Congressional panel throws cyber threat intel-sharing, funding a lifeline Clock is ticking US security leaders have urged lawmakers to reauthorize two key pieces of cyber legislation, including one that facilitates threat-intel sharing between the private sector and federal government, before they expire at the end of the month.… #theregister #IT

Congress tosses lifeline to cyber intel sharing, grants

: Clock is ticking

Oracle’s layoff train rolls on: 101 in WA, 250+ in CA - with more cuts looming Big Red bloodbath not yet acknowledged by the company Oracle on Tuesday laid off more than 100 workers in Washington State and more than 250 in California, though we're told that the database giant may be firing thousands around the world.… #theregister #IT

Oracle cuts more jobs in California, Washington, and beyond

: Big Red bloodbath not yet acknowledged by the company

Android drops mega patch bomb - 120 fixes, two already exploited September bundle the largest this year, and possibly the most serious Patch Tuesday is next week, but Android is ahead of the game, dropping its biggest patch bundle this year while attackers actively exploit two of the now-fixed flaws.… #theregister #IT

Android drops 120 flaw fixes, two exploited in the wild

: September bundle the largest this year, and possibly the most serious

Crims claim HexStrike AI penetration tool makes quick work of Citrix bugs LLMs and 0-days - what could possibly go wrong? Attackers on underground forums claimed they were using HexStrike AI, an open-source red-teaming tool, against Citrix NetScaler vulnerabilities within hours of disclosure, according to Check Point cybersecurity evangelist Amit Weigman.… #theregister #IT

Crims boast of using HexStrike AI against Citrix bugs

: LLMs and 0-days - what could possibly go wrong?

Biased bots: AI hiring managers shortlist candidates with AI resumes When AI runs recruiting, the winning move is using the same bot Job seekers who use the same AI model to compose their resumes as the AI model used to evaluate their application are more likely to advance through the hiring process than those submitting human-written materials, according to researchers.… #theregister #IT

AI models handling hiring shun human-written applications

: When AI runs recruiting, the winning move is using the same bot

ServiceNow signs Uncle Sam's latest short-term AI discount deal The first one's always free - or at least deeply discounted for the first year Not wanting to miss the opportunity to grow its federal footprint, ServiceNow has signed a deal to offer the US government discounts on its latest AI innovations. … #theregister #IT

GSA’s OneGov lock-in express picks up ServiceNow AI

: The first one's always free - or at least deeply discounted for the first year

Absolutely fabless: Trump derails TSMC's China chip-building effort World's largest foundry operator joins Samsung and SK Hynix, which recently lost their validated end-user status The Trump administration terminated the world's largest foundry operator's validated end-user (VEU) status this week in an apparent bid to push Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) out of China.… #theregister #IT

The US just made it harder for TSMC to make chips in China

: World's largest foundry operator joins Samsung and SK Hynix, which recently lost their validated end-user status

It looks like you’re ransoming data. Would you like some help? AI-powered ransomware, extortion chatbots, vibe hacking … just wait until agents replace affiliates It's no secret that AI tools make it easier for cybercriminals to steal sensitive data and then extort victim organizations. But two recent developments illustrate exactly how much LLMs lower the bar for ransomware and other financial… #theregister #IT

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: AI-powered ransomware, extortion chatbots, vibe hacking … just wait until agents replace affiliates

EU court's dismissal of US data transfer challenge raises privacy advocates' ire Now you've gone and done it: Privacy lawyer says he's working on challenge to 2023 Data Protection Framework The European Union General Court (EGC) has rejected a challenge to the US-EU Data Privacy Framework (DPF) allowing data to continue flowing across the pond, but the challenges are unlikely to stop there.… #theregister #IT

EU court allows Data Protection Framework to stand

: Now you've gone and done it: Privacy lawyer says he's working on challenge to 2023 Data Protection Framework

Gitpod reinvents itself as Ona in pivot to AI agent platform From cloud IDEs to autonomous assistants, company says future is agentic Gitpod, best known for cloud-hosted dev environments, has rebranded as Ona and is now pitching itself as an AI agent platform.… #theregister #IT

Gitpod rebrands as Ona, now an AI-driven dev platform

: From cloud IDEs to autonomous assistants, company says future is agentic