Julie Wainwright has taken two companies public, a pretty incredible feat by any standard. Yet in her new memoir, Time to Get Real, she offers readers something even more valuable: a blunt look at the messy realities of entrepreneurship. Wainwright shares the kinds of tough truths that many high-achieving CEOs can relate to but rarely…
Month: April 2025
AI, DeepMind, Global Security News, Google, Government & Policy
Google’s DeepMind UK team reportedly seeks to unionize
Around 300 London-based members of Google’s AI-focused DeepMind team are seeking to unionize with the Communication Workers Union, according to a Financial Times report that cites three people involved with the unionization effort. These DeepMind employees are reportedly unhappy about Google’s decision to remove a pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance from…
Cloud Security, Cloud-Native Security, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Security Bloggers Network
Stay Ahead in Cloud-Native Security
Is Staying Current in Cloud-Native Security Trends Important? Absolutely! Staying ahead in cloud-native security trends is essential for organizations of all sizes and across various industries. Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and their secrets are fundamental to these trends, requiring expertise in data management and cybersecurity for effective protection and oversight. What are Non-Human Identities and why…
Cloud Security, Cloud-Native Security, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Security Bloggers Network
Adapting to Modern Threats in Cloud Security
Are You Effectively Managing Your Non-Human Identities? For quite a while, organizations have been grappling with numerous cybersecurity challenges. However, one obstacle stands out – the management of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and their secrets. These NHIs, linked with a unique secret as an identifier, pose quite a number of threats that many fail to address…
Cybersecurity, Data Security, Global Security News, Privileged Access Management (PAM), Security Bloggers Network
Feel Supported by Robust PAM
Can Robust PAM Systems Make a Difference? We delve into the intricacies of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and Secrets Security Management. A well-configured PAM system, especially for organizations operating, can be the cornerstone of a solid cybersecurity strategy. A Deep Dive into Non-Human Identities and Secrets: Non-Human Identities (NHIs) are the machine identities that play crucial…
Cybersecurity, Global Security News, Secrets Management, Secrets Rotation, Security Bloggers Network
Secure Your Secrets with Effective Rotation
Why Does Secrets Rotation Matter in Cybersecurity? Secrets rotation, a cybersecurity best practice, is a procedure to refresh and modify privileged credentials regularly. It’s a critical facet of managing Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and their associated secrets, a fundamental component of contemporary cybersecurity strategies. But why does it hold such significance? NHIs, or machine identities, complement…
Europe, Gadgets, Global Security News, Google, Hardware, Nest
Google will stop supporting early Nest thermostats on October 25
Google announced this week that beginning on October 25, it will no longer support or release software updates for the first and second generation Nest Learning Thermostats. And it will completely stop launching new Nest products in Europe. That means owners of the Nest thermostats released in 2011 and 2012 (as well as the version…
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Week in Review: Cluely helps you cheat on everything
Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of news for you this week: Slate EVs spotted in the wild; Airbnb pricing updates; a hack at Blue Shield; and much more. Let’s go! Get a clue: Cluely is an AI-based tool that helps people cheat on exams, sales calls, and even job interviews. Though…
Amazon, Commerce, Global Security News, Independent Bookstore Day, Media & Entertainment
Amazon’s big book sale just happens to overlap with Independent Bookstore Day
Amazon is raising eyebrows with the timing of its big book sale for 2025, which runs from April 23 to 28 — which means it’s competing directly with Independent Bookstore Day. As writer Maris Kreisman explained in Lit Hub, Independent Bookstore Day is an annual event organized by the American Booksellers Association (ABA), with events,…
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Government officials are kind of bad at the internet
