Predictive maintenance is a strategy that uses data from equipment sensors and advanced analytics to predict when a machine is likely to fail, ensuring maintenance can be performed proactively to …
As organizations scale their generative AI implementations, the critical challenge of balancing quality, cost, and latency becomes increasingly complex. With inference costs dominating 70–90% of large …
Microsoft Is Finally Killing RC4 After twenty-six years, Microsoft is finally upgrading the last remaining instance of the encryption algorithm RC4 in Windows. of the most visible holdouts in …
As the internet becomes an essential part of daily life, its environmental footprint continues to grow. Data centers, constant connectivity, and resource-heavy browsing habits all contribute to energy …
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new malicious package on the npm repository that works as a fully functional WhatsApp API, but also contains the ability to intercept every …
** Dec 22, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Hacking News / Cybersecurity Cyber threats last week showed how attackers no longer need big hacks to cause big damage. They’re going after the everyday tools …
One year after the fall of former Syrian president Bashar Assad, a new leak shines a light on the brutality of Assad’s rule and the lengths his regime took to catalog the bodies of those killed during …
ISC Stormcast For Monday, December 22nd, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9748
Threat actors have been observed leveraging malicious dropper apps masquerading as legitimate applications to deliver an Android SMS stealer dubbed Wonderland in mobile attacks targeting users in …
Threat hunters have discerned new activity associated with an Iranian threat actor known as Infy (aka Prince of Persia), nearly five years after the hacking group was observed targeting victims in …
** Dec 20, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Cybercrime / ATM Security The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) this week announced the indictment of 54 individuals in connection with a multi-million dollar ATM …
The Trump administration has pursued a staggering range of policy pivots this past year that threaten to weaken the nation’s ability and willingness to address a broad spectrum of technology …
AI Advertising Company Hacked At least some of this is coming to light : Doublespeed, a startup backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) that uses a phone farm to manage at least hundreds of AI-generated …
** Dec 19, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Cybersecurity / Cloud Security A suspected Russia-aligned group has been attributed to a phishing campaign that employs device code authentication workflows to …
Friday Squid Blogging: Petting a Squid Video from Reddit shows what could go wrong when you try to pet a—looks like a Humboldt—squid. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the …
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that has used cracked software distribution sites as a distribution vector for a new version of a modular and stealthy loader known …
** Dec 19, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Vulnerability / Network Security WatchGuard has released fixes to address a critical security flaw in Fireware OS that it said has been exploited in real-world …
** Dec 19, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Cybercrime / Law Enforcement Authorities in Nigeria have announced the arrest of three “high-profile internet fraud suspects” who are alleged to have …
** Dec 19, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Firmware Security / Vulnerability Certain motherboard models from vendors like ASRock, ASUSTeK Computer, GIGABYTE, and MSI are affected by a security vulnerability …
ISC Stormcast For Friday, December 19th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9746
Someone Boarded a Plane at Heathrow Without a Ticket or Passport I’m sure there’s a story here : Sources say the man had tailgated his way through to security screening and passed security, meaning he …
Today, we are excited to introduce a new feature for SageMaker Studio : SOCI (Seekable Open Container Initiative) indexing. SOCI supports lazy loading of container images, where only the necessary …
** Dec 18, 2025 ** Ravie Lakshmanan Cybersecurity / Hacking News This week’s ThreatsDay Bulletin tracks how attackers keep reshaping old tools and finding new angles in familiar systems. Small …
Within the past year, artificial intelligence copilots and agents have quietly permeated the SaaS applications businesses use every day. Tools like Zoom, Slack, Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and …
ISC Stormcast For Thursday, December 18th, 2025 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9744
