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DNA sequencer vulnerabilities signal firmware issues across medical device industry

In highlighting vulnerabilities in a widely used DNA gene sequencing device, security researchers have brought further attention to the likely poor state of security in the medical device industry, where hardware and firmware development is often outsourced to external equipment manufacturers under questionable support contracts. The device, Illumina’s iSeq 100 compact DNA sequencer, is used…

Grok may soon get an ‘Unhinged Mode’

Last April, Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X, teased a mysterious “Unhinged Mode” for X’s AI-powered chatbot, Grok. Nearly a year later, xAI, the Musk-owned company behind Grok, has updated an FAQ page on its website that sheds light on the new mode. Grok in Unhinged Mode will provide responses “intended to be objectionable,…

Ingram Micro Promotes Sanjib Sahoo to President of Global Platform Group

Global technology distributor Ingram Micro has appointed longtime executive Sanjib Sahoo as the company’s new president of its global platform group. Sahoo will lead strategy and collaborate with key leadership across the globe to identify and execute opportunities to further develop the company’s Xvantage platform. Sahoo will oversee ‘all aspects’ of platform strategy Sahoo’s new…

Halliday’s $489 smart glasses beam a tiny screen to your eye

Walk up to someone wearing a pair of Halliday’s smart glasses, and you might not notice they’re looking at smartphone notifications, live language translations, or advice from an AI assistant. The only giveaway is the tiny green dot of light on their eyeball. Wearables startup Halliday launched a pair of smart glasses at CES 2025…

Malicious hackers have their own shadow IT problem

Every chief information security officer worth their salt spends time thinking about the problem of shadow IT in their enterprise. Systems, hardware or infrastructure that might have been connected to your network years ago, for reasons no one can remember, were then summarily forgotten until years later when they become an entry point in a…

Flock Safety quietly hired a sitting California mayor. Now he’s suing Flock

Last year, police surveillance startup Flock Safety hired the mayor of a California city with over 200,000 residents to promote its products. But the mayor, Ulises Cabrera of Moreno Valley, now claims Flock wrongfully terminated him, partly because he refused to use his position as mayor to benefit Flock, according to a lawsuit Cabrera filed…

AI researcher François Chollet is co-founding a nonprofit to build benchmarks for AGI

Former Google engineer and influential AI researcher François Chollet is co-founding a nonprofit to help develop benchmarks that’ll probe AI for “human-level” intelligence. The nonprofit, the ARC Prize Foundation, will be led by Greg Kamradt, an ex-Salesforce engineering director and founder of the AI product studio Leverage. Kamradt will serve as president and a member…

Watch Duty surpasses ChatGPT as top free app on App Store as California fires spread

Watch Duty, an app to track wildfires with live maps and alerts, has become the number one free app in Apple’s App Store as of Wednesday morning. The fire tracking app surpassed the ChatGPT app for the number one spot as devastating fires continue to rage across Southern California. Watch Duty has been around since…

What Makes You… You? A Philosophical Take on Non-Human Identity

6 min readFrom DNA to data, explore the unanswered questions of identity and the challenges of securing a non-human world. The post What Makes You… You? A Philosophical Take on Non-Human Identity appeared first on Aembit. The post What Makes You… You? A Philosophical Take on Non-Human Identity appeared first on Security Boulevard.

DEF CON 32 – Student Engagement Doesn’t Have to Suck

Author/Presenter: Dr. Muhsinah Morris Our sincere appreciation to DEF CON, and the Authors/Presenters for publishing their erudite DEF CON 32 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Las Vegas Convention Center; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post DEF CON 32 – Student Engagement Doesn’t Have to Suck appeared first on…

Mastodon CEO calls Meta’s moderation changes ‘deeply troubling,’ warns users cross-posting from Threads

Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko has spoken out about the significant moderation changes announced by Meta on Tuesday, which will see the social networking giant removing fact-checking across its apps in favor of a crowdsourced community notes feature, similar to X’s. The Mastodon founder, whose app competes with X and Meta’s X rival, Instagram Threads, called…

This basketball robot uses AI to rebound the ball after you shoot

Like anything in life, the secret to becoming Steph Curry or Sabrina Ionescu is practice, practice, and more practice. You practice when it’s too hot, too cold, you’re tired, or you’re sick. Finding a willing one-on-one partner through all of that is, however, another question entirely. The good news is that later this year, you…

This Week in AI: More capable AI is coming, but will its benefits be evenly distributed?

Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. The AI news cycle didn’t slow down much this holiday season. Between OpenAI’s 12 days of “shipmas” and DeepSeek’s major model release on Christmas Day, blink and you’d miss some new development. And it’s not slowing…

To Ban TikTok, Supreme Court Would Rank “National Security” Before First Amendment

There are limits to the First Amendment, under established U.S. Supreme Court precedent. There is no constitutional protection for inciting violence, committing perjury, or child pornography, for example. But when the justices convene on Friday to consider legislation that would effectively ban the video-based social media app TikTok in the United States as of January…

Triller launches a tool to back up users’ TikToks ahead of the U.S. ban deadline

Triller, a would-be competitor to TikTok, is hoping to capitalize on the potential for a TikTok ban in the U.S. by pitching to creators to move their content from the popular short-form video app to its own. The company has now launched a website, SaveMyTikToks.com, which promises to back up all your TikTok videos by…

Microsoft moves to disrupt hacking-as-a-service scheme that’s  bypassing AI safety measures

Microsoft is petitioning a Virginia court to seize software and shut down internet infrastructure that they allege is being used by a group of foreign cybercriminals to bypass safety guidelines for generative AI systems. In a filing with the Eastern District Court of Virginia, Microsoft brought a lawsuit against ten individuals for using stolen credentials…

Tonal’s new strength training system arrives with refreshed hardware and new workouts

The post-pandemic years haven’t been especially kind to connected fitness. As bigger names like Peloton and Mirror have struggled, however, plenty of smaller firms like Tonal are still going strong. At CES 2025 on Wednesday, the Bay Area firm announced the arrival of its new strength training system, fittingly named Tonal 2. At its core,…

Time for a new job—9 work-from-home scams and how to spot them

Navigating the job market can feel like a final boss battle in a video game—thrilling, challenging, and filled with traps. Unfortunately, work-from-home scams are some of the trickiest villains you’ll encounter on this quest. They disguise themselves as legitimate opportunities, preying on jobseekers eager to land their dream roles. The post Time for a new…

Boston Dynamics settles patent suit with military robotics firm Ghost

Roughly two and a half years after their patent battle began, Boston Dynamics and Ghost Robotics have settled the dispute on reasonably amicable terms. The robotics firms on Wednesday issued a joint release announcing the end of the dispute.  “We are pleased to resolve this dispute on mutually advantageous terms,” Boston Dynamics Chief Legal Officer…

Former Huami employees launch SATELLAI, a satellite pet tracker, at CES 2025

With the smart pet wearable market estimated at $1.72 million in 2024, a new startup in the pet tech space is entering the scene with a dog tracker and collar that can directly link with satellite tracking without needing an LTE signal. At CES 2025, SATELLAI presented its pet tracker and smart collar, which include…

Sophos MDR Defends 26,000 Customers Worldwide with New Enhancements

Sophos MDR Grows Global Customers by 37% in 2024, Setting a Powerful New Standard in Cutting-edge, Expert-driven Cybersecurity Against Today’s Most Advanced Threats COMPANY NEWS: Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, today announced that its Sophos Managed Detection and Response (MDR) service has reached a major milestone, now protecting more…

Omi, a competitor to Friend, wants to boost your productivity using AI and a ‘brain interface’

San Francisco startup Based Hardware announced the launch of a new AI wearable, Omi, to boost productivity during the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas this week. The device can be worn as a necklace where Omi’s AI assistant can be activated by saying “Hey Omi.” The startup also claims Omi can be attached to…

Grove cuts clinical trial enrollment time with AI

Tran Le was an engineering student at Stanford University when she tried to enroll in a clinical trial for her chronic condition. Although she identified several promising trials, she found the sign-up process daunting — she had to have extensive email exchanges with clinical sites and complete lengthy 20-page forms. All that paperwork was so…