Perhaps no one in the world has made such catastrophic tech flubs this year as U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The saga started when the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, reported that he had been mistakenly added to an unauthorized Signal group chat by U.S. National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, where numerous high-ranking…
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DragonForce expands ransomware model with white-label branding scheme
The ransomware scene is re-organizing, with one gang known as DragonForce working to gather other operations under a cartel-like structure. […]
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BSidesLV24 – Ground Truth – Incubated Machine Learning Exploits: Backdooring ML Pipelines Using Input-Handling Bugs
Author/Presenter: Suha Sabi Hussain Our sincere appreciation to BSidesLV, and the Presenters/Authors for publishing their erudite Security BSidesLV24 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Tuscany Suites & Casino; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post BSidesLV24 – Ground Truth – Incubated Machine Learning Exploits: Backdooring ML Pipelines Using Input-Handling Bugs…
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Lately’s new gamified app helps people arrive on time
A new app called Lately launched on the App Store a few weeks ago, targeting people with ADHD to help them arrive on time and rewarding them for doing so. The service is designed to help users manage their travel plans by notifying them when it’s time to leave for a trip, sending reminders 30…
Global Security News, Security
WooCommerce admins targeted by fake security patches that hijack sites
A large-scale phishing campaign targets WooCommerce users with a fake security alert urging them to download a “critical patch” that adds a WordPress backdoor to the site. […]
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The OpenAI mafia: 15 of the most notable startups founded by alumni
Move over, PayPal mafia: There’s a new tech mafia in Silicon Valley. As the startup behind ChatGPT, OpenAI is arguably the biggest AI player in town. Its meteoric rise to a $300 billion valuation has spurred many employees to leave the AI giant to create startups of their own. The hype around OpenAI is so…
Apps, Creators, edits, Global Security News, Instagram, Social, videos
Instagram Edits topped 7M downloads in first week, a bigger launch than CapCut’s
Instagram Edits, Meta’s newly released video creation app, had a bigger debut than its direct competitor, ByteDance’s CapCut, once did. The new app, which today helps users craft videos for Instagram reels, stories, and other social posts, was downloaded an estimated 702,900 times on iOS devices during its first two days on the market. That’s…
Global Security News
Companies Are Struggling to Drive a Return on AI. It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way.
Successful AI adoption begins with a targeted and intentional approach, and proceeds with careful orchestration and scaling across the organization.
Global Security News
ToyMaker Uses LAGTOY to Sell Access to CACTUS Ransomware Gangs for Double Extortion
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed the activities of an initial access broker (IAB) dubbed ToyMaker that has been observed handing over access to double extortion ransomware gangs like CACTUS. The IAB has been assessed with medium confidence to be a financially motivated threat actor, scanning for vulnerable systems and deploying a custom malware called LAGTOY (aka…
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Musk’s xAI Holdings is reportedly raising the second-largest private funding round ever
Elon Musk’s xAI Holdings is in talks to raise $20 billion in fresh funding, potentially valuing the AI and social media combo at over $120 billion, according to a new Bloomberg report that says talks are in the “early stages.” If successful, the deal would constitute the the second-largest startup funding round ever, behind only…
Global Security News
So Long Skype, Thanks for All the Dropped Calls
A few last words for the pioneering videoconferencing app, which Microsoft is finally kicking to the curb.
Global Security News
We Now Know How AI ‘Thinks’—and It’s Barely Thinking at All
The vast ‘brains’ of artificial intelligence models can memorize endless lists of rules. That’s useful, but not how humans solve problems.
Global Security News
Tech Workers Are Just Like the Rest of Us: Miserable at Work
Google, Meta and Amazon are piling on demands and taking away perks. A job in Silicon Valley just isn’t what it used to be.
