Author: Carter

Begin by setting clear password policies for your Active Directory (AD) accounts, and ensure these rules are applied uniformly across your entire organization. While lax policies expand your vulnerability window, overly complex requirements may tempt users to bypass them — for instance, by jotting passwords on paper, repeating them across various platforms, or simply adding a familiar “!” to their existing password. The key is striking the right balance between rigorous security standards and user convenience. Implement contemporary, robust password methods without overwhelming your support team with password-related inquiries or irritating those you intend to safeguard. Fortunately, an optimized strategy…

More than 40% of security executives report that penetration test findings are outdated by the time the final report lands on their desk, based on Horizon3.ai’s analysis of 50,000 penetration tests conducted throughout 2024. At the same time, 89% of businesses have adopted multi-cloud strategies spanning an average of 3.4 providers, according to Flexera’s 2025 data. Testing takes place, yet the underlying infrastructure has already evolved before teams have a chance to address the vulnerabilities identified.Cloud infrastructure evolves far more rapidly than traditional penetration testing was ever designed to keep up with. Containers spin up and shut down within hours.…

By Marc Kavinsky, Lead Editor at IoT Business News.According to Juniper Research, the earliest commercial 6G connections are expected to emerge in 2029, with the United States and South Korea at the forefront of initial rollouts before broader adoption takes shape in 2030. This timeline is particularly relevant for IoT industry participants, as it positions 6G more as a long-term strategic network consideration than an immediate choice for device upgrades.In the world of IoT, the significance of a new cellular generation goes beyond just reaching a standards milestone. It truly matters when networks, modules, certification processes, roaming agreements, and enterprise…

The Robotics Summit & Expo has arrived! This year’s event is gathering more than 5,000 developers who are designing robots for industries such as aerospace and defense, healthcare, logistics, manufacturing, and beyond. The day begins at 9:00 a.m. ET at the Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, with two consecutive keynote panels in Room 253 ABC. The opening session is titled “Building the Next Era of Robot Autonomy.” Panelists for that discussion include Aaron Parness, director of applied science at Amazon Robotics; Anders Beck, vice president of AI robotics products at Universal Robots; Hamid Montazeri, senior vice…

A client approached us about building a model. We developed a prototype, got approval, and delivered the finished model. Then, after weeks of effort… silence. It’s a familiar story for any data professional, whether you’re an analyst or an ML engineer. So, what went wrong? Your Model Feels Like a Black Box Our field is built on modern computing and technological progress. Many of the most powerful tools we have today would have been computationally out of reach just a few decades ago. But with that reliance on cutting-edge innovation comes doubt. In data science, we can build astonishingly complex…

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Kyrgyzstan has introduced a government-issued stablecoin supported by actual gold, constructed its own dedicated gold storage facility, and enlisted Binance founder Changpeng Zhao as an adviser on cryptocurrency policy. Zhao, commonly referred to as CZ, currently holds Kyrgyz citizenship and provides guidance to the nation’s president on crypto matters, according to Arsen Edilbek uulu, co-founder of KYTLABS and head of fintech consulting in Kyrgyzstan. The $USDKG listing on @OSL_HK expands access to regulated digital asset infrastructure in one of Asia’s most important financial regions.The move connects a gold-backed stablecoin issued under Kyrgyzstan’s digital asset framework with licensed market infrastructure designed…

Microsoft has warned of an active cryptojacking campaign that makes use of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot interactions as a mechanism for surfacing malicious download sites. “This emerging delivery technique extends social engineering beyond conventional search results and increases the visibility of malicious software recommendations,” Microsoft Defender Experts and the Microsoft Defender Security Research Team said in a report published Tuesday. The activity, per the tech giant, impersonates legitimate system utilities like CrystalDiskInfo, HWMonitor, Display Driver Uninstaller, FurMark, K-Lite Codec Pack, and PDFgear, likely in an attempt to target users who own high-performance GPUs. The idea is to focus on compromising…

Washington is focused on the wrong aspects of artificial intelligence. Discussions in federal government circles center almost entirely on safety measures, purchasing regulations, and oversight structures. While these issues are legitimate—and I certainly don’t dismiss them—they overlook a more subtle danger that merits serious consideration: What occurs when AI gradually teaches government workers to arrive at the same conclusions? This phenomenon is already underway. Evidence of it is visible in the way work products are beginning to look and sound alike across federal departments. As generative AI becomes deeply woven into everyday agency workflows—composing memos, summarizing policy alternatives, and assembling…

Rene Ramos/ZDNETFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s principal highlights Google Omni’s ambition is to revolutionize video creation, mirroring Nano Banana’s impact on image generation.Users can craft videos from diverse inputs: text, stills, sound, or existing footage.AI avatars offer creators powerful tools, yet trigger concerns regarding trust.In its recent announcement, Google unveiled an AI-driven video enhancement poised to streamline high-quality content production for creatives while potentially flooding YouTube with AI-generated material. The outcome will likely be a blend of both scenarios.Gemini Omni, a novel AI-powered video creation tool, promises a significant leap in video generation capabilities…