Apollo Global Management has recently been linked to non-binding bids for Shell’s U.S. chemicals business, even as it contends with a disclosed cybersecurity breach involving unauthorized access to its cloud platforms and exposure of sensitive personal data. Together with a proposed US$8,000,000 legal settlement in Delaware Chancery Court, these developments highlight Apollo’s growing operational, legal,...Read More
A Chinese-speaking cybercrime group is using AI-driven tools to help compromise internet-facing Windows and Linux web servers, according to Cisco Talos, Cisco’s threat intelligence research unit. Talos said the activity points to increasingly automated offensive operations. Talos, which tracks the group as UAT-10147, found evidence that AI-generated operational guidance had been used during an intrusion....Read More
Happy Tuesday! Here’s your Tuesday Tech Drop, some of the past week’s top stories from the intersection of politics and technology. DOJ apparently hires election hacker The Justice Department appears to have hired someone convicted of hacking election websites — just as Donald Trump and his allies plot ways to meddle in the upcoming midterms....Read More
NTT DATA and Palo Alto Networks are targeting $1 billion in joint business by 2029 through an expanded cybersecurity alliance. NTT DATA is expanding its cybersecurity work with Palo Alto Networks through a multi-year alliance focused on AI security, managed services, and security infrastructure. The companies are targeting $1 billion in joint business over three...Read More
Presented here is a curated selection of noteworthy open-source cybersecurity solutions that have drawn recognition for their ability to enhance security postures across diverse settings. SkillSpector: NVIDIA’s open-source security scanner for AI agent skills SkillSpector is an open-source scanner from NVIDIA that reads an agent skill and tells you whether to install it. Point it...Read More
A significant development has emerged in the case of the “Ashkelon hacker,” Michael Ron David Kedar, who was extradited from Norway to the United States in June: An official affidavit filed in a U.S. court by a senior official in the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs, or OIA, provides the first detailed account of...Read More
More than 87% of the Bitcoin attributed to the Coldcard hack has remained unmoved, leaving 1,561 BTC under attacker control after researchers linked the exploit to $114.7 million in losses. Summary Galaxy Research traced 1,789 BTC stolen from 8,865 addresses to the Coldcard hack. About 1,561 BTC, or 87.3% of the attributed losses, remains unmoved....Read More
Artificial intelligence (AI) labs and cybersecurity firms are considering ways to give advanced AI models controlled access to the internet during testing, rather than trying to keep the models confined to a sandbox, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Aug. 25). This consideration comes after OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta disclosed separate incidents in which models escaped a sandbox, accessed the internet and breached other companies’...Read More
Explore This Special Report State of Technology is a special report exploring Georgia’s technology industry through six sectors driving innovation across the state: artificial intelligence, health tech, data centers, cybersecurity, software development, and fintech. Featuring illustrations by Jamie Cullen, this report examines the companies, innovators, and trends shaping Georgia’s technology economy. Use the table of...Read More
