Overview On December 19, 2025, MongoDB Inc. disclosed a critical new vulnerability, CVE-2025-14847, which has since been dubbed MongoBleed. This vulnerability is a high-severity unauthenticated memory leak affecting MongoDB, one of the world’s most popular document-oriented databases. While initially identified as a data exposure flaw, the severity is underscored by the fact that it allows…
Chatbots will change the way we shop Imagine a world in which you have a personal shopper at your disposal 24-7—an expert who can instantly recommend a gift for even the trickiest-to-buy-for friend or relative, or trawl the web to draw up a list of the best bookcases available within your tight budget. Better yet,…
“How useful is it actually, but also how good is the software?” Sag says. “Everybody’s going to have some kind of AI—AI earbuds, AI glasses. But if the software sucks, they’re going to be useless.” Beyond Wearables Right now, AI is on your face and arms—smart glasses and smart watches—but this year will see it…
Over the last six months we’ve delivered significant advancements across the Command Platform, as well as received recognition as a Leader in Exposure Management and Managed Detection and Response (MDR) analyst reports. From launching new AI-driven capabilities – including our new next-gen SIEM Incident Command – to introducing real-time visibility into organizational risk with enhanced…
Father Mike Schmitz, a Catholic priest and podcaster, addressed his congregation of more than 1.2 million YouTube subscribers in November with an unusual kind of homily. You couldn’t always trust the words coming out of his mouth, Schmitz said, because sometimes they weren’t really his words—or his mouth. Schmitz had become the target of AI-generated…
Available for over a year The benefits of being involved in group fitness activities such as gym classes or recreational sport can have a positive impact on both physical and mental health. Yet many women still face barriers to regular exercise. Ella Al-Shamahi speaks to two women in India and Uganda who’ve created grass roots…
Archie MitchellBusiness reporter PA Media Junk food adverts are banned on television and online starting on Monday as part of a drive to tackle childhood obesity. The UK-wide ban stops food and drinks high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) being advertised on TV before 21:00 and at any time online. It applies to products…
A surgeon found to have stripped naked in a toilet cubicle and inferred to a colleague that they have sex in it has been struck off the medical register. Dr Samuel Stefan was working at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth when the junior colleague who had been chatting with him online organised to meet…
ISC Stormcast For Monday, January 5th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9752, (Mon, Jan 5th) Source link
Introduction In October 2025, a work colleague documented a cryptocurrency scam using a fake chatbot. After investigating this, I was able to receive messages from the campaign, and these emails have continued to land in my honeypot account since then. This diary documents the cryptocurrency scam campaign as it continues in 2026. Shown above: My…
