Ministry of Defence’s F-35 blunder: £57B and counting
Ministry of Defence’s F-35 blunder: £57B and counting Summary The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has issued a blistering report on the UK Ministry of Defence’s management of the F-35 programme,…
Keeping the lights on takes up nearly all police IT spending in England and Wales
Keeping the lights on takes up nearly all police IT spending in England and Wales Summary A National Audit Office (NAO) report finds that police forces in England and Wales…
When will Africa have a Nobel prize in medicine?
When will Africa have a Nobel prize in medicine? Summary African researchers have driven life‑saving advances — from vaccine development to genomic surveillance and public‑health interventions — yet no one…
AN0M, the backdoored ‘secure’ messaging app for criminals, is still producing arrests after four years
AN0M, the backdoored ‘secure’ messaging app for criminals, is still producing arrests after four years Summary Australian police used evidence from AN0M last week to arrest 55 people and restrain…
Google yanks Gemma after US senator says model ‘hallucinated’ her committing crimes
Google yanks Gemma after US senator says model ‘hallucinated’ her committing crimes Summary Google removed its Gemma model from the AI Studio web interface after allegations that the model fabricated…
More than $100 million stolen in exploit of Balancer DeFi protocol
More than $100 million stolen in exploit of Balancer DeFi protocol Summary Hackers exploited the Balancer decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol on Monday, with security firms tracking losses of more than…
Hackers Weaponize Remote Tools to Hijack Cargo Freight
Hackers Weaponize Remote Tools to Hijack Cargo Freight Summary Researchers at Proofpoint have uncovered a campaign where threat actors use remote monitoring and management (RMM) tools to compromise trucking and…
Android Malware Mutes Alerts, Drains Crypto Wallets
Android Malware Mutes Alerts, Drains Crypto Wallets Summary Researchers from Cyfirma have identified a sophisticated Android banking Trojan tracked as Android/BankBot-YNRK, currently targeting users in Indonesia and possibly other parts…
Experiment boldly, measure closely: A CIO’s GenAI playbook
Experiment boldly, measure closely: A CIO’s GenAI playbook Summary Samsara CIO Stephen Franchetti describes a two-pronged GenAI strategy that mixes a venture-capital-style experimentation funnel with disciplined, metric-driven evaluation. The company…
Data breach costs lead to 90% drop in operating profit at South Korean telecom giant
Data breach costs lead to 90% drop in operating profit at South Korean telecom giant Summary SK Telecom reported a 90% fall in third-quarter operating profit after a large-scale data…