Tesla earnings day is upon us — the quarterly check in with one of the world’s largest EV makers and its controversial CEO Elon Musk. Tesla’s fourth-quarter and full-year earnings are expected to be released Wednesday after market close. A webcast, in which Tesla management will answer questions from analysts and retail investors, is scheduled…
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Solar startup Niko is building Mexico’s first virtual power plant
After more than a year of helping solar installers sell, plan, and finance panels for residential and small commercial building owners, Niko found another opportunity. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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January Windows 10 preview update force installs new Outlook
Microsoft has started force-installing the new Outlook email client on Windows 10 systems for users who deploy this month’s KB5050081 non-security preview update. […]
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DeepSeek’s app becomes unavailable on Apple’s and Google’s app stores in Italy
Hours after Italian authorities requested information from DeepSeek about how the company handles user data, the Chinese AI startup’s app is no longer available in Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store. The app has claimed the top spot in the download charts in multiple countries, including in the U.S. where it is at the…
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Ongoing report: Babuk2 (Babuk-Bjorka)
Editor’s note: We will continue to provide updates as further information is forthcoming. On January 27th, 2025, GuidePoint’s Research and […] The post Ongoing report: Babuk2 (Babuk-Bjorka) appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Startup Castelion Raises $100 Million for Hypersonic Strike Weapons
The company is vying to sell long-range strike weapons to the U.S. military.
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Threat Actors Exploit Government Websites for Phishing
Cybercriminals exploit government websites using open redirects and phishing tactics, bypassing secure email gateway protections
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Rapid Circle helps Village Roadshow ‘boost staff productivity and safety with Microsoft-powered communications’
COMPANY NEWS: Rapid Circle has announced it has worked with Village Roadshow Group to improve cross-site coordination and enhance stakeholder responsiveness with a modern Microsoft Teams Phone solution, designed and delivered to improve productivity and customer experience.
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Rapid Circle helps Village Roadshow ‘boost staff productivity and safety with Microsoft-powered communications’
COMPANY NEWS: Rapid Circle has announced it has worked with Village Roadshow Group to improve cross-site coordination and enhance stakeholder responsiveness with a modern Microsoft Teams Phone solution, designed and delivered to improve productivity and customer experience.
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Engineering giant Smiths Group says hackers accessed its systems during cyberattack
U.K.-based engineering giant Smiths Group has confirmed a cybersecurity incident involving “unauthorized access” to its systems. The London-listed company, which operates across multiple sectors including energy, security, aerospace and defense, said Tuesday that it is currently “managing” the incident. The company said it isolated affected systems and activated its business continuity plans, implying a disruptive…
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Uber-backed mobility fintech Moove acquires Brazil’s Kovi, takes ARR to $275M
Uber-backed Moove, an Africa-born mobility fintech that offers vehicle financing to ride-hailing and delivery app drivers across six continents, has acquired Kovi, a Brazilian urban mobility provider. The value of the deal is not being disclosed, but Moove confirmed it was an all-share transaction, and Kovi is now wholly owned by Moove. Moove co-founder and…
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OpenAI Is Probing Whether DeepSeek Used Its Models to Train New Chatbot
The Silicon Valley-based startup said Chinese entities have tried to exfiltrate data from its tools.
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Windows 11 KB5050094 update fixes bugs causing audio issues
Microsoft has released the optional KB5050094 Preview cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 with 28 bug fixes and changes, including fixes for bugs causing audio playback issues on systems with USB audio device drivers. […]
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Top 8 Penetration Testing Tools to Enhance Your Security
Penetration testing is vital in keeping an organization’s digital assets secure. Here are the top picks among the latest pen testing tools and software.
