The gap between ransomware threats and the defenses meant to stop them is widening, with a significant disparity between the perceived threat level and preparedness, according to a recent report. The Ivantis 2026 State of Cybersecurity Report revealed that the preparedness gap increased by an average of 10 points year over year across various threat categories, with ransomware showing the most significant discrepancy. While 63% of security professionals consider ransomware a high or critical threat, only 30% feel very prepared to defend against it, resulting in a 33-point gap, up from 29 points the previous year, as reported by VentureBeat.
This growing vulnerability is further compounded by the sheer volume of machine identities within organizations. CyberArk's 2025 Identity Security Landscape highlighted that there are 82 machine identities for every human identity globally, with 42% of those machine identities possessing privileged or sensitive access. However, the most authoritative playbook frameworks often overlook these machine credentials, leaving a significant blind spot in defense strategies, according to VentureBeat.
In other news, the widespread use of smartphones by university students in China highlights a conflict between traditional teaching methods and the realities of learners who grew up using digital technologies, as reported by Nature News.
Meanwhile, in the realm of technology, the evolution of computing power continues to be a topic of interest. While Intel's co-founder Gordon Moore famously predicted the doubling of transistors on a microchip every year, another Intel executive, David House, later revised this to compute power doubling every 18 months, as noted by VentureBeat.
Additionally, an open-source project called SvarDOS aims to revitalize DOS by integrating the best available tools, drivers, and games for PCs from the 1980s to the 2000s. This project, detailed on Hacker News, seeks to create a network-enabled package manager, similar to apt-get, for DOS, catering to hobbyists and retro-enthusiasts.
Finally, in a separate development, a recent visit by border czar Tom Homan to Minnesota aimed to address issues related to immigration enforcement. According to Time, Homan's mission was to repair trust and address public protests stemming from immigration operations.
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