His America PAC has spent big in Wisconsin and is exploring Nevada. and he has business interests in both states.
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U.S. Treasury Lifts Tornado Cash Sanctions Amid North Korea Money Laundering Probe
The U.S. Treasury Department has announced that it’s removing sanctions against Tornado Cash, a cryptocurrency mixer service that has been accused of aiding the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group to launder their ill-gotten proceeds. “Based on the Administration’s review of the novel legal and policy issues raised by use of financial sanctions against financial and commercial…
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The $32 Billion Wizards Who Picked the Best Time to Start a Company: The Worst Time
Google just made its biggest deal ever for Wiz, a cybersecurity startup founded only five years ago. It’s even unlikelier than it sounds.
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Meta settles UK ‘right to object to ad-tracking’ lawsuit by agreeing not to track plaintiff
A human rights campaigner, Tanya O’Carroll, has succeeded in forcing social media giant Meta not to use her data for targeted advertising. The agreement is contained in a settlement to an individual challenge she lodged against Meta’s tracking and profiling back in 2022. O’Carroll had argued that a legal right to object to the use…
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Coinbase was primary target of recent GitHub Actions breaches
Researchers have determined that Coinbase was the primary target in a recent GitHub Actions cascading supply chain attack that compromised secrets in hundreds of repositories. […]
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CVE-2025-24813: Apache Tomcat Vulnerable to RCE Attacks
IntroductionCVE-2025-24813 was originally published on March 10 with a medium severity score of 5.5, and Apache Tomcat released an update to fix it. On March 12, the first attack was detected in Poland by Wallarm researchers, even before a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) was made public. After the PoC was released on March 13 on GitHub and…
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HIPAA Security Rule Amendment: Key Public Comments and Next Steps
Major cybersecurity breaches continue to plague the US healthcare industry, and on December 27, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the HIPAA Security Rule, titled “The HIPAA Security Rule to Strengthen the Cybersecurity of Electronic Protected Health Information”. Comments were requested and…
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How do I ensure secure authentication for NHIs in an IAM system?
Is Your IAM System Adequately Protecting Non-Human Identities? Non-Human Identities (NHIs) are one such intricacy that has increasingly made its way into IAM (Identity Access Management) systems. However, the question remains: How do we ensure secure authentication for NHIs in an IAM system? Peeling Back the Layers of NHI NHIs, essentially, are machine identities used…
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How can legacy IAM systems be updated to support NHIs?
Could Your Legacy IAM Be The Achilles Heel of Your Cybersecurity? When security breaches and data leaks proliferate, organizations grapple with the rising challenge of protecting their digital assets. This is particularly true for organizations with legacy Identity and Access Management (IAM) systems. While these systems have served us well in the past, could they…
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What role do NHIs play in modern identity and access management?
How Vital is the Role of Non-Human Identities in Identity and Access Management (IAM)? Have you ever wondered how digital machinery and applications gain access to our systems? The answer lies in Non-Human Identities (NHIs), a critical, yet often overlooked aspect of Identity and Access Management (IAM). But how significant is the role of NHIs…
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Anduril might build a weapons factory in the UK
Anduril might build a factory in the U.K. as it expands beyond U.S. defense contracts.
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Oracle denies breach after hacker claims theft of 6 million data records
Oracle denies it was breached after a threat actor claimed to be selling 6 million data records allegedly stolen from the company’s Oracle Cloud federated SSO login servers […]
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What CISA’s Red Team Disarray Means for US Cyber Defenses
DOGE is making wild moves at CISA, including bringing back fired probationary employees only to put them on paid leave, and reportedly gutting the agency’s red teams.
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Meta has revenue sharing agreements with Llama AI model hosts, filing reveals
In a blog post last July, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that “selling access” to Meta’s openly available Llama AI models “isn’t [Meta’s] business model.” Yet Meta does make at least some money from Llama through revenue-sharing agreements, according to a newly unredacted court filing. The filing, submitted by attorneys for the plaintiffs in the…
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How BYD plans to make EV charging as fast as filling a gas tank
What we found mostly supports the auto makers claims, with a few caveats.
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Attackers Pivot to SEMrush Spoof to Steal Google Credentials
The attackers are taking an indirect approach to targeting SEO professionals and their Google credentials, using a fake digital marketing website.
