Latest articles by Solomon Klappholz
'Catastrophic' cloud outages are keeping IT leaders up at night
News The costs associated with cloud outages are rising steadily, prompting a major rethink on cloud strategies at enterprises globally
LockBit claims breach on Canada’s largest school board: Is the group back with a vengeance?
News A breach at the largest school board in Canada has been claimed by LockBit as the group rears its head once more
The history – and future – of automation in security
Automation has transformed the security sector, from its early beginnings to its pivotal role today, but where are things headed?
Do AI coding tools herald the end of the developer as we know it?
News With the advancement of AI coding tools, some tech leaders believe developer role requirements could rapidly evolve in years to come
Enterprises beware, your LLM servers could be exposing sensitive data
News New research lays bare the lack of robust security protections on the servers hosting many businesses’ AI services
Data center water consumption is spiraling out of control
News Energy usage might be front of mind amid the AI era, but surging data center water consumption is raising serious concerns among industry stakeholders
Anthropics latest move might force OpenAI’s hand
News Anthropic's decision to publish the system prompts that control the outputs of its Claude AI models marks a rare move for the industry
Everything you need to know about RansomHub, the new force in the digital extortion industry
A host of security agencies have issued a warning over RansomHub in recent months, but what's behind the group's rise to prominence?
Microsoft issues warning over potent malware strain developed by Iranian threat actor
News The Iranian state-backed hacking group has continued its usual password spraying and social engineering techniques to gain a foothold in target environments
Volt Typhoon is wreaking havoc again – this time on US internet providers
News Chinese state-backed hackers are thought to be actively exploiting a zero-day in SD-WAN software to infect corporate networks at US internet providers
North Korean insider attacks are skyrocketing – dozens of US firms didn't spot the hacker in their midst
News North Korean threat campaigns are sneaking hackers into US firms as fake IT workers - and the trend shows no sign of stopping
Hackers could dupe Slack's AI features to expose private channel messages
News The company’s internal ‘Slack AI’ feature can be manipulated into disclosing sensitive data from private channels, new research shows
British Library issues £400,000 tender as rebuild continues after 2023 cyber attack
News The British Library's digital transformation project was initially set back by a major cyber attack in October 2023 – now it’s looking to get back on track
AI coding tools are finally delivering results for enterprises
News Research from GitHub shows AI coding tools are hitting the mainstream, with developers reporting significant productivity and efficiency gains
Toyota’s cyber woes continue as latest breach marks fifth major IT incident in two years
Toyota is once again in the headlines after a hacker collective claimed to have exfiltrated 240GB of sensitive data from the car manufacturer’s internal systems
So you introduced an AI chatbot for customers — here’s why they probably hate it
Analysis Firms rushing to introduce AI chatbots could be harming their relationship with customers – but the technology itself isn't the issue, it's how it's implemented
Nvidia promises to give Californians free AI training with new initiative
News A new partnership between Nvidia and the state of California promises to help train 100,000 residents in AI skills and give academic institutions better access to hardware
New Windows vulnerability could repeatedly trigger the blue screen of death on millions of devices
News Attackers could exploit the Windows vulnerability to repeatedly crash machines and trigger a blue screen of death, according to researchers at Fortra
1Password warns Mac users to patch to stop their vaults being accessed by hackers
News 1Password has urged MacOS users to patch amid concerns about a vulnerability that could allow attackers to steal entire password vaults
Cisco to cut thousands of roles in second batch of layoffs this year
News The Cisco job cuts mark the second wave of layoffs for the tech giant so far in 2024
US citizen charged with aiding North Korean hackers moonlighting as tech workers
News The DoJ has charged an individual for running US operations in a campaign where North Korean hackers infiltrate US firms posing as tech staff
A “disaster waiting to happen”: Sellafield plant admits to glaring cybersecurity failures
News Sellafield, which houses the largest store of plutonium in the world, was found to have left staggering cyber vulnerabilities unaddressed for four years
How Africa became the testing ground for cyber warfare
Analysis Africa has become a major battleground for state-affiliated cyber criminals, with firms in the region frequently targeted by sophisticated attacks before they reach Europe and the US
