TECH

Attackers exploit help desk personnel to gain unauthorized payroll system access Social engineering lets hackers redirect employee salaries without triggering alerts Targeting individual paychecks keeps attacks under law enforcement and corporate radar Payroll systems are increasingly targeted by cybercriminals, particularly during periods when bonuses and end-of-year payments are expected. Okta Threat Intelligence reports that attackers…

AI can’t exist without data – so why is the US hiring more AI specialists than data engineers? Less tech-mature regions are likely the worst culprits, jumping on the hype AI workers are being rewarded more than data engineers More than four in five AI projects fail, according to RAND research – which is around…

Origin Code will demo its new Vortex DDR5 memory at CES 2026 This RAM has a triple-fan cooling solution (which is removable) That active fan cooling promises to offer 40% better performance than passive cooling, but given the RAM crisis, expect this memory to be seriously costly Origin Code is a lesser-known RAM brand that…

Top five recommended VPNs have all be re-tested and reviews re-written. Proton VPN climbs to 3rd place as ExpressVPN slips to 4th. NordVPN remains at #1. It’s official! The results are in from our latest VPN re-test and it’s Proton VPN that’s the biggest mover and shaker. While NordVPN remains are #1 choice of best…

UK confirms October hack of Foreign Office system, data possibly stolen Risk to individuals deemed low; investigation continues, attribution unclear Chinese state actors suspected but not officially confirmed The UK government has confirmed speculation that classified government servers were hacked and accessed by threat actors, as former chief advisor Dominic Cummings brought to light. Reports…

Predicable pricing comes for hosting web apps Easily upload apps from GitHub in our testing Spend less time managing and more time building apps Hostinger, one of the best web hosting providers, is lowering the barrier for entry and providing predictable pricing for web apps – with new support for node.js in shared hosting plans….

Adobe accused of using pirated books to train SlimLM The company asserts it used SlimPajama-627B – an open-source Cerebras dataset The plaintiff claims sufficient financial resources to “vigorously” pursue this case Adobe is set to face an AI copyright lawsuit in the US, with a class-action case alleging that the company trained its AI models…

BBC Radio 4 is the UK’s most popular talk station, home to marquee shows and podcasts like Desert Island Discs and The Unbelievable Truth, Infinite Monkey Cage and In Our Time. Its lofty standing is why, when BBC management inexplicably blocked international access to BBC Sounds, an exception was made for Radio 4. However, the…

To get everyone in the holiday spirit, ESET has made it even cheaper to secure your devices ready for the new year. Our ESET review touted its low performance impact, great VPN speeds, and a great coverage-to-cost ratio, but don’t just take it from us! AV-TEST gave it full marks across the board in the…

Dali launches Sonik standmount, floorstanding, on-wall and cinema speakers They use tweeter and cone technology from Dali’s high-end models 7 models, from $900 / £449 / AU$849 Danish music maestro Dali is on a hot streak: it’s just unveiled a new line of budget-friendly audiophile loudspeakers, fresh off launching the super-affordable five-star Dali Kupid bookshelf…