May 2024

Chrome Zero-Day Alert — Update Your Browser to Patch New Vulnerability 2024-05-10 at 14:01 By Google on Thursday released security updates to address a zero-day flaw in Chrome that it said has been actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2024-4671, the high-severity vulnerability has been described as a case of use-after-free in the Visuals component. It was reported […]

What’s the Right EDR for You? 2024-05-10 at 14:01 By A guide to finding the right endpoint detection and response (EDR) solution for your business’ unique needs. Cybersecurity has become an ongoing battle between hackers and small- and mid-sized businesses. Though perimeter security measures like antivirus and firewalls have traditionally served as the frontlines of defense, the

Malicious Android Apps Pose as Google, Instagram, WhatsApp, Spread via Smishing 2024-05-10 at 14:01 By Malicious Android apps masquerading as Google, Instagram, Snapchat, WhatsApp, and X (formerly Twitter) have been observed to steal users’ credentials from compromised devices. “This malware uses famous Android app icons to mislead users and trick victims into installing the malicious

Did IBM make a $6.4 billion blunder by buying HashiCorp? 2024-05-10 at 13:46 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols HashiCorp’s programs are ideal fit for IBM/Red Hat’s software lines, but why buy the company when the software’s free and open? Opinion  In some ways, IBM paying a cool $6.4 billion for HashiCorp makes perfect sense. HashiCorp’s infrastructure-as-code

UK’s National Cyber Security Centre entry code cracks up critics 2024-05-10 at 12:46 By Connor Jones One, two, three, four is all you need to pass that door Rolling hot off the heels of World Password Day (groan), every May 2 we hacks generally receive hundreds of emails from PR companies repping their respective infosec

Researchers Uncover ‘LLMjacking’ Scheme Targeting Cloud-Hosted AI Models 2024-05-10 at 11:16 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a novel attack that employs stolen cloud credentials to target cloud-hosted large language model (LLM) services with the goal of selling access to other threat actors. The attack technique has been codenamed LLMjacking by the Sysdig Threat Research Team. “Once initial access was

BlockFi partners with Coinbase for fund distribution amid shutdown 2024-05-10 at 11:01 By Cointelegraph by Amaka Nwaokocha The plan administrator will continue to use Coinbase for upcoming distribution rounds, potentially involving recovered funds from FTX. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Italy’s climate super computer, Cassandra, to combine HPC with AI 2024-05-10 at 09:46 By Tobias Mann CPU-heavy big iron boasts Intel’s HBM-packed Xeons and a tiny complement of Nvidia H100s Boffins in Italy are about to get their hands on a supercomputer that will more than double the resources available to study the effects of