Truck freight rates tick up slightly to start 2026
Truck freight rates have moved up modestly to start 2026, while the gap between spot and contract pricing has narrowed, according to the latest quarterly U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index – Rates Edition, which is produced in collaboration with DAT Freight & Analytics.The trend comes as...
New SparkCat Variant in iOS, Android Apps Steals Crypto Wallet Recovery Phrase Images
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new version of the SparkCat malware on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, more than a year after the trojan was discovered targeting both the mobile operating systems. The malware has been found to conceal...
UNC1069 Social Engineering of Axios Maintainer Led to npm Supply Chain Attack
The maintainer of the Axios npm package has confirmed that the supply chain compromise was the result of a highly-targeted social engineering campaign orchestrated by North Korean threat actors tracked as UNC1069. Maintainer Jason Saayman said the attackers tailored their social...
Why Third-Party Risk Is the Biggest Gap in Your Clients' Security Posture
The next major breach hitting your clients probably won’t come from inside their walls. It’ll come through a vendor they trust, a SaaS tool their finance team signed up for, or a subcontractor nobody in IT knows about. That’s the new attack surface, and most...
Go with your gut: exploring the microbiota–gut–brain connection
The far-flung organs of the gastrointestinal tract and the central nervous system are inextricably connected, and the growing body of scientific literature surrounding the ‘gut-brain axis’ is increasingly demonstrating the role of the microbiome in this two-way communication. As our...
Transforming immune cells into cancer-seeking ‘bloodhounds’ to eliminate tumors
Original story from Stanford Medicine (CA, USA). Immune cells engineered to sense metabolic by-products secreted by cancer cells ‘follow their noses’ to migrate to and infiltrate solid tumors in mice. A technique that transforms immune cells into cancer-seeking bloodhounds may overcome a...
Accelerating drug discovery with “paradigm shifting” AI model
“It’s like a paradigm shift approach… to drive discovery”: a new machine-learning model predicts how molecules will influence gene expression and has been used to pick out promising drug candidates for two tough-to-treat diseases. In a multi-institute collaboration led by Michigan State...
8 in 10 AI Chatbots Likely to Help Plan Attacks, Hate Crimes
Most AI chatbots are likely to assist a user in planning a violent attack. Continue reading →
Stakeholder Confidence in the Age of Digital Threats: PR as a Security Asset
Every cyber incident also creates a communication challenge that directly affects stakeholder confidence. Continue reading →