Author: HackWatchit
For a California-based fintech company, rapid growth has been the norm. Over the past four years, the company has expanded from 80 to more than 450 employees, including a globally dispersed team of over 100 developers. Their mission? To build fast, secure, and accessible financial products that allow customers to transact directly from their bank accounts – a bold alternative to traditional, card-based payment systems. As the company scaled, it became clear that their legacy VPN solution was falling short. While it had served as a basic remote access tool during the company’s early days, the demands of a remote-first,…
Ransomware is a rapidly evolving threat, with attackers increasingly turning to remote techniques that target network shares. To help defend against these tactics, CrowdStrike Falcon® Prevent endpoint security includes a capability called File System Containment, which is precision-focused to block malicious file system actions over Windows Server Message Block (SMB) shares, halting encryption as soon as possible. Threat actors commonly abuse the SMB protocol to encrypt and exfiltrate data across network shares, bypassing traditional protections. These attacks often originate from unmanaged systems or involve compromised credentials, allowing adversaries to move laterally, encrypt sensitive data, and disrupt business operations without executing…
have entered the world of computer science at a record pace. LLMs are powerful models capable of effectively performing a wide variety of tasks. However, LLM outputs are stochastic, making them unreliable. In this article, I discuss how you can ensure reliability on your LLM applications by properly prompting the model and handling the output. This infographic highlights the contents of this article. I will mainly discuss ensuring output consistency and handling errors. Image by ChatGPT. You can also read my articles on Attending NVIDIA GTC Paris 2025 and Creating Powerful Embeddings for Machine Learning. Table of Contents Motivation My motivation for…
We’re proud to announce that Palo Alto Networks has been named a Leader for the third time in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for SASE Platforms, positioned highest on the Ability to Execute axis. We believe this continued recognition underscores our strong execution capabilities and our pioneership in delivering a unified, AI-powered platform. We are purpose-built to secure the future of work by enabling safe and seamless user access experience to applications and data everywhere. This recognition comes on the heels of other recognitions, including being named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Service Edge (SSE)…
Belk hit by May cyberattack: DragonForce stole 150GB of data Pierluigi Paganini July 15, 2025 Ransomware group DragonForce claims it attacked U.S. retailer Belk in May, stealing over 150GB of data in a disruptive cyberattack. The infamous Ransomware group DragonForce claimed responsibility for the May disruptive attack on US department store chain Belk. The ransomware gang claimed it had stolen 156 gigabytes of data from Belk. Belk, Inc. is a major American department store chain, founded in 1888 in Monroe, North Carolina, and currently headquartered in Charlotte. Operating around 300 locations across 16 states, Belk offers apparel, footwear, home furnishings,…
In episode 59 of the AI Fix, our hosts ponder whether AIs need a “disagreement dial”, Mark wonders what he could do with an AI-powered “drug design engine”, Graham plays Wolfenstein instead of working, a robot graduates from high school, and a popular rock group is unmasked as an AI fever dream. Graham explains why Grok thinks it’s Mecha Hitler, and Mark reveals which AI is most likely to betray you. All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of “The AI Fix” podcast by Graham Cluley and Mark Stockley. Hosts: Graham Cluley: @grahamcluley.com @[email protected] Mark Stockley:…
NETSCOUT announced Adaptive Threat Analytics, a new enhancement to its Omnis Cyber Intelligence Network Detection and Response (NDR) solution, designed to improve incident response and reduce risk. Adaptive Threat Analytics enables security teams to investigate, hunt, and respond to cyber threats more rapidly. Cybersecurity professionals face a challenge in the race against time to detect and respond appropriately to cyber threats before it is too late. Alert fatigue, increasing alert volume, fragmented visibility from siloed tools, and cunning AI-enabled adversaries create a compelling need for a faster and more effective response plan. McKinsey & Company noted last year that despite…
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) announced on Monday the formation of its new Advisory Group, selecting 26 individual experts to support the Agency’s strategic goals as defined by its management board. Chosen from more than 300 eligible applicants, the group includes members from industry, academia, business, and consumer organizations, alongside nominated representatives. The Advisory Group plays a key role in shaping ENISA’s work programme, advancing its strategic objectives, and strengthening engagement with stakeholders across Europe. The term of office of the Advisory Group shall run for two-and-a-half years, from Aug. 1, this year to Jan. 31, 2028. The…
UK pet owners are being hit with convincing scam emails demanding microchip registration renewals, and the source of the problem appears to lie deeper than just spam. A recent investigation by Pen Test Partners has revealed serious security issues in how microchip data is stored and accessed, giving scammers the tools they need to convincingly imitate official registries. The Scam: Familiar Names, False Intentions Thousands of pet owners have reported receiving emails claiming their pet’s microchip registration is about to expire, often urging them to pay a renewal fee through sites like PetChip.info. These messages look legitimate. They include the…