GUEST OPINION: Rapid7 is investigating two separate events affecting Fortinet firewall customers: Zero-day exploitation of CVE-2024-55591, an authentication bypass vulnerability in FortiOS and FortiProxy disclosed earlier this week. Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to gain super-admin privileges via crafted requests to the Node.js websocket module. A January 15, 2025, dark web post from a threat…
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Illumio Appoints Cloud Leader Karl Van den Bergh as Chief Marketing Officer
Illumio Inc., the breach containment leader, announced the appointment of Karl Van den Bergh as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). A proven technology and marketing executive, Van den Bergh brings over 25 years of leadership experience driving innovation, building market-leading brands, and accelerating cloud growth at global technology companies.
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ISPT’s future focused office buildings ‘lead the way’ with 5G indoor mobile connectivity
By Peggy Renders, Chief Customer Officer for Telstra Enterprise: ISPT and Telstra have announced that they are transforming office connectivity with 5G DAS tech, ensuring reliable, high-speed coverage in lifts, carparks, and more – with the first deployment in Sydney’s new Tech Central precinct, Sydney, with other sites on the radar.
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Network Detection and Response (NDR) Done Right from the Ground Up
With an NDR in place, your IT administrators can quickly detect anomalies on the network, from cyberattacks to malfunctioning application servers or network equipment. The post Network Detection and Response (NDR) Done Right from the Ground Up appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Dub.co is an open-source URL shortener and link attribution engine packed into one
In the last few weeks, PayPal-owned Honey, which claims to find you the best coupon codes for a deal, has been at the center of controversy. Allegedly, the tool sneakily earned affiliate money by changing attributes of product links creators posted on their videos. At the center of it, the problem was how affiliate links…
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Is an Oracle Java Audit or Sales Call on Its Way? Here’s What You Need to Know
GUEST OPINION: Over the past five years, Oracle has made four rounds of changes to its Java licensing and pricing policy for what was previously a free programming language and toolset used by thousands of organisations as the foundation for most business-critical software applications.
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Vocus launches 400G coast-to-coast Wavelength Ethernet services in Australia from Sydney to Perth
Austrralian specialist digital infrastructure provider Vocus has launched 400G terrestrial intercapital services spanning the continent between the east and west coasts.
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Smartsheet Appoints Eva Schoenleitner as Vice President, Partner
With more than 20 years of experience, Schoenleitner will redefine Smartsheet’s partner business in next wave of growth and innovation
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What is an Uncensored Model and Why Do I Need It
While the power and potential of GenAI is evident for IT and security, the use cases in the security field are surprisingly immature largely due to censorship and guardrails that hamper many models’ utility for cybersecurity use cases. The post What is an Uncensored Model and Why Do I Need It appeared first on Security…
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New Hacking Group Leaks Configuration of 15,000 Fortinet Firewalls
The leak likely comes from a zero-day exploit affecting Fortinet’s products
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Neuer EU-Plan für mehr Cybersicherheit im Gesundheitswesen
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Ready to Simplify Trust Management? Join Free Webinar to See DigiCert ONE in Action
The digital world is exploding. IoT devices are multiplying like rabbits, certificates are piling up faster than you can count, and compliance requirements are tightening by the day. Keeping up with it all can feel like trying to juggle chainsaws while riding a unicycle. Traditional trust management? Forget it. It’s simply not built for today’s…
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Leaseweb Launches Highly Efficient VPS Infrastructure, Delivering Exceptional Price-Performance, Fast Local Storage and Easy Deployment
Powered by High Performance CPUs, Local NVMe Storage and Lightning-fast 10 Gbps Uplink Speed
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GoDaddy Accused of Serious Security Failings by FTC
A proposed settlement order from the FTC will require GoDaddy to strengthen its security practices following multiple data breaches at the web hosting giant
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This Hedge Fund Created an Excel on Steroids
The need to analyze an overwhelming influx of stock data—and to do it fast—pushed Man Group to become its own kind of tech company.
