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Serious About AI? The conversations that count start in 5 days at TechCrunch Sessions: AI

In just 5 days, the sharpest minds in artificial intelligence will gather at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall for TechCrunch Sessions: AI—a one-day summit built for real insight, not recycled soundbites. Whether you’re training your first model or managing a multi-billion-dollar portfolio, this is where the future of AI feels tangible. Let’s be honest: AI has…

New Linux Flaws Allow Password Hash Theft via Core Dumps in Ubuntu, RHEL, Fedora

Two information disclosure flaws have been identified in apport and systemd-coredump, the core dump handlers in Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Fedora, according to the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU). Tracked as CVE-2025-5054 and CVE-2025-4598, both vulnerabilities are race condition bugs that could enable a local attacker to obtain access to access sensitive information.…

U.S. DoJ Seizes 4 Domains Supporting Cybercrime Crypting Services in Global Operation

A multinational law enforcement operation has resulted in the takedown of an online cybercrime syndicate that offered services to threat actors to ensure that their malicious software stayed undetected from security software. To that effect, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said it seized four domains and their associated server facilitated the crypting service on…

Top counter antivirus service disrupted in global takedown

AVCheck, a large-scale service that cybercriminals use to check if their malware can be detected by various antivirus tools, was seized and taken offline Tuesday by a globally coordinated law enforcement action. Officials on Thursday said they seized four domains and a server associated with the online software crypting syndicate. The site for the counter…

How Secure Are Your Non-Human Identities in the Cloud?

Are Your Non-Human Identities As Secure As They Should Be? Cloud security is a pressing concern, particularly when it comes to the management of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and Secrets. These unique identifiers, akin to passports in cybersecurity, play a massive role in ensuring your system’s integrity and resilience. But how confident are you that your…

Can We Rely on Current Secrets Management Solutions?

Can Secrets Management Really Secure our Digital Assets? How effective are current secrets management solutions? Are they adequate to safeguard our data in the highly volatile environment of the internet? With data management experts and cybersecurity specialists, we delve deep into Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and Secrets Security Management, two crucial pillars of cloud security. Exploring…

Empowering Your Team with Strong IAM Practices

Can Your Team Truly Benefit from Robust IAM Practices? I’ve had the chance to observe how different teams tackle their security issues. That brings me to the question at hand: Can adopting robust IAM practices empower your team to improve their security management? Well, the simple answer is yes! Strong IAM practices have the capacity…

Are You Anticipating NHIDR Threats Effectively?

Are You Effectively Managing Your NHIDR Threats? Have you ever wondered why seemingly robust cybersecurity systems sometimes fall prey to breaches? Despite incorporating multiple protection layers, companies often overlook the security management of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and their secrets. NHIs refer to machine identities instrumental in cybersecurity. Let’s dive deeper into understanding this important aspect…

DOGE left United States Institute of Peace office with water damage, rats, and roaches

The chief executive of the United States Institute of Peace says Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency left the nonprofit’s Washington, D.C. headquarters in disarray, full of water damage, rats, and roaches, according to a new sworn statement first reported by Court Watch. The statement from the executive, George Moose, comes just a few days…

US intelligence employee arrested for alleged double-dealing of classified info

The FBI on Thursday arrested a Defense Intelligence Agency employee working in the Insider Threat Division unit with top secret security clearance for allegedly attempting to provide classified information to a foreign government, the Justice Department said. Nathan Vilas Laatsch, 28, of Alexandria, Va., was arrested after a monthslong investigation following a tip the FBI…

Automattic says it will start contributing to WordPress again after pause

WordPress.com parent company Automattic is changing direction… again. In a blog post titled “Returning to Core” published Thursday evening, Automattic announced it will unpause its contributions to the WordPress project. This is despite having said only last month that the 6.8 WordPress release would be the final major release for all of 2025. “After pausing…

