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Technology leaders in the financial services sector constantly struggle with the daily challenges of balancing cost, performance, and security — the constant demand for high availability means that even a minor system outage could lead to significant financial and reputational losses. Add to this the escalating costs of maintaining legacy systems, which often act as bottlenecks for scalability.  Therefore, back in 2019, when I served as the chief architect of a mid-size commercial bank I…

With the help of today’s technology, virtually anyone can create a passable deepfake—a manipulated image, video, or audio recording that seems real. All that is required is a consumer-grade computer or smartphone and an internet connection. Without question, we are fast approaching an era where audiovisual content is no longer inherently trustworthy. In fact, a recent Dimension Market Research report reveals that the global deepfake AI market is expected to reach a value of $79 million by the end…

Law enforcement has seized the dark web leak site of 8Base, a prominent ransomware group, and arrested four alleged members of the related Phobos operation in Thailand. On February 10, 2025, the data leak site of 8Base was no longer available. Instead, users could find a banner showing 16 law enforcement agencies, including Europol, the FBI and the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA). The banner also displayed a message that said: “This hidden site and…

The market for AI PCs is gaining momentum. According to Canalys, 19% of PCs shipped in 2024 included dedicated low power AI processing chips (NPUs or Neural Processing Units) and this figure is projected to soar to 60% by 2027,, with the commercial sector leading the charge.[1] As businesses look to stay competitive in an AI-driven world, choosing the right technology will be critical to success. And with end of support (EOS) immanent for Windows…

Apple iPhone and iPad users have been urged to update their devices after the company released a new security update designed to fix a zero-day vulnerability being exploited in the wild. CVE-2025-24200 was discovered by Bill Marczak of the University of Toronto’s Munk School. The university’s globally renowned academic research group The Citizen Lab has discovered countless zero-day threats in the past, many of which were developed by commercial spyware makers and possibly used by nation…

A threat actor’s recent claim to have tens of millions of OpenAI account logins for sale after breaching the company is likely to be false, according to a new report. Threat intelligence firm Kela said that the actor is most likely instead to have obtained the credentials from infostealer logs available publicly and privately. “To assess the OpenAI credentials claim, Kela analyzed a sample shared by the actor, which included 30 compromised credentials related to…

The UK, US and Australia have announced joint sanctions against a bulletproof hoster (BPH), its UK front company and six individuals for helping notorious ransomware-as-a-service outfit LockBit, and others. Allegedly headquartered in the Siberian city of Barnaul, Zservers forms a crucial part of the cybercrime supply chain. BPH firms offer takedown-proof, anonymous web hosting services to cybercrime groups for command-and-control (C2) servers, data leak sites, hosting dark web market pages, and much more. According to the…

Building a vulnerability management (VM) program from the ground up is no small feat. It requires technical expertise, organizational buy-in, and a clear roadmap. In recent months, I’ve been working with a client who had to discard their legacy approach and start afresh. We came to realize just how many components have to come together to get a decent start on a VM project while also showing value along the way. I am confident that…

마크롱 대통령은 AI 투자와 함께 규제도 줄일 것임을 암시했다. 그는 “유럽이 직면한 첫 번째 과제는 투자, 투자, 그리고 또 투자하는 것”이라며 “우리가 혁신하기도 전에 규제부터 한다면, 결국 혁신은 사라지고 사람들은 ‘유럽에는 훌륭한 규제가 있지만, 단 하나의 경쟁력 있는 기업도 없다’고 말하게 될 것”이라고 밝혔다. 이번 투자 대부분은 AI 개발을 위한 데이터센터를 짓는 데 활용될 것으로 보인다. 마크롱 대통령은 데이터센터 운영 과정에서 친환경 역량을 강조하며 프랑스가 탄소 배출이 없는 전력을 운영하는 데 유리한 나라가 될 것이라고…