Iran-linked Dust Specter targeted Iraqi officials using fake ministry lures and new malware families uncovered by Zscaler.

Zscaler ThreatLabz assessed with medium to high confidence that an Iranian adversary targeted Iraq’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a new cyber-attack ...

IntroductionIn January 2026, Zscaler ThreatLabz observed activity by a suspected Iran-nexus threat actor targeting government officials in Iraq. ThreatLabz discovered previously undocumented malware ...

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Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says AI will reach "human-level performance" in white-collar work. He predicts most tasks in that field can be automated within the next 12 to 18 months. Several ...

A hot potato: Another big name in the AI industry has given an ominous warning about the technology replacing white-collar jobs. This time, the timeline for the automation apocalypse is a lot closer: ...

Right now, many companies are worried about how to get more employees to use AI. After all, the promise of AI reducing the burden of some work—drafting routine documents, summarizing information, and ...

In 1869, a group of Massachusetts reformers persuaded the state to try a simple idea: counting. The Second Industrial Revolution was belching its way through New England, teaching mill and factory ...

IntroductionIn December 2025, Zscaler ThreatLabz discovered a campaign linked to APT37 (also known as ScarCruft, Ruby Sleet, and Velvet Chollima), which is a DPRK-backed threat group. In this campaign ...

The average drug now costs more than US$1 billion to develop and takes more than a decade to reach the market 1. And for every success, there are nine drug candidates that fail clinical trials 2. “In ...

Artificial intelligence technology companies have experienced uneven results during the last 12 months. In 2026, in particular, the “anything but AI” sentiment has led to a selloff in many AI-related ...