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ChatGPT’s mobile users are 85% male, report says
The AI bubble hasn’t burst yet, at least when it comes to consumer spending on AI apps. Led by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, overall spending on AI apps jumped to $1.42 billion in 2024, according to app analytics firm Appfigures. This marks a 274% increase from 2023 (the app launched in May of that year). Among tens…
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Using AI To Help Keep Your Financial Data Safe
AI poses great opportunities for people and companies to implement robust systems to minimize the success and long-term effects of attacks. The post Using AI To Help Keep Your Financial Data Safe appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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The Business Case for Video Analytics: Understanding the Real ROI
GUEST OPINION: For security professionals who may be hesitant to invest in video analytics, now’s the time to reconsider. In a newly released Omdia report commissioned by BriefCam (now Milestone Systems), the research firm uncovered a compelling story: more than 85% of the organisations surveyed that use video analytics achieve a return on investment within…
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The Business Case for Video Analytics: Understanding the Real ROI
GUEST OPINION: For security professionals who may be hesitant to invest in video analytics, now’s the time to reconsider. In a newly released Omdia report commissioned by BriefCam (now Milestone Systems), the research firm uncovered a compelling story: more than 85% of the organisations surveyed that use video analytics achieve a return on investment within…
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The 2024 Ransomware Landscape: ‘Looking back on another painful year’
GUEST OPINION by Rapid7 Senior Director, Threat Analytics, Christiaan Beek: The ransomware landscape in 2024 continued to evolve at a rapid pace, outgrowing many of the trends we saw in 2023.
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The 2024 Ransomware Landscape: ‘Looking back on another painful year’
GUEST OPINION by Rapid7 Senior Director, Threat Analytics, Christiaan Beek: The ransomware landscape in 2024 continued to evolve at a rapid pace, outgrowing many of the trends we saw in 2023.
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Monthly Leadership Roundup: New Year, New Moves for Channel Leaders
The first quarter of the business year is here and organizations are pairing their new annual goals with new changes to their leadership. Managed service providers (MSPs) and IT service providers are bolstering their leadership teams to maximize value, grow customer bases, and strengthen partnerships for 2025. Channel Insider has been following the latest news…
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OpenAI Is Probing Whether DeepSeek Used Its Models to Train New Chatbot
The artificial-intelligence startup said Chinese entities have tried to exfiltrate data from its tools.
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The ultimate guide to home maintenance and repairs
GUEST OPINION: Homeownership brings with it the joy of having a personal space, but it also requires a commitment to regular maintenance and the occasional repair. Understanding the fundamentals of home care can prevent minor issues from escalating into major and costly damages. By establishing a routine and learning the basics, homeowners can maintain their…
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The ultimate guide to home maintenance and repairs
GUEST OPINION: Homeownership brings with it the joy of having a personal space, but it also requires a commitment to regular maintenance and the occasional repair. Understanding the fundamentals of home care can prevent minor issues from escalating into major and costly damages. By establishing a routine and learning the basics, homeowners can maintain their…
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LogMeIn Resolve from GoTo is Now Part of the Pax8 Marketplace
The new addition delivers comprehensive remote IT monitoring and endpoint management to Pax8 managed service providers
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LogMeIn Resolve from GoTo is Now Part of the Pax8 Marketplace
The new addition delivers comprehensive remote IT monitoring and endpoint management to Pax8 managed service providers
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Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk
Find insight on ASML, DeepSeek, Shopify and more in the latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom.
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New phishing campaign targets users in Poland and Germany
An ongoing phishing campaign, presumably by an advanced persistent threat (APT) actor, is seen dropping a new backdoor on victim systems enabling stealthy C2 operations. The backdoor, which Cisco’s Talos Intelligence Unit is tracking as TorNet, was found connecting victim machines to the decentralized and anonymizing TOR network for C2 communications. “Cisco Talos discovered an…
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Callidus readies for 3D AI technology, ESG and cyber reporting with Macquarie Telecom
Australian mining, oil and gas, and new energy services provider also slashes Azure costs with Macquarie Telecom hybrid cloud as it expands into emerging markets
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Callidus readies for 3D AI technology, ESG and cyber reporting with Macquarie Telecom
Australian mining, oil and gas, and new energy services provider also slashes Azure costs with Macquarie Telecom hybrid cloud as it expands into emerging markets
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Meteomatics eyes U.S. expansion for its enterprise-focused weather forecasting tools
Martin Fengler knows a lot about the weather. Fengler got his Ph.D. in mathematics, focused on numerical weather prediction, before working for Meteomedia AG, a network of weather stations in Switzerland and Germany. But while he knew a lot about weather forecasting from the prediction side, he realized the gaps that remained on the consumption…
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U.S. Businesses Already Love DeepSeek
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Chinese GenAI Startup DeepSeek Sparks Global Privacy Debate
Government agencies and privacy watchdogs have started investigating the Chinese AI chatbot provider over data privacy concerns
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Breakthrough Victoria invests in Melbourne-based company ‘with a nose for innovation’
COMPANY NEWS: Independent investment company Breakthrough Victoria is investing $800,000 in Diag-Nose.io Medical (DNM), a Melbourne based company improving clinical management and drug discovery for chronic respiratory diseases to potentially improve health outcomes for millions of people worldwide.
