Threat Actors Exploit RMM Tools Through Weaponized PDF Files
Threat actors are leveraging weaponized PDF attachments to install legitimate Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) tools such as Syncro, SuperOps, NinjaOne, and ScreenConnect. The campaign, uncovered by ASEC, began with deceptive PDFs that display error messages or images, prompting users to click links to fake Google Drive or Adobe download sites. Once the link is followed, a signed installer drops the RMM payload, allowing attackers to operate within enterprise networks undetected. The operation has been active since at least October 2025 and uses shared signing credentials across multiple tool families.
Free ChatGPT Training Helps Small Businesses Work Smarter
ONLC Training is offering a free, instructor‑led online class on January 22, 2026 that introduces small‑business professionals to practical ChatGPT applications. The 90‑minute session covers core capabilities, such as drafting emails, preparing for meetings, summarizing content, and enhancing collaboration, all explained in...
The 8 Best AI Visibility Tools to Win in AI Search (2026)
AI visibility tools now let brands monitor how they appear in AI‑generated answers from platforms like ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, and Perplexity. The guide evaluates eight solutions, ranging from lightweight monitors such as Otterly AI to enterprise‑grade suites like Semrush...
Tredence Unveils Agentic Commerce Solution Accelerators
Tredence announced its Agentic Commerce accelerators, a suite of five configurable AI agents that let retailers design, build and scale personalized shopping experiences. The platform promises to cut implementation time by 60% and is initially launched on Google Cloud, with...
Maternal Vitamin K Intake Shapes Early Brain Development
New research shows that maternal vitamin K consumption during pregnancy significantly influences early brain development in offspring. The study, involving longitudinal imaging and cognitive testing of 1,200 infants, found higher maternal K intake associated with increased myelination and better neurocognitive...
ExpertEase AI Now Available in the Microsoft Marketplace
ExpertEase AI, an Australian sovereign AI platform, is now listed on the Microsoft Marketplace, enabling global Microsoft customers to discover and deploy the solution. The service runs exclusively on Azure Australia East and Southeast datacenters, offering voice‑operated, no‑code digital employees...
Digital Glow-Up: Unilever Blends AI, Creators, and Culture to Build Desire at Scale
Unilever’s beauty division is overhauling its marketing by fusing AI tools, creator partnerships, and cultural insight to generate “desire at scale.” Selina Sykes details how the company built an AI‑driven content engine, the Brand DNAi framework, and digital twins to...
Bausch + Lomb’s John Ferris on Making Science Approachable
John Ferris, consumer president of Bausch + Lomb, explained how the company is using education‑led strategies to motivate eye‑care purchases before problems arise. He highlighted partnerships with eye‑care professionals as credible influencers and stressed the need to tailor brand content for AI‑driven...
LIV4 Raises €500k to Modernise Industrial Quality Management
LIV4, an Italian generative‑AI startup, closed a €500,000 pre‑seed round to accelerate its industrial quality‑management platform. The funding, led by seasoned business angels and supported by Intesa Sanpaolo, will expand the team, add product features, and speed validation in the...
JPM: Is the UK's Clinical Trials Sector Turning a Corner?
The UK medicines regulator reported a 9% rise in clinical trial applications year‑over‑year, with early‑stage studies leading the growth. Healthy‑volunteer and first‑in‑human trials increased 16% and 5% respectively, while sponsor requests for regulatory advice surged 75%. The MHRA announced a...
Introducing “TaylorAI,” Impilo’s Digital Health Concierge Agent
Impilo launched TaylorAI, an AI‑powered digital health concierge embedded in its Digital Health Store, to assist patients buying remote patient monitoring devices. The agent guides users through setup, connectivity, and troubleshooting, reducing reliance on traditional support channels. Early pilots show...
Applied Brain Research Closes Seed Funding Round to Accelerate Edge AI Voice Processing
Applied Brain Research (ABR) closed an oversubscribed seed round led by Two Small Fish Ventures, bringing new capital to scale its TSP1 state‑space accelerator chip and edge AI software. The TSP1 delivers full‑vocabulary speech‑to‑text and text‑to‑speech on‑device using less than...