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Nation-State ‘Paragon’ Spyware Infections Target Civil Society
Law enforcement entities in democratic states have been deploying top-of-the-line messaging app spyware against journalists and aid workers.
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Valve removes video game demo suspected of being malware
Valve removed a video game called Sniper: Phantom’s Resolution from Steam after users reported that its free demo contained malware.
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Arrests in Tap-to-Pay Scheme Powered by Phishing
Authorities in at least two U.S. states last week independently announced arrests of Chinese nationals accused of perpetrating a novel form of tap-to-pay fraud using mobile devices. Details released by authorities so far indicate the mobile wallets being used by the scammers were created through online phishing scams, and that the accused were relying on…
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FCC’s Carr alleges Chinese companies are making ‘end run’ around Chinese telecom bans, announces investigation
The first initiative from The Federal Communications Commission’s newly-created Council on National Security will be a “sweeping” investigation of Chinese-made equipment in America’s telecommunications infrastructure, the agency announced Friday. In particular, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said the focus will be on equipment and services from Chinese companies already barred from U.S. networks under the Secure…
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DEF CON 32 – Recon Village – Pushing the Limits of Mass DNS Scanning
Speaker: Jasper Insinger Our sincere appreciation to DEF CON, and the Presenters/Authors for publishing their erudite []DEF CON 32]2 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 – Recon Village – Pushing the Limits of Mass DNS Scanning…
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Attackers probing backdoor flaw in popular Cisco Smart Licensing Utility, warns SANS
Organizations running Cisco’s Smart Licensing Utility (CSLU) should update their software as soon as possible to fix two serious vulnerabilities, the SANS Technology Institute has urged. The CSLU is a tool used primarily in smaller, on-premises and air-gapped networks as a way to manage Cisco licenses without having to resort to the more complex cloud-based…
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DeepSeek: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot app
DeepSeek has gone viral. Chinese AI lab DeepSeek broke into the mainstream consciousness this week after its chatbot app rose to the top of the Apple App Store charts (and Google Play, as well). DeepSeek’s AI models, which were trained using compute-efficient techniques, have led Wall Street analysts — and technologists — to question whether the U.S. can maintain its…
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Fake Semrush ads used to steal SEO professionals’ Google accounts
A new phishing campaign is targeting SEO professionals with malicious Semrush Google Ads that aim to steal their Google account credentials. […]
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TechCrunch has, yes, personal news!
If you haven’t heard the news, TechCrunch has a shiny new home. After years under Yahoo’s ownership — which, in turn, is backed by Apollo Group — the brand is now in fresh hands. Its new parent company: Regent, a dynamic private equity firm with a diverse portfolio spanning media, retail, and manufacturing. Regent was…
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Microsoft: Exchange Online bug mistakenly quarantines user emails
Microsoft is investigating an Exchange Online bug causing anti-spam systems to mistakenly quarantine some users’ emails. […]
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Anthropic appears to be using Brave to power web search for its Claude chatbot
Earlier this week, Anthropic rolled out a web search feature for its AI-powered chatbot platform, Claude, bringing the bot in line with many of its rivals. It wasn’t immediately clear which search index might be powering the feature — one possibility was that Anthropic had developed its own. But evidence suggests it’s Brave Search, the…
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TechCrunch Mobility: Inside Waymo’s deal with SFO, Elon’s moment of truth, and BYD’s breakthrough
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! Before we jump into the news, just a quick bit of housekeeping. I’m putting “This week’s wheels” on hiatus for a few weeks as I get into…
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Startups Weekly: Wiz’s bet paid off in an M&A-rich week
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. It’s rare to report on an 11-figure startup acquisition, let alone multiple high-value deals in a single week. And there are more subtle signs that things are…
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Ex-Michigan, Ravens Football Coach Charged with Hacking Athlete Accounts
Matthew Weiss, former football coach for the University of Michigan and the Baltimore Ravens, for almost 10 years accessed the social media and other online accounts of thousands of student athletes and downloaded personal information and intimate images, said prosecutors who indicted for illegal computer access and identity theft. The post Ex-Michigan, Ravens Football Coach…
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Securing Your Supply Chain from Phishing Attacks
In this piece, Tass Kalfoglou, the director of our APAC Business Unit, sheds light on supply chain vulnerabilities and the need to level up domain security. The post Securing Your Supply Chain from Phishing Attacks appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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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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US removes sanctions against Tornado Cash crypto mixer
The U.S. Department of Treasury announced today that it has removed sanctions against the Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer, which North Korean Lazarus hackers used to launder hundreds of millions stolen in multiple crypto heists. […]
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‘The Mysterious Mr. Nakamoto’ Review: Cryptocurrency’s Ghostly Creator
A digital publication in 2008 laid out the concept and technical methods for “mining” cryptocurrency. Its author didn’t seem to want to take credit or reap the rewards.
