SecurityWeek’s Cyber Insights 2026 examines expert opinions on the expected evolution of more than a dozen areas of cybersecurity interest over the next 12 months. We spoke to hundreds of individual experts to gain their expert opinions. Here we explore cyberwar – what it is, and whether it will worsen in 2026 Entering the cyber world is stepping into a warzone. Cyber is considered a war zone, and what happens there is described as cyberwar. But it’s not that simple. War is conducted by nations (political), not undertaken by criminals (financial). Both are increasing in this war zone we call…
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In 2015, PPC was a game of direct control. You told Google exactly which keywords to target, set manual bids at the keyword level, and capped spend with a daily budget. If you were good with spreadsheets and understood match types, you could build and manage 30,000-keyword accounts all day long. Those days are gone. In 2026, platform automation is no longer a helpful assistant. It’s the primary driver of performance. Fighting that reality is a losing battle. Automation has leveled the playing field and, in many cases, given PPC marketers back their time. But staying effective now requires a different…
Amazon’s Alexa+ AI chatbot has been available only to those enrolled in Early Access so far, but that changes today. Now, everyone in the US can access Alexa+. The catch is that those who subscribe to Amazon Prime get free and unlimited use. If you aren’t a Prime member, you can either pay $19.99 per month for it, or use the Alexa+ Chat, which is ” a text-based chat interface to get quick answers, plan, research, and explore new topics”. This is free, but Amazon says it “will be limited based on use”, without going into any further detail. Alexa+…
In a novel approach to spear phishing, threat actors are using Windows screensaver files (.scr) to get past defender lines and compromise organizations. ReliaQuest Threat Research published research today detailing how attackers lured multiple users into running a Windows screensaver file, which installs a remote monitoring and management (RMM) tool, giving the attacker interactive remote control over the target’s operating system. Exploiting unusual file types isn’t unheard of; APTs and the like have long exploited Windows shortcut files to execute malicious code, for example. The screensaver attack is a novel twist on this kind of thing. It’s a file type many people…
Search is evolving. And it’s happening fast.When you ask Google a question, you often get an AI-generated answer (not just a list of websites to explore).This shift is creating a new reality for marketers. To stay competitive, your brand needs to show up in AI-generated responses, not just traditional search results. That’s where generative engine optimization (GEO) comes into play.What Is Generative Engine Optimization?Generative engine optimization is the practice of optimizing content to appear in the responses generated by AI-powered search engines such as ChatGPT, Google, Perplexity, Claude, and others.Instead of focusing solely on traditional search engine rankings (like SEO does),…
What you need to knowQualcomm’s fiscal year Q1 2026 earnings are up to $12.25 billion, representing single-digit growth.The QTC division grew slightly, with a minimal 3% growth in headsets and $7.82 billion in revenue, and a more substantial 15% growth in automotive to $1.10 billion.Qualcomm’s FY Q2 2026 outlook is expected to fall in the range of $10.2B – $11.0B, below expectations.Qualcomm reported its FY Q1 2026 financial results on Wednesday, with revenue growing to $12.25 billion, up 5% from the same period the previous year. This was driven mostly by handset sales and the company’s growing automotive efforts, as…
Ravie LakshmananFeb 04, 2026Artificial Intelligence / Software Security Microsoft on Wednesday said it built a lightweight scanner that it said can detect backdoors in open-weight large language models (LLMs) and improve the overall trust in artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The tech giant’s AI Security team said the scanner leverages three observable signals that can be used to reliably flag the presence of backdoors while maintaining a low false positive rate. “These signatures are grounded in how trigger inputs measurably affect a model’s internal behavior, providing a technically robust and operationally meaningful basis for detection,” Blake Bullwinkel and Giorgio Severi said…
The phrase “artificial intelligence” has been around for a long time, covering everything from computers with “brains”—think Data from Star Trek or Hal 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey—to the autocomplete function that too often has you sending emails to the wrong person. It’s a term that sweeps a wide array of uses into it—some well-established, others still being developed. Recent news shows us a rapidly expanding catalog of potential harms that may result from companies pushing AI into every new feature and aspect of public life—like the automation of bias that follows from relying on a backward-looking technology to…
Have you ever been watching a movie or tv show and found it doesn’t look right? Almost like the movement of the picture looks too smooth? Well, that’s commonly called called the ‘soap opera effect’.Why is it called the soap opera effect? It stems from the fact that soap operas were shot at higher frame rates compared to movies particularly (but also some TV shows), giving them a kind of ‘hyperreal’ smoothness to the movement.So why is this a problem on movies on modern TVs? It’s because even the best TVs tend to come with some hidden settings active by…
Over the years, we’ve covered a lot of ground when it comes to ping and latency monitoring on the NetBeez blog. From exploring different ping variants like prettyping, gping, fping, and nping, to diving deep into TCP and UDP performance metrics, we’ve demonstrated how network engineers can leverage various tools to diagnose connectivity issues, measure round-trip times, and troubleshoot performance problems. The open-source ecosystem for network monitoring is remarkably diverse, with each project bringing its own unique philosophy and feature set. Some tools excel at visualizing latency trends, others focus on rapid host discovery, and still others provide granular control…