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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * The conflict between open and closed large language models is on. * Open weights and open source are not the same, but open weights are the future. * On the proprietary side are Anthropic and OpenAI; on
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Intel and Fortinet have announced a strategic collaboration to develop Fortinet Security Processor 6 (SP6), combining Intel’s semiconductor design and manufacturing capabilities with Fortinet’s application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) technology for cybersecurity products. The partnership expands the companies’ existing relationship and is aimed at accelerating the development of Fortinet’
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The biggest threat facing financial institutions is no longer ransomware. Nor is it phishing. According to TrendAI’s latest Modern Bank Heists 2026 research, banks are confronting something fundamentally different: cybercriminals that are increasingly using artificial intelligence to automate, accelerate, and coordinate attacks faster than security teams can respond. Nearly
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More than 30 facilities disrupted in 'coordinated cyberattack,' though officials have yet to name a culprit Security researchers at Tenable suspect the Iran-linked faux hacktivist outfit CyberAv3ngers was behind the cyberattack that disrupted more than 30 Minnesota water facilities. Neither state-level nor federal officials have made any claims
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is banning imports of new foreign-made humanoid robots and power inverters, citing national security risks, in a move that targets China. Beijing quickly accused the U.S. of protectionism. The measures are likely to test relations with Beijing ahead of a planned U.S.
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For all the attention given to sophisticated cyber threats and zero-day vulnerabilities, most organizations are overlooking a far more immediate danger: the risks they already know about – but haven’t fixed. President of Technology and Services at Arctic Wolf. Recent research paints a sobering picture of enterprise security today. Across
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Florida-based zero trust endpoint security company ThreatLocker announced on Wednesday that it has raised $190 million in a Series F funding round. The company previously raised $20 million in Series B funding, $100 million in Series C funding, and $115 million in a Series D round. A source familiar with
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50,000+ enterprise professionals read CloudTweaks monthly Executive InterviewJul 29, 202614 min read In this interview, CloudTweaks speaks with Hans Otharsson of CloudFrame about why so many “straightforward” modernization projects quietly become multi-year stabilization efforts. Readers can expect a practical account of the difference between functional and operational equivalence and
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Earlier this month, OpenAI gave several of its AI models a task: complete a test designed to measure their cybersecurity capabilities. It put the systems in a sandboxed environment without an internet connection and set them off to work. What happened next is almost laughably silly — but also, as Adam
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The US cybersecurity agency CISA and Australia’s Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) have published joint guidance detailing how critical infrastructure (CI) organizations can isolate vital OT and supporting systems. Aimed at boosting cyber resilience, the CI Fortify – Advice for isolating vital systems guidance also includes details on how these systems
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5Tattva, a leading CERT-In-empaneled cybersecurity solutions provider and PCI QSA company, is strengthening its engagement with India’s enterprise technology community through its participation in the Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi editions of the CIO500 event series. The 10-city event series brings together leading IT decision-makers from across the country to
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New information has come to light following the investigations conducted by OpenAI and Hugging Face into the recent incident involving rogue AI models. The ML collaboration platform Hugging Face revealed on July 16 that it had detected a cyberattack powered by an autonomous AI agent system. OpenAI admitted on July