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Dynatrace Extends Compliance and Resilience Capabilities to Support the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) EU Regulation
COMPANY NEWS: New Compliance Assistant app helps customers mitigate risk and reduce time-consuming configuration checks with comprehensive insights tailored for DORA compliance
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FTC orders GoDaddy to fix its infosec practices
Web-hosting giant GoDaddy has been called out by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for its lax security practices, since at least January 2018, with an order to immediately implement a tighter infosec program. An FTC complaint signed by five commissioners accused the leading domain registrar of lacking standard security practices to ensure hosting data…
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Blue Origin successfully launches New Glenn rocket into space
Jeff Bezos’ spaceflight company Blue Origin launched its new mega-rocket, called New Glenn, into orbit for the first time. The rocket lifted off at 2:03AM ET on January 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and crossed the official boundary into space a few minutes later. Shortly after, a second-stage burn placed the rocket’s upper section into…
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SentinelOne Brings the Power of Purple AI to Zscaler, Okta, Palo Alto Networks, Proofpoint, Fortinet and Microsoft Data
COMPANY NEWS: Popular generative AI security analyst can now be used to speed cybersecurity investigations and simplify threat hunting across a growing list of native and third-party sources
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The $10 Cyber Threat Responsible for the Biggest Breaches of 2024
You can tell the story of the current state of stolen credential-based attacks in three numbers: Stolen credentials were the #1 attacker action in 2023/24, and the breach vector for 80% of web app attacks. (Source: Verizon). Cybersecurity budgets grew again in 2024, with organizations now spending almost $1,100 per user (Source: Forrester). Stolen credentials…
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New UEFI Secure Boot Vulnerability Could Allow Attackers to Load Malicious Bootkits
Details have emerged about a now-patched security vulnerability that could allow a bypass of the Secure Boot mechanism in Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) systems. The vulnerability, assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-7344 (CVSS score: 6.7), resides in a UEFI application signed by Microsoft’s “Microsoft Corporation UEFI CA 2011” third-party UEFI certificate, according to a new
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Researchers Find Exploit Allowing NTLMv1 Despite Active Directory Restrictions
Cybersecurity researchers have found that the Microsoft Active Directory Group Policy that’s designed to disable NT LAN Manager (NTLM) v1 can be trivially bypassed by a misconfiguration. “A simple misconfiguration in on-premise applications can override the Group Policy, effectively negating the Group Policy designed to stop NTLMv1 authentications,” Silverfort researcher Dor Segal said in a
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Hackers Hide Malware in Images to Deploy VIP Keylogger and 0bj3ctivity Stealer
Threat actors have been observed concealing malicious code in images to deliver malware such as VIP Keylogger and 0bj3ctivity Stealer as part of separate campaigns. “In both campaigns, attackers hid malicious code in images they uploaded to archive[.]org, a file-hosting website, and used the same .NET loader to install their final payloads,” HP Wolf Security…
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Trusted Apps Sneak a Bug Into the UEFI Boot Process
Seven system recovery programs contained what amounted to a backdoor for injecting any untrusted file into the system startup process.
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Google Thinks It Has the Best AI Tech. Now It Needs More Users.
Tired of trailing OpenAI, CEO Sundar Pichai wants his Gemini chatbot to be used by 500 million people.