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Breakthrough Victoria invests in Melbourne-based company ‘with a nose for innovation’
COMPANY NEWS: Independent investment company Breakthrough Victoria is investing $800,000 in Diag-Nose.io Medical (DNM), a Melbourne based company improving clinical management and drug discovery for chronic respiratory diseases to potentially improve health outcomes for millions of people worldwide.
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Dynatrace Advances AI Observability to Support Generative AI Initiatives
COMPANY NEWS: With more than a decade of AI leadership, Dynatrace provides customers with unrivalled insight into their AI-native applications to drive reliability, cost-effectiveness, and compliance
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Dynatrace Advances AI Observability to Support Generative AI Initiatives
COMPANY NEWS: With more than a decade of AI leadership, Dynatrace provides customers with unrivalled insight into their AI-native applications to drive reliability, cost-effectiveness, and compliance
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DeepSeek’s AI avoids answering 85% of prompts on ‘sensitive topics’ related to China
AI chatbot DeepSeek has taken the world by storm, topping app store charts and sending Silicon Valley and Wall Street into meltdown. An offshoot of Chinese hedge fund High-Flyer, DeepSeek’s cost-to-performance ratio makes for impressive reading compared to incumbents such as OpenAI. However, reports have increasingly documented some of the things the AI chatbot is…
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AI in Cybersecurity: What’s Effective and What’s Not – Insights from 200 Experts
Curious about the buzz around AI in cybersecurity? Wonder if it’s just a shiny new toy in the tech world or a serious game changer? Let’s unpack this together in a not-to-be-missed webinar that goes beyond the hype to explore the real impact of AI on cybersecurity. Join Ravid Circus, a seasoned pro in cybersecurity…
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Edinburgh Accelerates Smart City Transformation with Genetec
COMPANY NEWS: Genetec Inc. (“Genetec”), the global leader in enterprise physical security software, today announced The City of Edinburgh Council is using Genetec Security Center as the backbone of its Smart City Strategy. The software is transforming public safety, city services and urban planning by allowing the council to manage all smart city technologies from a…
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Edinburgh Accelerates Smart City Transformation with Genetec
COMPANY NEWS: Genetec Inc. (“Genetec”), the global leader in enterprise physical security software, today announced The City of Edinburgh Council is using Genetec Security Center as the backbone of its Smart City Strategy. The software is transforming public safety, city services and urban planning by allowing the council to manage all smart city technologies from a…
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Microsoft probing whether DeepSeek improperly used OpenAI APIs
Just a few hours after David Sacks claimed DeepSeek used OpenAI’s models to train its own models, Bloomberg Law reports that Microsoft is investigating DeepSeek’s use of OpenAI’s application programming interface (API). According to security researchers working for Microsoft, the Chinese company behind the R1 reasoning model may have exfiltrated a large amount of data…
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How purpose-built AI transforms CX strategies
GUEST OPINION: Customer experiences increasingly define brand success, and contact centre organisations are turning to advanced technologies to enhance engagement. Artificial intelligence (AI) is now non-negotiable because it streamlines operations, refines decision-making, and personalises customer interactions.
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How purpose-built AI transforms CX strategies
GUEST OPINION: Customer experiences increasingly define brand success, and contact centre organisations are turning to advanced technologies to enhance engagement. Artificial intelligence (AI) is now non-negotiable because it streamlines operations, refines decision-making, and personalises customer interactions.
