

From cost center to profit center: Top MSPs detail AI strategy to dominate the channel in 202
Experts advise channel partners to embed AI in service delivery, shifting focus from reactive fixes to proactive advisory. Artificial intelligence is no longer a side project for managed service providers. It is reshaping how customers communicate, how cybercriminals operate, and how technology vendors build tools. The message from leading channel players is consistent: MSPs must embrace AI with purpose. Done right, it can unlock new revenue streams, streamline operations, an


xAI faces international backlash over sexualized images of minors
Failures in the company’s safeguards exposed as users exploit 'Edit Image' feature for nonconsensual deepfakes. Elon Musk's xAI, the company behind the Grok chatbot, is facing intense international scrutiny and potential legal action after users widely abused its image generation tool to create and disseminate sexually explicit and digitally altered images of minors and women on the X platform. The controversy centers on a critical "lapse in safeguards" that allowed the gener


Cybercriminals abuse Google Cloud feature to execute highly convincing phishing campaign
Check Point uncovers multi-stage attack using application iIntegration service to send emails from trusted Google address. Cybersecurity firm Check Point has uncovered details of a highly convincing and sophisticated phishing campaign that leverages a legitimate workflow feature within Google Cloud to bypass traditional email security filters and impersonate genuine Google notifications. The attack, which sent nearly 9,400 phishing emails targeting approximately 3,200 organiz


TikTok owner Bytedance readies itself for 2026 with $14 billion NVidia AI chips budget
TikTok owner boosts budget to 100 billion Yuan for H200 GPUs, despite geopolitical uncertainty and homegrown alternatives. ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok and China's largest builder of AI infrastructure, is reportedly readying its largest-ever capital expenditure for artificial intelligence, planning to spend the equivalent of 100 billion yuan (approximately $14 billion USD) on Nvidia AI chips in 2026. This enormous commitment, contingent on government approval, mark


Researchers uncover campaign using rogue browser extensions to steal online meeting data
Koi Security unmasks 'The Zoom Stealer,' a rogue extension operation targeting corporate intelligence from 28+ conferencing platforms. Cybersecurity firm Koi Security has exposed an advanced, highly focused corporate espionage campaign, dubbed "The Zoom Stealer," which utilized a network of rogue browser extensions to steal sensitive meeting data from over 2.2 million users across Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. The operation is attributed to a sophisticated Chinese-linked threat





















