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Mistral signs deal with AFP to offer up-to-date answers in Le Chat
Just a day after Google inked a deal with The Associated Press, Mistral is also announcing a content deal with the Agence France-Presse (AFP) to improve the accuracy of answers in Le Chat, Mistral’s chatbot product. This is the first deal of this kind for the Paris-based artificial intelligence company. And it indicates that Mistral…
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Prepaid payments platform Recharge raises €45M to go on M&A spree
With inflation still stubbornly high in comparison to previous years, and the siren voices of subscription services like Netflix and Spotify continuing to lure, consumers have understandably turned to alternative forms of payment to manage their household bills. As a result, online prepaid payment platforms have benefited. That’s the bet being laid today by Recharge,…
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Hackers Use Image-Based Malware and GenAI to Evade Email Security
HP Wolf highlighted novel techniques used by attackers to bypass email protections, including embedding malicious code inside images and utilizing GenAI
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Google strikes world’s largest biochar carbon removal deal with Indian startup Varaha
Google has agreed to purchase 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide removal credits from Indian startup Varaha. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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EU To Launch New Support Centre by 2026 to Boost Healthcare Cybersecurity
A new EU action plan will be structured around four pillars: prevention, threat detection and identification, response to cyber-attacks and deterrence
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10 Essential GRC Policy Management Best Practices
Policy management is the sturdy scaffolding that supports governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) objectives while shaping corporate culture and ensuring adherence to regulatory obligations. Yet, many organizations grapple with a fragmented approach—policies scattered across departments, processes misaligned, and technology underutilized. The result? A disjointed strategy that hampers visibility, agility, and, ultimately, effectiveness. Why Policy Management…
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Hyperline secures $10 million for its automated billing platform
French startup Hyperline wants to build the next-generation Chargebee. Over the past two years, the startup has built a new billing platform that can be used for recurring subscriptions, one-off purchases, usage-based billing and more. Hyperline raised an initial €4 million funding round from Index Ventures back in 2023 ($4.1 million at today’s exchange rate).…
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Infectious Prompt Injection Attacks on Multi-Agent AI Systems
LLMs are becoming very powerful and reliable, and multi-agent systems — multiple LLMs having a major impact tackling complex tasks — are upon us, for better and worse. The post Infectious Prompt Injection Attacks on Multi-Agent AI Systems appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Amazon to acquire Indian fintech Axio in credit push
Amazon has agreed to acquire Indian buy now pay later startup Axio, deepening its push into financial services in one of its fastest-growing markets as it seeks to expand credit access to millions of underserved customers. The US technology group, which has held an equity stake in Axio for six years, signed the acquisition agreement…
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Python-Based Malware Powers RansomHub Ransomware to Exploit Network Flaws
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed an attack that involved a threat actor utilizing a Python-based backdoor to maintain persistent access to compromised endpoints and then leveraged this access to deploy the RansomHub ransomware throughout the target network. According to GuidePoint Security, initial access is said to have been facilitated by means of a JavaScript malware downloaded…
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Researcher Uncovers Critical Flaws in Multiple Versions of Ivanti Endpoint Manager
Ivanti has rolled out security updates to address several security flaws impacting Avalanche, Application Control Engine, and Endpoint Manager (EPM), including four critical bugs that could lead to information disclosure. All the four critical security flaws, rated 9.8 out of 10.0 on the CVSS scale, are rooted in EPM, and concern absolute path traversal flaws…
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Cybersecurity hiring is deeply flawed, demoralizing, and needs to be fixed
When people think about starting a new job, words like “exciting,” “motivating,” and “rewarding” often come to mind. The search for a new role represents an opportunity to embrace fresh challenges, grow professionally, and explore untapped potential. However, for many in cybersecurity, the reality is far from this ideal. The job market has become an…
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SIEM buyer’s guide: Top 15 security information and event management tools — and how to choose
Security information and event management (SIEM) is a blue-collar tool for network security professionals. There’s nothing remotely glamorous about auditing, reviewing, and managing event logs, but it’s one of the more important aspects of building a secure enterprise network. In an industry increasingly driven by automation and AI, deep contextual data is a foundational component in…
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TSMC Expects Continued AI-Driven Growth After Ending 2024 Strong
The company’s chief executive said revenue from AI-related servers and processors is expected to double in 2025 after more than tripling last year
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In AI copyright case, Zuckerberg turns to YouTube for his defense
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears to have used YouTube and its battle to take down pirated content to defend his own company’s use of a data set containing copyrighted e-books to train AI models, newly released snippets of his deposition reveals. The deposition, which was part of a complaint submitted to the court by plaintiffs’…
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Hackers leak configs and VPN credentials for 15,000 FortiGate devices