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Formance raises $21M to build the AWS for fintech infrastructure
If you talk to a fintech entrepreneur about their business, chances are they’ll end up talking about ledger issues at some point. A ledger is a record of money movements that serves as the source of truth for financial assets, but when a company starts having multiple bank accounts, payment processors and funds spread across…
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New SLAP & FLOP Attacks Expose Apple M-Series Chips to Speculative Execution Exploits
A team of security researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology and Ruhr University Bochum has demonstrated two new side-channel attacks targeting Apple silicon that could be exploited to leak sensitive information from web browsers like Safari and Google Chrome. The attacks have been codenamed Data Speculation Attacks via Load Address Prediction on Apple Silicon (SLAP)…
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DeepSeek’s Deep Risks: What You Need to Know | Grip Security
Get educated on the security risks of DeepSeek. From data privacy concerns to compliance threats, learn how to stay secure while enabling safe AI adoption. The post DeepSeek’s Deep Risks: What You Need to Know | Grip Security appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Breakout Time Accelerates 22% as Cyber-Attacks Speed Up
ReliaQuest warns threat actor innovation and infostealer activity helped to accelerate breakout time by 22% in 2024
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AI Needs a Lot of Computing Power. Is a Market for ‘Compute’ the Next Big Thing?
Startup trading platforms seek to capitalize on AI’s need for vast amounts of processing capacity.
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How Interlock Ransomware Infects Healthcare Organizations
Ransomware attacks have reached an unprecedented scale in the healthcare sector, exposing vulnerabilities that put millions at risk. Recently, UnitedHealth revealed that 190 million Americans had their personal and healthcare data stolen during the Change Healthcare ransomware attack, a figure that nearly doubles the previously disclosed total. This breach shows just how deeply ransomware
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Critical Cacti Security Flaw (CVE-2025-22604) Enables Remote Code Execution
A critical security flaw has been disclosed in the Cacti open-source network monitoring and fault management framework that could allow an authenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution on susceptible instances. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-22604, carries a CVSS score of 9.1 out of a maximum of 10.0. “Due to a flaw in the multi-line…
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Sustainable distribution: Strategies, benefits, and best practices for a greener future
GUEST OPINION: Making distribution sustainable means rethinking how products move from point A to point B. The results demonstrate that companies investing in energy-efficiency technologies can achieve operational savings of up to 50% or more by making their supply chains more sustainable. This isn’t just about using less fuel or different packaging; it’s about making…
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Sustainable distribution: Strategies, benefits, and best practices for a greener future
GUEST OPINION: Making distribution sustainable means rethinking how products move from point A to point B. The results demonstrate that companies investing in energy-efficiency technologies can achieve operational savings of up to 50% or more by making their supply chains more sustainable. This isn’t just about using less fuel or different packaging; it’s about making…
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Chinese and Iranian Hackers Are Using U.S. AI Products to Bolster Cyberattacks
A cyber-threat report from Google is shedding light on how foreign actors are leveraging generative AI to boost their hacking prowess.
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Newgen recognised as a ‘Leader’ in IDC MarketScape reports for its Intelligent CCM and Automated Document Generation CCM
COMPANY NEWS: Newgen Software, a global provider of AI-enabled digital transformation platform, has been recognized as a ‘Leader’ in two IDC MarketScape reports – IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Intelligent Customer Communications Management 2024 Vendor Assessment (doc #US51359124, December 2024) and IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Automated Document Generation and Customer Communication Management 2024 Vendor Assessment (doc #US52111324, December 2024).
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Newgen recognised as a ‘Leader’ in IDC MarketScape reports for its Intelligent CCM and Automated Document Generation CCM
COMPANY NEWS: Newgen Software, a global provider of AI-enabled digital transformation platform, has been recognized as a ‘Leader’ in two IDC MarketScape reports – IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Intelligent Customer Communications Management 2024 Vendor Assessment (doc #US51359124, December 2024) and IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Automated Document Generation and Customer Communication Management 2024 Vendor Assessment (doc #US52111324, December 2024).