DoorDash, Global Security News, Transportation, Uber
DoorDash seeks dismissal of Uber lawsuit
DoorDash has asked a California Superior Court judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Uber that accuses the food delivery company of stifling competition by intimidating restaurant owners into exclusive deals. DoorDash argues in its motion that Uber’s claim lacks merit on all fronts. On a post on its website on Friday, DoorDash said, “the…
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TechCrunch Mobility: Slate’s ‘transformer’ EV truck breaks cover and Tesla’s dueling realities
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Busy week, so let’s get to it. Starting with federal regulations! Woohoo. Exciting stuff. I’m talking about the U.S. Department of Transportation’s new Automated Vehicle Framework, which…
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Qualys Adds Tool to Automate Audit Workflows
Qualys this week added a tool that makes it possible for organizations to continuously run audits in a way that promises to dramatically reduce failure rates. The post Qualys Adds Tool to Automate Audit Workflows appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Anthropic sent a takedown notice to a dev trying to reverse-engineer its coding tool
In the battle between two “agentic” coding tools — Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex CLI — the latter appears to be fostering more developer goodwill than the former. That’s at least partly because Anthropic has issued takedown notices to a developer trying to reverse-engineer Claude Code, which is under a more restrictive usage license…
Application Security, Zero-Day Vulnerabilities, Exploits, Global Security News
SAP NetWeaver customers urged to deploy patch for critical zero-day vulnerability
Attackers have been exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in the Visual Composer component of the SAP NetWeaver application server since early this week. SAP released an out-of-band fix that’s available through its support portal and it should be applied immediately, especially on systems that are directly exposed to the internet. “Unauthenticated attackers can abuse built-in…
Global Security News, Security, Vulnerabilities
Proof-of-concept bypass shows weakness in Linux security tools, claims Israeli vendor
An Israeli vendor was able to evade several leading Linux runtime security tools using a new proof-of-concept (PoC) rootkit that it claims reveals the limitations of many products in this space. The work of cloud and Kubernetes security company Armo, the PoC is called ‘Curing’, a portmanteau word that combines the idea of a ‘cure’…
Global Security News, Microsoft, Software
Windows 11’s Recall AI is now rolling out on Copilot+ PCs
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows Recall is rolling out to everyone with Windows 11 KB5055627 on Copilot+ PCs. […]
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Anton’s Security Blog Quarterly Q1 2025
Amazingly, Medium has fixed the stats so my blog/podcast quarterly is back to life. As before, this covers both Anton on Security and my posts from Google Cloud blog, and our Cloud Security Podcast (subscribe). Dall-E security blogging image Top 10 posts with the most lifetime views (excluding paper announcement blogs, Medium posts only): Security Correlation Then…
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Deel files countersuit against Rippling as rivalry escalates
In the latest development of an increasingly public dispute between HR and payroll services rivals, Deel has filed a countersuit against Rippling. To recap: Rippling publicly announced on March 17 that it was suing Deel over alleged corporate espionage, with accusations ranging from violation of the RICO racketeering act (typically used to prosecute organized crime)…
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Slate Auto eyes former Indiana printing plant for its EV truck production
Slate Auto, the buzzy new EV startup that broke stealth this week, is close to locking in a former printing plant located in Warsaw, Indiana as the future production site for its cheap electric truck, a review of public records shows. The company is expected to lease the 1.4 million-square-foot facility for an undisclosed sum.…
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TechCrunch StrictlyVC in Athens in May will feature a special guest: Greece’s prime minister
We’re thrilled to announce that Greece’s prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, will be joining us at our upcoming StrictlyVC event in Athens, co-hosted with Endeavor, on Thursday night, May 8, at the stunning Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center. For those who might not be familiar with his background, Mitsotakis brings a fascinating blend of experiences to…
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Windows 11 KB5055627 update released with 30 new changes, fixes
Microsoft has released the KB5055627 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 with many new features gradually rolling out, and some new bug fixes for everyone. […]
Exploits, Global Security News, Security Bloggers Network
Reducing Remediation Time Remains a Challenge: How Tenable Vulnerability Watch Can Help
Timely vulnerability remediation is an ongoing challenge for organizations as they struggle to prioritize the exposures that represent the greatest risk to their operations. Existing scoring systems are invaluable but can lack context. Here’s how Tenable’s Vulnerability Watch classification system can help. Background Over the past six years working in Tenable’s research organization, I’ve watched…
Exploits, Global Security News, Security
Craft CMS RCE exploit chain used in zero-day attacks to steal data
Two vulnerabilities impacting Craft CMS were chained together in zero-day attacks to breach servers and steal data, with exploitation ongoing, according to CERT Orange Cyberdefense. […]
Asia Pacific, Cybersecurity, Global Security News, hacking, Infrastructure, Sponsored Content, Uncategorized
To Catch A Thief | Rubrik
For this special live recording of To Catch a Thief at The New York Stock Exchange, host and former lead cybersecurity and digital espionage reporter for The New York Times, Nicole Perlroth sits down with those who have been directly targeted by, traced, or directly engaged China’s state-sponsored hackers, diplomatically, or in the cyber domain:…
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House bill seeks better tech to combat financial fraud scams against elderly
A bipartisan trio of House lawmakers is pushing a bill that would give law enforcement more resources to tackle financial fraud, pig butchering and other scams that specifically target older Americans. The Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception (GUARD) Act from Reps. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., and Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wis., would give state,…
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The TechCrunch Cyber Glossary
This glossary includes the most common terms and expressions TechCrunch uses in our security reporting, and explanations of how — and why — we use them.