Critical Mitel, Oracle flaws find active exploitation, CISA urges patching

Attackers are actively expoiting flaws in Mitel MiCollab flaws to gain unauthorized access to sensitive system files, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned. On Tuesday the agency added two path traversal vulnerabilities in the widely used communication platform to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of exploitation. “These type…

Microsoft rolls back its Bing Image Creator model after users complain of degraded quality

Ahead of the holidays, Microsoft said it was upgrading the AI model behind Bing Image Creator, the AI-powered image editing tool built into the company’s Bing search engine. Microsoft promised that the new model — the latest version of OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 model, code-named “PR16” — would allow users to create images “twice as fast…

Former CEO of MoviePass’ parent company pleads guilty to fraud over ‘unlimited’ plan

The former chief executive of the parent company of MoviePass, Theodore Farnsworth, pleaded guilty to charges of securities fraud and conspiracy after being accused of misleading investors over the service’s “unlimited plan.” Farnsworth also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud as the chief executive of Vinco Ventures, a publicly traded company. Helios &…

Facebook Marketplace to display eBay listings to appease EU regulators

Meta is set to start displaying eBay listings in its own Facebook Marketplace classifieds platform, in an effort to appease European regulators. Back in November, Meta was hit with a €798 million fine by the European Commission (EC) in Europe for breaching antitrust rules. The EC contended that Meta created “unfair trading conditions” by connecting…

Healthcare analytics platform H1 has acquired Ribbon, backed by a16Z and General Catalyst

H1, a healthcare data analytics platform serving the pharmaceutical industry with data on over 10 million healthcare professionals, has acquired Ribbon, a startup that helps patients find doctors that are supported by their insurance. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The last time that Ribbon — founded in 2016 and a Y…

WatchGuard to Acquire ActZero to Boost MDR Services

Network security solutions provider WatchGuard has announced the acquisition of ActZero, a leading provider of managed detection and response (MDR) services, with proactive, rapid, and automated threat response, and cross-platform AI-driven threat analysis designed to outpace threats at machine speed. In a press release, WatchGuard said that the acquisition will assist the organization with expanding…

MacPaw Announces Expansion of CleanMyMac Tech for SMBs

Leading macOS and iOS software producer MacPaw has announced the launch of CleanMyMac Business, which will extend its CleanMyMac technology to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and managed service providers (MSPs). Simplifying Mac maintenance for partners and businesses The new software will simplify Mac fleet maintenance for organizations, complementing commonly used mobile device management (MDM)…

Researchers Expose NonEuclid RAT Using UAC Bypass and AMSI Evasion Techniques

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new remote access trojan called NonEuclid that allows bad actors to remotely control compromised Windows systems. “The NonEuclid remote access trojan (RAT), developed in C#, is a highly sophisticated malware offering unauthorised remote access with advanced evasion techniques,” Cyfirma said in a technical analysis published last week. “It…

Census III study spotlights ongoing open-source software security challenges

Backward incompatibilities, the lack of standard schemas for components, and projects staffed by too few developers are just some of the risks threatening the security of free and open-source software (FOSS), a study released by the Linux Foundation, the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), and Harvard University has found. The post Census III study spotlights ongoing…

Six Tech Trends Shaping the Future of Brand Experiences

Six Tech Trends Shaping the Future of Brand Experiences madhav Wed, 01/08/2025 – 12:38 Business success relies on balancing positive brand experiences and maintaining consumer trust. Consumers want efficiency—2024 research from Thales found that 22% of consumers will give up after less than a minute if they’re having a frustrating customer experience—but they are suspicious…

Livestream shopping app Whatnot raises $265M, pinning valuation at nearly $5B

Whatnot, the platform that allows users to sell items such as trading cards, comics, and sneakers through live videos, announced on Wednesday that it has secured $265 million in a Series E funding round, a significant investment for a livestream shopping platform. This round puts Whatnot’s valuation at $4.97 billion. The investment marks an important…

CVE-2025-0282: Ivanti Connect Secure zero-day exploited in the wild

On Wednesday, January 8, 2025, Ivanti disclosed two CVEs affecting Ivanti Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and Neurons for ZTA gateways. CVE-2025-0282 is a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the target device. CVE-2025-0283 is a stack-based buffer overflow that allows local authenticated attackers to escalate privileges on the device.

