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Modern network operations are too manual. Today’s IT and security teams are managing growing complexity across networks, infrastructure, tools, and workflows. The result? Slower response, duplicated effort, and operational friction. This guide explores how intelligent workflows help teams reduce manual work, improve visibility, and move faster across network operations. What ...

A new approach tried out by Tracebit researchers has proven very effective at stopping AI agents from fully compromising targeted environments. What makes it notable isn’t the technique – prompt injection is old news – but the direction it’s pointed: not to hijack AI agents, but to defend against them. Canaries with context bombs Tracebit offers customers a range of canaries,...

Google has started rolling out FIDO2-compliant physical security key support as a second factor for authentication in Google Credential Provider for Windows (GCPW) to all Google Workspace customers. GCPW is a free tool that lets users sign in to Windows computers with their Google Workspace account instead of, or alongside, a Windows username and password. The update allows o...

The vast majority of UEFI computers carry a Microsoft certificate that will trust a small first-stage loader called a shim, a program Microsoft signs so that Linux and assorted boot tools can run with Secure Boot on. Eleven of those signed shims turned out to be old enough to undo the protection they were meant to support. ESET researchers found the vulnerable versions, all a...

Five people have been charged in the UK following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation into Russian Coms, a caller ID spoofing service used by fraudsters. Ayoub Sehailia, 28, Zakkaria Sehailia, 30, Usman Din, 30, Denis Ozmus, 29, and Fadila Salem, 53, all of London, are charged with offences that include conspiracy to supply articles for use in fraud, transferring and ...