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AI Innovation at Risk: FireTail’s 2025 Report Reveals API Security as the Weak Link in Enterprise AI Strategies – FireTail Blog
Apr 25, 2025 – Alan Fagan – Washington, D.C. — 25th April 2025 — FireTail, the leading AI & API security platform, has released its annual report, The State of AI & API Security 2025, revealing a critical blind spot in the way organizations are securing their AI investments. Despite record-breaking AI adoption, the report…
Global Security News, Security, Security Bloggers Network
Guide: What is KMI (Key Management Infrastructure)?
One of the most critical elements of modern information security is encryption. Encryption is a complex field based solely on the arms race between people seeking secure ways to encode and encrypt data at rest and in transit and those seeking to break that encryption. Encryption is extremely commonplace. Most websites you visit use SSL,…
Global Security News
Mobile Applications: A Cesspool of Security Issues
An analysis of more than a half-million mobile apps find encryption problems, privacy issues, and known vulnerabilities in third-party code. What can users and developers do?
CVE, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, Research, SAP, Threats, vulnerabilities, zero days
SAP zero-day vulnerability under widespread active exploitation
Threat hunters and security researchers have observed widespread exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability affecting SAP NetWeaver systems. The unrestricted file upload vulnerability — CVE-2025-31324 — has a base score of 10 on the CVSS scale and allows attackers to upload files directly to the system without authorization. The software defect, which affects the SAP Visual…
AI, ChatGPT, evergreens, generative ai, Global Security News, openai
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership…
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Startups Weekly: Tech IPOs and deals proceed, but price matters
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. This week confirmed that deals can still happen in a troubled world, but price considerations and adjustments are now part of the picture. Most interesting startup stories…
Global Security News, Security Bloggers Network, vishing
New Spin on Vishing: Attackers Are Now Targeting Healthcare Appointments
When we think about vishing (voice phishing), the usual suspects come to mind: fake refund scams impersonating Norton, PayPal, or Geek Squad. The post New Spin on Vishing: Attackers Are Now Targeting Healthcare Appointments appeared first on Security Boulevard.
cryptocurrency fraud, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Data Security, fake companies, Featured, Global Security News, Identity & Access, Industry Spotlight, malware, Mobile Security, Network Security, News, North Korea IT worker scam, Security Boulevard (Original), Social - Facebook, Social - LinkedIn, Social - X, Social Engineering, Spotlight, Threat Intelligence
North Korean Group Creates Fake Crypto Firms in Job Complex Scam
The North Korean hackers behind the Contagious Interview worker scam, which threat intelligence analysts have followed since late 2023, are now hiding behind three bogus crypto companies they created as fronts for their info- and crypto-stealing operations. The post North Korean Group Creates Fake Crypto Firms in Job Complex Scam appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Want A Portable CoPilot+ Gaming Laptop? Check Out the 2025 MSI Stealth A16 AI+
COMPANY NEWS: Gaming laptops are big, heavy and bulky and can’t do AI, right? Well, not anymore.
