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“What happens to Heroes?”  🎬 Episode 9 – When it all falls apart, some stand up for others by Didier Annet

“What happens to Heroes?”  🎬 Episode 9 – When it all falls apart, some stand up for others by Didier Annet

Who are the Heroes ? This installment, number nine, explores the rapid transformation that occurs when ordinary employees suddenly become heroes, taking on rescue roles following a devastating cyberattack. What I will call the “Heroes” “I had to stay calm. Show that everything was okay. 

AI-Assisted Software Development and the “Vibe Coding” Debate by Nick Kelly

AI Tools for Accelerating Software Development AI-powered coding assistants like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT have been adopted by developers to help write and review code more quickly. Recent research provides evidence that these tools can enhance productivity in software development: Risks and Critiques of “Vibe 

When Politics Dictates AI: Why Trust, Safety, and Data Privacy Must Stay Non-Negotiable

When Politics Dictates AI: Why Trust, Safety, and Data Privacy Must Stay Non-Negotiable

We’re hearing a familiar refrain again: make it neutral. Strip the bias. Clean it up. But whose version of “neutral” are we embedding in the machines that now mediate how we see the world? This week, the Trump administration rolled out an executive order demanding 

Collaborative Intelligence – Humans & AI by Sapann Harish Talwar

The future is not about humans versus artificial intelligence, but about what we can achieve together. Collaborative Intelligence (CI) is the partnership between human creativity, empathy, and judgment, and AI’s ability to process data at scale, recognise patterns, and act with speed. When combined, this 

Week 31 – Critical VPN Flaw Hits SonicWall: Patch Now!

28 July – 03 Aug 2025 SonicWall has issued an urgent advisory regarding a newly discovered critical vulnerability — CVE-2025-40600, now spotlighted as this week’s CVE of the Week. This flaw affects the SSL VPN interface of the SonicOS firewall operating system, and it demands 

Corporations:  Publish Your Abuse Email Address!

Corporations: Publish Your Abuse Email Address!

A rantlet about the need for easily accessible ways to report fraudulent emails

New Podcast – Philipp Amann: Policy, Patching, Programming

New Podcast – Philipp Amann: Policy, Patching, Programming

Welcome Philipp Amann of the European Central Bank to the latest (audio only) episode of our Secure-in-Mind series.

New Podcast – Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, and Society – With Vilija Vainaite

New Podcast – Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, and Society – With Vilija Vainaite

Vilija Vainaite joins us to discuss AI – specifically, governance, risks, and its impact on cybersecurity

Week 30 – Update your on-prem SharePoint ASAP

21 – 27 July 2025 In recent days, the cybersecurity community has been focusing on newly discovered critical SharePoint vulnerabilities, so it was an easy choice to pick our CVE of The Week. The issue with the highest score is tracked as CVE-2025-53770 and has 

Week 29 – Vulnerability in Google Chrome

14 – 20 July 2025 This week our focus moved to a vulnerability in Google’s browser, tracked as CVE-2025-6558, because it possibly has been exploited in the wild. This flaw scored 8.8 CVSS score and allow a potential remote attacker to escape the sandbox environment