Databricks and Tonic.ai have partnered to simplify the process of connecting enterprise unstructured data to AI systems to reap the benefits of RAG. Learn how in this step-by-step technical how-to. The post Building a RAG system on Databricks with your…
Real-time Analytics News for the Week Ending February 21
In this week’s real-time analytics news: The European Commission prods the creation of frontier general-purpose AI systems. The post Real-time Analytics News for the Week Ending February 21 appeared first on RTInsights. This article has been indexed from RTInsights Read…
Is AI Coming for Small Business? How Small Businesses are Approaching AI Integration
Small businesses should focus on AI’s strengths, explore how it can boost employee performance, and avoid letting the technology have the last word in any area of operations. The post Is AI Coming for Small Business? How Small Businesses are…
IBM’s New Acquisition Highlights Organizations Aren’t Ready for Real-Time
The IBM acquisition of Confluent is indicative of the tech world’s fixation on real-time data streaming. However, the more pressing issue is the overwhelming volume of unstructured documents that hold the critical context that real-time AI often overlooks. The post…
SolarWinds patches four critical Serv-U flaws enabling root access
SolarWinds addressed four critical Serv-U vulnerabilities that could let attackers gain root access to unpatched servers. SolarWinds released updates fixing four critical Serv-U vulnerabilities that allow remote code execution, potentially giving attackers full root access on unpatched servers. Serv-U is…
NDSS 2025 – Crosstalk-induced Side Channel Threats In Multi-Tenant NISQ Computers
Session 13C: Side Channels 2 Authors, Creators & Presenters: Ruixuan Li (Choudhury), Chaithanya Naik Mude (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Sanjay Das (The University of Texas at Dallas), Preetham Chandra Tikkireddi (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Swamit Tannu (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Kanad Basu…
Video Surveillance: Power and Privacy in Everyday Life
A sociological analysis of how video monitoring became normalized and reshaped everyday power dynamics. This article has been indexed from CyberMaterial Read the original article: Video Surveillance: Power and Privacy in Everyday Life
iPhone Privacy Alert: Predator Spyware Can Hide Camera, Mic Indicators
Predator spyware can suppress iOS camera and mic indicators after full device compromise, researchers say. The post iPhone Privacy Alert: Predator Spyware Can Hide Camera, Mic Indicators appeared first on TechRepublic. This article has been indexed from Security Archives –…
Google Alerts Users to Serious Chrome Bugs With Takeover Risk
Google released a Chrome security update patching three high-severity vulnerabilities, including memory flaws that could enable remote attacks. The post Google Alerts Users to Serious Chrome Bugs With Takeover Risk appeared first on TechRepublic. This article has been indexed from…
Patch these 4 critical, make-me-root SolarWinds bugs ASAP
SolarWinds + file transfer software = what attackers’ dreams are made of If you run SolarWinds’ Serv-U, you should patch promptly. Four critical vulnerabilities in the file transfer software can allow attackers to execute code as root.… This article has…
RoguePilot Flaw in GitHub Codespaces Enabled Copilot to Leak GITHUB_TOKEN
A vulnerability in GitHub Codespaces could have been exploited by bad actors to seize control of repositories by injecting malicious Copilot instructions in a GitHub issue. The artificial intelligence (AI)-driven vulnerability has been codenamed RoguePilot by Orca Security. It has…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-02-24 21h : 4 posts
4 posts were published in the last hour 19:34 : Threat Actors Weaponized AI Tools to Gain Full Domain Access within 30 Minutes 19:9 : Treasury sanctions Russian zero-day broker accused of buying exploits stolen from U.S. defense contractor 19:9…
Threat Actors Weaponized AI Tools to Gain Full Domain Access within 30 Minutes
In 2025, threat actors turned widely used artificial intelligence tools into weapons for launching fast, precise network intrusions. CrowdStrike’s 2026 Global Threat Report found an 89% year-over-year increase in attacks by AI-enabled adversaries, as criminals used automation and machine-generated scripts…
Treasury sanctions Russian zero-day broker accused of buying exploits stolen from U.S. defense contractor
The U.S. Treasury announced it was imposing sanctions against a Russian broker of zero-day exploits, its founder and two affiliates, citing a threat to U.S. national security. Another affiliated zero-day broker in the United Arab Emirates was also sanctioned. This…
Creating unstructured data pipelines for retrieval augmented generation
Preparing the data for use with generative AI tools is a major impediment that affects time-to-value for enterprise AI use cases. We’ve expanded Tonic Textual’s functionality to take your unstructured data from raw to AI-ready in just a few minutes,…
How to create de-identified embeddings with Tonic Textual & Pinecone
To protect private information stored in text embeddings, it’s essential to de-identify the text before embedding and storing it in a vector database. In this article, we’ll demonstrate how to de-identify and chunk text using Tonic Textual, and then easily…
Malicious NuGet Packages Attacking ASP.NET Developers to Steal Login Credentials
A supply chain attack targeting ASP.NET developers has surfaced, involving four malicious NuGet packages built to steal login credentials and plant persistent backdoors inside web applications. The packages — NCryptYo, DOMOAuth2_, IRAOAuth2.0, and SimpleWriter_ — were published between August 12…
65% of Financial Organizations Targeted by Ransomware as Cybercriminals Escalate Attacks
The financial sector remains a prime target for cybercriminals, safeguarding not only vast sums of money but also sensitive personal data, payment systems, and economic trust. Recent reports highlight escalating threats, with 65% of financial organizations hit by ransomware in…
North Korea’s Lazarus Group targets healthcare orgs with Medusa ransomware
New ransomware of choice, same critical targets North Korea’s Lazarus Group appears to have added another tool to its kit. It has begun using Medusa ransomware in extortion attacks targeting at least one US healthcare organization and an unnamed victim…
Developer-targeting campaign using malicious Next.js repositories
A developer-targeting campaign leveraged malicious Next.js repositories to trigger a covert RCE-to-C2 chain through standard build workflows. The activity demonstrates how staged command-and-control can hide inside routine development tasks. The post Developer-targeting campaign using malicious Next.js repositories appeared first on…
Open Redirects: A Forgotten Vulnerability?, (Tue, Feb 24th)
In 2010, OWASP added “Unvalidated Redirects and Forwards” to its Top 10 list and merged it into “Sensitive Data Exposure” in 2013. Open redirects are often overlooked, and their impact is not always well understood. At first, it does not…
News alert: Sendmarc highlights impact of DMARC update on evolving email security standards
WILMINGTON, Del., Feb. 24, 2026, CyberNewswire — Sendmarc has released a new fireside chat featuring Todd Herr, Principal Solutions Architect at GreenArrow Email and co-editor of DMARCbis, on the upcoming update to DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance). Led … (more…) The post News…
How Poorly Secured Endpoints Are Expanding Risk in LLM Infrastructure
As organizations build and host their own Large Language Models, they also create a network of supporting services and APIs to keep those systems running. The growing danger does not usually originate from the model’s intelligence itself, but from…
5G security: Everything you should know for a secure network
<p><a href=”https://www.techtarget.com/searchnetworking/definition/5G”>5G</a> technology, with its promise of faster speed, wider bandwidth and lower latency, is gradually becoming mainstream. It’s also increasingly viable as a networking option for businesses.</p> <p><a href=”http://www.techtarget.com/searchnetworking/tip/What-are-the-features-and-benefits-of-5G-technology-for-businesses”>5G’s technical advancements</a> include a new security architecture, but they also…