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More than 8 million people have installed extensions that eavesdrop on chatbot interactions Ad blockers and VPNs are supposed to protect your privacy, but four popular browser extensions have been doing just the opposite. According to research from Koi Securi…

Palantir's former IT boss just took over as CEO of Thrive-backed AI MSP platform Former Palantir CIO Jim Siders has departed the company to join Shield Technology Partners as CEO, in a bid he says is meant to bring AI to bear in the sprawling managed services…

Microsoft Outlook Express 6 Issue - posted in Windows XP Home and Professional: Ive been having a problem with Microsoft Outlook Express 6. Everything works fine. However, when I highlight certain emails, the following Security Alert message comes up. (I main…

Washington rediscovers that modern IT doesn’t run itself After dissolving several federal tech modernization units and shedding large numbers of technologists, the Trump administration has launched a new talent recruitment initiative, suggesting it still need…

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Mobile traffic now accounts for nearly half of requests Global internet traffic grew by 19 percent during 2025, while nearly half of traffic now comes from mobile devices. A significant and growing portion also comes from bots, many designed to train AI.…

Phishing attacks in 2025 increasingly moved beyond email, with attackers using social platforms, search ads, and browser-based techniques to bypass MFA and steal sessions. Push Security outlines the key phishing trends and what security teams need to adjust a…

Microsoft says that recent Windows 11 security updates are causing VPN networking failures for enterprise users running Windows Subsystem for Linux. [...]

Microsoft has confirmed that the December 2025 security updates are breaking Message Queuing (MSMQ) functionality, affecting enterprise applications and Internet Information Services (IIS) websites. [...]

PLUS: Drugs found in ink cartridges; Chinse censorship fighters criticize Vultr; Coupang CEO resigns; And more! Asia In Brief  A SpaceX executive has claimed that a Chinese satellite launch came within 200 meters of hitting a Starlink satellite.…

A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024 and 2025.

Hackers are exploiting a new, undocumented vulnerability in the implementation of the cryptographic algorithm present in Gladinet's CentreStack and Triofox products for secure remote file access and sharing. [...]

View CSAF 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <ul> <li>CVSS v4 8.6</li> <li>ATTENTION: Low attack complexity</li> <li>Vendor: U-Boot</li> <li>Equipment: U-Boot</li> <li>Vulnerability: Improper Access Control for Volatile Memory Containing Boot Code</li> </ul> 2. RISK EVALUA…

A new report by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) shows that ransomware activity peaked in 2023 before falling in 2024, following a series of law enforcement actions targeting the ALPHV/BlackCat and LockBit ransomware gangs. [...]

High Vulnerabilities <table> <tr> <th>PrimaryVendor -- Product</th> <th>Description</th> <th>Published</th> <th>CVSS Score</th> <th>Source Info</th> <th>Patch Info</th> </tr> <tr> <td>10web--10Web Booster Website speed optimization, Cache & Page Speed …

Barts Health NHS Trust has announced that Clop ransomware actors have stolen files from a database by exploiting a vulnerability in its Oracle E-business Suite software. [...]

American pharmaceutical firm Inotiv is notifying thousands of people that they're personal information was stolen in an August 2025 ransomware attack. [...]

The fight over AI regulation isn't about the technology -- it's about whether Washington or the states get to set the rules, and what happens to consumers caught in between.

A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024 and 2025.

Risk management company Crisis24 has confirmed its OnSolve CodeRED platform suffered a cyberattack that disrupted emergency notification systems used by state and local governments, police departments, and fire agencies across the United States. [...]

A federal judge in California fined a plaintiffs’ law firm and one of its partners $10,000 for misusing artificial intelligence in a lawsuit involving the parent company of OnlyFans, the adult content social media site.

There was nothing typical about the past year. The only constant was change. Legal technology announcements rolled out nonstop, making it nearly impossible to stay on top of all the updates. Investment from venture capital and private equity firms was record-…

Walk into any law firm today, and you’ll likely find attorneys using artificial intelligence tools for everything from contract analysis to brief writing. Yet if you walk into most state bar associations, you’ll find regulatory frameworks that haven’t caught …

Another is nearly in the books. In many ways, 2025 was a continuation of trends present in previous years. There was greater adoption and integration…

For the legal tech and broader tech industries, 2025 was a year of consolidation and AI-fueled investment. The pace of merger activity accelerated as the year progressed, with companies trying to strengthen their position in an increasingly competitive market…

A BigLaw firm that voluntarily paid more than $55,000 in attorney fees because of hallucinated cases in court filings won’t face further sanctions, a federal bankruptcy judge concluded last week.

Ari Kaplan recently spoke with Brian Powers, the co-founder and CEO of Markups.ai, a company that created an AI agent called Agent Marko to draft, revise and analyze contracts from clients' inboxes with no new platform required, and Debbie Epstein Henry, the …

Buchalter has escaped sanctions for a case filing with “hallucinated" cases after one of its attorneys took responsibility for the errors and the law firm…