DragonForce targets rivals in a play for dominance
Not content with attacking retailers, this aggressive group is fighting a turf war with other ransomware operators
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A Fundamental ‘Constant’ of the Universe May Not Be Constant At All, Study Finds
Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that took a bite out of life, appealed to the death drive, gave a yellow light to the universe, and produced hitherto unknown levels of cute. First, it’s the most epic ocean battle: orcas versus sharks (pro tip: you don’t want to be sharks)….
Beyond the hype: The business reality of AI for cybersecurity
Real-world insights from 400 IT leaders, plus practical guidance to enhance business outcomes
Sales of Hard Drives for the End of the World Boom Under Trump
Adam Chace picked a pretty good time to create a data archiving product for turbulent times. I first saw an ad for PrepperDisk on Reddit soon after the election of Donald Trump: “Take lifesaving websites into any emergency,” and “Be SHTF (Shit Hits the Fan) Proof,” the ads read. PrepperDisk is a mini internet box…
CEO of AI Music Company Says People Don’t Like Making Music
Mikey Shulman, the CEO and founder of the AI music generator company Suno AI, thinks people don’t enjoy making music. “We didn’t just want to build a company that makes the current crop of creators 10 percent faster or makes it 10 percent easier to make music. If you want to impact the way a…
David Gee appointed as ambassador for CI-ISAC Australia to bolster critical infrastructure cybersecurity
David Gee appointed as ambassador for CI-ISAC Australia to bolster critical infrastructure cybersecurity, brings vast expertise.
ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In ‘System Crash’ a Day After It Was Sued
The federal government claims that the day after it was sued for allegedly abusing detainees at an ICE detention center, a “system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility. People detained at ICE’s Broadview Detention Center in suburban Chicago sued the government on October 30; according to their lawyers and…
Bay Area tech billionaires reportedly just lost enormous amounts of cash
DeepSeek, a new artificial intelligence company, is upending the industry.
Jim Cramer’s top 10 things to watch in the stock market Monday
The emergence of Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is sending shockwaves on Wall Street.
SonicWall Learns From Microsoft About Potentially Exploited Zero-Day
SonicWall has credited Microsoft for reporting CVE-2025-23006, a critical remote command execution vulnerability possibly exploited in the wild.