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Wayve CEO shares his key ingredients for scaling autonomous driving tech
Wayve co-founder and CEO Alex Kendall sees promise in bringing his autonomous vehicle startup’s tech to market. That is, if Wayve sticks to its strategy of ensuring its automated driving software is cheap to run, hardware agnostic, and can be applied to advanced driver assistance systems, robotaxis, and even robotics. The strategy, which Kendall laid…
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Microsoft is exploring a way to credit contributors to AI training data
Microsoft is launching a research project to estimate the influence of specific training examples on the text, images, and other types of media that generative AI models create. That’s per a job listing dating back to December that was recently recirculated on LinkedIn. According to the listing, which seeks a research intern, the project will…
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Meta spotted testing AI-generated comments on Instagram
In recent years, Meta has introduced many AI features and capabilities to its apps, even going so far as experimenting with AI-generated characters complete with unique profiles and personalities, before scraping them after they were deemed creepy and unnecessary. In yet another move that may not be received well among users, Meta wants to use…
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How Much Do You Know About Online Romance Scams? Take Our Quiz to Find Out
Among the questions: Which state had the highest rate of scams? And what are some warning signs?
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Albabat Ransomware Evolves to Target Linux and macOS
Trend Micro observed a continuous development of Albabat ransomware, designed to expand attacks and streamline operations
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1X will test humanoid robots in ‘a few hundred’ homes in 2025
Norwegian robotics startup 1X plans to start early tests of its humanoid robot, Neo Gamma, in “a few hundred to a few thousand” homes by the end of 2025, according to the company’s CEO, Bernt Børnich. “Neo Gamma is going into homes this year,” Børnich told TechCrunch in an interview at Nvidia GTC 2025. “We…
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Why Cyber Quality Is the Key to Security
The time to secure foundations, empower teams, and make cyber resilience the standard is now — because the cost of waiting is far greater than the investment in proactive security.
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UAT-5918 Targets Taiwan’s Critical Infrastructure Using Web Shells and Open-Source Tools
Threat hunters have uncovered a new threat actor named UAT-5918 that has been attacking critical infrastructure entities in Taiwan since at least 2023. “UAT-5918, a threat actor believed to be motivated by establishing long-term access for information theft, uses a combination of web shells and open-sourced tooling to conduct post-compromise activities to establish persistence in…
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Commercial services platform BuildOps becomes a unicorn, raises $127M
Commercial services tech hasn’t historically been considered “sexy,” but the need for innovation in the space is enormous. That need has translated into a large fundraise for a company focused on streamlining commercial contracting processes. On Friday, BuildOps, which develops software for commercial services contractors, announced that it has raised $127 million in a Series…
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AstraZeneca to Invest $2.5 Billion in China Amid Probes
The drugmaker plans to build a research-and-development center in Beijing and strike deals with local biotechnology companies, at a time when Chinese authorities are probing it.
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Steam pulls game demo infecting Windows with info-stealing malware
Valve has removed a game titled ‘Sniper: Phantom’s Resolution’ from the Steam store following multiple user reports that indicated its demo installer actually infected their systems with information stealing malware. […]
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Russian zero-day seller is offering up to $4 million for Telegram exploits
Two sources in the zero-day industry say Operation Zero’s prices for exploits against the popular messaging app Telegram will depend on different factors.
