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Month: February 2025

New Relic Advances Intelligent Observability with AI-Strengthened Innovations Across Every Corner of its Platform, Accelerating Enterprise Business

New Relic offers the industry’s most comprehensive intelligence by integrating Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) from its platform with customer-defined data and third-party sources  Open ecosystem will bring critical observability data to leading platforms such as ServiceNow, Google Gemini, Amazon Q Business, GitHub Copilot, and more

New Relic Advances Intelligent Observability with AI-Strengthened Innovations Across Every Corner of its Platform, Accelerating Enterprise Business

New Relic offers the industry’s most comprehensive intelligence by integrating Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) from its platform with customer-defined data and third-party sources  Open ecosystem will bring critical observability data to leading platforms such as ServiceNow, Google Gemini, Amazon Q Business, GitHub Copilot, and more

LightSpy Expands to 100+ Commands, Increasing Control Over Windows, macOS, Linux, and Mobile

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged an updated version of the LightSpy implant that comes equipped with an expanded set of data collection features to extract information from social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram. LightSpy is the name given to a modular spyware that’s capable of infecting both Windows and Apple systems with an aim to…

How Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is Revolutionising AI Accuracy and Business Applications

GUEST OPINION:  In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly advanced, and one of the key innovations to emerge is retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). This technology transforms how large language models (LLMs) are applied to real-world tasks, offering a significant improvement over traditional AI systems that rely solely on static data. While LLMs are impressive in their…

How Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is Revolutionising AI Accuracy and Business Applications

GUEST OPINION:  In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly advanced, and one of the key innovations to emerge is retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). This technology transforms how large language models (LLMs) are applied to real-world tasks, offering a significant improvement over traditional AI systems that rely solely on static data. While LLMs are impressive in their…

Belarus-Linked Ghostwriter Uses Macropack-Obfuscated Excel Macros to Deploy Malware

Opposition activists in Belarus as well as Ukrainian military and government organizations are the target of a new campaign that employs malware-laced Microsoft Excel documents as lures to deliver a new variant of PicassoLoader.  The threat cluster has been assessed to be an extension of a long-running campaign mounted by a Belarus-aligned threat actor dubbed…

FAA tests Starlink terminals as Musk claims Verizon tech is ‘not working’

The Federal Aviation Administration has started testing the use of SpaceX Starlink satellite internet terminals in the national airspace system, nearly two years after Verizon was awarded a $2 billion contract to perform similar work. SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk claimed on his social media platform X that the Verizon system “is not working…

Sam Bankman-Fried’s first post from prison isn’t even good

As disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried serves the early days of his 25-year prison sentence, the crypto wunderkind-turned-criminal made his first public post on X in over two years. Bankman-Fried’s thread on X responds to Elon Musk’s recent ultimatum to federal employees: respond to his email with five bullet points of recent accomplishments, or resign.…

IBM’s $6.4B HashiCorp acquisition cleared by UK

The U.K.’s antitrust authority has given the go-ahead to IBM’s planned multibillion acquisition of infrastructure software company HashiCorp. In a brief case update published today, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it had “cleared the anticipated acquisition by IBM of HashiCorp,” and it would publish the full rationale for its decision in due course.…

DeepSeek reopens access to its API after three-week pause

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has reopened access to its API after halting service for nearly three weeks due to capacity constraints. On Tuesday, the company began allowing customers to top up credits for use on its API, which lets developers build apps and services on top of cloud-hosted versions of DeepSeek’s AI. Server resources remain…

Microsoft cancels some of its AI data center leases

Microsoft is reportedly shrinking its data center footprint. The tech giant has canceled leases with multiple data center providers that total a “couple hundred megawatts” of capacity, according to Bloomberg, which cited a memo from investment bank TD Cowen. This total represents the equivalent of about two data centers. The reason for Microsoft’s move is…

Apple’s Developer service comes to China’s WeChat

As part of its efforts to further invest in the Chinese market, Apple announced this week that it’s bringing its Apple Developer service to China’s WeChat app. The service includes news, announcements, and other upcoming activities for members of the developer community, which have typically been offered via Apple’s website and its own Developer app.…

DoorDash to pay delivery workers nearly $17M for using tips to cover wages

DoorDash has agreed to pay $16.75 million to settle a lawsuit by New York’s attorney general that accused the delivery platform of pocketing workers’ tips to cover wages. The lawsuit alleged that between May 2017 and September 2019, DoorDash used customer tips to offset the base pay it had already guaranteed to workers, instead of…

