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Suisun City Cyberattack Shows Why 911 Needs a Tested Failover (11 Aug 2026)
Malware forced Suisun City to shut down its entire IT network, disrupting 911 routing and police and fire dispatch. A county-level failover kept emergency calls and field response operating.
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The 40-something IT-manager is not a security control! (11 Aug 2026)
When criminals stop attacking infrastructure and start applying pressure to the people who run it, cybersecurity becomes a question of leadership, duty of care and organisational design. Editor’s note: This…
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The CRA Reporting Clock Starts on 11 September 2026 (10 Aug 2026)
The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) comes into effect on 11 September 2026, mandating manufacturers to report exploited vulnerabilities and severe product-security incidents within specified timeframes. Initial obligations begin immediately, despite…
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TONTOU Finds a New Timing Gap in Spectre v2 Defences (10 Aug 2026)
MIT researchers demonstrated that branch-predictor defences can be re-poisoned in the brief interval between being cleared and being used. This is a local attack, not a drive-by remote compromise. At…
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AI Agents Don’t Need More Intelligence. They Need Better Boundaries. (9 Aug 2026)
As artificial intelligence moves from answering questions to taking actions, organisations need to rethink where capability ends and authority begins. For the last few years, most people have interacted with…
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The Wall Street Vishing Wave Shows Why MFA Is Not Enough (8 Aug 2026)
Attempted attacks on major US investment firms put the helpdesk and identity provider at the centre of the threat model. Public reporting does not establish that every named target was…
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