Month: February 2025

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Adam Khan on the Unique Security Challenges in Education IT

February 11, 2025

Adam Khan, vice president of global security operations for Barracuda Networks, explains what makes securing schools, such as universities, so much more difficult than the average enterprise IT environment. Unlike traditional enterprises, schools operate on limited budgets, often relying on outdated infrastructure while managing vast amounts of sensitive student, financial, and research data—making them prime..…

The hidden triggers of buying: what vending machine data reveals about your impulsive vs. intentional purchases

February 11, 2025

GUEST OPINION: Walk past any vending machine, and you’ll see a story unfolding in real time—a person stopping, scanning their options, and making a split-second decision to buy (or not to buy). It seems like a simple process, but behind every purchase is a complex web of psychology, environment, and subconscious triggers.

Microsoft February 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes 4 zero-days, 55 flaws

February 11, 2025

Today is Microsoft’s February 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 55 flaws, including four zero-day vulnerabilities, with two actively exploited in attacks. […]

Fortinet warns of new zero-day exploited to hijack firewalls

February 11, 2025

Fortinet warned today that attackers are exploiting another authentication bypass zero-day bug in FortiOS and FortiProxy to hijack Fortinet firewalls and breach enterprise networks. […]

Windows 11 KB5051987 & KB5051989 cumulative updates released

February 11, 2025

Microsoft has released Windows 11 KB5051987 and KB5051989 cumulative updates for versions 24H2 and 23H2 to fix security vulnerabilities and issues. […]

Klarna and Deel eye IPOs, and Stripe embraces crypto

February 11, 2025

Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week we’re looking at how fintech heavyweights such as Klarna and Stripe are incorporating crypto into their strategies, which companies are planning for IPOs, one fintech’s Super Bowl ad, Stripe’s new lead of startups and venture capital, and more! To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important fintech…

Comic Agilé – Luxshan Ratnaravi, Mikkel Noe-Nygaard – #325 – Fixing the Bug

February 11, 2025

via the respected Software Engineering expertise of Mikkel Noe-Nygaard and the lauded Software Engineering / Enterprise Agile Coaching work of Luxshan Ratnaravi at Comic Agilé! Permalink The post Comic Agilé – Luxshan Ratnaravi, Mikkel Noe-Nygaard – #325 – Fixing the Bug appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Apple brings heart rate monitoring to Powerbeats Pro 2

February 11, 2025

Apple Tuesday announced the long-awaited debut of Powerbeats Pro 2. The new headphones arrive nearly six years after the original Powerbeats hit the market. The new model maintains the familiar ear hook for workouts, while delivering upgraded sound, better battery life, and a wireless charging case. The earbuds also mark a major next step in…

How to communicate clearly (and legally) during a cybersecurity crisis

February 11, 2025

What do a CISO handling a data breach and a 10-year-old who just accidentally broke his neighbor’s window have in common? Each has a difficult choice about what to communicate next – and how. As more and more enterprise leaders are learning, a failure to communicate honestly and own your mistakes could come back to…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman calls Musk’s bid an attempt to ‘slow us down’

February 11, 2025

In an interview at the AI Action Summit in Paris on Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed Elon Musk’s unsolicited $97.4 billion bid for OpenAI’s nonprofit as “an attempt to slow [OpenAI] down.” “[Musk] obviously is a competitor,” Altman said. “He’s raised a lot of money for [his AI company] xAI, and they’re trying to…

Stripe mulls employee shareholder sale at $85B-plus valuation

February 11, 2025

Stripe is in talks for another shareholder sale that could value the company at “at least” $85 billion, according to multiple reports and a source familiar with the matter. The Information first reported the news that the payments infrastructure giant is working to sell employee-owned stocks. The move would help workers gain some liquidity as…

Alabama Hacker Admits Role in SEC X Account Breach

February 11, 2025

An Alabama man has admitted hacking into the US Security and Exchange Commission’s X account using SIM swap fraud to gain access

BuzzFeed Designing AI-Driven Social-Media Platform as Part of Continuing Business Overhaul

February 11, 2025

The digital-media company said its designing a social platform that will contrast with algorithm-centric ones.

