More Downstream Victims of the LockBit Attack on Evolve Bank & Trust Emerge
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Iran-linked UK power generator attack exposes a cybersecurity blind spot
A suspected Iranian-linked cyberattack took a small UK power generator offline for four days, exposing a potential blind spot: energy assets too small to threaten the grid may also fall below the cybersecurity rules designed to protect it.
Alibaba’s Qwen races past Meta, Google with 3 billion AI model downloads
Alibaba’s Qwen family of open-weight AI models has surpassed 3 billion downloads in six months, making it the world’s most-downloaded open model ecosystem, ahead of Google and Meta. Qwen, has open-sourced more than 460 models, and its ecosystem has spawned 300l-plus derivatives/
AI, surveillance and the control problem: Best infosec long reads 8/15/26
How a jury-duty scam stole $25,000, When adversaries can just buy the data, The surveillance dragnet hiding in plain sight, AI hallucinations create new openings for attackers, When Big Tech can read your thoughts, When bots start talking to bots
Trump's private cyber offensive wins support — and plenty of alarm
The cybersecurity community largely agrees that the US needs to hit cybercriminals harder. But Trump's plan to enlist private companies to do it has opened a thicket of questions about attribution, liability, escalation and who pays when an operation goes wrong.