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An OpenAI researcher who worked on GPT-4.5 had their green card denied
Kai Chen, a Canadian AI researcher working at OpenAI who’s lived in the U.S. for 12 years, was denied a green card, according to Noam Brown, a leading research scientist at the company. In a post on X, Brown said that Chen learned of the decision Friday and must soon leave the country. “It’s deeply…
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HiddenLayer Researchers Surface Prompt Technique Bypassing All AI Guardrails
HiddenLayer this week disclosed its researchers have discovered a prompt injection technique that bypasses instruction hierarchy and safety guardrails across all the major foundational artificial intelligence (AI) models. The post HiddenLayer Researchers Surface Prompt Technique Bypassing All AI Guardrails appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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200,000 Workers’ PII at Risk in WorkComposer S3 SNAFU
Don’t say ‘spyware’—21 million screenshots in one open bucket. The post 200,000 Workers’ PII at Risk in WorkComposer S3 SNAFU appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Global Security News
Law Enforcement Crackdowns Drive Novel Ransomware Affiliate Schemes
Increased law enforcement pressure has forced ransomware groups like DragonForce and Anubis to move away from traditional affiliate models
Emerging Tech, Global Security News, News and Trends
Arms Cyber Launches Preemptive Anti-Ransomware Capabilities
Arms Cyber recently announced a new capability of its solution for companies with endpoints running on Linux or Windows that combines preemptive deception, movement, and hiding capabilities to help them detect, block, and remediate from encryption and business interruption activities. “The size and scope of ransomware attacks are increasing every day,” said Arms Cyber Chief…
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Bipartisanship Key to CISA Renewal
As fractious as Congress has been for the better part of a decade, it did manage to pass the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act in 2015. And now that it’s up for renewal, it seems prudent—no, necessary—that Congress unite to okay it once again. The post Bipartisanship Key to CISA Renewal appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Global Security News, News and Trends
CrowdStrike Expanding Google Cloud Partnership to Secure AI Innovation
Cybersecurity vendor CrowdStrike recently announced it would expand integration with Google Cloud to enable end-to-end security for AI innovation with CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security. Google Cloud recently named CrowdStrike its Security Partner of the Year for Cloud Workload Security, honoring the company as a leader in implementing security solutions, including infrastructure, workloads, applications, identities, data,…
Global IT News, Global Security News, News and Trends
Backblaze Launches New Solution for High-Performance Cloud Storage
Cloud storage provider Backblaze recently announced B2 Overdrive, a high-performance cloud storage solution delivering terabit-speed throughput starting at $15 per terabyte. Built for organizations seeking to optimize data throughput performance, it is designed to eliminate the compromise between performance and economics that have constrained data-intensive workloads. The B2 Overdrive builds on Backblaze’s cloud storage infrastructure…
Exploits, Global Security News
SAP Fixes Critical Vulnerability After Evidence of Exploitation
A maximum severity flaw affecting SAP NetWeaver has been exploited by threat actors
Global Security News, Security
Marks & Spencer pauses online orders after cyberattack
British retailer giant Marks & Spencer (M&S) has suspended online orders while working to recover from a recently disclosed cyberattack. […]
Global Security News, Security
Mobile provider MTN says cyberattack compromised customer data
African mobile giant MTN Group announced that a cybersecurity incident has compromised the personal information of some of its subscribers in certain countries. […]
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The Hidden Security Risk on Our Factory Floors
ICS and SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) networks were built as isolated systems, never meant to connect to the internet. The post The Hidden Security Risk on Our Factory Floors appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Google’s AI search numbers are growing, and that’s by design
Google started testing AI-summarized results in Google Search, AI Overviews, two years ago, and continues to expand the feature to new regions and languages. By the company’s estimation, it’s been a big success. AI Overviews is now used by more than 1.5 billion users monthly across over 100 countries. AI Overviews compiles results from around…
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Roelof Botha, the head of Sequoia Capital, is coming to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
