a Customer PII Data Leak (opens Dark Reading in a new tab)

    Relatively small data breaches in India can turn quite serious, thanks to a sophisticated underground market for trading PII.

  10. CSO Online

    PHP2Shell exposes the weakness in coordinated vulnerability disclosure (opens CSO Online in a new tab)

    Two critical vulnerabilities discovered in the widely-used PHP programming language have shaken up enterprises, and the ramifications will take some time to truly understand. But one of the lesser-known stories centers around disclosure. According to The PHP Foundation, several organizations had...

  11. Wired

    Palmer Luckey and Ben Lamm Made a Genetically Modified Military Dog Startup (opens Wired in a new tab)

    Warhound came out of stealth on Wednesday with $200 million in funding and a mission to create “elite working dogs” equipped with "advanced body armor."

  12. Wired

    What to Know About Shamonda Virus Following the First Reported Human Infection (opens Wired in a new tab)

    Although the case is considered exceptional, investigators are working to determine how the infection occurred and whether the pathogen played a role in the patient’s death.

  13. NY Times

    What Is PHP? Why Are Government and Business Websites Going Offline? (opens NY Times in a new tab)

    A critical security flaw in the programming language underpinning much of the web has prompted a global rush to patch vulnerable systems.

  14. Dark Reading

    Microsoft Links Storm-0940 to ConnectWise Supply Chain Attack (opens Dark Reading in a new tab)

    The China-linked actor used an AI-enabled penetration-testing tool to automate and accelerate its attack on more than 2,200 tenants.

  15. Dark Reading

    What We Missed: Feds Lasso Texas Laptop Farms (opens Dark Reading in a new tab)

    In this video, Dark Reading editors discuss some of the news they didn't get a chance to cover, from busting up North Korea's stateside infrastructure in "Operation Lonestar Justice" to Staples' gift card bonanza.

  16. CSO Online

    GitLab critical patches include one for a bug that allows code execution by unauthenticated users (opens CSO Online in a new tab)

    GitLab on Wednesday published updated versions of its Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) that address a dozen bugs and security issues, including some that allow various unauthenticated actions. The most serious of the security issues, labeled critical in severity, is...

  17. CIO Dive

    JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs underscore security in AI plans (opens CIO Dive in a new tab)

    “This is one of the most important times to make sure you are appropriately balancing risk and innovation,” said JPMorgan Chase Global CIO Lori Beer.

  18. Wired

    The Google Home Speaker Has Been Secretly Eating My Wi-Fi Data (opens Wired in a new tab)

    My Google Home Speaker had been burning through more data than all the rest of my devices combined. As I looked into it further, I found other smart home devices that had the same problem.

  19. Wired

    The Social Society Helping Women Join the AI Boom (opens Wired in a new tab)

    WIRED spoke with the founders of the Aged Intelligence Society, a fast-growing events startup that brings women together to “solve midlife problems using frontier tools.”

  20. CIO

    When collaboration gets complicated: Why IT leaders are rethinking managed services (opens CIO in a new tab)

    Enterprise collaboration technology has become an essential part of daily business operations, but managing it is increasingly complicated. What was once a relatively isolated audiovisual (AV) environment is now deeply integrated with enterprise IT infrastructure, unified communications and...