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Ravie LakshmananMay 28, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News Just when you believe the cybersecurity world has finally kicked its habit of sloppy, reckless practices, someone comes along with a brand-new operation loaded with suspicious software loaders, counterfeit installers, tired social-engineering tricks, and infrastructure so openly exposed you’d swear production environments are treated as public playgrounds — and right on cue, another researcher casually reveals a method that transforms a seemingly trivial initial foothold into a full-blown account takeover, because clearly a six-digit code and naive trust were the only barriers standing between your sensitive data and total compromise. Fantastic. Really…

Cloudflare processes more than a billion events every second. Our network spans 330+ cities in 120+ countries. Behind every HTTP request, every Worker invocation, every R2 read operation, there is data, and a lot of it.For years, that data was not very easy to access. It lived in dozens of production databases, ClickHouse clusters, Kafka streams, Google Cloud buckets, BigQuery datasets, and a long tail of pipelines. To answer a simple question like “How many domains that signed up today are in the Top 100 by traffic?”, an analyst at Cloudflare had to know which system to ask, what credentials…

Gary Yeowell/DigitalVision via GettyFollow ZDNET: Add us as a trusted source on Google.Key points from ZDNETArtificial intelligence can enhance efficiency and make data retrieval easier.Some technology leaders have paused AI deployments over privacy and security concerns.For decades-old information has resurfaced through AI-generated queries.For business professionals, agentic and generative AI tools have unlocked access to valuable data and fresh insights. Yet recent findings suggest this rapid access might come with unintended consequences. Seasoned leaders in enterprise AI deployments recently warned professionals against rushing into AI adoption without proper preparation.The challenges encountered by these experts forced temporary pauses in AI initiatives designed…

On Day 2, you can visit the exhibit hall between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. The Robotics Summit & Expo officially wraps up at 3:30 p.m. with a closing keynote titled “Rewiring What’s Possible: A New Era of Human Potential.” During this inspiring session, Noland Arbaugh will share his personal experience as the first person to use a Neuralink brain-computer interface and explain how this technology has transformed his independence, creativity, and ability to connect with the world. Once the exhibit hall closes, the MassRobotics Career Fair kicks off at 3:30 p.m. and runs through 5:30 p.m. Morning Breakout Sessions…

In the realm of Operations Research, many have encountered a familiar challenge while trying to leverage AI to construct mathematical optimization models tailored to real business problems. While these tools excel when applied to textbook examples, they falter significantly when confronted with actual company datasets and pragmatic scenarios. This disconnect is not accidental; it is a byproduct of design choices, ultimately leading to the creation of ORPilot. The Potential of AI-Driven Optimization For decades, Operations Research (OR) has played a crucial role in facilitating pivotal business decisions—from routing fleets and scheduling manufacturing protocols to designing intricate supply chains and managing…

Figure 1 illustrates how daily health checks are carried out at the three facilities. At Rutgers University (fig. 1a), technicians use a flashlight (pen light) to look for signs of animal distress. However, visibility can be limited because animals are often resting inside their nests or enrichment devices (fig. 1b,c). Fully pulling cages out of the rack to inspect the animals is discouraged at both Rutgers and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), as this practice can disturb the animals’ sleep and compromise the reliability of scientific results. Observations of technician workflow at Rutgers showed that each cage typically…

Federal agencies are experiencing a sharp rise in cyberattacks, driven in part by the expanding role of artificial intelligence. According to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, in 2025, the agency managed over 30,000 cyber incidents across federal systems, prevented more than 2.6 billion malicious access attempts on civilian government networks, and blocked 371 million additional threats targeting essential infrastructure. In response to these escalating threats, the White House introduced its Cyber Strategy for America in March. This roadmap defines how the government plans to modernize defenses, enhance operational tools, strengthen protections for critical infrastructure, and prepare for emerging AI-fueled…

RAIN RFID technology is moving beyond conventional fixed and handheld readers, which tend to be bulky. It is now being built directly into a new wave of compact, embedded mobile devices—think wearables, scanners, rugged handhelds, vehicle-mounted terminals, robots, smart cabinets, connected weight scales, and other multi-purpose IoT gadgets. In these setups, the RFID reader must share tight space with the main processor and wireless radios. This shift is unlocking fresh possibilities for businesses by putting RFID scanning capabilities into the hands of frontline workers and autonomous systems, while instantly feeding item-level data back to enterprise platforms in real time.As RFID…

As of 2026, the global order is steadily shifting toward a multipolar structure, and this momentum is likely to persist over the next ten years, extending into 2036. In truth, the preceding era of unipolarity was the real historical exception. Following the conclusion of World War II in 1945—and particularly after the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991—the United States stood alone as the planet’s singular hyperpower. For the first time ever, advances in telecommunications and industrial capacity linked the entire globe, creating the possibility of truly worldwide influence. Before that shift, multipolar power dynamics were standard. Even at the peak…

Preventing credential theft and responding to stolen credentials isn’t impossible in theory, but in reality, it’s a growing challenge—with no signs of improvement on the horizon. Credentials The term “credentials” in cybersecurity traces back to the Latin word *creder*, meaning “to believe.” In ancient times, someone might say, “I am Socrates—trust that.” By the Middle Ages, this evolved into carrying a physical document—proof of that claim. These documents became known as *credentialis*: written proof verifying who you are. Today, credentials are digital, not physical, but their purpose remains the same: enabling trust in your identity. They confirm, “I am who…