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A 16-Year-Old Ransomware Kingpin, FBI Patch Fails, and Leaked Pentagon Records: Another Bad Week in Infosec
It's been a rough week for hackers looking to stay out of jail. Europol announced that it identified the leader of KillSec, a ransomware group allegedly responsible for an international extortion and data-theft spree. The kicker? He's 16 years old.
Firefighting To Future-Proofing: Public Safety Works Better Together
Matt Polega is a cofounder and president at Mark43, a leading cloud-native public safety software company. Every organization has experienced some version of “firefighting.” A crisis emerges. Information is scattered.
Nvidia's head of corporate communications has left after roughly four months
Nvidia's head of corporate communications has left the company after roughly four months on the job, Business Insider has learned. Anna Soellner joined the chip giant around June, per her Linkedin profile, amid a period of explosive growth. During…
Pentagon seeks new ways to open classified programs to industry
Classified defense programs could soon see an influx of small businesses and other nontraditional contractors as the Pentagon tries to overcome longstanding hurdles to a more diverse industrial base. The department wants to address a catch-22 that…
Identity security for AI agents: 18 insights from Navigate 2026 - SiliconANGLE
AI agents have made identity the front line of enterprise security. Agents now number in the thousands. They pick up access nobody meant to give them, and when they're blocked partway through a task, they look for another way in. That has turned…
Cyber, tech and operations leadership moves across the market
Nathaniel Parker has joined the professional services provider's subsidiary for the U.S. government market as chief information security officer, a role he brings two decades of industry experience to. Parker most recently spent 10 years at Boston…
Google is about to roll out a new AI model. Employees say they're testing another that's way better.
As Google prepares to roll out its new Gemini 4 'Argon' model to the public, staff inside the company are testing better versions that may further close the gap with rivals. Most recently, employees have been trying a new version of Gemini 4…
Same AI, Four Different Jobs: Startup, Mid-Size, Big Tech, IT Services
In March 2025, Y Combinator managing partner Jared Friedman said that a quarter of the W25 batch had codebases about 95% generated by AI. That same year, in Stack Overflow's survey, 28% of developers agreed that their company's IT or InfoSec team…
Rockstar HR Questioned Over Discord 'Mole' And Sudden Timing Of GTA 6 Dev Firings In Latest Labor Tribunal Hearing
A fight over allegations of union busting at Rockstar Games is currently underway at an employment tribunal in Glasgow, Scotland. The Grand Theft Auto 6 studio maintains that over 30 employees were fired last year for gross misconduct, including…
These Michigan jobs are poised for big growth
Auto services, architecture and administrative management. These are the top hottest fields that Michigan predicts will grow the most and pay the best in coming years. Why it matters: As AI changes the job landscape and inflation pressure makes…
Kerala Police to collaborate with Kochi start-up to try robots in traffic management
The Kerala Police are planning to introduce robotics in their operations, possibly starting with traffic management. As a preliminary step, the police have initiated a collaboration with a Kochi-based start-up to develop deep-tech machines that…
The CFO Needs A Seat At The Cybersecurity Table
Vishaal “V8” Hariprasad is CEO and cofounder of Resilience, a leading cyber risk solution company. Cybersecurity has traditionally been viewed as the domain of the chief information security officer (CISO), a technically focused…
China adds 10.52 million urban jobs in Jan-Sept, to roll out services jobs policy
China added 10.52 million urban jobs in the first nine months of the year, meeting 87.7% of its annual target, the labour ministry said on Saturday. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The ministry is also planning new measures to boost hiring in the…
In preparing for PQC, agencies must ensure integration with smart identity cards
Agencies have until the end of October to deliver their post-quantum computing migration plans to the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of the National Cyber Director. Unlike other migrations plans for things like IPv6 or cloud…
Transaction in Own Shares
The Board of Foresight Enterprise VCT plc (“the Company”) announces that on 8 October 2026 the Company purchased for cancellation 1,867,016 Ordinary Shares of 1p at a gross price of 43.51p per share. In accordance with the FCA's…
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