Networks hosting botnet C&Cs: Same players, same problems

February 11, 2025

With every Botnet Threat Update we publish, the same networks consistently appear in the Top 20 for hosting botnet command and control (C&C) servers. But why does this keep happening? In this Botnet Spotlight, we look into the root causes behind this persistent issue and what networks must do to break the cycle. The post…

News alert: Gcore Radar reveals 56% rise in DDoS attacks – gaming industry targeted the most

February 11, 2025

Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Feb. 11, 2025, CyberNewswire — Gcore, the global edge AI, cloud, network, and security solutions provider, today announced the findings of its Q3-Q4 2024 Radar report into DDoS attack trends. DDoS attacks have reached unprecedented scale and … (more…) The post News alert: Gcore Radar reveals 56% rise in DDoS attacks – gaming…

Kyndryl: Organisations to prioritise behavioural change to unlock AI’s full potential

February 11, 2025

GUEST OPINION: With Australia back to work after the summer break, the focus for Australian organisations this year will be to drive the behavioural and organisational changes needed to maximise their investments in AI and drive long-term value, predicts Kyndryl.

Another person targeted by Paragon spyware comes forward

February 11, 2025

Four people have so far come forward as victims of the Paragon spyware campaign targeting WhatsApp users, including one journalist and three activists. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Russian military hackers deploy malicious Windows activators in Ukraine

February 11, 2025

The Sandworm Russian military cyber-espionage group is targeting Windows users in Ukraine with trojanized Microsoft Key Management Service (KMS) activators and fake Windows updates. […]

U.S. sanctions bulletproof hosting provider for supplying LockBit infrastructure

February 11, 2025

A consortium of U.S., Australian and U.K. officials announced coordinated sanctions Tuesday against Zservers, a Russia-based bulletproof hosting provider. The action targets the company for its role in facilitating ransomware attacks, most notably those conducted by the LockBit ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group. Officials detailed that Zservers has long been linked to cybercriminal forums, where it has…

New Chinese Hacking Campaign Targets Manufacturing Firms to Steal IP

February 11, 2025

Chinese hackers are infiltrating the networks of suppliers of “sensitive” manufacturers, according to a Check Point report to be published in the coming weeks

Apple reportedly partners with Alibaba after rejecting DeepSeek for China AI launch

February 11, 2025

According to a report published Tuesday by The Information, Apple is partnering Alibaba to bring its Apple Intelligence platform to China. The deal is said to arrive after the iPhone maker reportedly explored – but ultimately rejected – a potential partnership with uber-buzzy AI startup, DeepSeek, as well as with Bytedance. Apple initially selected Baidu…

Mast Reforestation hatched a plan to restore wildfire-ravaged forests. Investors took notice.

February 11, 2025

SonicWall firewall exploit lets hackers hijack VPN sessions, patch now

February 11, 2025

Security researchers at Bishop Fox have published complete exploitation details for the CVE-2024-53704 vulnerability that allows bypassing the authentication mechanism in certain versions of the SonicOS SSLVPN application. […]

Data Leaks Happen Most Often in These States — Here’s Why

February 11, 2025

State-led data privacy laws and commitment to enforcement play a major factor in shoring up business data security, an analysis shows.

US indicts 8Base ransomware operators for Phobos encryption attacks

February 11, 2025

The U.S. Justice Department announced the names of two Phobos ransomware affiliates arrested yesterday in Thailand, charging them on 11 counts due to their involvement in more than a thousand cyberattacks. […]

BYD to offer Tesla-like driver assist, even on its cheapest models

February 11, 2025

Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD unveiled “God’s Eye,” an advanced driver assistance system that will be install on its entire model lineup, including its $9,600 Seagull hatchback. BYD founder Wang Chuanfu said at a live streamed event Monday that “we’re entering an era where autonomous driving is for everyone,” according to The Financial Times. God’s…

Google Confirms Android SafetyCore Enables AI-Powered On-Device Content Classification

February 11, 2025

Google has stepped in to clarify that a newly introduced Android System SafetyCore app does not perform any client-side scanning of content. “Android provides many on-device protections that safeguard users against threats like malware, messaging spam and abuse protections, and phone scam protections, while preserving user privacy and keeping users in control of their data,”…

Pinkfish helps enterprises build AI agents through natural language processing

February 11, 2025

As the chief product officer for AI customer service startup TalkDesk, Charayna “CK” Kannan said that enterprises often say they want to automate different workflows but that it’s really hard to implement AI. Enterprises are dealing with clunky, legacy software, that often doesn’t have APIs, creating a daunting task their IT departments weren’t prioritizing. “Every…

