AI models are getting better at replacing cybersecurity pros on certain tasks
The UK AI Security Institute (AISI) has found that frontier models are quickly becoming more efficient when asked to do […]
Month: May 2026
To gain root access at this company, all an intruder had to do was ask nicely
PWNED Welcome once again to PWNED, the column where we help you prepare for security success by studying others’ embarrassing […]
Anthropic butts in to small business, promises help with payroll and other core tasks
Anthropic is pushing into the small business space with a set of new plug-and-play tools designed for those without a […]
Datacenters are having fewer, but bigger failures
There’s good news and bad news when it comes to datacenter uptime. According to a recent report from the Uptime […]
Google’s AI-enabled mouse pointer understands ‘this’ and ‘that’
Google doesn’t design mouse traps, so it’s trying to design a better mouse. Google DeepMind announced a research effort to […]
AWS to Quick admins: The access control didn’t work, but you weren’t using it anyway, so what’s the problem?
Most users put up with AWS the way you put up with the DMV. I say this with love, but […]
Welcome to the vulnpocalypse, as vendors use AI to find bugs and patches multiply like rabbits
The vulnpocalypse has begun. Palo Alto Networks usually finds five vulnerabiilties a month, but on Wednesday said it scanned its […]
See through local AI lies with Irish eyes
You may find yourself living with a new tech stack. And you may find yourself in an unfamiliar world. And […]
Bug hunter tracks down three massive MCP flaws and one vendor won’t fix theirs
Security vulnerabilities in MCP servers for three popular database projects could let attackers execute unintended SQL statements on Apache Doris, […]
Rust stalks IBM mainframes, but only in nightly form
IBM’s effort to bring in-kernel Rust to its mainframe platform has taken a step forward, although anyone hoping to use […]