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Dashlane Now Available on AWS Marketplace
Credential security provider Dashlane recently announced that its platform will be available through the AWS Marketplace. Credential security platform now available for marketplace customers Through its inclusion in the AWS Marketplace, the procurement and deployment of Dashlane’s credential security platform will be expedited for AWS customers to boost their credential threat detection, response, and protection.…
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Medusa Ransomware Uses Malicious Driver to Disable Anti-Malware with Stolen Certificates
The threat actors behind the Medusa ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation have been observed using a malicious driver dubbed ABYSSWORKER as part of a bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) attack designed to disable anti-malware tools. Elastic Security Labs said it observed a Medusa ransomware attack that delivered the encryptor by means of a loader packed using…
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Für Cyberattacken gewappnet – Krisenkommunikation nach Plan
width=”2472″ height=”1391″ sizes=”(max-width: 2472px) 100vw, 2472px”>Lesen Sie, welche Aspekte für einen Krisenkommunikationsplan entscheidend sind. Gorodenkoff – shutterstock.com Cyberangriffe fordern nicht nur CISOs in punkto Prävention und Krisenbewältigung heraus. Auch die Unternehmenskommunikation ist mit im Boot. Sie ist verantwortlich für den Krisenkommunikationsplan, den sie mit dem CISO entwickelt und bei Cybersicherheitsvorfällen umsetzt. Eine gute Krisenprävention hat…
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Cybercriminals Exploit CheckPoint Antivirus Driver in Malicious Campaign
A security researcher has observed threat actors exploiting vulnerabilities in a driver used by CheckPoint’s ZoneAlarm antivirus to bypass Windows security measures
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AstraZeneca Invests $2.5 Billion in R&D Center in China
The pharmaceutical company said the investment in the research-and-development center in Beijing will bolster its footprint and growth prospects in the country.
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CISA marks NAKIVO’s critical backup vulnerability as actively exploited
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a patched, high-severity vulnerability affecting NAKIVO’s backup and replication software to its known exploited vulnerability (KEV) catalog. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-48248, is a path traversal issue that received a high severity rating with CVSS 8.6 out of 10 and was marked “critical” by NAKIVO in…
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Attackers Use Fake CAPTCHAs to Deploy Lumma Stealer RAT
Attackers are exploiting user familiarity with CAPTCHAs to distribute the Lumma Stealer RAT via malicious PowerShell commands, according to HP
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Google claims news is worthless to its ad business after test involving 1% of search results in eight EU markets
Google has reported the results of an experiment it ran which removed news from search results for 1% of users for 2.5 months in eight* markets in Europe — claiming the results show that news is essentially worthless to Google’s ad business. The search giant conducted the test because European copyright law requires it to…
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China-Linked APT Aquatic Panda: 10-Month Campaign, 7 Global Targets, 5 Malware Families
The China-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) group. known as Aquatic Panda has been linked to a “global espionage campaign” that took place in 2022 targeting seven organizations. These entities include governments, catholic charities, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and think tanks across Taiwan, Hungary, Turkey, Thailand, France, and the United States. The activity, which took place
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10 Critical Network Pentest Findings IT Teams Overlook
After conducting over 10,000 automated internal network penetration tests last year, vPenTest has uncovered a troubling reality that many businesses still have critical security gaps that attackers can easily exploit. Organizations often assume that firewalls, endpoint protection, and SIEMs are enough to keep them secure. But how effective are these defenses when put to the…
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Fifth Circuit Strikes Down “Geofence” Warrants – Conflict With Fourth Circuit
Geofence warrants are a relatively new tool that allows law enforcement to obtain location data from devices within a specified geographic area during a specific time frame. The post Fifth Circuit Strikes Down “Geofence” Warrants – Conflict With Fourth Circuit appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Kaspersky Links Head Mare to Twelve, Targeting Russian Entities via Shared C2 Servers
Two known threat activity clusters codenamed Head Mare and Twelve have likely joined forces to target Russian entities, new findings from Kaspersky reveal. “Head Mare relied heavily on tools previously associated with Twelve. Additionally, Head Mare attacks utilized command-and-control (C2) servers exclusively linked to Twelve prior to these incidents,” the company said. “This suggests
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Report Surfaces Sharp Increase in Cyberattacks Aimed at Applications
An analysis of cyberattacks made against applications published this week by Digital.ai, a provider of a platform for securely delivering software, finds a 20% year over year increase, with 83% of applications tracked in January now under constant cyberattack compared to 65% a year ago. The post Report Surfaces Sharp Increase in Cyberattacks Aimed at…
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6 Top Tips for Increasing Employee ROI
GUEST OPINION: Your employees are one of your biggest business investments – and like any investment, you want to ensure you’re gleaning maximum value. Hiring the right people is only half of the equation. If you’re not actively working to maximize their productivity and engagement, you leave potential growth on the table.