DDoS Attack Volume and Magnitude Continues to Soar

February 11, 2025

Gcore reported a 56% year-over-year rise in DDoS attacks in H2 2024, highlighting a steep long-term growth tend for the attack technique

YouTube AI updates include auto dubbing expansion, age ID tech, and more

February 11, 2025

In his annual letter, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan dubbed AI as one of the company’s four “big bets” for 2025, pointing to the company’s investments in AI tools for creators, like those that help them come up with video ideas, thumbnails, or those that help translate their content into other languages. The latter feature will…

DeepSeek AI Fails Multiple Security Tests, Raising Red Flag for Businesses

February 11, 2025

The popular generative AI (GenAI) model allows hallucinations, easily avoidable guardrails, susceptibility to jailbreaking and malware creation requests, and more at critically high rates, researchers find.

Bitdefender acquires BitShield division to ‘expand presence’ in Asia-Pacific

February 11, 2025

Acquisition strengthens Bitdefender’s position in Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, and surrounding countries to deliver advanced cybersecurity solutions for business and Government customers Global cybersecurity company Bitdefender has announced the acquisition of a key division of BitShield, responsible for distributing Bitdefender solutions in Malaysia and Brunei as a “trusted country partner.

Cisco Launching New AI Infrastructure and Data Center Solutions

February 11, 2025

Technology giant Cisco recently announced new solutions for service providers, allowing them to deliver AI connectivity. These new innovations will enable service providers to handle increased data volume and variety and monetize the services supporting AI traffic. Additionally, Cisco says these innovations showcase the evolution of Cisco Silicon One, with new devices enabling Cisco customers…

Google leads $230M convertible note for Boston quantum computing startup QuEra

February 11, 2025

Quantum computing, long relegated to the realm of theoretical, feels like it is back on the agenda as a potentially viable alternative to the expensive race for more powerful compute. On the heels of some notable advancements in quantum chips and error correction (two of the key areas that have kept quantum computers from becoming…

Hacker bringen falsche Rechnungen in Umlauf

February 11, 2025

Hacker haben eine Handelsfirma in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern angegriffen und in deren Namen Rechnungen verschickt. PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/ Shutterstock.com Wie die Regionalzeitung Nordkurier berichtet, sind Cyberkriminelle in das System einer Handelsfirma aus dem Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte eingedrungen. Der Name des Unternehmens wird allerdings nicht genannt. Nach Angaben der Polizei haben die Täter unter dem Namen des…

CISA election security officials placed on leave: report

February 11, 2025

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has reportedly placed several members of its election security team on administrative leave. The Associated Press, citing a person familiar with the situation, reports that 17 CISA employees have been placed on leave pending review. The employees had worked with election officials to counter a range of…

Parallels Launching New Partner Program & Citrix Migration Support

February 11, 2025

Virtualization and end-user computing vendor Parallels is introducing a new partner program to assist existing and new partners with more resources, greater profitability, and enhanced support. Dubbed the “Elevate Now” Partner Program, it will focus on delivering increased value and growth opportunities aimed at enabling MSPs, value-added resellers (VARs), and system integrators (SIs). The key…

US sanctions LockBit ransomware’s bulletproof hosting provider

February 11, 2025

The United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom have sanctioned Zservers, a Russia-based bulletproof hosting (BPH) services provider, for supplying essential attack infrastructure for the LockBit ransomware gang. […]

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025: Takeaways, reflections, and learnings for the future

February 11, 2025

Last week, leaders from around the world gathered at the 55th Annual World Economic Forum (WEF) Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. This annual event brings together influential voices from governments, international organizations, civil society, and the private sector to explore opportunities and solutions for global improvement. This year’s theme, “Collaboration for the Intelligent Age,” addressed the…

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls the AI Action Summit a ‘missed opportunity’

February 11, 2025

In a statement on Tuesday, Dario Amodei, the CEO of AI startup Anthropic, called the AI Action Summit in Paris this week a “missed opportunity,” and urged the AI industry — and government — to “move faster and with greater clarity.” “We were pleased to attend the AI Action Summit in Paris, and we appreciate…