How a decade-old patent dispute could upend Uber’s business

A little-known patent infringement lawsuit could have big implications for Uber — and potentially dozens of other companies. Carma Technology, a company formed in 2007 by serial entrepreneur and SOSV Ventures founder Sean O’Sullivan, filed a lawsuit earlier this year against Uber alleging the company infringed on five of its patents that are related to…

Four Senate Democrats call on DHS to reinstate Cyber Safety Review Board membership

Four senators asked Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to reestablish the Cyber Safety Review Board, citing the need to investigate a landmark breach of telecommunications networks by Chinese hackers known as Salt Typhoon. In a letter Thursday, the senators also said the board has conducted important oversight of other incidents before DHS removed…

BSidesLV24 – PasswordsCon – Cloud Attack: Dissecting Attack Paths With Graph-Mode

Author/Presenter: Filipi Pires Our sincere appreciation to BSidesLV, and the Presenters/Authors for publishing their erudite Security BSidesLV24 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Tuscany Suites & Casino; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post BSidesLV24 – PasswordsCon – Cloud Attack: Dissecting Attack Paths With Graph-Mode appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Your last opportunity to vote on the TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 agenda lineup

We’re thrilled by the overwhelming response to our call for speakers at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, taking place October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco. After a careful selection process, we’ve narrowed it down to 20 impressive finalists—10 breakout sessions and 10 roundtables. Now it’s your turn to help shape the agenda. Audience Choice voting…

TechCrunch Sessions: AI Trivia Countdown — Ready to test your AI knowledge?

As we count down the final days to TechCrunch Sessions: AI on June 5 at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall, we’re offering one last chance to score a special deal. We’ve launched the TC Sessions: AI Trivia Countdown — your shot to show off your AI knowledge and win big. Just answer a few short AI-specific…

Last Week: Few exhibit tables left to claim at TechCrunch All Stage 

Exhibit tables for TechCrunch All Stage — happening July 15 in Boston — are almost gone. If your product can help founders scale or your innovation can supercharge startups, this is your moment to shine. Here’s the deal: The deadline to book is June 6, but we’re almost sold out. That last 6’ table could…

New EDDIESTEALER Malware Bypasses Chrome’s App-Bound Encryption to Steal Browser Data

A new malware campaign is distributing a novel Rust-based information stealer dubbed EDDIESTEALER using the popular ClickFix social engineering tactic initiated via fake CAPTCHA verification pages. “This campaign leverages deceptive CAPTCHA verification pages that trick users into executing a malicious PowerShell script, which ultimately deploys the infostealer, harvesting sensitive data such as

Just 6 days left — ready for some unfiltered AI truths at TechCrunch Sessions: AI?

June 5 is almost here — bringing real, unfiltered AI conversations… and higher ticket prices. Lock in your savings now. Register now to save $300 on your TechCrunch Sessions: AI pass — and get 50% off for your +1. Don’t wait for rates to spike when event doors open. Join us at UC Berkeley’s Zellerbach…

New botnet hijacks AI-powered security tool on Asus routers

A newly uncovered botnet is targeting Asus routers — specifically models RT-AC3100 and RT-AC3200 — to hijack and repurpose a built-in, AI-powered security feature. The campaign, detected by GreyNoise in March 2025, employs a multi-stage approach to compromise devices and establish persistent unauthorized access. “We are observing an ongoing wave of exploitation targeting ASUS routers,…

ScalePad CPO on Sustainability Programs & Growth via Culture

Sustainability and other initiatives are often deemed “nice to have” components of a company’s more highly prioritized business objectives. At MSP-focused workflow automation vendor ScalePad, those culture initiatives take center stage in driving business value forward, according to Chantelle Turton, the company’s chief people officer. Turton shared more about the company’s programs with Channel Insider.…

Grocery platform Misfits Market acquires The Rounds to further its mission of reducing food waste