Infoblox Threat Intel research sheds light on the use of spoofed domains in malicious spam campaigns

GUEST RESEARCH:  Infoblox Threat Intel researchers have discovered new insights into the use of spoofed domains in modern malicious spam (malspam) campaigns, sending unsolicited emails that contain harmful attachments or links designed to infect the recipient’s computer with malware or to steal sensitive information. This reveals how threat actors exploit domain spoofing and how pervasive…

SteamOS expands to other gaming handhelds with the Lenovo Legion Go S

SteamOS is slowly becoming an alternative to Windows for handheld gaming devices. After launching the Steam Deck with SteamOS, its own operating system, Valve is now partnering with third-party manufacturers so that they can release gaming handhelds with SteamOS support. On Tuesday, Lenovo unveiled the Legion Go S at CES 2025. Unlike its predecessor, the…

Ransomware-Bande erpresst Weininger Metall System

Die Weininger Metall System GmbH wird von einer Ransomware-Bande mit gestohlenen Daten erpresst. PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/ Shutterstock.com Industrieunternehmen sind angesichts ihrer wichtigen Rolle in der Lieferkette ein beliebtes Ziel für Ransomware-Attacken. Die Weininger Metall System GmbH, ein bedeutender Akteur in der Metallindustrie, wurde kürzlich von der berüchtigten 8Base-Ransomware-Gruppe als Opfer aufgeführt. In ihrem Darknet-Post…

Siren secures strategic funding for its socks that detect diabetic foot ulcers

After studying burn victims and war veterans, entrepreneur Ran Ma hand-made a sock that contained sensors to detect foot ulcers. Now, her company, Siren, has secured $9.5 million, with an $8 million check from lead investor Mölnlycke Health Care to further the development and adoption of its diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) prevention product. It’s now…

Mirai Botnet Variant Exploits Four-Faith Router Vulnerability for DDoS Attacks

A Mirai botnet variant has been found exploiting a newly disclosed security flaw impacting Four-Faith industrial routers since early November 2024 with the goal of conducting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The botnet maintains approximately 15,000 daily active IP addresses, with the infections primarily scattered across China, Iran, Russia, Turkey, and the United States.

FCC Launches ‘Cyber Trust Mark’ for IoT Devices to Certify Security Compliance

The U.S. government on Tuesday announced the launch of the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, a new cybersecurity safety label for Internet-of-Things (IoT) consumer devices. “IoT products can be susceptible to a range of security vulnerabilities,” the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said. “Under this program, qualifying consumer smart products that meet robust cybersecurity standards will…

These Are the Members of Congress Who Are Trading Crypto

Three weeks after Donald Trump’s reelection victory sent cryptocurrencies on a bull run, Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., spotted an opportunity. Collins started buying thousands of dollars’ worth of a meme coin called Ski Mask Dog. His legally mandated disclosure of those purchases helped drive the coin’s price up more than 100 percent. The purchases once…

Microsoft backs its $3B AI push in India with public and private sector deals

Microsoft announced a sweeping series of artificial intelligence partnerships across India’s core sectors on Wednesday, a day after pledging to invest $3 billion in the country over the next two years as it intensifies competition with rivals Google and Amazon. The tech giant’s chief executive Satya Nadella (pictured above) unveiled agreements with five major organizations…

The biggest data breach fines, penalties, and settlements so far

Sizable fines assessed for data breaches in recent years suggest that regulators are getting more serious about cracking down on organizations that don’t properly protect consumer data. Hit with a $ 1.3 billion fine for unlawfully transferring personal data from the European Union to the US, Meta tops the list of recent big-ticket sanctions, with…

Nomupay raises $37M on a $200M valuation to build payment rails in underserved markets across Asia

Wirecard, a German fintech that raised hundreds of millions of dollars only to collapse in 2020 in a sea of scandal and insolvency, still makes headlines today as lawsuits continue against different entities and people once connected to the business. Meanwhile, a Dublin-based startup called Nomupay that was formed in 2023 out of some of…

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