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ttnews.com - Noël Fletcher - States Court Trucking Industry, Foreign Funding at SelectUSA - TT
States Court Trucking Industry, Foreign Funding at SelectUSA - TT
Transport Topics

SelectUSA 2026 drew 5,500 attendees from 55 states and territories as well as some 100 international markets to National Harbor. (Noel Fletcher/Transport Topics) The 2026 SelectUSA Investment Summit drew 5,500 attendees and produced $56 billion in…

businessinsider.com - Stephen Council - OpenAI and Anthropic kicked off a new arms race for cyber defense
OpenAI and Anthropic kicked off a new arms race for cyber defense
Business Insider

The CISO, or chief information security officer, has suddenly become one of the most high-pressure roles in business. This spring, Anthropic's Mythos and OpenAI's GPT‑5.5 models sparked a wave of fear that attackers armed with advanced AI…

businessinsider.com - Madison Hoff - 25 high-paying jobs that are projected to grow a lot over the next decade
25 high-paying jobs that are projected to grow a lot over the next decade
Business Insider

alvaro gonzalez/Getty Images Annual median pay: $105,070 Projected employment growth: 31,200 Typical education needed: Bachelor's degree andresr/Getty Images Annual median pay: $82,320 Projected employment growth: 40,300 Typical education needed:…

forbes.com - Chuck Brooks - 5 Benefits And Risks Of Using AI For Cybersecurity
5 Benefits And Risks Of Using AI For Cybersecurity
Forbes

AI Artificial Intelligence Security Sentinel Password Cyber Security Ransomware Email Phishing Encrypted Technology, Digital Information Protected Secured Lock Artificial intelligence represents one of the most potent forces that are reshaping…

securityweek.com - Eduard Kovacs - 7-Eleven Data Breach Confirmed After ShinyHunters Ransom Demand
7-Eleven Data Breach Confirmed After ShinyHunters Ransom Demand
SecurityWeek

7-Eleven, the world's largest convenience store chain, has confirmed suffering a data breach after the notorious ShinyHunters hacker group claimed to have stolen information from its systems. The company has started sending out security incident…

itweb.co.za - OpenText - OpenText Summit Africa 2026 to focus on practical, secure enterprise AI adoption
OpenText Summit Africa 2026 to focus on practical, secure enterprise AI adoption
www.itweb.co.za

Allyson Towle, Senior Marketing Manager: Africa, Team Leader Marketing: Central Eastern Europe and SMME Operations Manager, OpenText. (Image: Supplied) OpenText will bring its global Summit series to South Africa on 3 September 2026, with the local…

barchart.com - Sristi Jayaswal - Are Wall Street Analysts Predicting Entergy Corporation Stock Will Climb or Sink?
Are Wall Street Analysts Predicting Entergy Corporation Stock Will Climb or Sink?
Barchart.com

Entergy is a New Orleans-based power utility founded in 1913, serving more than 3 million customers across Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and New Orleans. With a market capitalization of $49.9 billion, the company generates, transmits…

securityweek.com - Ionut Arghire - Researcher Drops MiniPlasma Windows Exploit for Unpatched 2020 CVE
Researcher Drops MiniPlasma Windows Exploit for Unpatched 2020 CVE
SecurityWeek

A security researcher has released an exploit targeting a Windows vulnerability disclosed in 2020, warning that it might have never been patched. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-17103 (CVSS score of 7.0), is described as a privilege escalation issue…

securityweek.com - Eduard Kovacs - Grafana Confirms Breach After Hackers Claim They Stole Data
Grafana Confirms Breach After Hackers Claim They Stole Data
SecurityWeek

Grafana confirmed suffering a data breach on Sunday, two days after a cybercrime group listed the company on its leak website. The open source visualization and analytics software provider said the intrusion was possible due to a compromised token…

barchart.com - Kritika Sarmah - Are Wall Street Analysts Predicting Fox Corporation Stock Will Climb or Sink?
Are Wall Street Analysts Predicting Fox Corporation Stock Will Climb or Sink?
Barchart.com

Valued at a market cap of $27.6 billion, Fox Corporation (FOXA) is a major U.S. media and entertainment company focused on television broadcasting, cable news, sports programming, and digital media. Headquartered in New York City, the company…

securityweek.com - Ionut Arghire - 'Claw Chain' OpenClaw Flaws Allow Sandbox Escape, Backdoor Delivery
'Claw Chain' OpenClaw Flaws Allow Sandbox Escape, Backdoor Delivery
SecurityWeek

Four vulnerabilities in the OpenClaw AI assistant can be chained together to plant backdoors on the underlying host, cybersecurity firm Cyera warns. The bugs, collectively known as Claw Chain, allow an attacker with code execution privileges inside…

securityweek.com - Eduard Kovacs - Millions Impacted Across Several US Healthcare Data Breaches
Millions Impacted Across Several US Healthcare Data Breaches
SecurityWeek

Several major data breaches were added to the healthcare data breach tracker maintained by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in recent days. All of the breaches were disclosed in recent months, but the number of affected…

globenewswire.com - Novartis Pharma  AG - New PSMAddition data show 58% lower risk of PSA progression with Pluvicto in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer
New PSMAddition data show 58% lower risk of PSA progression with Pluvicto in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer
GlobeNewswire

More durable, deeper PSA response in patients treated with Pluvicto plus standard of care (ARPI + ADT) vs. SoC alone Deep PSA reduction higher in patients receiving Pluvicto combination vs. SoC at 12, 24 and 48 weeks sNDA filed in US, China and…

securityweek.com - Ionut Arghire - First Shai-Hulud Worm Clones Emerge
First Shai-Hulud Worm Clones Emerge
SecurityWeek

The first Shai-Hulud worm clones emerged only days after TeamPCP released the malware's source code on GitHub, Ox Security reports. Shai-Hulud was first used in supply chain attacks against the open source software ecosystem in September 2025, and…

securityweek.com - Ionut Arghire - Exploitation of Critical NGINX Vulnerability Begins
Exploitation of Critical NGINX Vulnerability Begins
SecurityWeek

The first in-the-wild attacks exploiting a critical-severity NGINX vulnerability patched last week have occurred over the weekend, VulnCheck warns. Tracked as CVE-2026-42945 (CVSS score of 9.2) and dubbed Nginx Rift, the flaw is described as a heap…

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