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Hello Cyber Builders 🖖Every day, I talk to security pros, MSSPs, CISOs, risk analysts, SOC operators, and more. They tell me what frustrates them, what they want, and where cybersecurity still falls short.At the same time, I work daily with startup founders—passionate individuals driven to build businesses and innovate. In today’s world, especially with the speed of AI, change is rapid. But what does not change is how to reach your next customers, build trust, and partner with them. Going to market in cybersecurity requires best practices and has specific requirements. I’m kicking off a new series on GTM. In…

Thursday has been a tough work day for many — or maybe, a great one, depending on how eager you are to access work-related programs. Microsoft services, including Outlook, Teams and Microsoft 365 are experiencing a significant outage that’s still going on as of early evening, Pacific time. Microsoft hasn’t announced an expected time when everything will be back up and running.You can follow the official Microsoft 365 Status account on the social-media platform X, which has been regularly posting updates about the outage.Don’t miss any of our unbiased tech content and lab-based reviews. Add CNET as a preferred Google…

It was not a philosopher nor a sci-fi novelist who sounded the alarm. It was a decree from one of the world’s most powerful banks.The Boss of JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, has poured a bucket of cold water on the AI hype cycle, concluding that society may need to slow down the roll out of artificial intelligence if it is going to want to keep its balance.His comments, which came at a time of growing angst about automation and social decay, “had the effect of a spark in dry grass,” especially among tech leaders who rush ahead at full throttle.At the heart of the…

Twelve years (and one day) since launching Have I Been Pwned, it's now a service that Charlotte and I live and breathe every day. From the first thing every morning to the last thing each day, from holidays to birthdays, in sickness and in heal… wait a minute – did we marry each other or a data breach service?! We decided to do a 12th-birthday special together today to give everyone a bit more insight into what she does and what life is like running this service. It's a different weekly vid, and we really hope you enjoy watching it…

Elon Musk, the richest man on earth, is very good at making money. His track record of predicting the future is less stellar.Through the years, Musk has made several outlandish forecasts—about self-driving cars, about space exploration, about brain chips, about robotics—that have not panned out. The Tesla CEO and former steward of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency seems at least a bit self-aware. During a surprise appearance and his debut at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, he concluded with something like a mission statement: “Generally, for quality of life, it’s better to err on the…

The post, dated November 18, 2025, is a self-introduction styled as if written by Google’s newly released Gemini 3 Pro AI model, highlighting claimed advancements in reasoning, multimodality, and agency, though it appears to be user-generated content from a third-party AI blog rather than an official Google document.Research suggests the described features align closely with official announcements, though with some hype; for instance, Gemini 3 Pro emphasizes improved reasoning and tool use, yet early user feedback indicates occasional bugs and inconsistent performance.It seems likely that the post was created using Gemini 3 Pro itself or similar tools, capturing excitement around…

“Sleep deprivation is literally brain damage.” Millionaire anti-aging entrepreneur Bryan Johnson warned social media users with his latest post. He stated that per research among young participants, One night of bad sleep increased levels of protein called S100B by 20%. The same level as caused by a traumatic brain injury.” How does the stressor protein get triggered in sleep-deprived adults? The anti-aging crusader states that the protein spiked due to bad sleep enters the bloodstream and potentially leads to neuronal death. “How do we stop this from happening?” the millionaire entrepreneur asked. He stated, “Get high-quality sleep.” Johnson reminded his…

Ravie LakshmananJan 22, 2026Cybersecurity / Hacking News Most of this week’s threats didn’t rely on new tricks. They relied on familiar systems behaving exactly as designed, just in the wrong hands. Ordinary files, routine services, and trusted workflows were enough to open doors without forcing them. What stands out is how little friction attackers now need. Some activity focused on quiet reach and coverage, others on timing and reuse. The emphasis wasn’t speed or spectacle, but control gained through scale, patience, and misplaced trust. The stories below trace where that trust bent, not how it broke. Each item is a…

External cyber risk management tools company Searchlight Cyber Ltd. today announced the release of Ransomware File Explorer, a new capability within its Cerberus investigation platform that provides direct, searchable visibility into file-tree data published on ransomware leak sites. The new feature allows analysts to quickly determine whether sensitive documents, personally identifiable information or intellectual property have been exposed. It also supports preemptive detection to help organizations uncover third-party or supply-chain exposure even when they are not the direct victim of a ransomware attack. Ransomware File Explorer has been designed to allow security and incident-response teams to rapidly identify potentially compromised files…

MIT researchers have identified significant examples of machine-learning model failure when those models are applied to data other than what they were trained on, raising questions about the need to test whenever a model is deployed in a new setting.“We demonstrate that even when you train models on large amounts of data, and choose the best average model, in a new setting this ‘best model’ could be the worst model for 6-75 percent of the new data,” says Marzyeh Ghassemi, an associate professor in MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), a member of the Institute for Medical…