Misfits Market, the online platform that delivers imperfect groceries to help minimize waste, announced the acquisition of household restocking service The Rounds on Friday. As a result of the deal, Misfits Market plans to take on over 250 items from The Rounds’ inventory. This allows the company to diversify into additional categories, such as household…

Hackerangriff auf Arcona Hotels

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China-Linked Hackers Exploit SAP and SQL Server Flaws in Attacks Across Asia and Brazil

The China-linked threat actor behind the recent in-the-wild exploitation of a critical security flaw in SAP NetWeaver has been attributed to a broader set of attacks targeting organizations in Brazil, India, and Southeast Asia since 2023. “The threat actor mainly targets the SQL injection vulnerabilities discovered on web applications to access the SQL servers of…

Novel PumaBot slips into IoT surveillance with stealthy SSH break-ins

Security researchers are warning about a novel Linux botnet, dubbed PumaBot, targeting Internet of Things (IOT) surveillance devices. According to a DarkTrace observation, the botnet >bypasses the usual playbook of conducting internet-wide scanning and instead brute-forces secure shell (SSH) credentials for a list of targets it receives from a command and control (C2) server. “DarkTrace researchers…

Void Blizzard nimmt NATO-Organisationen ins Visier

Russische Hacker ändern ihre Taktik von Passwort-Spraying zu Phishing, aber ihre Ziele innerhalb der NATO bleiben gleich. PX Media – Shutterstock.com Seit über einem Jahr hat es eine neue Cyberspionage-Gruppe, die mit der russischen Regierung in Verbindung stehen soll, auf Unternehmen aus verschiedenen Branchen innerhalb der NATO abgesehen. Die Gruppe wird von Microsoft Threat Intelligence…

Passwortlose Authentifizierung wird für CISOs immer wichtiger

Selbst MFA ist vor raffinierten, KI-gesteuerten Phishing-Angriffen nicht sicher. Biometrische Verfahren gelten als vielversprechende Alternative. CC7 – shutterstock.com Die rasante Entwicklung von KI-Agenten eröffnet Cyberkriminellen neue Angriffsmöglichkeiten, die insbesondere für Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) eine erhebliche Herausforderung darstellen. Automatisierte Angriffe, die von KI gesteuert werden, können herkömmliche Sicherheitsmaßnahmen wie Passwörter und Multi-Faktor-Authentifizierung (MFA) zunehmend…

U.S. Sanctions Funnull for $200M Romance Baiting Scams Tied to Crypto Fraud

The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has levied sanctions against a Philippines-based company named Funnull Technology Inc. and its administrator Liu Lizhi for providing infrastructure to conduct romance baiting scams that led to massive cryptocurrency losses. The Treasury accused the Taguig-headquartered company of enabling thousands of websites involved in

Hackerangriff auf Außenministerium alarmiert Nato und EU

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Meta Disrupts Influence Ops Targeting Romania, Azerbaijan, and Taiwan with Fake Personas

Meta on Thursday revealed that it disrupted three covert influence operations originating from Iran, China, and Romania during the first quarter of 2025. “We detected and removed these campaigns before they were able to build authentic audiences on our apps,” the social media giant said in its quarterly Adversarial Threat Report. This included a network…

U.S. Sanctions Cloud Provider ‘Funnull’ as Top Source of ‘Pig Butchering’ Scams

Image: Shutterstock, ArtHead. The U.S. government today imposed economic sanctions on Funnull Technology Inc., a Philippines-based company that provides computer infrastructure for hundreds of thousands of websites involved in virtual currency investment scams known as “pig butchering.” In January 2025, KrebsOnSecurity detailed how Funnull was being used as a content delivery network that catered to…

Grammarly secures $1B in non-dilutive funding from General Catalyst

Grammarly has secured a $1 billion commitment from General Catalyst. The 14-year-old writing assistant startup will use the new funds for its sales and marketing efforts, freeing up existing capital to make strategic acquisitions. Unlike a traditional venture round, General Catalyst will not receive an equity stake in the company in return for the investment.…