Couchbase Services to Integrate with NVIDIA Microservices

Couchbase, a developer data platform for critical AI applications, recently announced that it will integrate its Capella AI Model Services with NVIDIA NIM microservices, part of the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform. Integration streamlines AI deployment for enterprise-level success Through this integration, the AI model services will streamline the deployment of AI-powered applications, providing enterprises…

Redalpine, Founders Fund back Magdrive’s electric thruster business

Orbital mobility took center-stage in the space industry last year, with venture capitalists funneling massive sums into startups developing tech for nimble satellite operations. So it’s no surprise that one of the most recent deals is to Magdrive, a UK-based startup that says its electric propulsion system for satellites will deliver a higher thrust in…

Quantum Machines raises $170M, says it’s working with more than half of all quantum computing companies

Quantum computing remains a holy grail in the world of technology, but with some important breakthroughs in the last several months, investors are betting on the more promising startups in the space to make the concept of super-efficient particle- and electron-based computing a reality. In the latest development, Quantum Machines, an Israeli startup that provides…

Serverless cloud platform Koyeb now lets developers spin up Tenstorrent’s AI accelerators

Just a few weeks after chipmaker Tenstorrent raised nearly $700 million in funding, developers can now try out Tenstorrent’s AI accelerators on Koyeb. Tenstorrent sells AI processors built around the RISC-V instruction set architecture, and has developed its own open-source neural network library, TT-NN, and open-source low-level programming model, TT-Metalium. Tenstorrent is part of a…

Critical deserialization bugs in Adobe, Oracle software actively exploited, warns CISA

CISA is warning Adobe and Oracle customers about in-the-wild exploitation of critical vulnerabilities affecting the services of these leading enterprise software providers. The US cybersecurity watchdog added vulnerabilities in Adobe ColdFusion (CVE-2017-3066) and Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) (CVE-2024-20953) to its known exploited vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on Monday. “These type of vulnerabilities are frequent…

Industry Leaders Team to Form Ambient IoT Alliance

Leading industry organizations Atmosic, Infineon Technologies AG, Intel, PepsiCo, Qualcomm, VusionGroup, and Wiliot are joining together to form the Ambient IoT Alliance (AIoTA), a global coalition working on promoting and scaling the future ambient IoT ecosystem. Alliance commits itself to a global ecosystem of battery-free IoT tech The Ambient IoT Alliance is committed to facilitating…

SonicWall 2025 Threat Reports Raises Alarms, Advises Partners

Security vendor SonicWall recently released its 2025 SonicWall Annual Cyber Threat Report findings. Among the various details include sharp increases in the amount of ransomware in regional areas, new malware variants, and alarming gaps between the time of exploitation and the time it takes companies to respond. The report also signifies new opportunities for channel…

Cisco Meraki Now FedRAMP Authorized at Moderate Impact Level

Networking and security giant Cisco announced today that its Meraki for Government solution is now FedRAMP authorized. The FedRAMP authorization program is run by the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). “CISA is committed to strengthening the security and resilience of our nation’s critical infrastructure, which includes ensuring that federal civilian…

Wavelink appoints Jonathan Odria as board advisor strengthening partner, vendor engagement and launch inaugural partner advisory board

COMPANY NEWS: Wavelink, an Infinigate Group company and ANZ leader in technology distribution, channel services and business development, has announced the appointment of Jonathan Odria as a board advisor. Jonathan is a highly respected figure in the Australian IT channel and brings extensive experience in distribution, partner engagement, and vendor relations.

Wavelink appoints Jonathan Odria as board advisor strengthening partner, vendor engagement and launch inaugural partner advisory board

COMPANY NEWS: Wavelink, an Infinigate Group company and ANZ leader in technology distribution, channel services and business development, has announced the appointment of Jonathan Odria as a board advisor. Jonathan is a highly respected figure in the Australian IT channel and brings extensive experience in distribution, partner engagement, and vendor relations.

Perfect taps $23M to fix the flaws in recruitment with AI

“Agentic AI” is the concept of the moment. Developers big and small are rushing to build apps to leapfrog the heavy lifting needed to employ generative AI in specific contexts… and investors are rushing to fund the most interesting of these.  In one of the latest examples, a startup out of Israel called Perfect —…

Threat actors are increasingly trying to grind business to a halt

Cybercriminals intentionally disrupted operations at a growing rate last year, Palo Alto Networks’ threat intelligence firm Unit 42 said in an annual incident response report released Tuesday. Of the nearly 500 major cyberattacks Unit 42 responded to last year, 86% involved business disruption, including operational downtime, fraud-related losses, increased operating costs and negative reputational impacts. …

