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AI-Powered Social Engineering: Reinvented Threats 2025-02-07 at 13:49 By The foundations for social engineering attacks – manipulating humans – might not have changed much over the years. It’s the vectors – how these techniques are deployed – that are evolving. And like most industries these days, AI is accelerating its evolution.  This article explores how

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Microsoft Identifies 3,000+ Publicly Disclosed ASP.NET Machine Keys Vulnerable to Code Injection 2025-02-07 at 13:49 By Microsoft is warning of an insecure practice wherein software developers are incorporating publicly disclosed ASP.NET machine keys from publicly accessible resources, thereby putting their applications in attackers’ pathway. The tech giant’s threat intelligence team said it observed limited activity

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India’s RBI Introduces Exclusive “bank.in” Domain to Combat Digital Banking Fraud 2025-02-07 at 12:50 By India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), said it’s introducing an exclusive “bank.in” internet domain for banks in the country to combat digital financial fraud. “This initiative aims to reduce cyber security threats and malicious activities like phishing;

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Musk’s move fast and break things mantra won’t work in US.gov 2025-02-07 at 12:33 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols 248-year-old democracy is not a tech startup Opinion  120-hour work weeks, firing government staffers and dismantling agencies? Oh my. The US government under pseudo President Musk is in for a world of radical change.… This article is

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Google’s 7-year slog to improve Chrome extensions still hasn’t satisfied developers 2025-02-07 at 08:34 By Thomas Claburn Makers of content blockers, privacy add-ons say promises weren’t kept Google’s overhaul of Chrome’s extension architecture continues to pose problems for developers of ad blockers, content filters, and privacy tools.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Hackers Exploiting SimpleHelp RMM Flaws for Persistent Access and Ransomware 2025-02-07 at 07:53 By Threat actors have been observed exploiting recently disclosed security flaws in SimpleHelp’s Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) software as a precursor for what appears to be a ransomware attack. The intrusion leveraged the now-patched vulnerabilities to gain initial access and maintain

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Hardware quality problems and server supply chain kinks slow Amazon’s $100 billion AI build 2025-02-07 at 07:07 By Simon Sharwood Reverses life extensions for some servers it now feels aren’t useful in the inferencing age Amazon Web Services is struggling to get the high-quality servers it needs to build AI infrastructure and has retired other

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Understanding the Language of Law Enforcement 2025-02-07 at 07:07 By Douglas Horsting, Manager of Organized Retail Crime & Special Investigations/Law Enforcement Liaison at Rite Aid, shares his insights on successfully partnering with law enforcement. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Apple missed screenshot-snooping malware in code that made it into the App Store, Kaspersky claims 2025-02-07 at 05:16 By Jessica Lyons OCR plugin great for extracting crypto-wallet secrets from galleries Kaspersky eggheads say they’ve spotted the first app containing hidden optical character recognition spyware in Apple’s App Store. Cunningly, the software nasty is designed to

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TikTok owner’s new AI project brings Albert Einstein back to life in shockingly real deepfake — generated from a single image 2025-02-07 at 04:19 By David Landsel Influencers could eventually be out of a job, one expert suggested. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View

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If Ransomware Inc was a company, its 2024 results would be a horror show 2025-02-07 at 04:01 By Iain Thomson 35% drop in payments across the year as your backups got better and law enforcement made a difference Ransomware extortion payments fell in 2024, according to blockchain analyst biz Chainalysis this week.… This article is

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