Topics Agentic AI genAI does not have real-world experience which may cause more problems than expected!Is it a good idea to use Microsoft’s genAI free tool Copilot when you write documents in Word? AI Water Usage to Soar with AI, and Microsoft pledges to save Water!Microsoft’s investment in Anthropic/Claude may hurt OpenAI! Antitrust Google defeats antitrust claims!Google’s AI Strategy is being challenged in the antitrust case! Big Data Measure of AI Garbage-In, Garbage Out is Squared!Why you can’t trust BIG DATA to help AI! Blockchain Are you ready for Digital Wallets in the EU?Kraken (Staking-as-a-Service) settles for $30 Million with the SEC! Business Email Compromise (BEC) Watch out - BEC now have AI superpowers!Spear-Phishing (“Business Email Compromise” or “BEC”) targeted at Microsoft 365 accounts! CFO IBM is developing new AI chips with Co-Packaged Optics (CPO)!CIOs need to work with CFOs for better IT funding! Chip China is questioning security of AI Chips from NVIDIA and AMD!Job cuts at NIST imperil the CHIPS Act which would affect US semiconductor reshoring plans! CIO CIOs need to better understand AI after many failed AI projects! In 2025 CIOs are not setting the AI Agenda! CISO CISOs and COOs need to improve their relationships!SolarWinds dismissal continues to impact CISOs! Cloud Were you impacted by the Cloudflare outage?Gartner reports that the EU is most interested in local clouds! CPO IBM is developing new AI chips with Co-Packaged Optics (CPO)! CRN Big surprise that Salesforce is using Einstein Copilot for an AI tool! Crypto Anyone surprised that criminals use Cryptocurrency to launder money?Cybercriminals are still reliant on bitcoin! Cyber Anyone surprised that cybersecurity professionals are charged with ransomware business?SolarWinds dismissal continues to impact CISOs! Cyber Insurance Cyber Insurance Market is Getting Tighter, which obviously has a big impact on CISOs!How MFA, EDR, and XDR can reduce the cost of Cybersecurity insurance! Data No surprises in the annual Verizon 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report!AI is changing DDoS! DDoS AI is changing DDoS! DHS AI is critical to a successful Public-Private Cyber Collaboration in the US! DNA 23andMe bankruptcy threatens privacy of millions around the world! Drone FCC bans Chinese drones! Anyone surprised that drones are the future of cybercrime? EU Will Nextcloud be an alternative to Microsoft365 in Europe?No surprise, the EU plans to invest €200 billion in AI! False Claims Act $11.2 Million paid to settle US military healthcare Cybersecurity False Claims allegations! FTC FTC reports Increase on impersonation scammers on older adults who lost $445million in 2024!GoDaddy agrees to implement standard data security to protect websites and data! GDPR GDPR fines for 2024 were more than €1.5 billion, but penalties appear to be in a decline in early 2025! Google Google’s biggest AI advantage is that Google already has all of your data! Are you ready for Google AI Glasses? Healthcare Insider Breach at hospital lasted 10 years!800,000 medical patients affected by recent cyberattacks! HIPAA Insider Breach at hospital lasted 10 years!Bad news! Poor Cloud Controls at HHS! Intellectual Property $1.5 Billion settlement for AI copyright infringement lawsuits against Anthropic! Internet Is AI debt heading the world into another year 2000 “Dot-Com Boom”?Think twice before using ChatGPT’s Atlas web browser! IoT IoT continues to be a big risk for Cyberattacks!New USB drive malware spreading across the world! IP No surprise that copyrighted books are fair use for AI training!Landmark copyright infringement case over genAI! IT Shadow IT is now illegal, but is the law enforceable? Are outdated IT systems killing you because of Cybersecurity problems? LLM Please be careful to not use “Dark LLMs”!You need to consider these 5 ways to protect AI models! Malware Malware-as-a-Service (MaaS) spreading on Microsoft Teams!Watch out for malware for Google from fake DeepSeek! MFA GoDaddy agrees to implement standard data security to protect websites and data!Anyone surprised the Senate is Outraged over the SEC X Account Hack based on lack of MFA? Microsoft Water Usage to Soar with AI, and Microsoft pledges to save Water!Microsoft’s investment in Anthropic/Claude may hurt OpenAI! NIST NIST taking a lead in AI in Manufacturing and Critical Infrastructure!Job cuts at NIST imperil the CHIPS Act which would affect US semiconductor reshoring plans! Online Terms Apple wins in Texas Court to stop new Age-Verification Law!Good idea to read LinkedIn’s ‘Update on LinkedIn Terms and data use’! Open Source Open Source AI framework may be a security risk! Patent $1.7 billion AI chips patent lawsuit settled by Google, so we will never know if there was any infringement!Can AI get patents? phishing Ancient Phishing continues to be successful even with advanced security!Voice cloning with AI raises VISHING risks! Privacy What do you think about a government mandated app which may intrude in privacy on your Apple iPhone?Will Apple break data encryption for the UK government? Ransonware Anyone surprised that cybersecurity professionals are charged with ransomware business?Anyone surprised about $4.5 Billion Ransom Payments since 2013? SEC SolarWinds case ends without penalties to the CISO or company!Are you prepared to report Cyber attacks to the SEC? Shadow AI Get ready for Shadow Agentic AI in 2025! Smart Phone Is AI making Smartphones passe?Watch out!! – here are 7 common attack methods directed to your smartphone! Telecom Generative AI in Telecom expected to reach $18,364.8 million by 2033! Uncategorized Are you familiar with Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) published by MITRE?Credit Card processing under PCI DSS 4.0 will not be that easy! XaaS Will Agentic AI doom SaaS?It is critical that IT folks drop using IT jargon! Zero Trust VMware escape is vulnerable because of Zero-Day flaws!Zero Trust in the Cloud take serious planning!
