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News – MeriTalk ·
As President Donald Trump prepared to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, a top Pentagon official on Sept. 23 rejected calls for a slowdown in artificial intelligence (AI) development, saying “unliteral disarmament” in the AI race...
News – MeriTalk ·
Patent and Trademark Office has launched more than 20 artificial intelligence (AI) applications, focusing on a “people first” approach in which AI assists human employees, a top USPTO official said on Sept. “Our AI is rooted in the...
BetaKit ·
US cybersecurity firm Fortinet opened up shop in downtown Calgary last week, reflecting the city’s growing place in the global tech sector. The news: Fortinet , which develops and sells cybersecurity products as well as carrying out...
Cybersecurity Dive - Latest News · · Medium severity
The potentially serious breach highlights the supply chain risks facing even the most sophisticated organizations.
GeekWire ·
Lauren Kiel, left, global head of community innovation for Bloomberg Media, and Ryan Spies, managing director of sustainability for Alaska Air Group. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) NEW YORK — With 2.5% profit margins and the harsh...
GeekWire ·
An artist’s conception shows one of Hubble Network’s satellites in orbit. (Hubble Network illustration) Seattle-based Hubble Network has reached a $1.6 billion valuation after raising $200 million in new funding to power its...
Cybersecurity Dive - Latest News · · Medium severity
Many companies still aren’t preparing thoroughly enough to face a hack, the insurance firm Travelers said in a new report.
GeekWire ·
A seller’s account checkup in Anthropic’s Claude app, using Amazon’s new selling partner plugin. (Amazon Image) Amazon announced new AI tools for its independent sellers Wednesday, led by a plugin that lets them run their Amazon...
GeekWire ·
Augmeta co-founders, from left: Arslan Jamali, Salman Jamali and Nitin Bhaskaran. (Augmeta Photo) Augmeta , a startup that assigns an AI agent to monitor, investigate and act on each of a company’s key business metrics, has raised $3...
BetaKit ·
Toronto-based technology startup Blair Health has set its sights on helping generalist health providers offer women more specialized care at scale. The news: The healthtech startup announced its first institutional financing on Tuesday:...
GeekWire ·
Inside Expedia Group’s waterfront headquarters in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Seattle-based travel giant Expedia Group plans to lay off 58 Washington state-based employees according to a filing sent to state officials on...
GeekWire ·
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson delivers her proposed budget during a speech at Seattle Central Library. (YouTube screenshot via Seattle Channel) Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson on Tuesday proposed a budget that closes the city’s inherited...
BetaKit ·
Attendees who walked into the opening night of the ninth-annual Elevate Festival on Tuesday evening had no idea they would exit an entirely different event. Nrth CEO and co-founder Lisa Zarzeczny unveiled Elevate’s new name and branding...
BetaKit ·
Toronto-Dominion Bank ( TD ) announced late Tuesday an initial investment of up to $25 million over three years to support AI development and adoption across its operations. That money will fund a strategic collaboration between TD’s AI...
News – MeriTalk ·
A new survey of public sector IT professionals found a wide gap between artificial intelligence (AI) adoption and the governance and monitoring controls needed to manage the technology; however, federal agencies reported substantially...
News – MeriTalk ·
The General Services Administration’s (GSA) Login.gov is now accepting mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) for remote digital identity verification, giving eligible users another way to prove their identities when accessing government...
BetaKit ·
A Canadian reproductive wellness startup has raised new funding amid rapid growth in the North American fertility tech market. The news: Toronto-based Bird&Be , which sells subscriptions to fertility and wellness supplements and test...
CISA KEV · · Critical severity
Check Point Multiple Products Improper Certificate Validation Vulnerability. Check Point Security Gateway and Check Point Spark Firewall using Site to Site VPN or Remote Access VPN contain an improper certificate validation...
CISA KEV · · Critical severity
Check Point Multiple Products Path Traversal Vulnerability. Check Point Security Management Server, Multi-Domain Security Management Server, Log Server, Multi-Domain Log Server, and SmartEvent contain a path traversal vulnerability that...