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Scores of Critical UK Government IT Systems Have Major Security Holes
The National Audit Office warns of major gaps in cyber resilience across UK government departments
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This fintech has a fix for the biggest cross-border payments issues in Francophone Africa
Until a few years ago, it used to be difficult to make payments across borders almost anywhere in the world. But it’s still a big problem in Africa, where fragmented, disconnected systems, high fees, and poor infrastructure make it tough for businesses and individuals to move money quickly and affordably. The majority of people and…
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Ex-worker arrested after ‘shutdown’ of British Museum computer systems
London’s world-famous British Museum was forced to partially close its doors at the end of last week, following a serious security breach involving a former IT contractor. Police were called to the museum on Friday after a recently dismissed worker allegedly trespassed onto the museum site and was able to shut down various systems, including…
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Shared scooter startup Voi reports its first profitable year as it explores an IPO
Swedish shared micromobility giant Voi had its first profitable year in 2024, according to preliminary unaudited results the company shared exclusively with TechCrunch. Voi, which offers shared e-scooters and e-bikes across more than 100 markets in Europe, recorded €132.8 million ($138 million) in net revenue in 2024. On an adjusted basis, Voi earned €17.2 million…
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DeepSeek reaches No. 1 on US Play Store
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek’s Android app has taken the No. 1 spot on the Google Play Store, days after the chatbot app clinched the top spot on the App Store. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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CISOs are moving closer to the board — but budget hurdles remain
In recent years, CISOs have often felt that their board of directors did not take them seriously. This key issue for cybersecurity, however, is turning around, with 82% of CISOs now reporting directly to their CEOs, versus 47% in 2023, according to a survey by Splunk. Splunk’s report, which surveyed 500 CISOs, CSOs, and similar security…
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Alibaba Unveils Upgraded AI Model, Claims It Surpasses Rival DeepSeek-V3
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba released a new version of its artificial intelligence model which it claims surpasses DeepSeek’s AI model across various benchmarks.
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ASML Orders Exceed Forecasts in Defiance of DeepSeek AI Selloff
The company posted orders well above analysts’ expectations for the fourth quarter as chip makers scrambled to get their hands on machinery to produce increasingly sophisticated semiconductors.
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Want to be an effective cybersecurity leader? Learn to excel at change management
If there’s one thing that’s inevitable in cybersecurity, it’s change. Ever-evolving technology requires new protections, threats seem to multiply and morph on a daily basis, and even the humblest pieces of software and hardware demand constant updating to stay secure. That work has been increasing as the importance, visibility, and impact of security initiatives have…
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UAC-0063 Expands Cyber Attacks to European Embassies Using Stolen Documents
The advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as UAC-0063 has been observed leveraging legitimate documents obtained by infiltrating one victim to attack another target with the goal of delivering a known malware dubbed HATVIBE. “This research focuses on completing the picture of UAC-0063’s operations, particularly documenting their expansion beyond their initial focus on Central Asia,
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Broadcom Warns of High-Severity SQL Injection Flaw in VMware Avi Load Balancer
Broadcom has alerted of a high-severity security flaw in VMware Avi Load Balancer that could be weaponized by malicious actors to gain entrenched database access. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-22217 (CVSS score: 8.6), has been described as an unauthenticated blind SQL injection. “A malicious user with network access may be able to use specially crafted…
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Zyxel CPE Devices Face Active Exploitation Due to Unpatched CVE-2024-40891 Vulnerability
Cybersecurity researchers are warning that a critical zero-day vulnerability impacting Zyxel CPE Series devices is seeing active exploitation attempts in the wild. “Attackers can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on affected devices, leading to complete system compromise, data exfiltration, or network infiltration,” GreyNoise researcher Glenn Thorpe said in an alert
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Naboo secures $21M for its concierge-style corporate event booking platform
If you’ve ever tried to book a venue for a company event, you’ll know how onerous a task it can be. You have to contact multiple vendors, wait for quotes, evaluate them, see if you can get a good deal, and then get all that approved. So it makes sense that depending on the size…
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Unknown threat actor targeting Juniper routers with backdoor: Report
Network administrators using routers from Juniper Networks are being urged to scan for possible compromise after the discovery that an unknown threat actor has been installing a backdoor in customer routers since at least 2023. The bad news: According to researchers at Lumen Technology’s Black Lotus Labs, the unknown attacker can install a reverse shell…
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Sony Group Names COO Hiroki Totoki as New Chief Executive
Sony Group said Chief Operating Officer Hiroki Totoki would become chief executive on April 1.
