Embracing the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Talent Summary This commentary argues that student-run security operations centres (SOCs) offer a practical, scalable way to close the global cybersecurity skills gap. Using…
Federal Cuts Put Local, State Agencies at Cyber-Risk Summary State and local governments are being targeted by cybercriminals and nation-state actors at a time when federal cyber resources and staffing…
Anyone Using Agentic AI Needs to Understand Toxic Flows Summary This article explains why ‘toxic flows’ are an emerging security risk within agentic AI deployments. Agentic AI — systems that…
Secretive MaaS Group ‘TAG-150’ Develops Novel ‘CastleRAT’ Summary Researchers have identified a young malware-as-a-service (MaaS) operation labelled TAG-150 that centres on a loader dubbed CastleLoader and a broader service called…
Scammers Are Using Grok to Spread Malicious Links on X Summary Bad actors have developed a method — dubbed “grokking” — that leverages X’s native AI assistant, Grok, to surface…
How Has IoT Security Changed Over the Past 5 Years? Summary Over the past five years IoT adoption has expanded across industries, but security improvements have been incremental. Experts say…
Critical SAP S/4HANA Vulnerability Under Attack, Patch Now Summary A critical code-injection flaw in SAP S/4HANA (CVE-2025-42957) with a 9.9 CVSS score is being exploited in the wild. The vulnerability…
Newfound immune cell in mice hints at why inflammation spikes with old age Summary Researchers have identified a previously unknown immune-cell type in the visceral (deep) fat of aged mice…
Europe’s largest paper mill? 1,500 research articles linked to Ukrainian network Summary An investigation by research-integrity sleuth Anna Abalkina, working with Springer Nature’s Svetlana Kleiner, has linked more than 1,500…
First CRISPR horses spark controversy: what’s next for gene-edited animals? Summary Scientists in Argentina have produced the first horses edited with CRISPR–Cas9, cloning five foals from the prize mare Polo…