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11 hottest IT security certs for higher pay today
With change a constant, IT professionals looking to improve their careers can benefit from the latest insights into employers’ needs. Data from Foote Partners on the skills and certification most in demand today may provide helpful signposts. Analyzing more than 640 certifications as part of its 4Q 2024 “IT Skills Demand and Pay Trends Report,” Foote Partners…
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Importance of Regular Network Security Audit
A network is simply a way for devices like computers, phones, or servers to connect and communicate with each other. It is similar to a road system that allows cars to travel between different places. If we take the cars as data and the destinations as devices, we need to make sure there are no…
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Weekly Update 444
It’s time to fly! 🇬🇧 🇮🇸 🇮🇪 That’s two new flags (or if you’re on Windows and can’t see flag emojis, that’s two new ISO codes) I’ll be adding to my “places I’ve been list” as we start the journey by jetting out to London right after I publish this blog. If you’re in the…
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Ongoing Cyber Attacks Exploit Critical Vulnerabilities in Cisco Smart Licensing Utility
Two now-patched security flaws impacting Cisco Smart Licensing Utility are seeing active exploitation attempts, according to SANS Internet Storm Center. The two critical-rated vulnerabilities in question are listed below – CVE-2024-20439 (CVSS score: 9.8) – The presence of an undocumented static user credential for an administrative account that an attacker could exploit to log in…
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Teams, Slack & Co. absichern: So wird das Collaboration-Tool kein Security-Albtraum
Collaboration Tools wie Microsoft Teams und Slack erleichtern die Zusammenarbeit mit internen und externen Partnern enorm, bergen jedoch auch Risiken. Foto: Ascannio – shutterstock.com Schnelle und effiziente Zusammenarbeit ist in der heutigen Geschäftswelt unerlässlich, aber die Plattformen, über die wir mit Kollegen, Lieferanten, Kunden und Auftraggebern kommunizieren, können auch ernsthafte Risiken bergen. Ein Blick auf…
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Developers: apply these 10 mitigations first to prevent supply chain attacks
DevOps leaders hoping to find a single cybersecurity risk framework that will prevent their work from experiencing the kinds of compromises that lead to supply chain attacks will have a hard time, according to a new research paper. In a paper submitted to Cornell University’s arXiv site for academic manuscripts, the six researchers — four…
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Google’s Cybersecurity Deal Spins Tiny Investment Into $4 Billion Windfall
Index Ventures is set to earn a 250-fold return on its seed money in a startup that Google has agreed to buy.
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Critical remote code execution flaw patched in Veeam backup servers
Data resilience solutions provider Veeam Software released a critical patch for its Veeam Backup & Replication product. The update fixes a deserialization issue that can result in remote code execution as the SYSTEM user on the underlying Windows server. The issue can be exploited by any authenticated account that’s part of the local users group…
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Apologizes for His Quantum Effect
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang offered a quantum-level climb-down on Thursday, after spooking quantum-computing companies earlier this year with his assessment that their efforts wouldn’t be “very useful” for 15 to 30 years.