Cisco Announces New AI Certifications and Courses

February 11, 2025

Global IT developer Cisco announced at its annual Cisco Live! EMEA event that it would be offering new certifications and courses for AI skilling to support the AI-enabled workforce. These new offerings range from AI basics to learning how to incorporate AI in specific roles to advanced networking design classes for professionals who design, build,…

Dataminr Announces New Global Partner Program

February 11, 2025

Leading AI company Dataminr recently announced that it would be launching a new partner program for global partners to assist customers with better managing business risks. The Dataminr Partner Network is set to include collaboration with over one hundred of Dataminr’s largest partners, including AWS, Esri, and Splunk, among others, and will equip partners with…

Voyantis aims to help companies figure out their customers’ worth

February 11, 2025

How much is a customer worth to a company? That’s the eternal question. To arrive at an answer, customer and sales teams are often forced to use spreadsheets and other manual data analysis methods. The problem is, these methods tend to be slow and error-prone, leading to gaps in reporting processes. The challenge spurred two…

Workday launches a platform for enterprises to manage all of their AI agents in one place

February 11, 2025

HR giant Workday is launching a new way for enterprises to keep track of all of their AI agents in one place. It’s also launching a few more AI agents of its own, for good measure. Silicon Valley-based Workday announced on Tuesday the release of Workday Digital Workforce Management, which is meant to help customers…

3D mood board and marketplace Mattoboard picks up $2M to launch AI visual search

February 11, 2025

Mattoboard, the makers of web-based software designed to simplify the creative process for interior designers and architects, is getting into AI. On Tuesday, the startup announced its $2 million seed funding round, which will support the launch of a new feature called Design Stream, an AI-driven visual search and discovery tool. The company’s software, a…

Ransomware Gangs Increasingly Prioritize Speed and Volume in Attacks

February 11, 2025

Ransomware groups are adopting agile techniques in a quantity-over-quality approach, according to a new report from Huntress

Commvault Launches CIS-Hardened Images for Simple, Secure Cloud Deployments

February 11, 2025

Commvault Cloud enables easy, secure, CIS-hardened deployment across all major cloud hyperscaler marketplaces

CSO Award and Hall of Fame Nominations Open Now

February 11, 2025

Has your organization pioneered groundbreaking security initiatives that delivered real business value? If so, now is the time to showcase your achievements and gain industry-wide recognition. As organizations navigate an era defined by evolving threats—including AI-driven attacks, heightened risks, and shifting dynamics of digital trust—the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) role has never been more…

The role of Carrier TMS in optimizing supply chain logistics

February 11, 2025

GUEST OPINION: In today’s fast-paced global economy, supply chain logistics serves as a crucial pillar of business success. A study reveals that companies optimizing their supply chain operations can slash logistics costs by up to 15% and boost delivery times by an impressive 20%. The key instrument in realizing these efficiencies is a robust transportation…

Insurance co’s stand to lose billions from disasters like the LA fires; Comulate raises $20M to build tech to help them work more smoothly

February 11, 2025

Unimaginable disasters like the fires in Los Angeles with their hundreds of billions of dollars in destruction put a huge focus on the role the insurance industry plays in the process of rebuilding. Those events will also lead to major financial losses at the insurance companies themselves. And longer term, all of this will put…

Authorities arrest four suspected 8base ransomware operators in global takedown

February 11, 2025

Archer Aviation doubles down on defense aircraft with fresh $300M

February 11, 2025

Escalating geopolitical tensions and a new administration with a hawkish defense agenda has led many startups to embrace dual-use strategies to secure revenue through military applications. And it’s a trend that is already heating up in aerospace. Just look at Archer Aviation, a California-based startup building eVTOLs (electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles). Until very…

4 Ways to Keep MFA From Becoming too Much of a Good Thing

February 11, 2025

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) has quickly become the standard for securing business accounts. Once a niche security measure, adoption is on the rise across industries. But while it’s undeniably effective at keeping bad actors out, the implementation of MFA solutions can be a tangled mess of competing designs and ideas. For businesses and employees, the reality…

Moderne raises $30M to solve technical debt across complex codebases

February 11, 2025

When companies take shortcuts to build their software stack, prioritizing speed and quick-fixes over quality and long-term scalability, they can end up with what’s known as “technical debt.” Essentially, if a codebase is not constructed properly, as it grows, it will become more complex, cost more to maintain, and it’ll become ever harder to add…

How Australia can step up its Data Centre Game

February 11, 2025

GUEST OPINION: Australia’s data centre market is booming and projected to nearly double to AU$40 billion over the next four years. This will be primarily driven by the advancement of AI and our ongoing need for efficient data storage and processing requirements.

