A major vulnerability in bitcoin wallets manufactured by a Toronto-based company has brought renewed scrutiny to the security of investments in cryptocurrency after hackers exploited the weakness to steal more than $140-million worth of bitcoin in the past week. Bitcoin enthusiasts say that the hack, which took advantage of a coding error in hardware wallets...Read More
With Amazon joining the cohort, Nvidia’s AI security alliance has now expanded to more than 120 members after launching with just 40 names initially. The alliance and the Linux Foundation introduced SAFE, a framework for confidentially sharing agentic AI security incidents and near-misses across the ecosystem. SAFE proposes collecting and analyzing incidents, notifying affected organizations,...Read More
Latvia’s state-owned forestry company, LVM, said on Thursday it is still working to restore its IT systems weeks after a ransomware attack disrupted several internal and customer services. The attack, first disclosed in late June, knocked the company’s mapping platform and hunting application, as well as systems used to exchange information with contractors and customers...Read More
The New Zealand government’s announcement that it will cut around 8,700 public service jobs by mid-2029 has focused attention squarely on AI and digital technology as tools of reform. Finance Minister Nicola Willis was clear. Reducing duplication, consolidating back-office functions, and accelerating the uptake of AI are central to delivering $2.4 billion in savings over...Read More
Imagine this scenario. It’s early evening in a small city in central Turkey. An Iranian woman in her mid-20s walks to the corner café. Headphones in, she listens to Radiohead’s 2 + 2 = 5. She hasn’t set foot in Iran since she left, nor is she breaking any laws in Turkey. Her only “offence”...Read More
In brief Ledger says the Coldcard exploit is a warning for the hardware Bitcoin wallet industry but says its own devices were not affected. The company argues independently certified hardware random number generators are essential for securely creating wallet recovery phrases. Ledger says AI is accelerating vulnerability discovery and forcing security teams to defend at...Read More
SailPoint has launched its Identity Security solution, combining its Human Fabric and Agentic Fabric offerings. The launch brings together tools to manage human users, machine identities and AI agents through a single system, as companies face a growing volume of automated accounts across their technology estates. The package includes Agentic Fabric, now generally available, and...Read More
If you’re a bitcoin user, then you may be familiar with Coldcard — a bitcoin-only hardware wallet that has been the latest target of a data breach. Hackers reportedly drained more than $100 million US worth of bitcoin from Coldcard hard wallets, according to blockchain intelligence firm Galaxy Research. Here’s what we know about the...Read More
A state grant program focused on making local government operations more secure has awarded thousands of dollars to over a dozen towns across the North Country to shore up their water system security. In Franklin County, the village of Malone is getting $50,000. The grants come as local water operations in at least seven states...Read More
