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Prediction Markets Are the New Public Markets
In the 1930s, the problem with US stock markets was that investors didn't get enough information. The solution was new rules that created the US Securities and Exchange Commission and required companies to disclose various information —…
Are you ready for Security Summit Cape Town? It's only a week away
The ITWeb Security Summit 2026 in Cape Town will see ICT and security professionals delve into critical security issues facing all-sized organisations. “What we are doing in cyber security is not working.” So says Duncan Rae, group…
Critical Vulnerability Exposes Industrial Robot Fleets to Hacking
Universal Robots, a Danish company specializing in collaborative industrial robots, or cobots, has patched a critical vulnerability affecting one of its operating systems. Advisories published last week by the cybersecurity agency CISA and…
AI, global uncertainty to top talks at southern Africa's leading cyber security event
Register now for the ITWeb Security Summit 2026 in Johannesburg. Geopolitical uncertainty and AI's impact on the security landscape are expected to top the agenda when over 1 000 cyber security stakeholders gather for the annual ITWeb Security…
Gen Z's AI backlash is getting louder
Corporate America and Silicon Valley have been taught a new lesson: don't praise AI during a commencement speech unless you're OK with getting booed at by students. AI anxiety is growing and, in some cases, it's boiling over into public backlash.
What is Backwardation in the Crude Oil Futures Market Telling Us?
I concluded an April 16, 2026, Barchart article on the crude oil futures market with the following: Expect volatility in crude oil prices over the coming days, weeks, and perhaps months, depending on developments in the Middle East. While…
Warning: Anthropic's Mythos Can Break Software It's Trying To Fix
This is the online edition of The Wiretap newsletter, your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here. Over the last week, internet giants and security researchers who got early…
Cybersecurity Is Not A Technology Problem-It Never Was
JC Gaillard, Founder & CEO, Corix Partners | Global Cybersecurity Advisor & Thought Leader | Author 'The First 100 Days of the New CISO.' For over two decades, organizations have invested heavily in cybersecurity—billions upon…
David Rein, an AI researcher at METR, reports that Anthropic's frontier models reached just 59 percent accuracy on predicting successful attack strategies, far below human experts at 90 percent · Digg
AI labs have started developing systems to monitor internally deployed AI agents for misaligned behavior. Earlier this year, I spent a month embedded at Anthropic stress-testing these systems, to see how easily current/future AIs could “go…
Atos Selected by Viasat to Modernize Global Digital Workplace Operations
Irving, Texas, USA – Paris, France – May 19, 2026 – Atos, a global leader in AI-powered digital transformation, today announced it has been selected by Viasat, a global leader in satellite communications, to deliver a…
Telecom firms form new cyber information-sharing group
Cybersecurity Reporter, Nextgov/FCW Several of the telecommunications industry's largest companies formed a new cybersecurity-focused information-sharing group, roughly two years after a sweeping Chinese hacking campaign compromised several major…
GEVORKYAN in Q1 2026: EBITDA growth of over 11 % YoY
Key events for GEVORKYAN in Q1 2026: Revenue increased YoY by 12 % to more than EUR 23.5 million EBITDA reached EUR 9.3 million, representing YoY growth of more than 11% The EBITDA margin reached 39.6% GEVORKYAN, a.s., a European leader in powder…
Drupal to Patch Highly Critical Vulnerability at Risk of Quick Exploitation
Drupal is warning users that it's preparing a patch for a ‘highly critical' vulnerability that may be exploited by threat actors shortly after its disclosure. In a notice posted this week, the developers of the open source content management…
Cape Town's cyber security leaders set to gather for ITWeb Security Summit this month
Don't miss the ITWeb Security Summit 2026 in Cape Town. The ITWeb Security Summit 2026 in Cape Town – the definitive event for cyber security professionals in the Western Cape – will get under way at the Century City Conference Centre…
AI Slop Floods Bug Bounty Programs as Companies Struggle with Fake Reports
Artificial intelligence is creating a new headache for companies that rely on bug bounty programs to uncover software vulnerabilities. Cybersecurity firms and open-source software projects are dealing with a surge of AI-generated bug reports, many…
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