A new hacking group has leaked the configuration files, IP addresses, and VPN credentials for over 15,000 FortiGate devices for free on the dark web, exposing a great deal of sensitive technical information to other cybercriminals. […]
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7 Essential Security Operations Center Tools for 2025
The post 7 Essential Security Operations Center Tools for 2025 appeared first on AI Security Automation. The post 7 Essential Security Operations Center Tools for 2025 appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Chinese AI company MiniMax releases new models it claims are competitive with the industry’s best
Chinese firms continue to release AI models that rival the capabilities of systems developed by OpenAI and other U.S.-based AI companies. This week, MiniMax, an Alibaba- and Tencent-backed startup that has raised around $850 million in venture capital and is valued at more than $2.5 billion, debuted three new models: MiniMax-Text-01, MiniMax-VL-01, and T2A-01-HD. MiniMax-Text-01…
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CISA director says threat hunters spotted Salt Typhoon on federal networks before telco compromises
A top federal cybersecurity official said Wednesday that threat hunters from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency first discovered activity from Salt Typhoon on federal networks, allowing public and private sector defenders to more quickly “connect the dots” and respond to Chinese attacks on the U.S. telecommunications industry. Speaking at an event hosted by the…
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News alert: Aembit announces speakers for NHIcon event, highlighting non-human identity security
Silver Spring, MD, Jan. 15, 2025, CyberNewswire — Aembit, the non-human identity and access management (IAM) company, unveiled the full agenda for NHIcon 2025, a virtual event dedicated to advancing non-human identity security, streaming live on Jan. 28 and … (more…) The post News alert: Aembit announces speakers for NHIcon event, highlighting non-human identity security…
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News alert: Sweet Security’s LLM-powered detection engine reduces cloud noise to 0.04%
Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan. 15, 2025, CyberNewswire — Sweet Security, a leader in cloud runtime detection and response, today announced the launch of its groundbreaking patent-pending Large Language Model (LLM)-powered cloud detection engine. This innovation enhances Sweet’s unified … (more…) The post News alert: Sweet Security’s LLM-powered detection engine reduces cloud noise to 0.04% first…
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Smashing Security podcast #400: Hacker games, AI travel surveillance, and 25 years of IoT
The video game Path of Exile 2 suffers a security breach, we explore the issues of using predictive algorithms in travel surveillance systems, and the very worst IoT devices are put on show in Las Vegas. Oh, and has Elon Musk accidentally revealed he cheats at video games? All this and much more is discussed…
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News alert: Wultra secures €3M funding to help financial firms mitigate coming quantum threats
Prague, Czech Republic, Jan. 15, 2025, CyberNewswire — Quantum computing is set to revolutionize technology, but it also presents a significant security risk for financial institutions. Czech cybersecurity startup Wultra has raised €3 million from Tensor Ventures, Elevator Ventures, and … (more…) The post News alert: Wultra secures €3M funding to help financial firms mitigate…
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CISA warns second BeyondTrust vulnerability also exploited in the wild
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities a second vulnerability by BeyondTrust, which was patched in December. The flaw is different than the one that was used to compromise US Treasury workstations last month. At the end of December, the US Department of the Treasury…
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Video: A Gamified Approach To Upskilling Cybersecurity Teams With Hack The Box
In this episode of Partner POV, host Katie Bavoso is joined by Seth Tossie, Vice President of Global Channel Sales, and David Grant, Head of Enterprise Sales, from Hack The Box. Tossie and Grant discuss Hack The Box’s gamified approach to training and upskilling cybersecurity professionals and teams, as well as the new Hack The…
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Hindenburg Research, a short seller that targeted tech and EV companies, is closing up shop
When Hindenburg Research posts a blog on its website, it often means a company’s final days are near. Today, that company is Hindenburg Research. Nate Anderson announced Wednesday he has shut down short-selling firm Hindenburg Research, after a seven-year run issuing damning reports about high-profile companies, including many of the technology world’s giants and buzzy…
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Reusable rocket startup Stoke raised another massive round: $260M
Y Combinator alum Stoke has an ambitious goal to build the first fully reusable rocket and VCs have opened their wallets wide. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Governments call for spyware regulations in UN Security Council meeting
Several governments participated in a meeting on the proliferation of commercial spyware at the United Nations Security Council. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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As TikTok faces a US shutdown, here are some alternative apps to check out
TikTok has warned of a looming shutdown in just six days, as the Supreme Court is currently weighing the law that would ban the app. So we thought it’s time to take a look at other platforms that may be able to fill the TikTok-shaped hole in our lives. The law gives TikTok parent company…
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SAP fixes critical vulnerabilities in NetWeaver application servers
SAP has fixed two critical vulnerabilities affecting NetWeaver web application server that could be exploited to escalate privileges and access restricted information. […]
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GoDaddy to Improve Data-Security Practices Under FTC Settlement
GoDaddy will implement new information-security programs to settle charges that the technology platform failed to secure its website-hosting services and protect its customers from attacks, the Federal Trade Commission said.