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SoftBank to invest $500M in robotics startup SkildAI
SoftBank is negotiating a $500 million investment in Skild AI, a software company building a foundational model for robotics at a $4 billion valuation, Bloomberg and Financial Times reported. The two-year-old company raised its previous funding round of $300 million at a $1.5 billion valuation last July from investors including Jeff Bezos, Lightspeed Venture Partners,…
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DeepSeek’s Rise Exposes Nvidia’s Weakness
A new Chinese AI model threatens to diminish the need for Nvidia’s most-expensive chips, but some say the concerns are overblown.
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How Compliance Automation Enhances Data Security
The post How Compliance Automation Enhances Data Security appeared first on AI Security Automation. The post How Compliance Automation Enhances Data Security appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Italy sends first data watchdog request to DeepSeek: ‘The data of millions of Italians is at risk’
The jury is still out on whether the Chinese AI upstart DeepSeek is a game changer or possibly part of an elaborate plan by its hedge fund parent company to short Nvidia and other tech stocks. Whichever it might be (maybe both?), DeepSeek and its large language model has made some major waves. Now, it’s…
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CISA warns of critical, high-risk flaws in ICS products from four vendors
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Alliance has issued advisories for 11 critical and high-risk vulnerabilities in industrial control systems (ICS) products from several manufacturers. The issues include OS command injection, unsafe deserialization of data, use of broken cryptographic algorithms, authentication bypass, improper access controls, use of default credentials, sensitive information leaks, and more. The…
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7 Tips for Strategically Saying “No” in Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity can’t always be “Department of No,” but saying yes all the time is not the answer. Here is how to enable innovation gracefully without adding risk to the organization.
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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. 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 lead in the AI race…
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CrowdStrike Highlights Magnitude of Insider Risk
The impetus for CrowdStrike’s new professional services came from last year’s Famous Chollima threat actors, which used fake IT workers to infiltrate organizations and steal data.
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How DeepSeek’s AI Stacks Up Against OpenAI’s Model
It’s impossible to look at the Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek’s new AI model without comparing it against OpenAI, the dominant American rival.
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David Sacks claims there’s ‘substantial evidence’ that DeepSeek used OpenAI’s models to train its own
David Sacks, Trump’s AI and crypto “czar,” said in an interview on Fox on Tuesday that there’s “substantial evidence” that Chinese AI company DeepSeek “distilled” knowledge from OpenAI’s AI models, a process that Sacks compared to theft. Sacks, who didn’t cite the source of this “evidence,” suggested that DeepSeek used responses from OpenAI models to…
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Lynx Ransomware Group ‘Industrializes’ Cybercrime With Affiliates
The ransomware group provides everything an affiliate could want to breach and attack victims, including a quality controlled recruitment system to engage even more criminals.
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Trump pauses on grants, aid leaves federal cyber programs in state of confusion
A series of Trump administration maneuvers to freeze federal aid has thrown cybersecurity grant programs into doubt for recipients ranging from state governments to small businesses to foreign allies. An Office of Management and Budget memo sent Monday and that went into effect Tuesday directs federal agencies to “temporarily pause all activities related to obligations…
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OAuth Flaw Exposed Millions of Airline Users to Account Takeovers
The now-fixed vulnerability involved a major travel services company that’s integrated with dozens of airline websites worldwide.
