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In celebration of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we're spotlighting 70 CISOs and security executives who have taken on new roles this year. The special edition features leadership appointments at Meta, IBM, Uber, Marriott International, USAA, and more.

Google's latest AI model achieved 88.2% on a vulnerability discovery benchmark and 71% on security patch generation. Gemini 4 Carbon can also handle coding assignments lasting several days, although initial access remains restricted while additional safety testing continues.

Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to approximately 60,000 employees, covering 27% of its global workforce. The move comes while the company prepares to spend more than $50 billion in a single quarter on AI infrastructure, up from $34.9 billion a year earlier.

A hacker has published records belonging to more than 40,000 DHS employees, including personnel from ICE, CBP, and CISA. The exposed information includes employee contact details and internal access permissions. Investigators have not confirmed how the data was obtained.

With AI making it easier than ever to generate polished cover letters, their value in the hiring process is coming into question. Weigh in on whether cover letters still matter and what applicants can do to stand out.

Cybercriminals are impersonating IT support staff through Microsoft Teams, using external chats to trick employees into granting remote access to their devices. An analysis of more than 400 incidents found that some attacks progressed to malicious payload execution in under 15 minutes, without exploiting a software vulnerability.

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