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More teens report using ChatGPT for schoolwork, despite the tech’s faults
Younger Gen Zers are embracing OpenAI’s AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT, for schoolwork, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center. But it’s not clear that they’re fully aware of the tech’s pitfalls. In a follow-up to its 2023 poll on ChatGPT usage among young people, Pew asked ~1,400 U.S.-based teens ages 13 to 17…
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Attackers Hijack Google Advertiser Accounts to Spread Malware
It’s an especially brazen form of malvertising, researchers say, striking at the heart of Google’s business; the tech giant says it’s aware of the issue and is working quickly to address the problem.
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Cybersecurity in 2025: Insights and predictions from ‘Yubico’s experts’
COMPANY NEWS: With 2024 behind us, we saw another challenging year in the world of cybersecurity – highlighted by new and evolving threats like Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven phishing and increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks overall.
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Samsung will unveil the Galaxy S25 on January 22 — here’s what we expect
The biggest reveal from last week’s Samsung CES press conference may well have been another press conference. The hardware giant closed out the main event by teasing the company’s upcoming show. The next Samsung Unpacked event is set for January 22 at 10 a.m. PT. As with all recent Unpackeds, next week’s big show will…
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Duolingo sees 216% spike in U.S. users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote
TikTok U.S. users have been learning Chinese on Duolingo in increasing numbers amid their adoption of a Chinese social app called RedNote ahead of the TikTok ban. The U.S. law, scheduled to go into effect on January 19, unless halted by the Supreme Court, will see TikTok removed from U.S. app stores and will stop…
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Ericsson adds GenAI virtual expert to enterprise 5G portfolio
Telecoms equipment vendor Ericsson has launched a generative AI-based NetCloud Assistant (ANA), a virtual expert designed to further simplify enterprise 5G network administration.
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ExtraHop appoints new CEO to ‘lead next phase of growth’
Cloud-native network detection and response (NDR) company ExtraHop has announced Rob Greer has joined as its Chief Executive Officer;
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Meta adds 200 megawatts of solar to its 12 gigawatt renewable portfolio
The news comes as tech companies ramp up their AI ambitions, adding data centers at a breakneck pace and boosting demand for power. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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CISA shares guidance for Microsoft expanded logging capabilities
CISA shared guidance for government agencies and enterprises on using expanded cloud logs in their Microsoft 365 tenants as part of their forensic and compliance investigations. […]
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European consortium announce 5G cross border highway corridor project
Four European telecoms industry players and a German university have announced a collaboration to construct a high speed 5G highway corridor between France and Germany.