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Veeam RCE bug lets domain users hack backup servers, patch now
Veeam has patched a critical remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-23120 in its Backup & Replication software that impacts domain-joined installations. […]
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GTC felt more bullish than ever, but Nvidia’s challenges are piling up
Nvidia took San Jose by storm this year, with a record-breaking 25,000 attendees flocking to the San Jose Convention Center and surrounding downtown buildings. Many workshops, talks, and panels were so packed that people had to lean against walls or sit on the floor — and suffer the wrath of organizers shouting commands to get…
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AI in the Enterprise: Key Findings from the ThreatLabz 2025 AI Security Report
Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly shifted from buzz to business necessity over the past year—something Zscaler has seen firsthand while pioneering AI-powered solutions and tracking enterprise AI/ML activity in the world’s largest security cloud.As enterprises embrace AI to boost productivity, accelerate decision-making, and automate workflows, to name a few benefits, cybercriminals are using the same…
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Apple faces lawsuit over Apple Intelligence delays
Apple has been sued in federal court over what plaintiffs allege is false advertising of several Apple Intelligence features. Filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in San Jose, the suit seeks class-action status and damages on behalf of those who purchased Apple Intelligence-capable iPhones and other devices. Plaintiffs claim that device owners haven’t received the…
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Federal judge blocks DOGE’s access to Social Security Administration’s banks of personal information
The order accused DOGE of engaging in a “fishing expedition” at the federal agency. © 2025 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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CISA tags NAKIVO backup flaw as actively exploited in attacks
CISA has warned U.S. federal agencies to secure their networks against attacks exploiting a high-severity vulnerability in NAKIVO’s Backup & Replication software. […]
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Apple is reportedly losing $1B per year on its streaming service
Apple is losing more than $1 billion per year on its streaming service, Apple TV+, according to a new report from The Information. Apple TV+ is the only service in Apple’s portfolio that isn’t profitable, the report reveals. The company has spent around $5 billion on content each year since the streaming service launched in…
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Disney’s Robotic Droids Are the Toast of Silicon Valley
The real-life droids, inspired by characters in a “Star Wars” videogame, became a highlight of Nvidia’s annual GTC developers conference.
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Signal threatens to leave France if encryption backdoor required
Signal is standing its ground to protect its app’s security, threatening on Wednesday to leave France if encryption backdoor requirements are enacted, just as it said it would do in Sweden. “Those hyping this bad law have rushed to assure French politicians that the proposal isn’t breaking encryption. Their arguments are as tedious as they…
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Sextortion scams are on the rise — and they’re getting personal
Scammers are in on the sextortion trend. Our expert analysis on this trend found that the likelihood of being targeted by sextortion scammers in the first few months of 2025 increased by a whopping 137% in the U.S., while the risk jumped to 49% in the U.K. and 34% in Australia. The post Sextortion scams…
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A high schooler built a website that lets you challenge AI models to a Minecraft build-off
As conventional AI benchmarking techniques prove inadequate, AI builders are turning to more creative ways to assess the capabilities of generative AI models. For one group of developers, that’s Minecraft, the Microsoft-owned sandbox-building game. The website Minecraft Benchmark (or MC-Bench) was developed collaboratively to pit AI models against each other in head-to-head challenges to respond…
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NVIDIA GTC 2025 Roundup: AI Innovation Highlights Conference
GPU giant and AI leader NVIDIA just concluded its GTC 2025 conference, during which it made a flurry of announcements to drive business growth and innovation. Joined by many IT leaders and organizations across the ecosystem, NVIDIA’s conference brought them together to break down how AI and accelerated computing can help solve complex business challenges.…
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North Korea launches new unit with a focus on AI hacking, per report
North Korea is reportedly launching a new cybersecurity unit called Research Center 227 within its intelligence agency Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB). © 2025 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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VexTrio Using 20,000 Hacked WordPress Sites in Traffic Redirect Scheme
A massive cybercrime network known as “VexTrio” is using thousands of compromised WordPress sites to funnel traffic through a complex redirection scheme.
