Amazon Explains How Its AWS Outage Took Down the Web Summary AWS published a post-event summary explaining that Monday’s major outage started with DNS resolution problems tied to DynamoDB’s Domain…
Rethinking Load Balancing: AI Takes Charge Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the algorithms that power our technological infrastructure. Researchers at UC Berkeley have harnessed AI to evolve a load-balancing algorithm…
Berkeley boffins build better load balancing algo with AI Summary Researchers at UC Berkeley used OpenEvolve, an open-source implementation of DeepMind’s AlphaEvolve, to evolve and optimise a load-balancing algorithm for…
High-stakes poker scam used rigged card shufflers, X-ray tables, and special glasses Summary Federal prosecutors unsealed two indictments alleging a wide-ranging cheating and gambling conspiracy centred on rigged, high-stakes poker…
Sneaky Mermaid attack in Microsoft 365 Copilot steals data Summary Microsoft has patched a vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot that allowed indirect prompt injection via Mermaid diagrams to exfiltrate tenant…
Everybody’s warning about critical Windows Server WSUS bug exploits … but Microsoft’s mum Summary A critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-59287) affecting Windows Server versions 2012 through 2025 — only…
Shutdown Sparks 85% Increase in US Government Cyberattacks Summary Researchers report a dramatic surge in attacks targeting federal agencies and employees since the US government shutdown began on 1 October.…
How CISA Layoffs Weaken Civilian Cyber Defence Summary Alexander García‑Tobar (ValiMail CEO & co‑founder) warns that recent layoffs at CISA have come at a critical moment and materially weaken the…
Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch for Critical Windows Server Bug Summary Microsoft has released an out-of-band update to fully address CVE-2025-59287, a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Windows Server…
China seeks self-reliance in science in next five-year plan Article Date: 24 October 2025 Summary China’s leadership has set the direction for its 15th five-year plan (2026–2030): accelerate self-reliance in…