Top 30 startups announced for VivaTech 2025 Innovation of the Year Award

The Innovation of the Year Award celebrates the boldest and most visionary startups exhibiting at VivaTech 2025. Open to all exhibiting companies, the award honors those pushing boundaries and redefining industries. Startups were scored on Innovation & Creativity, Market Disruption, and Scalability. From hundreds of applicants, 30 made the short list. The top five will…

Poisoned models in fake Alibaba SDKs show challenges of securing AI supply chains

Developers have been increasingly targeted by attackers in recent years with fake software packages on open-source component repositories — a supply chain attack technique that has now expanded to include rogue AI frameworks and poisoned machine learning (ML) models as enterprises rush to build AI applications. In one recent attack, hackers uploaded packages to the…

Parties behind 2024 Biden AI robocall reach deal in lawsuit

Two of the parties behind an AI-generated robocall that imitated then-President Joe Biden and warned residents not to vote in the New Hampshire Democratic primary have agreed to settle a civil lawsuit brought by voting groups. As part of a consent order signed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire,…

Building Trust Through Effective NHI Management

Why is Trust Crucial in NHI Management? Think about it. How much faith do we place in Non-Human Identities (NHIs) that aid in modern cybersecurity protocols? Is that trust well-founded? The role of trust in NHI management becomes key as we rely more on machine identities for safeguarding our digital estates. The challenge lies in…

Unlocking Powerful Benefits with NHIs

Is Your Organization Realizing the Powerful Benefits of NHIs? Acquiring a deep understanding of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) is pivotal for organizations striving to build solid fortifications around their data and systems. NHIs, also known as machine identities, are the unseen force behind the smooth functioning of a business’s digital environment. Yet, their security management and…

Feel Supported by Your NHI Security Team

Have You Considered the Strategic Importance of NHI Management? Consider this: The evolving technology has caused a seismic shift in how businesses protect their IT infrastructure. A crucial part of this protection is the effective management of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and secrets. The emerging challenges in securing the cloud have emphasized the need for robust…

Inside the AI revolution: Top insights and breakthroughs from our partners at TechCrunch Sessions: AI

At TechCrunch Sessions: AI, the spotlight is on the future of artificial intelligence and the startups shaping it. This high-energy event brings together founders, investors, and technologists to explore how AI is transforming industries — from the pitch deck to full-scale deployment. We’re proud to spotlight our partners — not just for their support, but…

Hugging Face unveils two new humanoid robots

AI dev platform Hugging Face continued its push into robotics on Thursday with the release of two new humanoid robots. The company announced a pair of open-source robots, HopeJR and Reachy Mini. HopeJR is a full-size humanoid robot that has 66 actuated degrees of freedom, or 66 independent movements, including the ability to walk and…

Treasury sanctions crypto scam facilitator that allegedly stole $200M from US victims

The Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned Philippines-based Funnull Technology and its administrator Liu Lizhi for allegedly providing infrastructure that supported thousands of cryptocurrency investment scams, also known as “pig butchering.”  Funnull directly aided the majority of virtual currency investment scam sites reported to the FBI, resulting in more than $200 million in losses for U.S.-based…

Delaware AG reportedly hires a bank to evaluate OpenAI’s restructuring plan

Delaware’s attorney general is hiring an investment bank to advise on OpenAI’s for-profit conversion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The independent evaluation could prolong the transition, or gum up OpenAI’s plans even further. OpenAI’s conversion will help it attract new investment and eventually go public, but first, the startup needs to secure approvals…

CISO’s open letter on third-party software risk is a call to action

The accelerated adoption of software as a service (SaaS) has fundamentally changed software consumption patterns, but it has also introduced a significant concentration of risk across enterprise environments and global critical infrastructure. The post CISO’s open letter on third-party software risk is a call to action appeared first on Security Boulevard.