5 Active Malware Campaigns in Q1 2025

The first quarter of 2025 has been a battlefield in the world of cybersecurity. Cybercriminals continued launching aggressive new campaigns and refining their attack methods. Below is an overview of five notable malware families, accompanied by analyses conducted in controlled environments. NetSupport RAT Exploiting the ClickFix Technique In early 2025, threat actors began exploiting a…

Google launches a free AI coding assistant with very high usage caps

On Tuesday, Google introduced a new, free consumer version of its AI code completion and assistance tool, Gemini Code Assist, and which the company calls Gemini Code Assist for Individuals. The company also rolled out Gemini Code Assist for GitHub, a code review “agent” designed to automatically look for bugs in code and offer suggestions…

Dragos: Surge of new hacking groups enter ICS space as states collaborate with private actors

Cyberattacks against industrial organizations surged in 2024 as a glut of new threat actors increasingly targeted operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS), according to cybersecurity firm Dragos. According to a report released Tuesday, attacks on industrial organizations soared by 87% last year, while the number of ransomware groups impacting the OT/ICS space jumped…

EU’s top court ruling on Android Auto antitrust referral could put interoperability requests in the fast lane

Europe’s top court has weighed in to clarify the rules around interoperability requirements on Big Tech in a referral on a case related to Google’s Android Auto platform. Back in 2021, the tech giant was hit with an €100 million antitrust fine by Italy’s competition authority for refusing to let a third-party electric car charging…

Stürmer Maschinen von Ransomware-Attacke getroffen

Die Ransomware-Bande Lynx erpresst den Großhändler Stürmer Maschinen mit gestohlenen Daten. DC Studio – Shutterstock.com Die Ransomware-Bande Lynx hat den Maschinengroßhändler Stürmer Maschinen kürzlich auf ihre Opferliste gesetzt. Auf ihrer Leak-Seite im Darknet behaupten die Cyberkriminellen, einen Datensatz von 800 Gigabyte abgezogen zu haben. Um welche Daten es sich dabei genau handelt ist unklar. Informationen…

2,500+ Truesight.sys Driver Variants Exploited to Bypass EDR and Deploy HiddenGh0st RAT

A large-scale malware campaign has been found leveraging a vulnerable Windows driver associated with Adlice’s product suite to sidestep detection efforts and deliver the Gh0st RAT malware. “To further evade detection, the attackers deliberately generated multiple variants (with different hashes) of the 2.0.2 driver by modifying specific PE parts while keeping the signature valid,” Check…

GitVenom Malware Steals $456K in Bitcoin Using Fake GitHub Projects to Hijack Wallets

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to an ongoing campaign that’s targeting gamers and cryptocurrency investors under the guise of open-source projects hosted on GitHub. The campaign, which spans hundreds of repositories, has been dubbed GitVenom by Kaspersky. “The infected projects include an automation instrument for interacting with Instagram accounts, a Telegram bot that enables

Thoma Bravo raises €1.8B for its first European fund

Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has closed its inaugural European fund at €1.8 billion ($1.9 billion), through which it plans to take equity stakes in mid-sized software companies across the continent. Europe has no shortage of homegrown venture capital (VC) funds — the likes of Atomico and Cherry Ventures have closed early and growth-stage funds…

Krypto-Rekordraubzug von Nordkorea gesteuert?

Beim Angriff auf die Kryptobörse Bybit wurden Ethereum-Token im Wert von (derzeit) rund 1,5 Milliarden Dollar gestohlen. Bits And Splits | shutterstock.com Die (gemessen am Handelsvolumen) weltweit zweitgrößte Kryptobörse Bybit wurde am 21. Februar 2025 von Cyberkriminellen um Krypto-Vermögenswerte in Höhe von rund 1,5 Milliarden Dollar erleichtert. Der Angriff auf die in Abu Dhabi ansässige…

Weekly Update 440

Wait – it’s Tuesday already?! When you listen to this week’s (ok, last week’s) video, you’ll probably get the sense I was a bit overloaded. Yeah, so that didn’t stop, and the stealer log processing and new feature building just absolutely swamped me. Plus, I spent from then until now in Sydney at various meetings…

CIO des Jahres 2025 – Wettbewerb startet

Siegerinnen und Sieger des vergangenen Jahres jubeln über ihre CIO des Jahres Awards. Machen Sie mit und bewerben Sie sich – dann stehen Sie vielleicht im Oktober 2025 auf der großen Gala-Bühne und dürfen sich über die renommierteste IT-Auszeichnung Deutschlands freuen. cio.de / Tobias Tschepe Es ist wieder so weit: Der renommierteste IT-Award Deutschlands ist…

