Helen Laidlaw

Helen Laidlaw

IT Systems Analyst
Helen Laidlaw is a tech expert specializing in IT security, networking, and development. Helen provides comprehensive insights into securing digital assets, crafting efficient software solutions, and optimizing network performance. Covering a wide variety of technical topics, she employs an accessible communication style, lending her content as an indispensable resource for anyone trying to navigate the complexities of modern technology.
How Is Microsoft Reshaping AI-Powered Cybersecurity?
Security Operations & Management How Is Microsoft Reshaping AI-Powered Cybersecurity?

Today, we're joined by Rupert Marais, our in-house security specialist, to dissect the groundbreaking announcements from Microsoft's recent Ignite conference. The tech giant is fundamentally changing how enterprises access and use AI in cybersecurity by bundling its powerful Security Copilot with

Trend Analysis: Hacktivist Ransomware Models
Malware & Threats Trend Analysis: Hacktivist Ransomware Models

The traditional battle lines of cyberspace are rapidly dissolving as politically motivated hacktivist groups paradoxically embrace the purely commercial Ransomware-as-a-Service model, creating a new and unpredictable breed of threat actor. This emerging trend presents a fascinating contradiction:

Agentic AI Developer Tools – Review
Endpoint & Device Security Agentic AI Developer Tools – Review

The rapid emergence of agentic AI developer tools has fundamentally altered the landscape of software engineering, promising unprecedented efficiency gains while simultaneously introducing a new class of complex security vulnerabilities. Agentic AI developer tools represent a significant

Is Your Apple Device Vulnerable to a New Spyware Attack?
Malware & Threats Is Your Apple Device Vulnerable to a New Spyware Attack?

In a significant and urgent move to protect its users, Apple has dispatched a sweeping wave of security updates across its entire hardware and software lineup, encompassing everything from the iPhone and Mac to the Apple Watch and the recently launched Vision Pro. This is not a routine maintenance

After a $4.5B Toll, Is the Ransomware Tide Turning?
Identity & Access Management After a $4.5B Toll, Is the Ransomware Tide Turning?

A landmark report from the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has cast a stark light on the ransomware epidemic, revealing that cybercriminals have successfully extorted at least $4.5 billion from victims since 2013. The data exposes an alarming acceleration in criminal

How Is Trusted AI Being Used to Spread Malware?
Endpoint & Device Security How Is Trusted AI Being Used to Spread Malware?

A sophisticated and deeply deceptive cyberattack methodology has emerged, weaponizing the very AI platforms that users have come to trust for reliable information, including OpenAI's ChatGPT and xAI's Grok. This attack vector, known as the "ClickFix Style Attack," leverages a potent combination of

Trend Analysis: Software Supply Chain Security
Infrastructure & Network Security Trend Analysis: Software Supply Chain Security

A critical, four-year-old vulnerability like Log4Shell was downloaded over 40 million times this year, a startling statistic that highlights a deeply rooted and persistent challenge within the global software supply chain. This phenomenon represents a "corrosive risk"—the insidious danger of known,

Will a Cash-Strapped CFPB Protect Your Data?
Data Protection & Privacy Will a Cash-Strapped CFPB Protect Your Data?

The High-Stakes Gamble on Your Financial Future The agency created to be the American consumer’s financial watchdog is facing a crisis of its own. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is in a race against the clock, pushing to finalize a landmark rule on open banking and data rights

The Quantum Era of Cybersecurity Has Already Begun
Security Operations & Management The Quantum Era of Cybersecurity Has Already Begun

While many enterprise leaders still view the dawn of quantum computing as a distant technological horizon, the unsettling reality is that its shadow already looms over today's digital infrastructure, creating profound and often invisible security vulnerabilities. The silent integration of

Resemble AI Raises $13M to Fight Rising Deepfake Threat
Data Protection & Privacy Resemble AI Raises $13M to Fight Rising Deepfake Threat

In an increasingly urgent battle against the proliferation of artificial intelligence-generated fraudulent content, Resemble AI has successfully closed a US$13 million strategic investment round, bringing its total venture funding to a formidable US$25 million. This significant infusion of capital,

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