We’re thrilled to announce that Roelof Botha, the managing partner of Sequoia Capital and one of the most influential figures in the venture capital world, will join us live onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 at Moscone West in San Francisco, which will take place from October 27 to 29. As part of our ongoing mission…
Global Security News
M&S Shuts Down Online Orders Amid Ongoing Cyber Incident
British retailer M&S continues to tackle a cyber incident with online orders now paused for customers
Global Security News, Microsoft, Security
Windows “inetpub” security fix can be abused to block future updates
A recent Windows security update that creates an ‘inetpub’ folder has introduced a new weakness allowing attackers to prevent the installation of future updates. […]
Global Security News, Security
Baltimore City Public Schools data breach affects over 31,000 people
Baltimore City Public Schools notified tens of thousands of employees and students of a data breach following an incident in February when unknown attackers hacked into its network. […]
Global Security News
North Korean Hackers Spread Malware via Fake Crypto Firms and Job Interview Lures
North Korea-linked threat actors behind the Contagious Interview have set up front companies as a way to distribute malware during the fake hiring process. “In this new campaign, the threat actor group is using three front companies in the cryptocurrency consulting industry—BlockNovas LLC (blocknovas[.] com), Angeloper Agency (angeloper[.]com), and SoftGlide LLC (softglide[.]co)—to spread
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Last day to boost your brand and host a Side Event at TechCrunch Sessions: AI
This is your last chance to put your brand at the center of the AI conversation during TechCrunch Sessions: AI Week — with applications to host a Side Event closing tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT. From June 1-7, TechCrunch is curating a dynamic weeklong series of Side Events leading up to and following the main…
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Prince Harry meets, funds youth groups advocating for social media and AI safety
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, walked into the sunlight-lit hotel conference room in Brooklyn on Thursday to meet with a dozen youth leaders working in tech safety, policy, and innovation. The young adults chatted away at black circular tables, many unaware of his presence until he plopped down at a table and started talking with…
Global Security News
How Organizations Can Leverage Cyber Insurance Effectively
By focusing on prevention, education, and risk transfer through insurance, organizations — especially SMEs — can protect themselves from the rapidly escalating threats of cyberattacks.
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Chinese AI startup Manus reportedly gets funding from Benchmark at $500M valuation
Chinese startup Manus AI, which works on building tools related to AI agents, has picked up $75 million in a funding round led by Benchmark at a roughly $500 million valuation, according to Bloomberg. The company will use the money to expand to new markets, including the U.S., Japan, and the Middle East, Bloomberg noted,…
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Die Bösen kooperieren, die Guten streiten sich
Eine Koalition einflussreicher CISOs sieht den G7-Gipfel 2025 als ideale Gelegenheit, die G7- und OECD-Mitgliedsstaaten zu einer stärkeren Zusammenarbeit und Harmonisierung der Cybersicherheitsvorschriften zu bewegen. Maxx-Studio – shutterstock.com Da Cyberangriffe immer weiter zunehmen und internationale Banden vermehrt miteinander kooperieren, bedarf es einer stärkeren, grenzüberschreitenden Zusammenarbeit der „Guten“. Das zumindest behaupten Führungskräfte namhafter Unternehmen wie Salesforce,…
Exploits, Global Security News, Security
SAP fixes suspected Netweaver zero-day exploited in attacks
SAP has released out-of-band emergency updates for NetWeaver to fix an actively exploited remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability used to hijack servers. […]
Cybersecurity, data breach, Global Security News, hospitals, Security
Data breach at Connecticut’s Yale New Haven Health affects over 5 million
Yale New Haven Health is Connecticut’s largest healthcare provider.
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Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 04/25/25
Insight No. 1 — Fast code, slow security? Think ADR Consider the scenario: Development teams are pushing code at unprecedented speeds, and vulnerabilities, whether human or AI-generated, are lingering far too long. What’s the logical outcome? Increased exploitation in your production environment. The strategic imperative is clear: We must implement robust detection and response capabilities…
Global Security News
Vehicles Face 45% More Attacks, 4 Times More Hackers
Two kinds of attacks are in high gear: ransomware attacks against OEMs and compromised electric vehicle chargers, according to data from Q1 2025.
Global Security News
Phishing Kit Darcula Gets Lethal AI Upgrade
Recently added artificial intelligence capabilities on the Chinese-language Darcula phishing-as-a-service platform make phishing attacks easy for even the least technical hackers.