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VSCode extensions found downloading early-stage ransomware
Two malicious VSCode Marketplace extensions were found deploying in-development ransomware from a remote server, exposing critical gaps in Microsoft’s review process. […]
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Gwyneth Paltrow says Goop is growing just fine
Gwyneth Paltrow gave an update on her company Goop in a cover story for Vanity Fair. Paltrow founded the lifestyle brand Goop in 2008 and it has raised more than $140 million from investors including Greycroft and G9 Ventures, according to Pitchbook. The brand is often regarded as one of the first examples of a…
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Frost & Sullivan Report: Independent Security Efficacy Testing of Cato SASE Platform Using SafeBreach
See how independent analyst firm Frost & Sullivan used the SafeBreach exposure validation platform to test the efficacy of the Cato SASE Cloud Platform. The post Frost & Sullivan Report: Independent Security Efficacy Testing of Cato SASE Platform Using SafeBreach appeared first on SafeBreach. The post Frost & Sullivan Report: Independent Security Efficacy Testing of…
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Perplexity is reportedly in talks to raise up to $1B at an $18B valuation
AI-powered search startup Perplexity is said to be in early talks to raise up to $1 billion in a new funding round valuing the startup at $18 billion. Bloomberg, citing a person familiar with the matter, reported on Thursday that Perplexity’s annual recurring revenue has now reached $100 million. Perplexity’s valuation has soared in recent…
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Apple puts Vision Pro exec in charge of Siri in exec shaekup
As Apple’s Siri comes under attack for failing at the most basic queries, the company is shaking up leadership in charge of Apple’s AI features for Siri. According to Bloomberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook is installing Mike Rockwell, the current VP of the Vision Products Group (the team behind the Vision Pro), to head up…
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Critical Cisco Smart Licensing Utility flaws now exploited in attacks
Attackers have started targeting Cisco Smart Licensing Utility (CSLU) instances unpatched against a vulnerability exposing a built-in backdoor admin account. […]
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Next Insurance gets scooped up by Munich Re for $2.6B
Germany’s Munich Re has signed a definitive agreement to acquire digital insurance company Next Insurance for $2.6 billion, the firms announced on Thursday. Founded in 2016, Palo Alto-based Next Insurance is focused on providing insurance to small-to-medium-sized businesses. It was last valued at $2.5 billion in late 2023 when it raised $265 million. Next Insurance’s…
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Why It’s So Hard to Stop Rising Malicious TDS Traffic
Cybersecurity vendors say threat actors’ abuse of traffic distribution systems (TDS) is becoming more complex and sophisticated — and much harder to detect and block.
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BlackLock ransomware: What you need to know
BlackLock has become a big deal, very quickly. It has been predicted to be one of the biggest ransomware-as-a-service operations of 2025. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.
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Tesla Superchargers: GM, Ford, Rivian, and other EV brands with access
EV owners of GM vehicles like the Chevrolet Silverado EV and Cadillac Lyriq will now officially have access to Tesla’s Superchargers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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AI’s answers on China differ depending on the language, analysis finds
It’s well-established that AI models developed by Chinese AI labs like DeepSeek censor certain politically sensitive topics. A 2023 measure passed by China’s ruling party forbids models from generating content that “damages the unity of the country and social harmony.” According to one study, DeepSeek’s R1 refuses to answer 85% of questions about subjects deemed…
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Honda and Acura EV owners to gain access to Tesla Superchargers this June
Honda and its luxury brand, Acura, are set to join the growing list of automakers providing EV owners access to Tesla’s Supercharger network in North America. Starting in June, owners of the Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX electric vehicles will be able to charge at Tesla’s stations. Those EVs are built with CCS charging ports…
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Report: More Attacks Aimed at Android Devices Configured with Root Access
A report published today by Zimperium, a provider of a platform for securing mobile devices and applications, today finds devices running the Android operating system that have enabled root-level privileges are 3.5 times more likely to be attacked, resulting in 250 times more cybersecurity incidents. The post Report: More Attacks Aimed at Android Devices Configured…
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Gmail’s new AI search now sorts emails by relevance instead of chronological order
Google is rolling out a new Gmail update that is designed to help you find the email you’re looking for more quickly. The company announced on Thursday that it will now use AI to consider factors like recency, most-clicked emails, and frequent contacts when surfacing emails based on your search query. Up until now, Gmail…
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Microsoft Won’t Fix This Bad Zero Day (Despite Wide Abuse)
Satya says NO: Redmond blames Windows users, rather than solve 30-year-old bug—exploited since 2017. The post Microsoft Won’t Fix This Bad Zero Day (Despite Wide Abuse) appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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CoreWeave prices its IPO to raise at least $2.2 billion. And now the games begin.
CoreWeave said on Wednesday that it hopes to sell its initial public shares between $47 and $55 per share, putting the money it may raise between about $2.2 billion and $2.6 billion. Word on the street is that CoreWeave wanted to raise at least $3 billion and possibly over $4 billion. But price range announcements…
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Anthropic adds web search to its Claude chatbot
Anthropic’s AI-powered chatbot, Claude, can now search the web — a capability that had long eluded it. Web search is available now in preview for paid Claude users in the U.S., Anthropic said on its blog, with support for free users and additional countries coming soon. Users can toggle on web search in their profile…