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Understanding your OT environment: the first step to stronger cyber security Summary The NCSC has published guidance to help organisations build and maintain a ‘definitive record’ of their operational technology (OT) environment. The guidance explains why full visibility of OT assets, connectivity, architecture and supplier access is essential to design, implement and sustain effective cyber […]
BCLC Needs Targeted Action Against Rising Problem Gambling Summary Internal B.C. Lottery Corporation (BCLC) research obtained via Freedom of Information shows problem gambling is rising in British Columbia, with online sports bettors identified as a “higher-risk group”. The Ipsos July 2024 study highlighted increasing vulnerability among younger bettors and recommended targeted interventions, especially around major […]
Understanding your OT environment: the first step to stronger cyber security Summary Operational technology (OT) runs critical services — power, water, manufacturing and other national infrastructure. The NCSC has published guidance to help organisations build and maintain a “definitive record” of their OT environment: an accurate, living view of assets, connectivity, architecture, suppliers and business […]
Macau satellite casinos hit by staff shortages, forcing premature shutdowns | AGB Summary Several satellite casinos in Macau have started closing ahead of the December 31 deadline after larger operators poached key marketing staff. The loss of entire marketing teams has left smaller venues struggling to attract customers and keep operations running. Operators are reallocating […]
Bally’s unveils hotel, entertainment complex to be built around A’s Las Vegas ballpark Summary Bally’s Corp. has released plans for a large, phased, mixed-use development that will wrap around the Oakland/Las Vegas A’s new Major League Baseball stadium on the former Tropicana site. The project will include multiple hotel towers (total eventual buildout of roughly […]
Flooding in Arizona leaves 4 dead Summary Heavy, fast-moving rain caused flash flooding across parts of Arizona on Friday and into Saturday, leaving four people dead and forcing some residents in a rural mining town onto their rooftops for safety. Three fatalities occurred in Globe, a town of about 7,250 roughly 142 kilometres east of […]
Court revives White former NYC school executive’s bias case over allegedly racist DEI training Summary The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals revived part of a White former New York City Department of Education executive’s lawsuit alleging race discrimination tied to mandatory implicit-bias training. The plaintiff, in Chislett v. N.Y.C. Dep’t of Educ., claimed demotion, […]
SBC Summit 2025 sets new records with 30,000 delegates and global reach Summary SBC Summit 2025 in Lisbon closed as the largest edition yet, attracting more than 30,000 delegates from 150 countries across FIL and the MEO Arena. The event grew 20% year-on-year, occupying roughly 135,000 sqm and featuring over 700 exhibitors, 550 speakers and […]
Salesforce AI Agents Forced to Leak Sensitive Data Summary Researchers at Noma Security discovered a critical prompt-injection chain they call “ForcedLeak” that can trick Salesforce’s Agentforce autonomous agents into exfiltrating CRM data. The flaw behaves like an AI-era cross-site scripting: an attacker injects malicious instructions into a Web-to-Lead form and a later-running agent processes those […]
Cisco’s Wave of Actively Exploited Zero-Day Bugs Targets Firewalls, IOS Summary CISA has issued an Emergency Directive warning of an ongoing campaign exploiting multiple Cisco zero-day vulnerabilities in Adaptive Security Appliances (ASA) and IOS/IOS XE. The activity, tied to the same APT linked to the 2024 ArcaneDoor attacks, enables unauthenticated remote code execution and ROM […]