DOGE’s US worker purge has created a spike in insider risk

We talk a good deal about insider risk, how it evolves from threats within an organization, and how to get ahead of its escalation by being proactive and dealing with situations as they arise, well before they become a threat or reality. Whatever you may think of the cost-cutting measures introduced by US President Donald…

FatalRAT Phishing Attacks Target APAC Industries Using Chinese Cloud Services

Various industrial organizations in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region have been targeted as part of phishing attacks designed to deliver a known malware called FatalRAT. “The threat was orchestrated by attackers using legitimate Chinese cloud content delivery network (CDN) myqcloud and the Youdao Cloud Notes service as part of their attack infrastructure,” Kaspersky ICS CERT said…

Automattic-owned Beeper is releasing redesigned desktop and iOS apps

WordPress.com owner Automattic last year acquired the multi-service messaging app Beeper for $125 million and said it would merge it with Texts.com, an earlier acquisition in the same category. Now, Beeper is releasing the first set of redesigned apps for iOS and desktop in beta after the merger. In a blog post, Beeper said that…

Two Actively Exploited Security Flaws in Adobe and Oracle Products Flagged by CISA

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added two security flaws impacting Adobe ColdFusion and Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerabilities in question are listed below – CVE-2017-3066 (CVSS score: 9.8) – A deserialization vulnerability impacting

Security Awareness Trainings: Schulungen richtig managen

Lesen Sie, welche Aspekte besonders entscheidend sind, damit Ihr Security Awareness Training erfolgreich ist. Foto: nialowwa – shutterstock.com Studien wie die von Verizon oder IBM zeigen immer wieder auf, dass die Manipulation von zwischenmenschlichen Verhaltensweisen die vielversprechendste Vorgehensweise ist, um Zugang zu sensiblen Daten zu erlangen. Social Engineering bleibt die größte, fortbestehende Herausforderung der Cybersicherheit.…

How to Comply with PCI DSS 4.0 Requirements 6.4.3 and 11.6.1

The countdown to compliance is in its final stretch. With the third and final phase of PCI DSS 4.0 requirements taking effect on March 31, 2025, organizations are under increasing pressure to ensure their client-side security measures meet the new requirements.   At Imperva, we’re committed to helping our customers navigate these challenges confidently and efficiently.…

1,000 artists release ‘silent’ album to protest UK copyright sell-out to AI

The U.K. government is pushing forward with plans to attract more AI companies to the region by proposing changes to copyright law that would allow developers to train AI models on artists’ content on the internet—without permission or payment—unless creators proactively “opt out.” Not everyone is marching to the same beat, though. On Monday, a…

UK’s internet watchdog toughens approach to deepfake porn

Ofcom, the U.K.’s internet safety regulator, has published another new draft guidance as it continues to implement the Online Safety Act (OSA) — the latest set of recommendations aim to support in-scope firms to meet legal obligations to protect women and girls from online threats like harassment and bullying, misogyny, and intimate image abuse. The…

Web Summit attendees aren’t buying Scale AI CEO’s push for America ‘to win the AI war’

In a bold move last month, Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang took out a full-page ad in the Washington Post, telling President Trump that “America must win the AI war.” The statement sparked mixed reactions, as seen during Wang’s appearance Sunday during the opening night of Web Summit Qatar. When Wang’s interviewer Axios’s Felix Salmon…

Anthropic reportedly ups its next funding round to $3.5B

Anthropic’s next funding round is reportedly growing larger. Anthropic, which makes the AI chatbot Claude, is finalizing a $3.5 billion fundraising round that values the company at $61.5 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. Anthropic initially set out to raise $2 billion, but investors have now agreed to a larger tranche, per the WSJ.…

Chegg sues Google over AI search summaries

Edtech company Chegg has sued Google claiming that the tech giant’s AI summaries of search results have hurt Chegg’s traffic and revenue. In the suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Chegg accuses Google of unfair competition — specifically reciprocal dealing, monopoly maintenance, and unjust enrichment. Google, Chegg claims, forces…

Holmes and Balwani’s appeal falls flat as court upholds fraud convictions

Elizabeth Holmes and Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani’s appeals to overturn their fraud convictions and reduce their prison sentences were denied Monday by the Northern District Court of California, which also refused to soften their $452 million joint restitution order. Holmes, the founder of Theranos, and Balwani, its former COO, were convicted in separate trials in 2022…

Apple exec Phil Schiller testifies that he raised concerns over App Store commissions on web-based sales

Apple Fellow Phil Schiller, the executive in charge of leading the App Store, testified in court on Monday that he had originally raised concerns about the 27% commission the iPhone maker planned to charge app developers on any purchases made outside the App Store. In addition to being a potential compliance risk, he suggested that…

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