183M Patient Records Exposed: Fortified Health Security Releases 2025 Healthcare Cybersecurity Report
Fortified Health Security (Fortified), a Best in KLAS managed security services provider (MSSP) specializing in healthcare cybersecurity, today released the 2025 Horizon Report, a semiannual publication on cybersecurity news, trends, guidance and solutions for healthcare organizations. Analyzing data from the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the Horizon Report has served as a free resource for healthcare professionals […]
Biden's Cybersecurity EO Leaves Trump a Comprehensive Blueprint for Defense
New order mandates securing the federal software supply chain and communications networks, as well as deploying AI tools to protect critical infrastructure from cyberattacks — but will the Trump administration follow through? As President Biden prepares to hand over the government to the incoming Trump administration, he has issued a new cybersecurity executive order (EO) […]
What Does Biden's New Executive Order Mean for Cybersecurity?
In his final days in office, President Biden issued a sweeping executive order to strengthen cybersecurity. On. Jan. 16, just days before leaving office, President Biden issued an executive order on improving the nation’s cybersecurity. The extensive order comes on the heels of the breaches of US Treasury and US telecommunications providers perpetrated by China state-sponsored threat actors. “Adversarial countries […]
How Tech Supports the Emergency Response to the LA County Wildfires
At the request of state and local agencies, satellite comms helped support the effort to quell the inferno and coordinate rescues. Satellite-based communication helped clear up some of the smoke and confusion that arose from the LA County wildfires that tore into Southern California. Firefighters, who came from across the country, Canada, and Mexico, contained […]
Intro to Ktor: The server-side stack
Explore Kotlin’s server-side capabilities and front-end interactivity with an ORM mapping layer and HTMX-powered views. My previous article introduced Ktor and some of its basic features for building web applications. Now, we’ll expand the example application developed in that articl e by adding persistent data and HTMX, which will provide more interactive views. This gives us a setup with […]
Qualcomm purloins Intel’s chief Xeon designer with eyes toward data center development
If Intel was hoping for a turnaround in 2025, it will have to wait at least a little bit longer. The chief architect for Intel’s Xeon server processors has defected to chip rival Qualcomm, which is making yet another run at entering the data center market. Sailesh Kottapalli, a 28-year Intel veteran and a senior […]
Cisco offers AI application visibility, access control, threat defense
Cisco has rolled out a service that promises to protect enterprise AI development projects with visibility, access control, threat defense, and other safeguards. The vendor’s AI Defense package offers protection to enterprise customers developing AI applications across models and cloud services, according to Tom Gillis, senior vice president and general manager of Cisco’s Security, Data […]
The Spectacular Burnout of a Solar Panel Salesman
Aaron Colvin was doing tricep pushdowns at the gym when he spotted a cartoonishly huge bodybuilder across the mirrored room. The guy was coaching a woman through a set of cable rows, and the 18-year-old Colvin paused to study their technique. When the bodybuilder caught him staring and lumbered over, Colvin got concerned. He figured he […]
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt reportedly working on new AI video and social media startup
Former Google LLC Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt is reportedly working on a new artificial intelligence startup that will compete in AI video generation and social media. Forbes reported that the startup Schmidt is working on is called Hooglee LLC and that Schmidt’s family office, Hillspire, is financing and housing it. According to its website, Hooglee is “on […]
Ivanti discloses critical VPN vulnerability being actively targeted by hackers
Hackers are actively targeting deployments of some Ivanti Inc. software products using a newly discovered security vulnerability. The company disclosed the exploit, which is tracked as CVE-2025-0282, on Wednesday. Ivanti is a major provider of infrastruct ure management and cybersecurity software with more than 40,000 customers. According to the company, those customers include several […]
How to delete application cache files on your Mac
Clearing application caches can free up valuable storage space in macOS, and address certain issues with the device. Although tempora ry cache files are typically system or user-generated, they can become quite large and numerous over time and may cause problems if left on the computer’s hard drive. There are several ways to delete cache files, some […]
2025 UK public sector in jeopardy without tech investments
According to analysis from Scott Logic, a specialist software consultancy, technology improvements and investments are needed if public sector organisations in the UK are to achieve their goals for the upcoming year. The research found the public sector should boost technology investment to reduce the growing backlog of issues and increase overall productivity. Scott L ogic […]