WTW Radar and Databricks Collaborate for Insurance Analytics
Willis Towers Watson launched the Radar Connector for Databricks, linking its end‑to‑end insurance analytics platform directly to the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. The integration removes manual data movement, allowing insurers to pull and push data in minutes and to embed...
ACE Money Transfer Leverages Irish License for Strategic European Expansion
ACE Money Transfer, a UK‑based remittance firm, is using its Irish payment‑institution licence to launch a pan‑European expansion. Regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland, the company plans to replicate its Irish growth across the continent under the EU Payment...
Aerospacelab to Build Eight Satellites for Xona’s Navigation Constellation
Aerospacelab has secured a contract to build eight low‑Earth‑orbit satellites for Xona Space Systems' Pulsar navigation constellation. The Belgian manufacturer will act as Xona's transition partner, delivering platforms and integration while Xona develops its own production line in California. Four...
Your Personal Information Is on the Dark Web. What Happens Next?
A surge in data breaches and cyber‑crime tools has flooded the dark web with personal and financial information, with 1,732 incidents reported in the first half of 2025 alone. Threat actors leverage infostealer malware, AI‑generated phishing, and supply‑chain attacks to...
Exclusive: EToro to Lay Off 7% of Staff Globally
eToro announced a global reduction of roughly 7% of its workforce, equating to over 100 positions across its 10‑plus offices. The move is framed as a realignment toward AI‑driven automation and core growth priorities, despite the broker reporting 28% revenue...
Second Front Systems and StirlingX Partner to Support UK Government with Secure, Sovereign Drone Deployments
Second Front Systems (2F) has partnered with UK drone specialist StirlingX to deliver sovereign, high‑assurance drone capabilities to the Ministry of Defence, national security agencies, and critical national infrastructure operators. The collaboration uses 2F’s Game Warden secure software deployment platform...
AI EdgeLabs Launches Compliance Center and Linux Audit for NIS2 and CRA Readiness
AI EdgeLabs unveiled its Compliance Center and Linux Audit suite, targeting organizations bound by the EU NIS2 directive and the Cyber Resilience Act. The platform replaces manual reporting with continuous, AI‑driven visibility, delivering a unified risk score and real‑time posture...
Open-Sourcing the Future of Food: New Cell Bank Makes Cultivated-Meat Tech Public
Tufts University's Center for Cellular Agriculture (TUCCA) and the Good Food Institute have purchased eight cultivated‑beef cell lines and serum‑free media from the defunct SciFi Foods. The assets, including CRISPR‑edited lines capable of indefinite growth in single‑cell suspension, will be...
Lactate Triggers GPR81/FARP1 for Insulin-Free Glucose Uptake
Researchers have identified that extracellular lactate activates the GPR81 receptor, which in turn engages the FARP1 signaling cascade to promote glucose uptake without insulin. The study demonstrated a 30% increase in glucose transport in muscle cells and a 20% boost...
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SAP January 2026 Security Patch Day Fixes Critical Injection and RCE Flaws
On January 13, 2026 SAP issued its monthly Security Patch Day, releasing 17 security notes that address 15 vulnerabilities across its product portfolio. Four critical‑severity flaws—CVE‑2026‑0501 (SQL injection in S/4HANA General Ledger), CVE‑2026‑0500 (remote code execution in Wily Introscope), and...
Cascade Unveils Automated Name Screening Alert Treatment
Cascade has introduced an automated treatment for name‑screening alerts that classifies hits and creates concise justification narratives. The feature tackles the surge in alerts and heightened EU/Luxembourg regulatory scrutiny while preserving analyst oversight. Integrated into Cascade’s existing AML workflow, it...
STG Acquires S&P's thinkFolio Business
STG, a private‑equity firm specializing in software, data and analytics, has completed the acquisition of S&P Global’s thinkFolio platform. The deal spins thinkFolio out as an independent portfolio company focused on portfolio modelling, order management and investment compliance. Backed by...
Nigeria’s Fintech Regulatory Landscape: What Global Investors Should Know
Nigeria is rapidly reshaping its fintech regulatory framework through several landmark statutes. The Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 streamlines company registration, while the Investments and Securities Act 2025 expands the SEC’s authority over digital finance. New SEC rules bring...
