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ibtimes.co.uk > free-open-source-alternative-palantir-intelligence-platform-1809645

Free Palantir 'War Room' Alternative Created by Solo Dev Exposes What Governments Pay Millions For — Already Live

9+ hour, 56+ min ago  (240+ words) A solo software developer has released a free, open-source alternative to Palantir's government intelligence platforms, and it is live for anyone to download. The tool, called World Monitor, was built by developer Elie Habib and published on GitHub under the…...

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ibtimes.co.uk > ai-financial-crisis-bank-england-warning-1809635

AI Could Accelerate the Next Financial Crisis, Bank of England Warns

11+ hour, 13+ min ago  (513+ words) AI could accelerate the next financial crisis by spreading market shocks more quickly through the banking system, the Bank of England has warned. The central bank said the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence across banking is creating new cyber and…...

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ibtimes.co.uk > 1password-anthropic-claude-ai-secure-logins-mac-1809181

1Password Lets Claude AI Log In to Your Accounts Without Ever Seeing Your Password

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (543+ words) Tech users on Mac can now let AI handle website logins without exposing their passwords, thanks to a new partnership between 1Password and Anthropic. The new feature is designed to automate complex online tasks while tackling one of the biggest concerns…...

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ibtimes.co.uk > hackers-sentenced-cyberattack-tfl-1809077

Scattered Spider Teen Hackers Who Threatened to 'Nuke' TfL Access Jailed, Face 95 Years in US

4+ day, 11+ hour ago  (689+ words) Eighteen-year-old Owen Flowers and 19-year-old Thalha Jubair, hackers linked to the Scattered Spider cybercrime group, were sentenced to five and a half years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to breaching Transport for London's (TfL) systems. The pair carried…...

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ibtimes.co.uk > arizona-authorities-warn-scam-qr-codes-savannah-guthrie-missing-mum-1808834

'PCSD Will Never Ask For Money': Scam QR Codes Target Savannah Guthrie's Missing Mum Case, Police Warn

5+ day, 15+ hour ago  (933+ words) The Pima County Sheriff's Department has issued a stark warning in Arizona after scam QR codes began circulating online about the missing mother case involving Savannah Guthrie. Detectives in Tucson said on Tuesday that posts using a QR code to…...

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ibtimes.co.uk > cyber-attacks-extreme-weather-infrastructure-failures-why-uk-wants-households-better-prepared-1808734

Cyber Attacks, Extreme Weather and Infrastructure Failures: Why the UK Wants Households Better Prepared

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (611+ words) International Business Times UK...

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ibtimes.co.uk > uk-government-warns-ai-cyber-threats-1808711

UK Warns AI Could Target Water Supplies and Police Systems in New National Risk Register

5+ day, 23+ hour ago  (230+ words) The warning comes in an updated National Risk Register published by the Cabinet Office, the government's public assessment of the most significant risks facing the UK. Ministers said rapid advances in AI, together with rising geopolitical tensions and climate change,…...

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ibtimes.co.uk > uk-financial-watchdogs-tech-giants-banks-1808465

Banking Outages Put Big Tech in the Spotlight: UK Targets Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Oracle

6+ day, 20+ hour ago  (616+ words) International Business Times UK...

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ibtimes.co.uk > pentagon-halts-cybersecurity-certification-mandate-1808480

Pentagon CMMC Pause Explained and Why Thousands of Small Business Owners Just Dodged a Six-Figure Bill

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (545+ words) The Pentagon suspended its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Phase II audit mandate on 13 July, freeing more than 120,000 small US defence contractors from third-party assessments that federal analysis priced at up to $593,800 (£444,000) each. The Department of War halted the requirements immediately,…...

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ibtimes.co.uk > cyclosporiasis-surge-reduced-surveillance-1808109

Diarrhoea Outbreak From Cyclospora Parasite Surges A Year After CDC Downgraded Parasite Tracking

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (453+ words) A parasite that causes explosive, watery diarrhoea has sickened thousands of Americans this summer, as public health officials investigate one of the country's largest cyclosporiasis outbreaks in recent years, striking just a year after the federal government stopped requiring health…...