Your Tuesday intelligence
The Qilin ransomware gang is exploiting a critical PAN-OS GlobalProtect authentication bypass flaw to breach victims' networks, according to cybersecurity company Arctic Wolf. [...]
Read →Microsoft has shared manual mitigations to help IT administrators fix Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) servers affected by a known issue that causes Windows Update scans to fail or time out. [...]
Read →Attackers have begun to exploit two critical vulnerabilities in WordPress that, when combined together, enable unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) and complete compromise of vulnerable websites. The two security flaws, tracked as CV
Read →Free unofficial patches are available for a recently disclosed Windows zero-day flaw that allows attackers to escalate privileges on up-to-date Windows systems. [...]
Read →How does AI make you feel? Are you excited to “vibe-code” your smart home? Or anxious about all the added pollution and billions of gallons of water used by data centers? Dig a little deeper and you’ll start to question the actual value of
Read →Sony Music Entertainment has filed another lawsuit against Udio, accusing the AI music generator of infringing the copyright of more than 30,000 of its songs, ranging from Elvis Presley's Hound Dog to Beyoncé's Say My Name, and Harry Styles
Read →Last October, we told you how the FCC had given itself the power to retroactively ban gadgets that have already received its approval to be imported and sold in the United States. Now, the FCC's getting ready to wield that power for the fir
Read →After seeing Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey for the first time early last week, I came away impressed, but somewhat conflicted about two of the film's more fantastical set pieces. While those scenes were beautifully crafted and tremendousl
Read →Index funds are touted as one of the safest ways to invest. Rather than picking and choosing individual stocks, index funds let you bet on the market as a whole. So what happens when a company like SpaceX - a giant gamble, and, in my opinio
Read →An Umkhonto Wesizwe MP has questioned whether the Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment conducted national security assessments before granting a firm with "known cyberespionage capabilities" access to South African systems
Read →Ransomware Live data showed that since 2025, there have been at least 21 notable cyberattacks against South African organisations.
Read →DragonForce, one of the world's most notorious ransomware groups, claimed to have attacked a major South African chemicals manufacturer, but the company said it found no evidence of a breach.
Read →Rectron experienced a network outage that caused it to close all of its offices nationwide.
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