21K Nissan customers’ data stolen in Red Hat raid
21K Nissan customers’ data stolen in Red Hat raid Summary About 21,000 customers of the former Nissan Fukuoka Motor Co. (now Nissan Fukuoka Sales Co.) had personal data stolen after…
Microsoft rushes an out-of-band update for Message Queuing bug
Microsoft rushes an out-of-band update for Message Queuing bug Summary Microsoft has released an out-of-band (OOB) update to fix a Message Queuing (MSMQ) issue introduced by the December 2025 Windows…
Amazon Fends Off 1,800 Suspected DPRK IT Job Scammers
Amazon Fends Off 1,800 Suspected DPRK IT Job Scammers Summary Amazon’s chief security officer revealed the company has blocked more than 1,800 suspected DPRK-affiliated applicants since April 2024 and seen…
Seeding opportunities for Black atmospheric scientists
Seeding opportunities for Black atmospheric scientists Article Date 23 December 2025 Summary Vernon Morris, a leading atmospheric scientist, has spent decades creating pathways for Black and other under-represented students into…
UNIX V4 tape successfully recovered: First ever version of UNIX written in C is running again
UNIX V4 tape successfully recovered: First ever version of UNIX written in C is running again Summary Conservators have successfully recovered and imaged a 1970s nine-track tape containing UNIX V4…
Google’s and OpenAI’s Chatbots Can Strip Women in Photos Down to Bikinis
Google’s and OpenAI’s Chatbots Can Strip Women in Photos Down to Bikinis Summary WIRED reports that users of mainstream generative-AI chatbots have been sharing instructions and example prompts to turn…
Japan loses another H3 launcher, plus the satnav bird it carried
Japan loses another H3 launcher, plus the satnav bird it carried Summary Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has launched a Special Task Force after the eighth flight of its H3…
SoftBank scrambling to come up with $22.5B in OpenAI funding before New Year
SoftBank scrambling to come up with $22.5B in OpenAI funding before New Year Summary Japanese investment giant SoftBank must secure $22.5 billion before the year ends to honour its funding…
Poisoned WhatsApp API package steals messages and accounts
Poisoned WhatsApp API package steals messages and accounts Summary A malicious npm package called lotusbail, downloaded over 56,000 times and active for about six months, posed as a WhatsApp Web…
Palo Alto’s new Google Cloud deal boosts AI integration, could save on cloud costs
Palo Alto’s new Google Cloud deal boosts AI integration, could save on cloud costs Summary Palo Alto Networks has expanded its partnership with Google Cloud, committing to move “key internal…