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Europe, Global Security News, Government & Policy
KDE gets over €1 million investment to strengthen security and core infrastructure
European governments and public institutions have been shifting away from proprietary software for years, and the financial infrastructure supporting open-source alternatives is growing to match. Germany’s Sovereign Tech Fund announced today that it is investing more than €1 million in KDE, the open-source project behind the Plasma desktop environment and a broad range of Linux…
AI, Global Security News
Zara Data Breach Impacts Nearly 200,000 Customers
ShinyHunters gets away with emails and other data on 200,000 Zara customers
AI, Apps, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Risk Management
Insurance carriers quietly back away from covering AI outputs
Several major insurance carriers have begun to back away from providing cybersecurity and other insurance to companies using AI to run internal processes, insiders say. While there’s no standard response to customer use of AI in the insurance market, many carriers are now quietly declining to write policies for claims related to AI-generated outputs in…
AI, Global Security News
APERION releases SmartFlow SDK for secure, on-prem AI governance without cloud reliance
APERION launched SmartFlow SDK, providing a secure, on-premises path for enterprises migrating away from compromised cloud-based AI gateways. The launch coincides with a 200% increase in web traffic since the March 24 LiteLLM supply chain attack that compromised an estimated 36% of all cloud environments. LiteLLM was the victim of a supply chain attack in…
AI, Endpoint, Exploits, Global Security News, Risk Management
Hybrid Vishing Campaigns Abuse Online Services to Evade Anti-Spam Filters
Phone-based fraud never went away. It evolved. Vishing, or voice phishing, is a social engineering technique that uses phone calls to extract money or sensitive information from victims. A few years ago, these attacks typically arrived as unsolicited calls from criminals impersonating the IRS, the FBI, or Microsoft support. The approach was simple and high…
Global Security News
Silicon Valley’s New Obsession: Watching Bots Do Their Grunt Work
Techies compare notes on how long their fleet of virtual interns can labor away without making a mistake.
Global Security News
This Innovation Could Make the Perfect Silicon Chip—and End Moore’s Law
We are now one generation of technological alchemy away from the smallest possible silicon microchips.
AI, Apps, Cloud Security, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, malware, Network Security, Risk Management
5 trends that should top CISO’s RSA 2026 agendas
RSA 2026 is still weeks away and the hype machine is humming. This year’s theme, “The Power of Community,” is somewhat ironic as the overwhelming chatter at the Moscone Center in San Francisco from March 23 to March 26 will be about AI agents, not humans. Welcome to the cybersecurity community, agents, automatons, and robots!…
AI, Global Security News
Anthropic Dials Back AI Safety Commitments
The company said competitive pressure prompted it to pivot away from the previous, more-cautious positioning.
Global Security News
North Korea’s UNC1069 Hammers Crypto Firms With AI
In moving away from traditional banks to focus on Web3 companies, the threat actor is leveraging LLMs, deepfakes, legitimate platforms, and ClickFix.