Russian hacker uses multiple AI tools to break hundreds of firewalls

A low-skilled threat actor was able to do a lot with the help of AI, Amazon researchers warn.

2026: Beginning the year with an ethics-first strategy

Why founders must embed ethical redlines, reviews, and stopping rules before scaling.

Anthropic claims half of its agent tool calls are to do with software engineering – so are developers letting AI take over?

Agentic AI is quite happy being left alone to its own devices, checking in with users when it need to clarify any details.

French government systems hacked – over 1.2 million private financial accounts hit

Login credentials stolen from civil servant and used to steal a hoard of sensitive information.

How businesses can stop their AI agents from running amok

We need to manage AI agents with the same level of oversight and governance as human users.

PayPal confirms data breach — user info may have been exposed for 6 months, here’s what we know so far

A bug in the code of a PayPal app exposed PII for numerous people, and some even (briefly) lost their money.

Data security is still the most pressing issue for many firms – so what can your business do?

More IT leaders agree data security is their biggest issue, but they have a lot of foundation work to do to prepare for AI.

A lot of UK firms still aren’t remotely ready for Making Tax Digital

Landlords are more ready than sole traders for MTD – showing there’s a need for more training, support and affordable/easy software.

Don’t trust AI to come up with a strong new password for you — LLMs are pretty poor at creating new logins, experts warn

AI-generated passwords appear complex yet follow predictable statistical patterns, significantly reducing entropy and increasing brute force vulnerability risks.

A portable computer in a suitcase: Toshiba’s 1982 T100 was nothing like any computer ever launched till then and it even came with a modem and a mechanical keyboard

A suitcase-style CP/M computer with LCD, modem, and mechanical keyboard – the Toshiba T100 redefined early portable business computing.