Treg Biotech Sonoma Sheds Staff After Getting New CEO
Sonoma BioTherapeutics, a T‑regulatory cell biotech based in Sonoma, announced a workforce reduction across its Seattle, South San Francisco and remote positions following the appointment of a new chief executive officer. The cuts affect multiple departments as the company seeks...
Parrot OS Shares Its 2026 Plans for Security Tools and Platform Support
Parrot OS, the Debian‑based cybersecurity distribution, released version 7.0 in late 2025 and outlined its 2026 roadmap. The plan adds new security and AI‑focused tools, enhances lightweight, container and cloud deployment support, and expands documentation for repeatable labs. Development will...
Longevity Rewrites the Economics of Inheritance
The article highlights a demographic shift as Americans 80 and older are set to increase 28% by 2030, while advances in AI‑driven health care are extending both lifespan and healthspan. This longevity boom is reshaping inheritance patterns, pushing the timing...
Citi Links Regulation and Reality in the Next Phase of Digital Assets
Citi’s global head of digital assets, Ryan Rugg, discussed how the GENIUS Act and a presidential executive order are turning regulatory clarity into actionable pathways for banks. He argued that the real breakthrough is not stablecoins but the ability to...
Behind the Top Scams Consumers Face and the Defenses That Work
A PYMNTS Intelligence report, based on a survey of over 15,000 U.S. consumers, finds that nearly one‑in‑five adults have fallen victim to a financial scam in the past five years. Contrary to conventional wisdom, millennials and Gen Z experience the highest...
Consumers Pay the Price as State Regulation Fractures FinTech Scale
State regulators are increasingly imposing their own licensing, fee‑cap and disclosure rules on fintech products such as buy‑now‑pay‑later (BNPL), earned‑wage access (EWA) and AI‑driven credit tools. The resulting patchwork forces firms to redesign a single national offering into dozens of...
Merck to Complete Acquisition of Cidara Therapeutics
Merck completed its cash tender offer to acquire Cidara Therapeutics, paying $221.50 per share. The offer was accepted for 27.15 million shares, representing about 86% of Cidara’s outstanding stock, and will be finalized through a merger making Cidara a wholly‑owned subsidiary....
DDN Earns Top Spot on CRN’s Cloud 100 List for 2026
DDN, the leading AI data platform provider, has been named the top‑ranked company on CRN’s 2026 Cloud 100 list. The list highlights 100 channel‑focused cloud firms across infrastructure, security, software, storage and management. DDN earned the spot for its high‑performance, AI‑optimized...
AITX Announces Measurable and Disciplined Operating Expense Reductions
Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions (AITX) announced a disciplined reduction in operating expenses, cutting monthly payroll from roughly $760,000 to $630,000 and trimming another $50,000 through better purchasing and vendor management. The company also paused development on its HERO and RADDOG...
Email Is Not Legacy. It’s Infrastructure.
Email remains the backbone of modern business, not a relic, because it operates as an open protocol that connects vendors, customers, and internal teams. A recent survey shows 82 % of IT leaders consider it the most important channel for external...
BitradeX Launches New .ai Domain, Embracing a New Era of AI-Driven Digital Asset Ecosystem
BitradeX has migrated its primary website from bitradex.com to bitradex.ai, marking a strategic rebrand that embeds artificial intelligence into its corporate identity. The .ai domain underscores the platform’s commitment to merging AI with blockchain for smarter digital‑asset services. BitradeX promises...
Russia’s Crackdown on Probiv Data Leaks May Have Fed the Beast Instead
Russia’s crackdown on the illegal probiv data‑leak market, spurred by a personal fraud incident involving President Putin’s associate, led to the arrest of Solaris platform founders but may have unintentionally strengthened the underground ecosystem. The probiv market, originally a convenient...
STUDY: 73% of Students Say Awareness of AI Detection Tools Changes How They Use AI
Copyleaks’ 2025 AI in Education Trends Report surveyed over 1,000 U.S. students and found that 73% modify their AI usage when they know detection tools are in place. About 36% use AI less, while 37% edit outputs to evade detection,...
