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'This is not a theoretical risk—it is an active threat': The NSA, FBI, CISA and more warn of AI-assisted hacks against critical US infrastructure and facilities
By Andy Edser Published
News Energy, water management, manufacturing facilities and more are said to be vulnerable.

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It's time to update Asus Armoury Crate and several other Asus software tools again, as another high severity security vulnerability has been discovered
By Andy Edser Published
News Sounds like a nasty one.

Nearly half of organisations falling victim to ransomware encryption pay up, says report—although half of those often negotiate the payment down first
By Andy Edser Published
News Bad news, our data is being held hostage for money. Good news, I've got them down to a fairer price.

A hacker has reportedly wiped out parts of the land registry database of Romania, bringing its real-estate market to a shuddering halt
By Andy Edser Published
News Backups are said to be on the way.

It's probably time to update 7-Zip as the app has just been patched to fix a pretty big vulnerability
By Jacob Fox Published
News It will need to be manually updated to version 26.02 or later.

Meet GigaWiper, a tricksy new malware that can wipe your PC's storage drives squeaky clean and spy on your desktop all at once
By Andy Edser Published
News I guess I could do with the free space...
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