Exploits, Global Security News, Security, Vulnerabilities
Critical Commvault SSRF could allow attackers to execute code remotely
Commvault is warning customers of a critical vulnerability affecting Command Center, a web-based management console for its data protection and backup offerings. The flaw, tracked as CV-2025-34028, could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code without authentication on affected Linux as well as Windows installations. “This Commvault vulnerability underscores a significant risk: attackers can exploit…
Global Security News
Security Experts Flag Chrome Extension Using AI Engine to Act Without User Input
Researchers have found a Chrome extension that can act on the user’s behalf by using a popular AI agent orchestration protocol
Global Security News, Phishing, Security
Darcula phishing toolkit gets AI boost, democratizing cybercrime
Enterprise security teams face an immediate escalation in phishing threats as the notorious Darcula toolkit has now started weaponizing generative AI to create highly convincing phishing pages at unprecedented speed and scale. Researchers at cybersecurity firm Netcraft detected this alarming development on April 23, documenting how the platform has evolved to enable even novice attackers…
Global IT News, Global Security News, News and Trends
Avaya Transforms Contact Centers with New Infinity Platform
Avaya just released its new Infinity platform, which is designed to solve the problem of “fragmented” customer experiences. The platform helps businesses transform their contact centers into what they’re calling “connection centers” that build stronger relationships with customers. Infinity is designed to blend AI and intelligent orchestration into existing business systems, connecting previously siloed channels,…
Global IT News, Global Security News, News and Trends
NVIDIA Announces General Availability for NeMo Microservices
Multinational technology company NVIDIA recently announced that its NeMo microservices will now be generally available to help enterprise IT build AI teammates using data flywheels to scale employee productivity. These microservices provide an end-to-end platform for building AI agents to scale employee productivity with data flywheels using human and AI feedback, and are informed by…
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It’s Time to Prioritize Cybersecurity Education
From ransomware attacks disrupting school systems to phishing scams targeting student credentials, educational institutions are prime targets for cybercriminals. Cybersecurity education is critical to protecting individual students and the vast, complex systems that support their learning. The post It’s Time to Prioritize Cybersecurity Education appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Looking for a Job in Tech Is More Confusing Than Ever
AI is creating job opportunities, but no one can agree on how to title or organize the new roles, leaving job seekers with a lot to navigate.
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The Hottest AI Job of 2023 Is Already Obsolete
Prompt engineering, a role aimed at crafting the perfect input to send to a large language model, was poised to become one of the hottest jobs in artificial intelligence. What happened?
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Who’s to Blame for Bybit?
If a company as big as Bybit can lose over a billion, it points to a much deeper issue and that should alarm anyone in crypto. The post Who’s to Blame for Bybit? appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Exploits, Global Security News
SAP Confirms Critical NetWeaver Flaw Amid Suspected Zero-Day Exploitation by Hackers
Threat actors are likely exploiting a new vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver to upload JSP web shells with the goal of facilitating unauthorized file uploads and code execution. “The exploitation is likely tied to either a previously disclosed vulnerability like CVE-2017-9844 or an unreported remote file inclusion (RFI) issue,” ReliaQuest said in a report published this…
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US Data Breach Lawsuits Total $155M Amid Cybersecurity Failures
Panaseer’s latest cybersecurity study revealed that US companies have paid $155M in data breach lawsuit settlements over just six months
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Why NHIs Are Security’s Most Dangerous Blind Spot
When we talk about identity in cybersecurity, most people think of usernames, passwords, and the occasional MFA prompt. But lurking beneath the surface is a growing threat that does not involve human credentials at all, as we witness the exponential growth of Non-Human Identities (NHIs). At the top of mind when NHIs are mentioned, most…
Cyberattacks, Cybercrime, Hacker Groups, Ransomware, Global Security News
Vor diesen Ransomware-Banden sollten Sie sich hüten
loading=”lazy” width=”400px”>Ransomware-Attacken werden immer mehr. Höchste Zeit, die Schutzmaßnahmen hochzufahren. Zephyr_p – shutterstock.com In den ersten drei Monaten des laufenden Jahres gab es einen neuen Höchststand bei den weltweit gemeldeten Ransomware-Vorfällen. Laut dem aktuellen Bericht State of Ransomware von Check Point Research (CPR) haben Hacker im ersten Quartal 2025 insgesamt 2.289 Unternehmen erpresst – 126…
Global Security News, North America, Security
FBI seeks help to unmask Salt Typhoon hackers behind telecom breaches
The FBI has asked the public for information on Chinese Salt Typhoon hackers behind widespread breaches of telecommunications providers in the United States and worldwide. […]
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IBM Is Back. Now It Must Prove Its Mettle in AI.
