Concerns mount around UK Online Safety Act
As we reported earlier this week, the UK’s new Online Safety Act has seen a surge in interest in the use of VPNs and an online petition for its repeal has been signed by over 400,000 people.
An article published yesterday by The Critic argues that the legislation is badly drafted. Industry figures too are raising doubts about the effectiveness of the act, its likely wider impact on cybersecurity and its potential for overreach.
Neural networks and their effect on test and measurement [Q&A]
Historically test and measurement has been simply about collecting data and exporting it for later analysis. Now though neural networks make it possible to carry out the analysis in real time.
We spoke to Daniel Shaddock, CEO of Liquid Instruments, to find out more about what this means for businesses.
TikTok announces a suite of trust and safety tools
Just as with the internet in general, concerns have been voiced about the safety of social media platforms. To help address these concerns, TikTok has unveiled a series of tools and features designed to help keep users safe and informed.
There are various new options which cater to different types of user. Some are for creators, others for parents who are worried about how their offspring are using TikTok. There are also features with a broader audience, notably Well-being Missions.
NVIDIA will support Windows 10 into late 2026
NVIDIA has answered a question that many people have been mulling over. It is now very well known that Windows 10 reaches the end of its life in October this year – although there is the option of extending support for up to year. But what of the software that runs on Windows 10?
Some companies – including Microsoft – have indicated when some of their software will no longer be supported on Windows 10, and now NVIDIA has shared some important information. The company has revealed to gamers how it intends to handle support for Windows 10 Game Ready drivers.
83 percent of credential stuffing campaigns target APIs
According to new research from Radware 83 percent of credential stuffing campaigns include explicit API-targeting techniques.
The report shows a shift in credential stuffing attacks, underscoring a fundamental transformation from volume-based attacks leveraging a series of repeated password attempts to more sophisticated, multi-stage infiltration techniques.
Attacks evolve too quickly for businesses to maintain truly resilient security
As organizations embrace digital transformation and AI, security teams face mounting pressure to defend an ever-expanding attack surface according to a new report.
The research from Cobalt suggests traditional reactive security measures cannot keep pace with modern threats, particularly when adversaries leverage automation and AI to scale their attacks. 60 percent of respondents believe attackers are evolving too quickly for them to maintain a truly resilient security posture.
Google is testing an iOS-style navigation feature for Chrome
Talent borrows, genius steals – or so the saying goes. In the world of software, there is certainly a lot of borrowing of ideas, and Google is no stranger to bringing influences from other browsers to Chrome.
The latest example sees Google copying an idea that was implemented by Apple some time ago. Designed to aid navigation, Chrome now has a “predictive back animation” much like the one that was introduced in Android 16 for app navigation. But just what does this latest feature mean for users – and when can you expect to see it?
Companies pay multiple ransoms as attackers step up threat levels
A new report from Semperis, based on a study of almost 1,500 organizations globally, shows that hackers are stepping up threat levels and ransomware is still a global epidemic.
In 40 percent of attacks threat actors threatened to physically harm executives at organizations that declined to pay a ransom demand. US-based companies experienced physical threats 46 percent of the time, while 44 percent of German firms experienced similar forms of intimidation.
Sudden Dropbox Passwords closure leaves users seeking alternatives
Dropbox has suddenly announced that it plans to discontinue its password manager, Dropbox Passwords. With the discontinuation coming at the end of October, users are left with very little time to find an alternative service.
The company is best known for its cloud storage service, and in announcing the impending shuttering of Dropbox Passwords it says that it wants “to focus on enhancing other features in our core product”. More than just closing down the password management side of things, Dropbox is also bringing dark web monitoring to an end.
Almost half of enterprises not prepared for quantum threats
A new report looks at the state of post-quantum cryptography (PQC) from the perspective of
cybersecurity professionals, finding that 48 percent of organizations aren’t prepared to confront the urgent challenges posed by quantum computing.
The report from Keyfactor, based on a survey of 450 cybersecurity leaders across North America and Europe carried out by Wakefield Research, finds mid-sized organizations are particularly vulnerable, with 56 percent saying they are not ready.
Cooler Master launches MasterFrame 500 Mesh open-frame ATX chassis
Cooler Master has introduced the MasterFrame 500 Mesh to North American builders, offering an open-frame ATX chassis designed with customization and airflow in mind.
Built on its FreeForm 2.0 design approach, the new case combines flexibility, access, and thermal performance in a format that supports a wide range of system sizes.
Deception is evolving, and security teams need to catch up
Attackers are finding new ways to get inside company systems, and deception is playing a bigger role than ever, according to the latest LevelBlue Threat Trends Report.
Threat actors are leaning on tactics like social engineering and AI tools to move quickly, stay hidden, and then extend their reach once inside. Even experienced users can be tricked into opening the door without realizing until it's too late.
Autonomous DLP platform aims to fight insider threats
Security operations teams often struggle with complex tools, legacy pattern-matching DLP, manual policy tuning, and alert fatigue. This can slow investigations, increase overhead, and reduce security effectiveness.
While traditional DLP solutions aim to tackle these challenges, they require constant human intervention, generate high false positive rates, and often miss sophisticated threats that bypass simple pattern recognition. That’s why Nightfall is launching an autonomous Data Loss Prevention platform.
Google makes cheaper YouTube Premium Lite available more widely
Google has announced that it is expanding the availability of the recently added cheaper tier of YouTube Premium. The YouTube Premium Lite package costs a little over half the price of the regular YouTube Premium subscription which should serve as a lure to potential customers who have been sitting on the fence.
The lower price, inevitably, means having to make some compromises, but YouTube Premium Lite delivers what most people will be looking for – a broadly ad-free experience on YouTube.
Opera files antitrust complaint against Microsoft in Brazil, alleging unfair browser restrictions on Windows
Opera has submitted a formal complaint to Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) alleging that Microsoft’s practices unfairly restrict browser choice on Windows devices.
The Norwegian company argues that Microsoft’s dominance in the operating system market allows it to give an artificial edge to its Edge browser, at the expense of competitors, such as Opera (naturally), and Brazilian users.
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