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These tech companies are donating to LA wildfire relief efforts
Numerous tech companies have pledged millions in donations to help LA recover from wildfires that caused widespread devastation and forced thousands to evacuate the region. Those offering aid include YouTube/Google, Meta, Snap, Amazon, Netflix, and Sony. Here’s an overview of what each company is doing to aid relief efforts in the region: YouTube and Google:…
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Loft Orbital lands a fresh $170 million after logging over $500 million of bookings
Loft Orbital has raised $170 million in Series C funding to grow its satellite and space missions as a service. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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CIA nominee tells Senate he, too, wants to go on cyber offense
CIA director nominee John Ratcliffe said during testimony on Capitol Hill that if confirmed, he hopes to develop offensive cyber tools and supports the creation of a cyber-specific deterrence strategy. Ratcliffe, who served as director of national intelligence and in the House of Representatives for Texas, drew a comparison to the concerns over physical, territorial…
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MikroTik botnet uses misconfigured SPF DNS records to spread malware
A newly discovered botnet of 13,000 MikroTik devices uses a misconfiguration in domain name server records to bypass email protections and deliver malware by spoofing roughly 20,000 web domains. […]
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TikTok owner ByteDance powered an e-reader’s unhinged AI assistant
The AI embedded in a popular e-reader was spouting Chinese propaganda. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Label giant Avery says website hacked to steal credit cards
Avery Products Corporation is warning it suffered a data breach after its website was hacked to steal customers’ credit cards and personal information. […]
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OpenAI is bankrolling Axios’ expansion into four new markets
OpenAI is getting into the local news game. Newsletter-based media organization Axios announced a partnership with OpenAI on Wednesday. As part of this three-year deal, the AI giant will fund Axios’ expansion of its local newsletters into four new cities: Pittsburgh; Kansas City, Missouri; Boulder, Colorado; and Huntsville, Alabama. While OpenAI has inked content-sharing and…
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Tesla to split $100M award for electric truck charging corridor in Illinois
Tesla, along with three other industry partners, quietly backed an Illinois Environmental Protection Agency application that won $100 million in funding to build electric truck charging stations across the state, TechCrunch has learned. The award was the biggest given out by the Biden Administration’s Federal Highway Administration last week in the second round of what’s…
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Biden administration adds 14 additional Chinese firms to trade blacklist
Days after pushing for sweeping AI chip export restriction, the Biden administration has added an additional 14 Chinese companies to its restricted trade list. This brings the full list up to 25 names, according to reporting from The Associate Press. Sophgo is, perhaps, the highest profile addition. An entity of Bitmain, the firm sparked international…
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Hackers use Google Search ads to steal Google Ads accounts
Ironically, cybercriminals now use Google search advertisements to promote phishing sites that steal advertisers’ credentials for the Google Ads platform. […]
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CEO Scott Gregson to leave ACCC
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb has announced Chief Executive Officer Scott Gregson will be leaving to take up the role of CEO of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
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How to stream Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day 2025
Donald Trump will take the presidential oath of office on Friday in front of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., once again. The event takes place at noon ET and is expected to attract considerable attention from both supporters and opponents. How to stream Trump’s inauguration You can watch the inauguration live with cable or…
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FBI Deletes PlugX Malware From Computers Infected by China Group
A Chinese-based threat group called Mustang Panda was using a variant of the PlugX malware to infected U.S. Windows computers and steal information. The FBI, with help from French authorities and a private company, deleted the malicious code from more than 4,200 systems. The post FBI Deletes PlugX Malware From Computers Infected by China Group…
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AI researcher François Chollet founds a new AI lab focused on AGI
François Chollet, an influential AI researcher, is launching a new startup that aims to build frontier AI systems with novel designs. The startup, Ndea, will consist of an AI research and science lab. It’s looking to “develop and operationalize” AGI. AGI, which stands for “artificial general intelligence,” typically refers to AI that can perform any…
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Trump’s DOT pick wants EV owners to pay to use roads
Sean Duffy, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Department of Transportation, thinks owners of electric vehicles should pay to use roads. “How to do that, I think, is a little more challenging,” Duffy said at his confirmation hearing Wednesday before the Senate Commerce Committee. The former Republican lawmaker is correct that it would…
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This Week in AI: Will Biden’s AI actions survive the Trump era?
Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. If you want this in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. This week was something of a swan song for the Biden administration. On Monday, the White House announced sweeping new restrictions on exporting AI chips — restrictions that tech giants, including Nvidia, loudly criticized. (Nvidia’s business…
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U.S. Further Tightens Chip Restrictions, Adds Chinese Firms to Blacklist
The moves are part of the Biden administration’s last-gasp efforts to clamp down on China’s harnessing of AI for its military and tech sector.
