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Attackers will always use tactics that are proven to work and with more business turning to SaaS for their systems obviously these apps are on the cybercriminal’s radar.

We spoke to Martin Vigo, lead offensive security researcher at SaaS security company AppOmni, to explore the reasons why SaaS apps are such fertile ground for attackers.

All social media platforms are about connections, and Bluesky is no different. The problem that a social platform with a focus on privacy and security has is that it can be hard to track down people you know that you would like to connect to.

It is with this in mind that Bluesky is launching a new contact import feature called – somewhat uninspiringly – Find Friends. One of the aims, apart from connecting people, is to help cut down on spammy methods of tracking people down.

The seemingly never-ending story of TikTok and its place in the US could be coming to an end. A new deal between TikTok’s parent company ByteDance and US investors allows the social platform to continue operating in the country.

Reports from CNBC say that TikTok has signed an agreement to create a new US joint venture. The arrangement involves a number of big investors, and the resulting entity is known as TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC.

In a bid to help clamp down on spam on the platform, Instagram has announced new limitations on the use of hashtags. While there is certainly some value in hashtags for the tracking and categorization possibilities they offer, they are also open to abuse.

If you have been confused, frustrated, angered or otherwise responded negatively to an Instagram post which has dozens and dozens of hashtags, the new policy will come as good news. Details were shared about the changes not in a news release or even an Instagram post, but in a post to Threads.

The situation for updates for Windows 10 remains quite confusing for many people. Now mainstream support has ended, those who are sticking with the older operating system need are reliant on the Extended Security Updates program to keep their computers safe.

But, breaking with the way things were meant to work out, Microsoft has now released an out-of-band update for Windows 10 to address an issue introduced by an earlier security patch. The KB5074976 update is a little unusual in that it needs to be manually installed. Here is what you need to know.

Visa says it has completed hundreds of real-world transactions initiated by AI agents, marking an early test of a (near) future where software can move from shopping recommendations to payment without a human needing to click through the checkout process.

The transactions were carried out with partners across Visa’s payments ecosystem and took place on live systems, rather than in demonstrations or simulations. According to the company, they show that AI-driven purchases can be completed securely using existing payment infrastructure, so long, that is, as the agent operates within predefined controls.

Fineshare has announced the launch of Vora AI, a video generation and enhancement tool designed to improve videos created with OpenAI’s Sora, including content produced using Disney characters as part of the new deal Sam Altman's firm struck with the House of Mouse.

Fineshare says the tool focuses on improving visual quality, speeding up production, and helping creators keep pace with fast-moving platform trends.

A new survey of CISOs at North American hospitals finds that 43 percent identified complete device visibility as the challenge they would most want to solve immediately, followed by ransomware threat detection (24 percent) and compliance automation (22 percent).

The study from Asimily also uncovered fragmentation in how hospital security teams approach vulnerability remediation. Only 22 percent of hospital CISOs base their prioritization on device usage and criticality, which is the most effective method for focusing resources on the highest-risk assets. Meanwhile, 18 percent rely on manual review and 15 percent report having no clear process at all for addressing IoMT (Internet of Medical Things) vulnerabilities.

The task of the CISO has historically been an underappreciated one. But as businesses wake up to the fact that cybersecurity issues can represent a threat to the entire business it has taken on more significance.

Here’s how a range of industry experts see the future for CISOs and their role as we head into 2026.

ChatGPT is becoming less of a chatbot and more of a platform, especially following news that the service is being opened up to apps that can perform useful, real world tasks. DoorDash has today announced that it is introducing grocery ordering directly into ChatGPT, meaning users can turn recipe ideas into completed grocery orders without leaving a conversation.

This new integration will allow people to shop for ingredients in chat and then check out on DoorDash, linking meal planning with on-demand delivery from local stores.

Downdetector by Ookla has revealed the largest internet outages of 2025, based on millions of user reports worldwide. The data shows where internet services failed at scale and how outages tied to cloud platforms, gaming networks, and streaming services affected users across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East and Africa..

North America was naturally the region with the highest concentration of high-impact outages. In the US and Canada, the three largest single-service incidents each passed one million user reports, showing how quickly problems were spotted when widely used platforms went offline.

IT leaders are unhappy with their productivity current setup and are forced to manage an average of over nine different tools. This is why, according to a new study, 87 percent of IT leaders will consider changing from their current productivity suite to adopt a more unified and secure platform.

The research from JumpCloud in collaboration with Google Workspace is based on a survey of 250 US IT leaders from enterprise organizations. Its findings show that IT teams are urgently searching for a new platform to make work simpler and more secure.

For anyone who uses X as a platform for chat more than anything else, the social media site’s latest move will be of interest. A new site specifically and solely for chat is now available, so you can deal with messaging without having to worry about the rest of the platform.

Separating chat and messaging away from the main site sees X competing more directly with the likes of WhatsApp. At the moment, the site has been designed with desktop users in mind, but X is also thought to be working on a mobile version.

OpenAI is opening app submissions for ChatGPT, allowing developers to publish apps that connect conversations to actions outside the chat. The move will essentially turn a conversation into a starting point for tasks like placing orders, generating files, or running live searches, without switching tools.

Apps work by linking ChatGPT to external systems. Instead of simply describing how to do something, a conversation can pass structured information to an app, which then performs the task and returns the result. The chat remains the interface, while the app handles the actual work in the background.

In a major coup for Google, YouTube has secured exclusive global rights to the Oscars and a wide range of Academy programming under a new multi year agreement that begins with the 101st ceremony in 2029. The deal moves the awards show and related content to YouTube worldwide, although the Academy’s existing domestic broadcast agreement will remain in place for the 100th ceremony.

Under the agreement, the Oscars will stream live -- and free -- on YouTube to viewers all around the world. In the US, the ceremony will also be available to YouTube TV subscribers. Coverage will include the red carpet, backstage access, and events tied to the Governors Ball.