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Another top WordPress plugin hacked to allow account takeover – stay safe with these tips
Experts find a way to trick Forminator into deleting a core WordPress file This process would trigger the site’s setup, where hackers can take it over A patch is available, and users are advised to apply it A popular WordPress plugin active on hundreds of thousands of websites was found…
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ChatGPT and other AI tools could be putting users at risk by getting company web addresses wrong
AI isn’t too good at generating URLs – many don’t exist, and some could be phishing sites Attackers are now optimizing sites for LLMs rather than for Google Developers are even inadvertently using dodgy URLs New research has revealed AI often gives incorrect URLs, which could be putting users at…
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Making AI useful at every level of the business
There’s no shortage of ambition around AI in UK businesses. It’s on board agendas, investor decks and product roadmaps. And yet, for all the buzz, not every organization is seeing meaningful value. According to our research, three out of four UK business leaders say they’re falling behind on AI. It’s…
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The AI-powered future of ransomware is coming soon – here’s what we need to look out for
Kaspersky recently analyzed FunkSec, a new ransomware group This group uses AI to generate code in the encryptors and other tools Ransomware is steadily growing as a threat The future of ransomware threats lies in Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), as hackers are increasingly using the nascent technology to improve and…
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Cisco warns of a serious security flaw in comms platform – and that it needs patching immediately
Login credentials for an account with root access was found in Cisco’s Unified Communications Manager There are no workarounds, just a patch, so users should update now Different versions of the tool are affected Another hardcoded credential for admin access has been discovered in a major software application – this…
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From centralized to distributed: why cloud architecture had to change
Where we are today is not hybrid cloud rebranded. Hybrid was a transition strategy. Distributed is an entirely new operating environment, where cloud infrastructure and services are physically located in multiple, dispersed environments: on-premise data centers, multiple public clouds, edge locations, and sovereign zones. Yet they are managed as a…
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