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The Pentester’s 0days: What (exploited) VMware bugs say about the changing face of infosec
Thirty minutes to arbitrary file write; 30 more to root -- and to two critical VMware CVEs.
From watches to passwords on paper, everything that's old is new again
This week on the Kettle, we reminisce about the good old days of Windows on XP's 25th anniversary, how new-old Casio watches could reshape the smartwatch market, and why passwords might be better on paper
If hardware price squeezes make you sad, VMware says it will all end in tiers
Virtzilla finding more ways to pull data out of DRAM to enable ‘densification’ and dodge the RAMpocalypse
Broadcom pledges to lock down open source Python, Java libraries
Promises ‘secure artifacts’ for Spring and RabbitMQ, and other projects that matter to its Tanzu suite
Energy biz SSE smacked around in court by a guy and AI
Company's three year pursuit of debt from non-existent address ended by Oxford judge
Looking Ahead: From summer heat to Budget heat
As I write this month’s Looking Ahead, Britain’s long, scorching summer finally appears to be giving way to something rather more familiar: grey skies, drizzle and politicians returning to Westminster.
Intuit's Chris Kasten is not worried about losing alpha to model companies
In a wide-ranging interview, Kasten discussed the company's strategy around AI model harnesses, using open-weight models in production, and much more.
Re-nationalised Bull wins $450m EU supercomputing contract
Bull will build the LUMI-AI system in Finland after winning a 15-month bidding process.
Healthcare cyberattacks hit pacemakers and millions of patient records
McKesson admits breach as ShinyHunters demands $55.2M
OpenClaw 2.0 pours glitter on slow-burning security dumpster fire
Making installation easier and putting a new wrapper on the interface while leaving most of the security to users is a recipe for more trouble with the popular agent harness
While its other Persian Gulf data centers remain idle, AWS prepares to open in Saudi Arabia
The new site will be AWS's fourth region in the Middle East, but two of those regions remain offline after attacks earlier this year.
AI adoption at work is broad but shallow
GenAI now reaches 80% of occupations, but in most of those fewer than half of workers use it
Nvidia is building an IP licensing empire on the back of NVLink
Even when you think you're not buying Nvidia, you might still be buying Nvidia
VMware uses Nvidia-favored 'AI factory' brand to build something with rival AMD
Forget the confusing branding and focus on your shrinking token bill
Orbify.eu pitches warped Inception-style 3D maps for navigation
'You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling'
Lily Collins struggles with what to wear in new Zalando campaign
Zalando has unveiled its autumn winter 2026 campaign, which turns style dilemmas into comedic moments featuring the Emily in Paris star. The campaign is fronted by the retailer’s global brand ambassador Lily Collins, who is joined by personalities Bella Freud and Nicky Campbell.
Attack hides malware in PNGs and drops custom reverse tunnel on victims' machines
Next-level ClickFix wave sets off multi-stage attack chain
Anthropic cracks down on hijacked user accounts mining AI tokens
Commodity malware steals authenticated sessions, letting thieves freeload on victims' paid usage
Turns out Brits would quite like their private messages to stay private
Polling finds two-thirds don't trust this government, or any future one, with access to their encrypted chats
DATA: 80% of Gen Z discover new small businesses via social content
Amex research has revealed that four in five Gen Z consumers have visited an independent business after discovering it on social media. Among those who have made the trip, the longest journey they have taken averages 95 minutes, highlighting the lengths young consumers will go to…
FNZ appoints new UK client and business development head
FNZ has appointed Maarten Heukshorst as its new head of client management and business development in the UK. Heukshorst joins the wealth management platform, bringing more than 25 years of senior commercial and executive experience across financial services.
Singapore commits S$220m to fintech innovation
The Monetary Authority of Singapore will pump S$220 million (US$173 million) over the next three years into the island's fintech ecosystem.
BofE governor warns that frontier AI models pose risk to global financial stability
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has warned that frontier AI models pose cyber security risks that could affect global financial stability.
The balkanization of virtualization will de-throne VMware, which doesn't mind a bit
The real fight is who wins the most AI and K8s workloads
Who, me? Techie with three months' experience was sent in as the Cisco expert and proceeded to blow everything up
The real mistake here was probably sending someone so young to do the job
STACKUP: The Stack's weekly tech startups and funding wrap
Debian votes to let contributors code with AI
TD tests tokenised payments through Project Agorá
TD has carried out a tokenised payment, moving real USD funds, using the Project Agorá platform.