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January Windows 10 preview update force installs new Outlook
2025-01-29 14:11

Microsoft has started force-installing the new Outlook email client on Windows 10 systems for users who deploy this month's KB5050081 non-security preview update. [...]

DeepSeek’s popularity exploited by malware peddlers, scammers
2025-01-29 13:11

As US-based AI companies struggle with the news that the recently released Chinese-made open source DeepSeek-R1 reasoning model performs as well as theirs for a fraction of the cost, users are...

Windows 11 KB5050094 update fixes bugs causing audio issues
2025-01-29 13:00

​Microsoft has released the optional KB5050094 Preview cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 with 28 bug fixes and changes, including fixes for bugs causing audio playback issues on systems with...

Top 8 Penetration Testing Tools to Enhance Your Security
2025-01-29 13:00

Penetration testing is vital in keeping an organization’s digital assets secure. Here are the top picks among the latest pen testing tools and software.

Transform your approach to data security
2025-01-29 13:00

Watch this webinar on-demand and learn how to safeguard your organisation’s future Webinar The cybersecurity landscape continues to change at pace, leaving IT professionals constantly battling threats.…

'Bro delete the chat': Feel the panic shortly before cops bust major online fraud ring
2025-01-29 12:31

Mastermind begs colluders to bury evidence later used to imprison him In announcing the sentencing of three Brits who ran OTP Agency, an account-takeover business, the National Crime Agency (NCA)...

ExxonMobil Lobbyist Caught Hacking Climate Activists
2025-01-29 12:04

The Department of Justice is investigating a lobbying firm representing ExxonMobil for hacking the phones of climate activists: The hacking was allegedly commissioned by a Washington, D.C.,...

AI in Cybersecurity: What's Effective and What’s Not – Insights from 200 Experts
2025-01-29 11:46

Curious about the buzz around AI in cybersecurity? Wonder if it's just a shiny new toy in the tech world or a serious game changer? Let's unpack this together in a not-to-be-missed webinar that...

New SLAP & FLOP Attacks Expose Apple M-Series Chips to Speculative Execution Exploits
2025-01-29 10:49

A team of security researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology and Ruhr University Bochum has demonstrated two new side-channel attacks targeting Apple silicon that could be exploited to leak...

How Interlock Ransomware Infects Healthcare Organizations
2025-01-29 10:30

Ransomware attacks have reached an unprecedented scale in the healthcare sector, exposing vulnerabilities that put millions at risk. Recently, UnitedHealth revealed that 190 million Americans had...