Ransomware Groups Made Less Money in 2024

February 11, 2025

Improvements in cyber hygiene and resiliency made it possible for victim organizations to skip paying ransom amounts in 2024.

As US and UK refuse to sign the Paris AI Action Summit statement, other countries commit to developing ‘open, inclusive, ethical’ AI

February 11, 2025

The Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris was supposed to culminate with a joint declaration on artificial intelligence signed by dozens of world leaders. While the statement isn’t as ambitious as the Bletchley and Seoul declarations, both the U.S. and the U.K. have refused to sign it. It proves once again that it is difficult…

Hackerangriff auf LUP-Kliniken

February 11, 2025

Krankenhäuser geraten immer öfter in das Visier von Cyberkriminellen. Jetzt hat es zwei Kliniken im Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim getroffen. Fah Studio 27 – Shutterstock.com Schon wieder hat es einen Hackerangriff auf deutsche Kliniken gegeben. Wie der Landkreis Ludwigslust-Parchim mitteilte, sind die LUP-Klinikstandorte Hagenow und Ludwigslust deshalb derzeit nicht per E-Mail und Website zu erreichen. Demnach wurden…

OpenText ‘expands investment’ in Asia Pacific

February 11, 2025

Software provider OpenText has announced expanded investment in the Asia Pacific and its upcoming flagship summits in Sydney and Tokyo.

Vance Warns U.S. Allies to Keep AI Regulation Light

February 11, 2025

The U.S. was at odds with dozens of countries pushing for a common set of principles for multilateral artificial-intelligence governance at a Paris summit.

Cisco Announces New AI Certifications and Courses

February 11, 2025

Australian health tech startup Harrison.ai scores $112M Series C

February 11, 2025

Medical imaging is crucial for the timely identification of serious diseases like cancer. However, manual interpretation of scans is a time-intensive process. Healthcare professionals increasingly use AI-powered tools for diagnostic purposes, as such technologies can be very effective in detecting and categorizing diseases. A Sydney, Australia-headquartered startup, Harrison.ai, has built AI-enabled medical diagnostic software and…

Anthropic’s upgraded Claude 3.5 Sonnet AI model now available in AWS Sydney Region

February 11, 2025

The upgraded Claude 3.5 Sonnet, the latest and most intelligent model in the Claude model family from artificial intelligence (AI) safety and research company Anthropic, is now generally available on Amazon Bedrock in the AWS Asia Pacific (Sydney) Region. To learn more about this announcement, please join us at our upcoming Data & AI Day Roadshow…

8Base Ransomware Site Seized, Phobos Suspects Arrested in Thailand

February 11, 2025

Four Europeans were arrested in Phuket, believed to be members of the Phobos ransomware group

In Paris, JD Vance skewers EU AI rules, lauds US tech supremacy

February 11, 2025

At the AI Action Summit in Paris this week, the U.S. declined to sign the statement summarizing the resolutions. But it did make an appearance: Vice President J.D. Vance gave a speech to the audience of dignitaries, tech leaders and regulators. Amid a conference heavy on equitable AI development — specifically, beyond the outsized influence…

Google backs Toonsutra to grow its webtoons platform in India

February 11, 2025

It’s no news that India is a huge market for entertainment businesses, but what often doesn’t get mentioned is that its people love to see content in their own languages. According to a recent survey by non-profit Internet and Mobile Association of India, more than 870 million Indians sought out videos, music and other content…

Over 12,000 KerioControl firewalls remain prone to RCE attack amid active exploits

February 11, 2025

Businesses around the globe have over 12,000 vulnerable instances of the GFI KerioControl application — a unified threat management (UTM) firewall software designed for small and mid-sized enterprises. The unpatched instances remained high weeks after the patches were issued for a critical RCE bug. Tracked as CVE-2024-52875, the vulnerability is an improper input sanitization error…

AWS strengthens partnership with Australian Government, helping to drive innovation and economic growth

February 11, 2025

We are excited to announce a new and enhanced Whole-of-Government agreement with the Australian Government’s Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) and Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Is AI Revolutionary or Hype? What If it is Both?

