A Tale of Two CISOs: Why An Engineering-Focused CISO Can Be a Liability Summary David Schwed distinguishes two CISO archetypes: the engineering-focused CISO who treats security primarily as an engineering…
Maryland man sentenced for N. Korea IT worker scheme involving US government contracts Summary A 40-year-old Maryland man, Minh Phuong Ngoc Vong, was sentenced to 15 months in prison and…
Twins who hacked State Dept hired to work for gov again, now charged with deleting databases Summary Federal contractors Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, both 34 and previously convicted in 2015…
DEI priorities CIOs should address in 2026 Summary CIOs may not formally own diversity, equity and inclusion, but in 2026 they control the systems that will either entrench inequity or…
Twins who hacked State Dept hired to work for gov again, now charged with deleting databases Summary Federal contractors and twin brothers Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter have been indicted for…
Why CIOs need AI fix-engineers for chatbot success Summary Organisations often treat chatbots as a quick route into generative AI, but early demo success frequently gives way to real-world degradation…
Great science happens in great teams — research assessments must try to capture that By David Budtz Pedersen — Nature, 02 December 2025 Summary The author argues that although modern…
Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build Its Surveillance AI Summary An accidental exposure of internal materials shows Flock — the company behind a widespread network of AI-enabled cameras and…
‘Anti-woke’ policies blamed for falling attendance at some US conferences Summary Several major US scientific meetings that serve Black, Latino and Indigenous researchers have seen sharply lower attendance this year…
DPRK’s FlexibleFerret Tightens macOS Grip Summary Jamf Threat Labs reports that the DPRK-linked FlexibleFerret campaign continues to evolve, increasingly targeting macOS users with convincing fake recruitment workflows. The attackers use…
