2026 Fraud Fighters award nominations are open!
FreightWaves is now accepting nominations for the 2026 Fraud Fighters Awards, the industry’s premier recognition for companies developing cutting-edge solutions to combat fraud in freight, logistics, and transportation. Winners will be announced at the Freight Fraud Symposium in Cleveland, Ohio,...
Canada’s Cargojet plays role in CEO exit at Amazon partner 21 Air
Canadian freight airline Cargojet has used its influence with the owner of 21 Air, a Miami-based contract carrier for DHL Express and Amazon, to remove CEO Tim Strauss and install an internal executive, according to industry sources familiar with the situation. The situation is complicated by...
Eight in 10 UK Manufacturers Hit by Cyber Incident in a Year
Most UK manufacturers compromised last year suffered financial loss, says ESET Continue reading →
New Venom Stealer MaaS Platform Automates Continuous Data Theft
Venom Stealer malware-as-a-service automates ClickFix social engineering, credential and crypto exfiltration Continue reading →
Chinese Hackers Target European Governments in Espionage Campaigns
Chinese state-backed group TA416 had suspended its cyber espionage operations in Europe since 2023, noted Proofpoint Continue reading →
Phage Chemical “Crosstalk” Can Backfire, Steering Responders Into Lysogeny
Phages have been known to trade chemical messages to guide their life‑cycle decisions, but new research shows that some of those messages function more like Trojan horses than helpful signals. By releasing peptides (arbitrium) cues, one phage can mislead another into choosing dormancy at a...
Lilly Acquires Centessa for Up to $7.8B; Biogen Buys Apellis for Up to $6.1B
A pair of billion-dollar-plus buyout deals are in the works with Eli Lilly agreeing to acquire sleep disorder drug developer Centessa Pharmaceuticals for approximately $7.8 billion, while Biogen has agreed to purchase Apellis Pharmaceuticals, a developer of immunology and rare disease...
Can AI Agents Automate Scientific Discovery?
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang asserts that agentic AI systems are driving innovation across industries. At his annual NVIDIA GTC keynote, Huang highlighted OpenClaw, the personal AI assistant that went from a solo developer’s side project to one of the fastest-growing open-source projects in history....