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A love letter to IT: we still love you (even in the age of generative AI)

When the first generative AI programs started producing code, many within the technology world were – understandably – a little nervous about what this might mean for their jobs, not least as the tools continue to develop and mature. This AI-anxiety is of course not exclusive to IT – but…

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Are scale-ups setting themselves up for failure?

In the dizzy heights of 2023, where advances in technology are building by the minute, we have found ourselves in a bit of a conundrum. With companies innovating faster than the layperson can keep up, a new strategic direction announced almost every week and an increasingly talented and tenacious workforce…

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Phison to showcase high-speed innovations at CES 2024 – including a Gen 5 SSD that’s faster than anything else on the market

As CES 2024 prepares to kick off on Tuesday, January 9, Taiwanese electronics company Phison has unveiled its plans for the largest trade show in the consumer electronics industry. The company will be using the event to take the wraps off its PS5026-E26 Max14um platform for top-tier PCIe Gen5 SSDs.…

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Ransomware gangs are increasingly turning to remote encryption, and that’s a huge problem

Ransomware is constantly evolving, and the next step in its evolution comes in the form of remote encryption. A new report from Sophos has claimed, remote encryption is a super destructive method of ransomware attack, and it’s growing more popular by the day, with the company’s anti-ransomware CryptoGuard technology detecting…

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Patient data stolen in ransomware attack affecting millions of healthcare victims

A company building software for hospitals, EMS, and firefighters has suffered a ransomware attack and a data breach that may have affected 2.7 million patients in the US. ESO Solutions disclosed the breach earlier this week. Apparently, it happened in late September 2023, when an unidentified threat actor accessed one…

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An ancient Microsoft Excel vulnerability is being hijacked to spread malware

Hackers have been observed targeting users running outdated Office programs, with the goal of delivering an infostealing malware called Agent Tesla. This is according to cybersecurity researchers Zscaler ThreatLabs, who recently detailed a phishing campaign that distributes an Excel document. If the victim is using an older version of Excel,…

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