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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
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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
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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...