It's 2025 and almost half of you are still paying ransomware operators PLUS: Crooks target hardware crypto wallets; Bad flaws in Brother printers; ,O365 allows takeover-free phishing; and more Infosec in Brief  Despite warnings not to pay ransomware operators, almost half of those infected by the malware send cash to the crooks who planted it, according to infosec software slinger Sop… #theregister #IT
Nearly half of ransomware victims still pay out, says Sophos
Infosec in Brief: PLUS: Crooks target hardware crypto wallets; Bad flaws in Brother printers; ,O365 allows takeover-free phishing; and more
AI agents get office tasks wrong around 70% of the time, and a lot of them aren't AI at all More fiction than science Feature  IT consultancy Gartner predicts that more than 40 percent of agentic AI projects will be cancelled by the end of 2027 due to rising costs, unclear business value, or insufficient risk controls.… #theregister #IT
AI agents wrong ~70% of time: Carnegie Mellon study
Analysis: More fiction than science
Ex-NATO hacker: 'In the cyber world, there's no such thing as a ceasefire' Watch out for supply chain hacks especially interview  The ceasefire between Iran and Israel may prevent the two countries from firing missiles at each other, but it won't carry any weight in cyberspace, according to former NATO hacker Candan Bolukbas.… #theregister #IT
Ex-NATO hacker: In cyber, there’s no such thing a ceasefire
interview: Watch out for supply chain hacks especially
How to get free software from yesteryear's IT crowd – trick code into thinking it's running on a rival PC 'This is not a copyright message' Before plug and play was blowing up Windows 98 on a Comdex stage, Windows 95 engineers were grappling with the technology – and on one fateful day they found some unusual text in the BIOS of several PCs that they had to work around.… #theregister #IT
How to get free software from yesteryear
: 'This is not a copyright message'
Anthropic chucks chump change at studies on job-killing tech $61B business offers $10K–$50K grants to assess AI’s job-market impact AI biz Anthropic is trying to recruit academics to find out exactly how much its technology could crater the jobs market.… #theregister #IT
Anthropic chucks chump change at studies on job-killing tech
: $61B business offers $10K–$50K grants to assess AI’s job-market impact
Crims are posing as insurance companies to steal health records and payment info Taking advantage of the ridiculously complex US healthcare billing system Criminals masquerading as insurers are tricking patients and healthcare providers into handing over medical records and bank account information via emails and text messages, according to the FBI.… #theregister #IT
Patients, providers duped in records-and-payment scam
: Taking advantage of the ridiculously complex US healthcare billing system
Supremes uphold Texas law that forces age-check before viewing adult material Over 18? Prove it The US Supreme Court has ruled that Texas' age certification law for viewing sexually explicit content is valid, meaning that viewers of such material will have to prove their age.… #theregister #IT
Supreme Court rules for Texas age verification law
: Over 18? Prove it
How Broadcom is quietly plotting a takeover of the AI infrastructure market When AI is a nesting doll of networks, so why reinvent the wheel when you can license it instead feature  GPUs dominate the conversation when it comes to AI infrastructure. But while they're an essential piece of the puzzle, it's the interconnect fabrics that allow us to harness them to train and run multi-trillion-parameter… #theregister #IT
How Broadcom is quietly invading AI infrastructure
analysis: AI is a nesting doll of networks, so why reinvent the wheel when you can license it instead
Uncle Sam wants you – to use memory-safe programming languages 'Memory vulnerabilities pose serious risks to national security and critical infrastructure,' say CISA and NSA The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Security Agency (NSA) this week published guidance urging software developers to adopt memory-safe programming languages.… #theregister #IT
CISA, NSA repeat call for memory safe programming languages
: 'Memory vulnerabilities pose serious risks to national security and critical infrastructure,' say CISA and NSA
Fed chair Powell says AI is coming for your job AI will make 'significant changes' to economy, labor market It may not happen today or even tomorrow, but US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell is confident that someday soon AI is going to seriously change the US economy and labor market. … #theregister #IT
Fed chair Powell says AI is coming for your job
ai-pocalypse: AI will make 'significant changes' to economy, labor market