fabioberti.it – stock.adobe.com Okta details a phishing campaign in which the threat actor demonstrated some unusually strong opinions on what authentication methods they would like their targets to use. By Alex Scroxton, Security Editor Published: 06 Aug 2025 18:40 Cyber criminal gangs are telling their targets to stop authenticating using Okta services in what the …
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Companies House plans to start vetting director identities from the middle of November, but its reliance on the troubled One Login digital identity service may be cause for concern. By Alex Scroxton, Security Editor Published: 06 Aug 2025 18:00 Companies House is forging ahead with plans to introduce legal identity verification requirements for directors and …
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NicoElNino – stock.adobe.com Updates to the NCSC’s Cyber Assessment Framework are designed to help critical services providers better manage their risk profiles. By Alex Scroxton, Security Editor Published: 06 Aug 2025 17:25 The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has rolled out a series of updates to its Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) aimed at assisting …
vectorfusionart – stock.adobe.co Open models offer enterprise IT a way to build tailored LLMs trained on corporate content. Open AI is now offering two open models By Cliff Saran, Managing Editor Published: 06 Aug 2025 15:04 OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, has released two large language models (LLMs) under the Apache 2.0 open source licence. …
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The UK’s Ministry of Defence is embracing AI-led data protection in the wake of a major privacy breach, enlisting Australian cyber firm Castlepoint Systems to oversee sensitive records By Alex Scroxton, Security Editor Published: 06 Aug 2025 9:40 The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has selected Australian cyber scaleup Castlepoint Systems to run its data …
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Interest in Sonos’s smallest portable speaker is heating up—literally—following word that at least one of the units came close to catching fire. A Sonos user on Reddit posted images of the “singed” and “bulging” USB port on the back of his Roam, a portable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth speaker that doubles as a smart speaker. Sonos …
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Image: Microsoft Microsoft is reportedly testing a new feature in the taskbar called “Companions.” According to Windows Latest, it seems to be about support for AI agents, but exactly how it all works, well, it’s too early to say. The references to Companions were first spotted in Build 26454 of Windows Server, but since then …
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Want ad-free streaming without paying through the nose for Netflix or HBO Max? Roku’s new budget streamer serves up a tempting selection of movies and TV shows for a lot less, provided you can deal with some caveats. Slated to launch today, Howdy costs just $3 a month for unlimited ad-free streaming, a price that …
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As expected, by 2028 your PC will be internally passing a terabyte’s worth of data per second as part of PCI Express 8.0. The PCI Special Interest Group said Tuesday that the PCIe 8 specification is due to be released in 2028, with speeds of 256 gigatransfers per second. In real-world terms, that works out …
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Image: Matheus Bertelli, Pexels OpenAI has introduced a new feature in ChatGPT that prompts users to take breaks during longer conversations. The reminders appear as pop-up messages like: “You’ve been chatting for a while — is it time for a break?” Users can still dismiss the reminder and continue the conversation. OpenAI says that in …
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