** Jan 16, 2026 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Malvertising / Threat Intelligence The JavaScript (aka JScript) malware loader called GootLoader has been observed using a malformed ZIP archive that’s …
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Google Ad Manager. Picture: Shutterstock/IB Photography Five major US publishers have filed lawsuits against Google claiming its “deceptive and manipulative” adtech practices seriously limited their …
Edward Welsh. Picture: Cheryl Campbell Edward Welsh, who built a career that took him from a NCTJ traineeship on the Grimsby Evening Telegraph to senior roles at The Sunday Times and The Times, has …
Recently, AWS announced Amazon Bedrock AgentCore , a flexible service that helps developers seamlessly create and manage AI agents across different frameworks and models, whether hosted on Amazon …
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How Palo Alto Networks enhanced device security infra log analysis with Amazon Bedrock
This post is co-written by Fan Zhang, Sr Principal Engineer / Architect from Palo Alto Networks. Palo Alto Networks ’ Device Security team wanted to detect early warning signs of potential production …
The AWS AI League , launched by Amazon Web Services (AWS) , expanded its reach to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) last year, welcoming student participants from Singapore, …
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Advanced fine-tuning techniques for multi-agent orchestration: Patterns from Amazon at scale
Our work with large enterprise customers and Amazon teams has revealed that high stakes use cases continue to benefit significantly from advanced large language model (LLM) fine-tuning and …
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered five new malicious Google Chrome web browser extensions that masquerade as human resources (HR) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms like Workday, …
AI and the Corporate Capture of Knowledge More than a decade after Aaron Swartz’s death , the United States is still living inside the contradiction that destroyed him. Swartz believed that knowledge, …
Alan Rusbridger Former Guardian and Prospect editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger has joined The New World as editor-at-large. The New World, which rebranded from The New European last summer, said …
Goalhanger subscribers total hits 250,000. Podcast production company Goalhanger now has more than 250,000 paying subscribers across its network of shows including The Rest Is Politics and The Rest …
** Jan 16, 2026 ** The Hacker News Privacy / Data Protection You lock your doors at night. You avoid sketchy phone calls. You’re careful about what you post on social media. But what about the …
** Jan 16, 2026 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Malware / Cyber Espionage Security experts have disclosed details of a new campaign that has targeted U.S. government and policy entities using politically themed …
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Iran’s Internet Blackouts, TikTok Health Misinformation, Visualizing Venezuela’s Oil, and a Fatal Shooting by ICE
Just over two weeks into 2026, and the year has already delivered an extraordinary catalog of geopolitical upheaval, giving data newsrooms plenty to dig into. The shocking capture of Venezuelan …
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China-Linked APT Exploits Sitecore Zero-Day in Attacks on American Critical Infrastructure
** Jan 16, 2026 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Zero-Day / Cyber Espionage A threat actor likely aligned with China has been observed targeting critical infrastructure sectors in North America since at least last …
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Iran’s Internet Blackouts, TikTok Health Misinformation, Visualizing Venezuela’s Oil, and a Fatal Shooting by ICE
Just over two weeks into 2026, and the year has already delivered an extraordinary catalog of geopolitical upheaval, giving data newsrooms plenty to dig into. The shocking capture of Venezuelan …
** Jan 16, 2026 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Vulnerability / Web Security Cisco on Thursday released security updates for a maximum-severity security flaw impacting Cisco AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure …
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ISC Stormcast For Friday, January 16th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9770, (Fri, Jan 16th)
ISC Stormcast For Friday, January 16th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9770
A critical misconfiguration in Amazon Web Services (AWS) CodeBuild could have allowed complete takeover of the cloud service provider’s own GitHub repositories, including its AWS JavaScript SDK, …
Sir Elton John and David Furnish (left) and Prince Harry (right) arrive at the High Court in London on Monday 27 March 2023 for a hearing in their unlawful information gathering action against Mail …
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Scale creative asset discovery with Amazon Nova Multimodal Embeddings unified vector search
Gaming companies face an unprecedented challenge in managing their advertising creative assets. Modern gaming companies produce thousands of video advertisements for A/B testing campaigns, with some …
Enterprises aiming to automate processes using AI agents or enhance employee productivity using AI chat-based assistants need to enforce comprehensive safeguards and audit controls for responsible use …
Traditional business reporting processes are often time-consuming and inefficient. Associates typically spend about two hours per month preparing their reports, while managers dedicate up to 10 hours …
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How the Amazon AMET Payments team accelerates test case generation with Strands Agents
At Amazon.ae , we serve approximately 10 million customers monthly across five countries in the Middle East and North Africa region—United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Türkiye, and South …
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ThreatsDay Bulletin: AI Voice Cloning Exploit, Wi-Fi Kill Switch, PLC Vulns, and 14 More Stories
** Jan 15, 2026 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Cybersecurity / Hacking News The internet never stays quiet. Every week, new hacks, scams, and security problems show up somewhere. This week’s stories show …