2024

PAN-OS Firewall Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation – IoCs Released 2024-11-16 at 10:48 By Palo Alto Networks has released new indicators of compromise (IoCs) a day after the network security vendor confirmed that a new zero-day vulnerability impacting its PAN-OS firewall management interface has been actively exploited in the wild. To that end, the company said

Warning: DEEPDATA Malware Exploiting Unpatched Fortinet Flaw to Steal VPN Credentials 2024-11-16 at 09:34 By A threat actor known as BrazenBamboo has exploited an unresolved security flaw in Fortinet’s FortiClient for Windows to extract VPN credentials as part of a modular framework called DEEPDATA. Volexity, which disclosed the findings Friday, said it identified the zero-day

Swiss cheesed off as postal service used to spread malware 2024-11-16 at 09:17 By Iain Thomson QR codes arrive via an age-old delivery system Switzerland’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued an alert about malware being spread via the country’s postal service.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Google AI chatbot threatens student asking for homework help, saying: ‘Please die’ 2024-11-16 at 03:33 By Alex Mitchell AI, yi, yi. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

Bloke behind Helix Bitcoin launderette jailed for three years, hands over $400M 2024-11-16 at 03:03 By Iain Thomson Digital money laundering pays, until it doesn’t An Ohio man, who operated the Grams dark-web search engine and the Helix cryptocurrency money-laundering service associated with it, has been sentenced to three years in prison.… This article is

Letting chatbots run robots ends as badly as you’d expect 2024-11-16 at 02:18 By Thomas Claburn LLM-controlled droids easily jailbroken to perform mayhem, researchers warn Science fiction author Isaac Asimov proposed three laws of robotics, and you’d never know it from the behavior of today’s robots or those making them.… This article is an excerpt

Here are the top contenders Trump is vetting to replace FTC Chair Lina Khan: sources 2024-11-15 at 23:19 By Thomas Barrabi Trump has assembled a shortlist of candidates to replace FTC Chair Lina Khan – including top JD Vance aide Gail Slater and current commissioner Andrew Ferguson, sources told The Post. This article is an

Mystery Palo Alto Networks hijack-my-firewall zero-day now officially under exploit 2024-11-15 at 23:19 By Jessica Lyons Yank access to management interface, stat A critical zero-day vulnerability in Palo Alto Networks’ firewall management interface that can allow an unauthenticated attacker to remotely execute code is now officially under active exploitation.… This article is an excerpt from

Keyboard robbers steal 171k customers’ data from AnnieMac mortgage house 2024-11-15 at 21:33 By Connor Jones Names and social security numbers of folks looking for the biggest loan of their lives exposed A major US mortgage lender has told customers looking to make the biggest financial transaction of their lives that an intruder broke into

Dozens of new emojis are coming to your phone in 2025 — with some head-scratchers on the shortlist 2024-11-15 at 21:19 By Ben Cost There will reportedly be a total of 164 new digital hieroglyphics, released as part of the Emoji 17.0 and Unicode 17.0 beta. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News

Iranian Hackers Deploy WezRat Malware in Attacks Targeting Israeli Organizations 2024-11-15 at 21:03 By Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new remote access trojan and information stealer used by Iranian state-sponsored actors to conduct reconnaissance of compromised endpoints and execute malicious commands. Cybersecurity company Check Point has codenamed the malware WezRat, stating it has

Google Gemini tells grad student to ‘please die’ after helping with his homework 2024-11-15 at 20:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo First true sign of AGI – blowing a fuse with a frustrating user? When you’re trying to get homework help from an AI model like Google Gemini, the last thing you’d expect is for it to

Photoshop FOSS alternative GNU Image Manipulation Program 3.0 nearly here 2024-11-15 at 19:48 By Liam Proven Nearly 21 years since version 2.0 Version 3.0 of the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) is nearly ready for release. It has important new and long-awaited abilities – and you can try it now.… This article is an excerpt

Elon Musk expands lawsuit against OpenAI, blasts ‘ill-gotten gains’ with Microsoft 2024-11-15 at 19:02 By Reuters Like Musk’s original August complaint, it accused OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, of violating contract provisions by putting profits ahead of the public good in the push to advance AI. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product

LXQt packs Wayland punch with 2.1 release 2024-11-15 at 18:35 By Liam Proven The lightest mainstream Linux desktop joins the tiny handful that support X.org replacement LXQt 2.1 is the latest release of the lightweight Qt-based desktop used in Lubuntu – but this version has a significant edge over its rivals.… This article is an