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DeepSeek triggered a wild, baseless rally for some Chinese stocks
Hype around DeepSeek sent the stock price of several Chinese companies soaring, but proof of their ties to DeepSeek is non-existent. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Reverse engineering your test data: It’s not as safe as you think it is
Not all approaches to data de-identification and anonymization are created equal. Many approaches leave your data exposed to the very real risk of re-identification. Here’s how that can happen and how to avoid it. The post Reverse engineering your test data: It’s not as safe as you think it is appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Hackers exploiting flaws in SimpleHelp RMM to breach networks
Hackers are believed to be exploiting recently fixed SimpleHelp Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) software vulnerabilities to gain initial access to target networks. […]
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What is the role of data synthesis in my CI/CD pipeline, anyway?
The short answer? Adding data synthesis to your CI/CD pipeline makes your processes better, faster, and more efficient. The post What is the role of data synthesis in my CI/CD pipeline, anyway? appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Phishing Campaign Baits Hook With Malicious Amazon PDFs
In their discovery, researchers found 31 PDF files linking to these phishing websites, none of which have been yet submitted to VirusTotal.
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5 ways boards can improve their cybersecurity governance
As chairman of the board for Cinturion Group, Richard Marshall is intimately involved in ensuring the security of the fiber optic network his company is constructing from India through the Middle East and on to Europe. The monumental Trans Europe Asia System (TEAS) will be difficult enough to build given it will be buried beneath…
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DeepSeek: The Silent AI Takeover That Could Cripple Markets and Fuel China’s Cyberwarfare
David Jemmett, CEO & Founder of CISO Global Unlike Western AI systems governed by privacy laws and ethical considerations, DeepSeek operates under a regime notorious for state-sponsored hacking, surveillance, and cyber espionage. With AI-driven automation at its disposal, China can rapidly scale its cyberattacks, embedding malware, manipulating financial markets, and eroding trust in global AI…
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Google to kill Chrome Sync on older Chrome browser versions
Google announced that the Chrome Sync feature will be discontinued in early 2025 for Chrome versions older than four years. […]
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Super Bowl LIX Could Be a Magnet for Cyberattacks
Concerns include everything from ransomware, malware, and phishing attacks on the game’s infrastructure to those targeting event sponsors and fans.
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Figure AI details plan to improve humanoid robot safety in the workplace
Safety is often overlooked in the rush to bring humanoid robots to the workplace. As high-profile corporations ranging from retailers like Amazon to carmakers such as Mercedes and BMW have announced humanoid pilots for factories and warehouses, conversations around worker safety are regularly buried beneath industry hype. One Bay Area-robotics firm is hoping to correct…
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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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DEF CON 32 – Top War Stories From A TryHard Bug Bounty Hunter
Author/Presenter: Justin Rhynorater Gardner Our sincere appreciation to DEF CON, and the Authors/Presenters for publishing their erudite DEF CON 32 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Las Vegas Convention Center; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post DEF CON 32 – Top War Stories From A TryHard Bug Bounty Hunter…
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AI is a double-edged sword: Why you need new controls to manage risk
As with just about every part of business today, cybersecurity has been awash in the promises of what AI can do for its tools and processes. In fact, cybersecurity vendors have touted the power of algorithmic detection and response for years. The post AI is a double-edged sword: Why you need new controls to manage…
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Bookshop.org challenges Amazon with new e-book platform
Indie bookstore backer Bookshop.org launched an e-book platform on Tuesday, making it easier for readers to buy e-books without padding Jeff Bezos’s pockets. For years, Amazon’s chokehold and sway in the publishing industry have been so strong that authors and booksellers have accused the company of operating a monopoly. Amazon is dominant in the sale…
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Lawsuit claims systems behind OPM governmentwide email blast are illegal, insecure
The post Lawsuit claims systems behind OPM governmentwide email blast are illegal, insecure appeared first on CyberScoop.
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Hugging Face researchers are trying to build a more open version of DeepSeek’s AI ‘reasoning’ model
Barely a week after DeepSeek released its R1 “reasoning” AI model — which sent markets into a tizzy — researchers at Hugging Face are trying to replicate the model from scratch in what they’re calling a pursuit of “open knowledge.” Hugging Face head of research Leandro von Werra and several company engineers have launched Open-R1, a…