February 11, 2025

There is substance to the hype cycle if you know where to look, according to investors at the WSJ CIO Network Summit.

Progress Software Patches High-Severity LoadMaster Flaws Affecting Multiple Versions

February 11, 2025

Progress Software has addressed multiple high-severity security flaws in its LoadMaster software that could be exploited by malicious actors to execute arbitrary system commands or download any file from the system. Kemp LoadMaster is a high-performance application delivery controller (ADC) and load balancer that provides availability, scalability, performance, and security for business-critical

Why security leaders must ensure they have a recovery plan for Active Directory attacks

February 11, 2025

With mass digitisation and the rising prevalence of global, highly distributed enterprise, cybersecurity leaders must ensure they can combat Active Directory (AD) attacks. Enterprises rely on their AD installations to manage identities, a critical business activity rising in complexity due to digital transformation, and to operate key systems. It is far more than just the…

Claroty Wins Best in KLAS Award for Healthcare IoT Security Five Years in a Row

February 11, 2025

COMPANY NEWS: In rare five-year winning streak, Claroty xDome recognised by KLAS Research as highest-rated IoT security solution by healthcare customers

Do the CONTEC CMS8000 Patient Monitors Contain a Chinese Backdoor? The Reality is More Complicated

February 11, 2025

On Jan. 30, The Cybersecurity Infrastructure & Security Agency (CISA) released an alert, complemented by a notification from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suggesting that the Contec CMS8000 patient monitor and OEM white-label variants contain a backdoor communicating to a Chinese IP address.

Apple issues emergency patches to contain an ‘extremely sophisticated attack’ on targeted individuals

February 11, 2025

Apple has rolled out emergency security patches after discovering that an “extremely sophisticated attack” exploited a flaw in its USB Restricted Mode, potentially targeting specific individuals. The company released updates for iOS and iPadOS to fix the vulnerability, which could allow attackers with physical access to disable security protections on locked devices. “A physical attack…

Gcore DDoS Radar Reveals 56% YoY Increase in DDoS Attacks

February 11, 2025

Gcore’s latest DDoS Radar report analyzes attack data from Q3–Q4 2024, revealing a 56% YoY rise in the total number of DDoS attacks with the largest attack peaking at a record 2 Tbps. The financial services sector saw the most dramatic increase, with a 117% rise in attacks, while gaming remained the most-targeted industry. This…

ICE Wants to Know If You’re Posting Negative Things About It Online

February 11, 2025

Amid anger and protest over the Trump administration’s plan to deport millions of immigrants, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to monitor and locate “negative” social media discussion about the agency and its top officials, according to contract documents reviewed by The Intercept. Citing an increase in threats to ICE agents and leadership, the agency…

EU Pledges $200 Billion in AI Spending in Bid to Catch Up With U.S., China

February 11, 2025

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at the AI Action Summit in Paris that the bloc wants to supercharge its ability to compete with the U.S. and China in AI.

Why Do AI Chatbots Have Such a Hard Time Admitting ‘I Don’t Know’?

February 11, 2025

Hallucinations are the hottest problem in artificial intelligence, spurring companies and researchers to find new solutions

Apple Mitigates “Extremely Sophisticated” Zero-Day Exploit

February 11, 2025

Apple has patched a zero-day vulnerability being exploited in targeted attacks

Protecting Your Software Supply Chain: Assessing the Risks Before Deployment

February 11, 2025

Imagine you’re considering a new car for your family. Before making a purchase, you evaluate its safety ratings, fuel efficiency, and reliability. You might even take it for a test drive to ensure it meets your needs. The same approach should be applied to software and hardware products before integrating them into an organization’s environment.…

AI investments surged 62% to $110 billion in 2024 while startup funding overall declined 12%, says Dealroom

February 11, 2025

Venture capitalists are gobbling up term sheets for startups peddling artificial intelligence, even as they remain picky when it comes to funding the wider spectrum of technology. According to new figures from analytics firm Dealroom, AI startups raised $110 billion in funding last year, up 62% on the year before. At the same time, privately-backed…

Ghanaian fintech Affinity bags $8M to scale digital banking in a mobile money-driven market

February 11, 2025

Africa’s top digital banking platforms typically dominate high-growth, populous markets like Nigeria, South Africa, and Egypt. But Affinity Africa, an upstart from Ghana, wants to join the conversation. The startup has raised $8 million in seed funding to expand its financial products further across the country, where mobile money is the dominant financial tool. While…

Musk’s $97.4 Billion OpenAI Bid Piles Pressure on Altman

February 11, 2025

The unsolicited offer for the assets of OpenAI could end up costing CEO Sam Altman, whether he takes it or not.

