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It’s the shopping month of December, and your ATMs are down …
It’s the shopping month of December, and your ATMs are down …

As the holiday season approaches, the spectre of ATM downtime looms over December. With exponentially growing cyber threats, increased transaction volumes, last-minute shopping sprees, and year-end financial activities, ATM networks take huge strain, leading to unexpected outages and downtime of mission-critical services.

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BOKKE Defense delivers another Trophy!
BOKKE Defense delivers another Trophy!

South Africa’s perfect record in Rugby World Cup finals was extended in Paris on Saturday as they became the first nation to win the tournament four times. A nerve-shredding 12-11 victory over New Zealand completed back-to-back World Cup wins and led to debate about whether they are the greatest team in history.

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The only secure system is…
The only secure system is…

Gene Spafford is credited with the now famous quote, “The only truly secure system is one that is powered off, cast in a block of concrete, and sealed in a lead-lined room with armed guards – and even then, I have my doubts.”

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When AI is harnessed for BAD – WormGPT
When AI is harnessed for BAD – WormGPT

A new generative AI cybercrime tool called WormGPT has been advertised on underground forums as a way for adversaries to launch sophisticated phishing and business email compromise (BEC) attacks.

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