April 4, 2025
Trump fires NSA boss, deputy
'Nonpartisan' intelligence chief booted less than two years into the job President Trump yesterday fired the head of the NSA and US Cyber Command and his deputy.…
30 minutes to pwn town: Are speedy responses more important than backups for recovery?
The industry’s approach to keeping quality backups may be masking the importance of other recovery mainstays Maintaining good-quality backups is often seen as the spine of any organization's ability to recover from cyberattacks quickly. Naturally, given the emphasis placed on them by experts of all stripes, you'd be…
Alan Turing Institute: UK can’t handle a fight against AI-enabled crims
Law enforcement facing huge gap in 'AI adoption' The National Crime Agency (NCA) will "closely examine" the recommendations made by the Alan Turing Institute after it claimed the UK was ill-equipped to tackle AI-enabled crime.…
Ex-ASML, NXP staffer accused of stealing chip secrets, peddling them to Moscow
We're not Putin up with this alleged industrial espionage, say the Dutch A Russian national appeared in a Netherlands court on Thursday accused of industrial espionage against ASML, the world’s leading manufacturer of chip factory equipment and a key supplier that helps the likes of TSMC pump out…
Retirement funds reportedly raided after unexplained portal probes and data theft
Australians checking their pensions are melting down call centers and websites Australian retirement fund operators are scrambling after reports emerged of unauthorized access to customer accounts leading to theft of cash.…
Signalgate: Pentagon watchdog probes Defense Sec Hegseth
Classification compliance? Records retention requirements? How quaint A US Department of Defense watchdog has opened an investigation into its own Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, over his use of instant-messaging app Signal to discuss government business.…