CISA KEV · · Critical severity
F5 BIG-IP APM Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. F5 BIG-IP APM contains a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability when access policy and an OAuth profile are configured on a virtual server. This vulnerability could allow an...
CISA KEV · · Critical severity
Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator Improper Input Validation Vulnerability. Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator (VCO) on-prem contains an improper input validation vulnerability that may allow a remote attacker to access privileged internal...
GeekWire ·
Amazon and Meta are at odds over AI agents that shop on customers’ behalf. (GeekWire Illustration / GPT 5.6 Sol) Amazon blocked Meta’s Muse AI agent from its store Sunday night, and leaders across the tech industry have spent the past...
News – MeriTalk ·
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began limited operations Monday of a new artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled air traffic control management tool in the Washington, D.C., region that officials say will help to reduce delays...
CISA Alerts · · Critical severity
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain full code execution on the device. The following versions of lwIP TCP/IP Stack MQTT Client Application are affected: MQTT Client Application...
CISA Alerts · · Medium severity
View CSAF Summary A vulnerability has been identified in the Open Interface Services (OIS) web module affecting Siveillance Control and Siveillance Control Pro (versions OIS 3.x.y and OIS 4.x.y) . This vulnerability allows an attacker...
CISA Alerts · · Medium severity
View CSAF Summary SIMOVE Fleetmanager and SIPLANT contain a path traversal vulnerability that could allow an attacker to access files outside of intended scope. Siemens has released new versions for the affected products and recommends...
CISA Alerts ·
View CSAF Summary A Client Code Execution (CCE) vulnerability has been identified in Desigo CC, potentially allowing malicious actors to execute arbitrary code on client devices through specially crafted graphics documents. This...
CISA Alerts · · Medium severity
View CSAF Summary Multiple Siemens products are vulnerable to the "Copy Fail" vulnerability. Siemens has released new versions for several affected products and recommends to update to the latest versions. Siemens is preparing further...
CISA Alerts · · Medium severity
View CSAF Summary The products listed below contain a denial of service vulnerability that could allow an attacker to force the devices into protection mode under certain conditions. This disables remote connectivity functions (Web...
CISA Alerts · · Critical severity
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a system crash, a DoS, or memory corruption, which could lead to code execution on the victim system. The following versions of lwIP (Lightweight IP) are...
CISA Alerts · · Medium severity
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to hijack session cookies and issue state-changing requests as an operator which would allow the attacker to control the programmable logic...
CISA Alerts · · Medium severity
View CSAF Summary Industrial Edge Management contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to perform full account takeover by resetting user credentials without completing email...
GeekWire ·
John Boyle, founder of Music for Business Finder, and a screenshot of notifications on his phone from the autonomous AI agent helping to run his startup. (Images courtesy of John Boyle) For small business owners playing Spotify over...
Cybersecurity Dive - Latest News · · Medium severity
The incidents stemmed from the same testing environment defects that tripped up OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta.
GeekWire ·
Microsoft cut hundreds of additional jobs Tuesday, including 268 across its Xbox game studios. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft is making hundreds of additional layoffs on Tuesday morning, continuing the Xbox restructuring...
BetaKit ·
Kitchener-Waterloo- and Toronto-based Astrus has closed a new, $12-million USD ($16-million CAD) Series A round, co-founder and CEO Brad Moon told BetaKit in an interview. The round was led by San Francisco-based Caffeinated Capital ,...
GeekWire ·
(Bungie press image) Bungie, the Bellevue, Wash.-based video game studio behind Destiny and Marathon , began its week with an apology from its new studio head, as it tries to win back its audience after several recent missteps. On...
News – MeriTalk ·
House Democrats introduced legislation on Monday that would require the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to conduct a wide-ranging assessment of whether it has enough personnel, training, and resources to fulfill...
News – MeriTalk ·
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is preparing new guidance for critical infrastructure operators that focuses on recovering systems after a cyber incident. The agency is also urging critical infrastructure...
CISA KEV · · Critical severity
Zyxel GS1900 Series Switches Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. Zyxel GS1900 series switches contain a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the CGI program which could allow a LAN-based, unauthenticated attacker to...
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