HealthLeap Appoints New Executive Leadership to Accelerate Growth in 2026
HealthLeap, an AI-driven clinical decision platform, announced three senior executive appointments—Chief Commercial Officer Wayne Grodsky, Chief Strategy Officer Michael Blumental, and Chief Technology Officer Tamir Shklaz—to drive a rapid expansion in 2026. The hires accompany a reported 7‑fold revenue increase...
How Vibe Coding Tools Will Reduce Dependency on Developers
Vibe coding tools such as Blackbox AI and Bolt AI let users build software by describing desired outcomes rather than writing code. These AI‑driven platforms generate applications, websites, and workflows from natural‑language prompts, dramatically lowering the technical barrier. As a...
Temporall Launches ‘Tempo’ to Solve the AI Value Paradox: AI Intelligence for the Enterprise
Temporall unveiled Tempo, a unified AI Intelligence platform that consolidates telemetry from AI assistants, productivity suites, and HR systems into a single independent data model. The solution tackles the industry‑wide “AI Value Paradox” by directly linking AI usage to measurable...
Carvacrol and Chloroquine Synergistically Halt Melanoma Metastasis
Researchers have demonstrated that the natural compound carvacrol and the antimalarial drug chloroquine work synergistically to trigger apoptosis in metastatic melanoma cells. In vitro experiments showed markedly higher cell death when both agents were combined than when used alone, and...
DPRK Hackers Earn $600M Posing as Remote Workers
North Korean state‑sponsored hackers are masquerading as remote IT workers, generating up to $600 million annually for the regime. They infiltrate Western firms by securing legitimate remote positions or creating fake front‑company job postings, then use living‑off‑the‑land techniques to embed persistent...
Novel Graphene-Enhanced Spray Coating Enables Efficient Structural Health Monitoring in Demanding Environments
Researchers from China and Australia have created a spray‑applied polyurea nanocomposite coating reinforced with covalently functionalized graphene nanoplatelets. The coating delivers high tensile strength (43.4 MPa) and exceptional elongation, while providing reliable resistive strain sensing with gauge factors up to 16.0....
Anchor Browser Powers Groq’s Agent Platform, Enables AI Access to the Web
Anchor Browser announced it now powers Groq’s agent infrastructure, delivering high‑performance, reliable browser capabilities for AI agents. The integration lets Groq’s agents interact with modern web sites and internal SaaS tools that lack APIs, bridging the gap between AI models...
From Static Tools to Smarter Conversations: Modern AI Chatbot Platform
The piece traces the evolution from rule‑based static chatbots to modern AI agents that retain conversational context and understand intent. It argues that today’s AI chatbot platforms must offer no‑code control, continuous content governance, and product‑level performance metrics rather than...
CloudMasonry Launches Data & AI Practice Under Leadership of Landon Harris
CloudMasonry, a Salesforce consulting firm, announced the launch of a dedicated Data & AI Practice led by Landon Harris. The new unit will provide data strategy, cross‑cloud integration, advanced analytics, AI/ML advisory, and intelligent document processing for clients. Harris brings...
Contextual Intelligence Becomes the New Standard For Exceptional CX in 2026
Zendesk’s 2026 CX Trends report declares contextual intelligence—the real‑time blend of AI, data and human insight—as the new benchmark for exceptional customer experience in APAC. The study shows that 77% of regional consumers now expect higher service standards, 96% demand...
Verna Raises $4M to Turn Nature Programs Into Measurable Action
UK‑based Verna has raised $4 million, led by Berlin’s NAP and Zurich’s Übermorgen, to scale its nature‑recovery software. The platform, already adopted by more than 3,000 users across 100 organisations, aggregates existing biodiversity data and applies AI to translate nature commitments...
Ad Security Trends And Threats For 2026
Ad security faces a wave of AI‑driven threats in 2026, with deep‑fake videos and voice clones poised to power more convincing scams. Phishing attacks, already at 3.4 billion emails per day, will leverage AI tools to scale and evade detection. Drive‑by...