March 30, 2025 The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has launched a high-speed effort to rewrite the aging codebase behind the U.S. Social Security Administration — a project involving over 60 million lines of legacy COBOL code. Experts more...
March 16, 2025 Windows 10 will cease receiving security updates after October 2025, and this means charities and non-profit organizations face critical decisions regarding their computer infrastructures. Many refurbished computers, essential for these organizations, do not meet the more...
August 29, 2024 Last month’s global failure of a CrowdStrike update shows the importance of network visibility and being prepared for the collapse of critical IT systems, says an expert. “It was definitely a significant event, and when more...
August 19, 2024 A recent study has found that 94% of business spreadsheets contain critical errors, posing significant risks for financial and operational decision-making. Led by Prof. Pak-Lok Poon and a team of researchers from various institutions, the more...
July 24, 2024 Security vendor CrowdStrike released an update on from their initial Post Incident Review today. The first, and most surprising information was that CrowdStrike says that the incident was not caused by code or a kernel more...
July 22, 2024 National cybersecurity agencies in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Australia issued security warnings about the faulty CrowdStrike Falcon update that bricked an estimated 8.5 million corporate PCs and servers around the world. At the more...
June 13, 2024 Generative AI tools are transforming the coding landscape, making both skilled and novice developers more efficient. However, the same tools that boost productivity can also generate flawed and potentially dangerous code. As the use of more...
June 9, 2024 Researchers have successfully used GPT-4 to autonomously hack more than half of their test websites using zero-day exploits, marking a significant milestone in AI capabilities and cybersecurity risks. A few months ago, a research team more...
June 9, 2024 Microsoft is modifying its upcoming Recall feature following the recent backlash, but will these changes be enough to blunt the harsh criticism of this new feature? Recall takes frequent screenshots of a user’s activity, allowing more...
June 5, 2024 Despite the widespread criticism and privacy concerns surrounding Microsoft's new Windows Recall feature, there is significant interest among developers and users in creating and adopting similar AI-powered tools. This controversial feature, announced at Microsoft's Build more...
