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Dutch businesses lag behind in cyber resilience as threats escalate

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The Netherlands is facing a growing cyber security crisis, with a staggering 66% of Dutch businesses lacking adequate cyber resilience, according to academic research.   As geopolitical tensions rise and digital threats escalate, Rick van der Kleij, a psychologist and professor in Cyber Resilient Organisations at Avans University of Applied Sciences, who also conducts research at…

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Rethinking secure comms: Are encrypted platforms still enough?

4 minutes of reading / AI, compliance, Tech, threat intelligence / By

In today’s constantly changing cyber landscape, answering the question “what does best practice now look like?” is far from simple. While emerging technologies and AI-driven security tools continue to make the headlines and become the topics of discussion, the real pivot point for modern security lies not just in the technological advancements but in context,…

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ChatGPT Plus will be free to everyone in one country

4 minutes of reading / AI, chatbot, ChatGPT, Netflix, Tech / By

Subscribing to ChatGPT Plus was a no-brainer move. I realized I wanted access to all the ChatGPT novelties OpenAI had to offer as soon as they were ready. Also, ChatGPT Plus came with higher limits, something I needed.Soon enough, I said I’d rather ditch Netflix than cut access to premium ChatGPT AI. This isn’t just…

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4 ways WhatsApp will make your iPad more like a laptop

2 minutes of reading / Apple, Apple Watch, iPad, iPhone, Magic Keyboard, Meta, Tech / By

A year and a half ago, WhatsApp announced it was working on an iPad version. While it seems Meta is also focusing on bringing an Instagram app to Apple’s tablet, the long wait has made users question whether Mark Zuckerberg’s company was serious about getting its chat app to the iPad.WhatsApp recently teased on X…

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3 tricks that let ChatGPT read websites it shouldn’t be able to see

4 minutes of reading / AI, chatbot, ChatGPT, iPhone, Tech / By

I don’t know about you, but one of the reasons I used to fight with ChatGPT until recently was the AI’s inability to visit certain web pages. I’m not even talking about paywalled content that the AI can’t see. It’s regular web pages you might give the AI when looking to discuss a certain topic.Sometimes,…

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Retail cyber attacks hit food distributor Peter Green Chilled

3 minutes of reading / compliance, Computer, Tech / By

Peter Green Chilled, a major distributor of chilled and fresh products to British supermarkets, has reportedly fallen victim to a ransomware attack orchestrated by an as-yet unnamed cyber criminal operation, becoming the latest organisation in the British retail sector to be affected by a security incident. Established as a haulage company working with Somerset dairy…

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Botched Post Office IT projects continue to drain public purse

4 minutes of reading / Computer, Fujitsu, IBM, Tech / By

As the government hands the Post Office £400m in public funds to replace its controversial Horizon system, details emerge of millions more wasted as a result of botched IT. The latest costs come as the Post Office agrees to pay millions of pounds in compensation to scandal victims hit by a data breach last year.…

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Hacking contest exposes VMware security

3 minutes of reading / Broadcom, Cloud, Computer, Tech / By

The cyber security team at Broadcom has acknowledged that during the Pwn2Own hacking contest in Berlin in March, there were three successful attacks on the VMware hypervisor.  On 16 March, Nguyen Hoang Thach, a security researcher from Star Labs, successfully exploited VMware ESXi. “This is the first time VMware ESXi was exploited in the Pwn2Own…

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Nvidia RTX 5050 GPU spotted in Acer gaming laptops, so it could arrive soon – but I’m becoming more doubtful about a desktop variant

4 minutes of reading / Acer, AI, Tech / By

Acer accidentally listed RTX 5050 GPUs in some gaming laptopsThe spilled details showed power usage and clock speedsWe didn’t get any other specs shared, though, and chatter about the desktop variant of the RTX 5050 has gone quiet, tooAcer has leaked the Nvidia RTX 5050 mobile GPU, giving us a glimpse of some of the…

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Ransomware attacks dropped by a third last month

5 minutes of reading / Adobe, AI, Amazon, Microsoft, Tech, threat intelligence / By

High-profile ransomware incidents affecting leading UK retailers continue to grab headlines, but in the background, total ransomware attack volumes appear to have eased off over the past few weeks, according to NCC Group’s latest monthly Threat Pulse report. NCC’s extensive telemetry observed 416 ransomware attacks in April 2025, down 31% month on month, with 78%…

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