Threat Actors Exploit ClickFix to Deploy NetSupport RAT in Latest Cyber Attacks

February 11, 2025

Threat actors have observed the increasingly common ClickFix technique to deliver a remote access trojan named NetSupport RAT since early January 2025. NetSupport RAT, typically propagated via bogus websites and fake browser updates, grants attackers full control over the victim’s host, allowing them to monitor the device’s screen in real-time, control the keyboard and mouse,…

OpenAI Was Not Breached, Say Researchers

February 11, 2025

Kela researchers explain that infostealers are to blame for compromised OpenAI logins

Instagram is introducing teen accounts with new safety features in India

February 11, 2025

Instagram said Tuesday that the platform is introducing its teen accounts feature, which has extra protective measures for safety for users in India, one of its biggest markets with over 350 million users. The company introduced Teen Accounts last year in The U.S., U.K, Canada, and Australia. Meta migrated accounts of Instagram users who are…

EU looks to the private sector to help fund ‘AI Gigafactories’, eyeing the frontier AI race

February 11, 2025

The European Union is courting the private sector as it looks to step up compute capacity for training large AI models. Giving a speech at the AI Action Summit in Paris on Monday, the EU’s president, Ursula von der Leyen, talked up the potential of homegrown AI startups but said the region’s developers must have…

QED leads $11M investment in Nigerian fintech Raenest

February 11, 2025

As Africa’s tech ecosystem booms, more local talent is landing remote jobs with Big Tech firms and global startups. But getting paid remains a challenge for many of these freelancers and remote workers. They struggle to open accounts that accept US dollars, with foreign employers using incompatible payment platforms, and face slow invoicing and payment…

Entain CEO Gavin Isaacs to Step Down

February 11, 2025

The sports-betting and gambling group said Isaacs agreed to step down with immediate effect after five months in the role.

Two senior partners are leaving Peak XV amid strategy shift

February 11, 2025

Two senior partners are leaving Peak XV, the largest India-focused venture capital firm, four sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. Shailesh Lakhani, a 17-year veteran of the firm, and Abheek Anand, who co-led Southeast Asian investments, are departing, said the sources, who asked not to be identified discussing private matters. The exits follow Peak…

8Base Ransomware Data Leak Sites Seized in International Law Enforcement Operation

February 11, 2025

Source: The Nation A coordinated law enforcement operation has taken down the dark web data leak and negotiation sites associated with the 8Base ransomware gang. Visitors to the data leak site are now greeted with a seizure banner that says: “This hidden site and the criminal content have been seized by the Bavarian State Criminal…

WTF? Why the cybersecurity sector is overrun with acronyms

February 11, 2025

Back when Elon Musk was best known for founding SpaceX and Tesla, not as one of Donald Trump’s most trusted advisors, he issued a stern warning to his employees about their overuse of acronyms. In 2010, Musk sent a memo to staff that read: “There is a creeping tendency to use made up acronyms at…

Top 5 ways attackers use generative AI to exploit your systems

February 11, 2025

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the technology industry and this is equally true for the cybercrime ecosystem, as cybercriminals are increasingly leveraging generative AI to improve their tactics, techniques, and procedures and deliver faster, stronger, and sneakier attacks. But as with legitimate use of emerging AI tools, abuse of generative AI for nefarious ends isn’t so…

Apple Patches Actively Exploited iOS Zero-Day CVE-2025-24200 in Emergency Update

February 10, 2025

Apple on Monday released out-of-band security updates to address a security flaw in iOS and iPadOS that it said has been exploited in the wild. Assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2025-24200, the vulnerability has been described as an authorization issue that could make it possible for a malicious actor to disable USB Restricted Mode on a…

Die besten DAST- & SAST-Tools

February 10, 2025

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February 10, 2025

Google Maps officially updated the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Monday. Among many other executive orders, President Donald Trump decreed on the day of his inauguration that the Gulf of Mexico would be renamed the Gulf of America. This executive order also reverses an Obama-era move to rename…

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