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CISA’s AI cyber collaboration playbook aims to spur information-sharing
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is making one last push before the change in administration for increased information sharing between the public and private sectors, releasing an artificial intelligence-focused playbook Tuesday that aims to foster “a unified approach” to handling AI-related cyber threats. The agency’s AI Cybersecurity Collaboration Playbook was developed with the FBI,…
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Concentrix and IRONSCALES Partner to Combat AI Deepfake Threat
Email security vendor IRONSCALES and Fortune 500 technology services provider Concentrix have partnered to combat the rising threat of AI-generated deepfakes. Channel Insider spoke with executives at both companies to learn more about why businesses need to prepare for deepfake threats and how their partnership bolsters their customers’ protection. Deepfakes becoming more sophisticated as sheer…
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Allstate Violates Drivers’ Privacy, Texas AG Alleges
Don’t Mess With Texas Privacy: “We will hold all these companies accountable,” rants state attorney general Ken Paxton (pictured). The post Allstate Violates Drivers’ Privacy, Texas AG Alleges appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Threat Actors Chained Vulnerabilities in Ivanti Cloud Service Applications
Note: The CVEs in this advisory are unrelated to vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-0282 and CVE-2025-0283) in Ivanti’s Connect Secure, Policy Secure and ZTA Gateways. For more information on mitigating CVE -2025-0282 and CVE-2025-0283, see Ivanti Releases Security Updates for Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateways. Summary The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Federal Bureau of…
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Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
More good news for those looking to exit Meta’s social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a photo-sharing app for Bluesky called Flashes. The soon-to-launch app is powered by the same technology that underpins Bluesky, the AT Protocol, and has been built using code from the developer’s…
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Microsoft ends support for Office apps on Windows 10 in October
Microsoft says it will drop support for Office apps in Windows 10 after the operating system reaches its end of support on October 14. […]
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Over 660,000 Rsync servers exposed to code execution attacks
Over 660,000 exposed Rsync servers are potentially vulnerable new to six new vulnerabilities, including a critical-severity heap-buffer overflow flaw that could lead to remote code execution. […]
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Google inks deal with The Associated Press to bring more real-time info to Gemini
In a bid to make its Gemini chatbot app more of one-stop shop, Google says it’s working with The Associated Press to build “a feed of real-time information” in Gemini. Jaffer Zaidi, Google’s VP of global news partnerships, said that the goal is to “further enhance the usefulness of results” in the Gemini experience. “As…
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5 Emerging AI Threats Australian Cyber Pros Must Watch in 2025
AI cloning and deepfakes rank among the top challenges for Australian cybersecurity professionals in 2025.
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CISA: Second BeyondTrust Vulnerability Added to KEV Catalog
BeyondTrust has patched all cloud instances of the vulnerability and has released patches for self-hosted versions.
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CISA Launches Playbook to Boost AI Cybersecurity Collaboration
CISA launched the JCDC AI Cybersecurity Playbook to enhance collaboration on AI cybersecurity risks
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UK Considers Banning Ransomware Payments
The proposed mandate intends to discourage criminals from targeting critical national infrastructure and public services, as there will be no financial motivation.
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Extension Poisoning Campaign Highlights Gaps in Browser Security
Evidence suggests that some of the payloads and extensions may date as far back as April 2023.
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Generative AI Meaning: Understanding the Basics
GUEST OPINION: Generative AI is taking the world by storm. But what exactly is generative AI, and why is it gaining so much attention?
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Patch Tuesday: January 2025 Security Update Patches Exploited Elevation of Privilege Attacks
Microsoft’s monthly patches cover Hyper-V NT Kernel Integration VSPs, Git in Visual Studio, and more.
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North Korea’s Lazarus APT Evolves Developer-Recruitment Attacks
“Operation 99” uses job postings to lure freelance software developers into downloading malicious Git repositories. From there, malware infiltrates developer projects to steal source code, secrets, and cryptocurrency.
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Redacting sensitive free-text data: build vs buy
Building an in-house redaction system requires overcoming significant technical challenges and investing considerable resources to develop and maintain the process. This article explores some of the challenges you may face if your organization decides to go down the build-it-yourself path. The post Redacting sensitive free-text data: build vs buy appeared first on Security Boulevard.