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Cloud network security refers to the strategies, controls, and technologies that protect cloud-based systems and data from threats. Traditional methods often struggle to keep up with the dynamic nature of cloud networks, where workloads, applications, and resources are continually changing. This is where cloud native network detection and response solution make an impact, offering deep visibility into network traffic, detecting unusual patterns, and automating responses across cloud-native environments. By continuously monitoring network activity, cloud NDR adapts to these unique architectures, identifying risks in real time – even within 75% of traffic that is encrypted. It offers the deep visibility required…

Only 15% of workers in Singapore feel safe from job cuts Singapore workers rank among the least confident in the world about their job security—and the numbers are stark. Just 15% of employees feel their role is safe from elimination, according to ADP Research’s latest People at Work report. Only four other markets rank lower than Singapore. In Europe, only 12% of workers in the Czech Republic feel secure in their jobs, while the remaining three are all in APAC—Taiwan (11%), South Korea (9%), and Japan, dead last at just 5%. RankCountry%1Nigeria382Egypt323India304Saudi Arabia295Turkey296South Africa287United States288Chile279Mexico2710Austria2711France2612United Kingdom2513Australia2514Thailand2415Spain2416Germany2417Canada2418Brazil2319Philippines2320United Arab Emirates2221Argentina2222Poland2123China2024Indonesia2025Switzerland2026Italy2027Peru2028Netherlands1929New Zealand1930Vietnam1831Sweden1832Singapore1533Czech Republic1234Taiwan1135South…

Zscaler Inc. is acquiring Symmetry Systems Inc., a venture-backed startup that helps companies monitor their data assets. The companies announced the acquisition today without disclosing the financial terms. Nasdaq-listed Zscaler sells cybersecurity tools that help enterprises protect employees from malicious websites, block phishing emails and fend off other threats. Its software can also mitigate cyberattacks that target artificial intelligence applications. The acquisition of Symmetry Systems will expand Zscaler’s capabilities in that area. San Mateo, California-based Symmetry Systems has built a platform that can automatically create an inventory of a company’s data assets. It finds records across public clouds, software-as-a-service applications…

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Linux malware dubbed Showboat that has been put to use in a campaign targeting a telecommunications provider in the Middle East since at least mid-2022. “Showboat is a modular post-exploitation framework designed for Linux systems, capable of spawning a remote shell, transferring files, and functioning as a SOCKS5 proxy,” Lumen Technologies Black Lotus Labs said in a report shared with The Hacker News. It’s assessed that the malware has been employed by at least one, and possibly more, threat activity clusters affiliated with China, with correlations identified between command-and-control (C2) nodes and…

Crystal Palace Football Club and Seattle-area open-source software platform Temporal are partnering on a front-of-shirt sponsorship deal. (Crystal Palace Image) A Seattle-area developer tools startup is doing something that no amount of banner ads or conference booths could: it’s putting its name on the chest of an English Premier League football club. Temporal, the Bellevue workflow orchestration company valued at $5 billion, announced Thursday that it is becoming the front-of-shirt sponsor of Crystal Palace Football Club beginning with the 2026/27 season. It’s a marriage between a 7-year-old startup — whose customers include OpenAI, Netflix, and JPMorgan — and a South…

If you have ever stayed up late scrolling and woken up feeling worse for it, you are not imagining things. A new study from the University of Copenhagen has mapped out exactly why so many young people seem stuck in a cycle of poor sleep and deteriorating mental health. Researchers identified 29 interconnected factors and 175 causal connections across biological, psychological, and social dimensions that can trap young adults between the ages of 18 and 40 in what they describe as self-reinforcing vicious cycles of mental distress (via EurakAlert). How do screen habits make things worse? Adam Hester / Getty…

As the AI universe expands, so have the cybercriminals that use AI for hacking. Recent reports are showing that bank attacks using AI has increased over 400%, with savvy criminals staying ahead of anti-fraud measures. Another report for 2025 has identified 1,243 financial brands as their main targets in 90 countries and 34 active malware families. iPhone and Android users make up a large bulk of mobile phones and this group is the most vulnerable for AI financial attacks. To understand the veracity and power behind these attacks one needs to comprehend the speed at which threat actors are adapting.…

At any given time, technology does two things to employment: It replaces traditional jobs, and it creates new lines of work. Machines replace farmers, but enable, say, aeronautical engineers to exist. So, if tech creates new jobs, who gets them? How well do they pay? How long do new jobs remain new, before they become just another common task any worker can do?A new study of U.S. employment led by MIT labor economist David Autor sheds light on all these matters. In the postwar U.S., as Autor and his colleagues show in granular detail, new forms of work have tended…

In any given week, more than a billion people now look to chatbots for information and advice — as well as robo-plagiarism, erotica, and myriad other services. ChatGPT alone boasts 900 million weekly users.And these figures are likely to rise. In the near future, a handful of AI platforms could shape the way that billions of people see the world. Already, there is evidence that large language models (LLMs) — today’s preeminent form of AI — are persuading some users to change their views.This has generated fears about chatbots’ potential to spread state propaganda. Such anxieties generally center on the…

It is indeed a weird time to be an automaker, as US federal incentives disappear and support dwindles for newer electric-powered cars. “Manufacturers would really like to know what the future will be and what are the rules,” says Mike Finnern, the senior vice president and zero-emission fleet lead at WSP, a consulting firm. Guarantees of large, future orders from fleet managers like city governments, but also private businesses, “will help them be stable for a while.”EVs are a nice fit for government fleets, Finnern says. Surveys suggest that regular car buyers are still plenty apprehensive about shifting to a…