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Articles Posted Week of Aug 18th, 2025 — Aug 24th, 2025 (329/3/3)
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CxO
Why CISOs In Business Services Must Close The Edge Security Gap
Bentley Systems CIO Talks Leadership Strategy And AI Adoption
Humor
Teen Interns Brute-Forced A Disk Install, With Predictable Results
Basic Projector Repair Job Turns Into Armed Encounter At Secret Bunker
Operations
Current Debate: Will the Data Center of the Future Be AC or DC?
Weak Alerting And Slipping Prevention Raise Risk Levels For CISOs
Legacy It Infrastructure: Not The Villain We Make It Out To Be
Google News
Google Cloud adds new protections for AI agents and cloud workloads at Security Summit 2025
Google unveils new AI and cloud security capabilities at Security Summit
KnowBe4 News
The Hidden Cost of 'Free' Gifts: How Survey Scams Are Evolving to Steal Financial Data
The Technical Sophistication Behind the 'Free' Gift Scam: Evading Detection
Threat Actors Are Increasingly Abusing Generative AI Tools for Phishing
Warning: Social Engineering is a Growing Threat to the Industrial Sector
The rise of Vibe Coding - using AI tools for code generation - has boosted software development by enhancing productivity and accessibility. However, this paradigm shift introduces significant security challenges that cannot be overlooked. Register
CxO
Why CISOs In Business Services Must Close The Edge Security Gap
Cloud adoption is speeding ahead in the business services sector, but security for remote and edge environments is falling behind. At the same time, generative AI is moving into daily workflows faster than most IT teams are prepared for....more
Bentley Systems CIO Talks Leadership Strategy And AI Adoption
Ruth Sleeter has seen it all -- engineering software, managing product teams and looking after business interests. She talks about how these experiences led to her role as a modern CIO....more
6 IT Management Practices Certain To Kill IT Productivity
Sometimes, the best way to fix a broken organization is to stop breaking it. Here's what you're doing to keep your staff from getting real IT work done....more
What Is The Cost Of A Data Breach?
The cost of a data breach is not easy to define, but as organizations increasingly fall victim to attacks and exposures, financial repercussions are becoming clearer....more
Humor
Teen Interns Brute-Forced A Disk Install, With Predictable Results
The real lesson here is how little some companies care about training...more
Basic Projector Repair Job Turns Into Armed Encounter At Secret Bunker
Escort's forgotten cap left techie facing rifles and a debrief...more
Operations
Current Debate: Will the Data Center of the Future Be AC or DC?
As AI transforms data centers, the industry revisits a fundamental question: is AC or DC power better suited for tomorrow's high-density computing needs?...more
Weak Alerting And Slipping Prevention Raise Risk Levels For CISOs
Prevention effectiveness is falling, detection gaps remain wide, and attackers are exploiting weaknesses in data protection and credentials. Data theft prevention has dropped to 3 percent, password cracking success rates have nearly doubled, and new threat groups are bypassing defenses....more
Zoomtopia 2025 brings together the thinkers, builders, and doers who are rewriting the rules of collaboration in the age of AI. See how leaders like you are creating smarter, more human ways to connect. Register
Legacy It Infrastructure: Not The Villain We Make It Out To Be
The tried-and-true reliability of legacy systems often outweighs the allure of modern alternatives, challenging us to reconsider what "legacy" truly means in today's IT landscape....more
Windows Remote Desktop Alternatives: Fast, Secure Options
While Windows RDP is widely used, many professionals now turn to the best RDP providers for enhanced speed, reliability, and full admin control beyond what traditional remote desktop alternatives can offer....more
Google News
14 ways Googlers use AI to work smarter
See how Googlers are using tools like Gemini and Imagen to save time, spark new ideas and build more helpful products....more
5 new things Gemini can do on Pixel
New Pixels are here, and they come with lots of new Gemini capabilities....more
Google Cloud adds new protections for AI agents and cloud workloads at Security Summit 2025
Google Cloud today announced a range of new security capabilities designed to protect organizations' artificial intelligence capabilities while also using AI to strengthen defenses....more
Google unveils new AI and cloud security capabilities at Security Summit
Google used its Cloud Security Summit 2025 today to introduce a wide range of updates aimed at securing AI innovation and strengthening enterprise defenses. The announcements span protections for AI agents, new tools for security operations centers, enhancements in cloud security, and extended safeguards for enterprise browsing....more
KnowBe4 News
The Hidden Cost of 'Free' Gifts: How Survey Scams Are Evolving to Steal Financial Data
You've probably seen them: enticing online offers for free products from brands you trust, like a Yeti beach chair from Costco or an emergency car kit from AAA....more
The Technical Sophistication Behind the 'Free' Gift Scam: Evading Detection
Below is an example of a sophisticated survey scam phishing email that KnowBe4's Threat Lab team has been monitoring as discussed in 'The Hidden Cost of "Free" Gifts: How Survey Scams Are Evolving to Steal Financial Data'....more
Threat Actors Are Increasingly Abusing Generative AI Tools for Phishing
Cybercriminals are increasingly abusing AI-assisted website generators to quickly craft convincing phishing sites, according to researchers at Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42....more
Warning: Social Engineering is a Growing Threat to the Industrial Sector
Social engineering attacks are a growing threat to operational technology (OT) environments, Industrial Cyber reports....more
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