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CI-ISAC Australia, an industry-led, not-for-profit that drives collective defence across all critical infrastructure sectors in Australia, announced a new initiative to combat fraud and scams by joining the Google Priority Flagger Program. The initiative will combine Google’s expertise with CI-ISAC’s unique cross-sectoral member network and intelligence sharing capabilities to identify and combat fraud across Australian critical infrastructure sectors. Google Priority Flagger Program streamlines the process of identifying, reporting, and mitigating fraud threats related to Google platforms. As part of this collaboration, CI-ISAC will operate a dedicated channel for its members to flag fraud and other malicious activity through the Google…
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has officially launched its new AWS Marketplace AI Agents and Tools category. This category provides enterprise customers with the ability to discover, procure, and deploy AI security tools directly from AWS Marketplace. It is now easier than ever for organizations to use many types of AI solutions, ranging from foundational models and databases to LLM operations and observability services to security tools. With the availability of Infinity GenAI Protect on AWS Marketplace, Check Point is proud to be a launch partner of AWS for this new, dedicated AI-focused category. Why the AWS Marketplace AI Agents and…
At a time when economic indicators offer a mixed picture, one constant tends to remain: the simple, unavoidable, fact of payments as a lever for commerce. That was the theme Visa executives shared with investors during Tuesday’s (July 29) third quarter 2025 earnings call, with leadership highlighting the firm’s aggressive pursuit of next-generation payment innovations, one bolstered by double-digit growth in revenue and earnings for the most recent quarterly reporting period. “Our continued focus on innovation and product development in dynamic areas like AI and stablecoins is helping to shape the future of commerce,” said Visa CEO Ryan McInerney in…
Executive Summary Unit 42 has observed multiple incidents targeting the telecommunications industry in Southwest Asia. We are currently tracking this activity as CL-STA-0969. This activity includes attacking and leveraging interconnected mobile roaming networks. This report provides a technical analysis of the activity cluster based on our incident response engagements including observed tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs). We found no clear evidence of data collection or exfiltration from the investigated systems and networks, nor any attempts to track or communicate with target devices within mobile networks. However, the threat actor behind CL-STA-0969 maintained high operational security (OPSEC) and employed various defense…
Orange reports major cyberattack, warns of service disruptions Pierluigi Paganini July 29, 2025 Orange, France’s largest telecom provider, reported a cyberattack on one of its internal systems, impacting its operations in Europe and Africa. Orange is a leading French multinational telecommunications operator providing services to individuals, businesses, and governments across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Formerly known as France Télécom until rebranding in 2013, the company now serves over 290 million customers in 26 countries, offering mobile telecom, fixed‑line, broadband internet, IPTV, digital services, and enterprise solutions via Orange Business. The company is also backed by the French government,…
post examines the skills required to work effectively with AI, mainly focusing on consumers of AI systems. In the text below, I will dissect the AI skills for the Business Competency Framework developed by The Alan Turing Institute, demonstrate how the framework’s foundation is rooted in timeless skills, and recommend areas for upskilling among non-technical individuals. My impression is that we entered the global pandemic of hearsay by spreading headlines and 1000-character-long-AI-generated summaries (or as much as LinkedIn permits) on topics that concern us all. Opinions pile on top of opinions about the future of the workspace and topics such as education, security,…
In episode 61 of The AI Fix, a robot called DeREK goes bananas, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic warn we may lose the ability to see what AI is thinking, a dextrous robot changes its own batteries, the USA unveils its AI action plan, and a human beats AI to win the World Coding Championship. Also in this week’s episode, Graham reveals why you should never ask a vibe coding app to “clean up” your project, and Mark explains why it was handbags at dawn at the International Mathematical Olympiad. All this and much more is discussed in the latest…
The security breach of the popular women-only safe-dating app Tea widened over the weekend, when a second database storing 1.1 million DMs between members was compromised. News of the exposure came days after an initial investigation found that a database holding older data, including photos, was breached. The post Tea App Data Breach Deepens, with 1.1 Million User Chats Exposed appeared first on Security Boulevard.
A new report by Standard Chartered identifies publicly traded Ethereum (ETH) treasury companies as a distinct and rapidly evolving asset class, separate from exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and traditional crypto investment vehicles.According to the report, these firms are not holding ETH for speculative purposes. Instead, they are positioning their balance sheets around staking yields, DeFi integrations, and equity market conditions that enable them to trade at premiums relative to their ETH holdings.This gives investors regulated exposure to Ethereum, along with yield and leverage strategies unavailable to spot Ethereum ETFs.Standard Chartered highlighted that these companies benefit from a structural edge over U.S.-regulated…