“Big Blue” has clawed its way back into investor favor, but the company needs to show staying power in AI to cement its comeback.
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Popular LLMs Found to Produce Vulnerable Code by Default
Backslash Security found that naïve prompts resulted in code vulnerable to at least four of the of the 10 most common vulnerabilities across popular LLMs
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Hackers access sensitive SIM card data at South Korea’s largest telecoms company
Mobile network operator SK Telecom, which serves approximately 34 million subscribers in South Korea, has confirmed that it suffered a cyber attack earlier this month that saw malware infiltrate its internal systems, and access data related to customers’ SIM cards. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
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Cybercriminals switch up their top initial access vectors of choice
Third-party involvement in breaches and exploitation of vulnerabilities have become more important factors in security breaches, according to the latest edition of Verizon’s Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR). An analysis of 22,000 security incidents, including 12,195 confirmed data breaches in 139 countries, found that credential abuse (22%) and exploitation of vulnerabilities (20%, up from 14.9%…
Global Security News, Risk Management
6 types of risk every organization must manage — and 4 strategies for doing it
Risk management is the process of identifying, analyzing, and mitigating uncertainties and threats that can harm your organization. That’s a straightforward description of a generic process, but as any IT leader knows, risk management applied to your industry or company is anything but. To help break down this complex process, this article provides an overview…
Exploits, Global Security News
Researchers Identify Rack::Static Vulnerability Enabling Data Breaches in Ruby Servers
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed three security flaws in the Rack Ruby web server interface that, if successfully exploited, could enable attackers to gain unauthorized access to files, inject malicious data, and tamper with logs under certain conditions. The vulnerabilities, flagged by cybersecurity vendor OPSWAT, are listed below – CVE-2025-27610 (CVSS score: 7.5) – A path…
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RSAC 2025 Innovation Sandbox | Aurascape: Reconstructing the Intelligent Defense Line of AI Interactive Visibility and Native Security
Company Overview Aurascape is a cybersecurity startup founded in 2023 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA. The company was co-founded by senior security experts and engineers from world-class technology companies such as Palo Alto Networks, Google, and Amazon. The team has deep expertise in the fields of network security, artificial intelligence, and network infrastructure,…
Global Security News, Permission & Access, Security Bloggers Network
A Smarter Alternative to Entra Permissions Management
Microsoft has announced the retirement of Entra Permissions Management (formerly CloudKnox), with sales ending June 30, 2025. EPM offered valuable visibility into cloud permissions, helping teams identify overprivileged identities across AWS, Azure, and GCP. But for many organizations, that visibility came with significant manual overhead: Policy rewrites, change windows, and time-consuming investigations. As EPM sunsets,…
Exploits, Global Security News
DslogdRAT Malware Deployed via Ivanti ICS Zero-Day CVE-2025-0282 in Japan Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers are warning about a new malware called DslogdRAT that’s installed following the exploitation of a now-patched security flaw in Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS). The malware, along with a web shell, were “installed by exploiting a zero-day vulnerability at that time, CVE-2025-0282, during attacks against organizations in Japan around December 2024,” JPCERT/CC researcher Yuma
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Cloud Infrastructure Security: Threats, Challenges & How to Protect Your Data
As cloud environments become more complex, ensuring robust security for your cloud infrastructure is no longer an option, but a necessity. The post Cloud Infrastructure Security: Threats, Challenges & How to Protect Your Data appeared first on Security Boulevard.