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UK council selling the farm (and the fire station) to fund ballooning Oracle project

UK council selling the farm (and the fire station) to fund ballooning Oracle project 2025-01-27 at 12:18 By Lindsay Clark West Sussex helplessly watches price tag go from £2.6M to ‘oh my God’ A UK council is set to use up to £25 million ($31 million) from the sale of capital assets such as property […]

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British Museum says ex-contractor ‘shut down’ IT systems, wreaked havoc

British Museum says ex-contractor ‘shut down’ IT systems, wreaked havoc 2025-01-27 at 11:32 By Paul Kunert Former freelancer cuffed a week after being dismissed by UK’s top visitor attraction The British Museum was forced to temporarily close some galleries and exhibitions this weekend after a disgruntled former tech contractor went rogue and shuttered some onsite […]

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GamaCopy Mimics Gamaredon Tactics in Cyber Espionage Targeting Russian Entities

GamaCopy Mimics Gamaredon Tactics in Cyber Espionage Targeting Russian Entities 2025-01-27 at 10:51 By A previously unknown threat actor has been observed copying the tradecraft associated with the Kremlin-aligned Gamaredon hacking group in its cyber attacks targeting Russian-speaking entities. The campaign has been attributed to a threat cluster dubbed GamaCopy, which is assessed to share […]

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MintsLoader Delivers StealC Malware and BOINC in Targeted Cyber Attacks

MintsLoader Delivers StealC Malware and BOINC in Targeted Cyber Attacks 2025-01-27 at 09:34 By Threat hunters have detailed an ongoing campaign that leverages a malware loader called MintsLoader to distribute secondary payloads such as the StealC information stealer and a legitimate open-source network computing platform called BOINC. “MintsLoader is a PowerShell based malware loader that […]

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Robots in schools, care homes next? This UK biz hopes to make that happen

Robots in schools, care homes next? This UK biz hopes to make that happen 2025-01-27 at 09:18 By Thomas Claburn Bot manufacturers should think outside the box of humanoid form – unless those makers are Engineered Arts Interview  The robotics business is booming, thanks to the hype surrounding artificial intelligence and the demonstrated capabilities of […]

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China’s DeepSeek just dropped a free challenger to OpenAI’s o1 – here’s how to use it on your PC

China’s DeepSeek just dropped a free challenger to OpenAI’s o1 – here’s how to use it on your PC 2025-01-26 at 20:04 By Tobias Mann El Reg digs its claws into Middle Kingdom’s latest chain of thought model Hands on  Chinese AI startup DeepSeek this week unveiled a family of LLMs it claims not only […]

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Meta’s Llama Framework Flaw Exposes AI Systems to Remote Code Execution Risks

Meta’s Llama Framework Flaw Exposes AI Systems to Remote Code Execution Risks 2025-01-26 at 13:21 By A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in Meta’s Llama large language model (LLM) framework that, if successfully exploited, could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the llama-stack inference server.  The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-50050, has been […]

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US Sanctions Chinese Parties Allegedly Responsible For The Treasury Hack

US Sanctions Chinese Parties Allegedly Responsible For The Treasury Hack 2025-01-26 at 00:04 View original post at Safety Detectives The United States revealed that it knew exactly who was behind the hack on the US Treasury and is sanctioning those responsible. The culprits are also behind a string of high-profile attacks including a campaign on […]

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Someone is slipping a hidden backdoor into Juniper routers across the globe, activated by a magic packet

Someone is slipping a hidden backdoor into Juniper routers across the globe, activated by a magic packet 2025-01-25 at 13:18 By Jessica Lyons Who could be so interested in chips, manufacturing, and more, in the US, UK, Europe, Russia… Someone has been quietly backdooring selected Juniper routers around the world in key sectors including semiconductor, […]

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UK telco TalkTalk confirms probe into alleged data grab underway

UK telco TalkTalk confirms probe into alleged data grab underway 2025-01-25 at 11:37 By Connor Jones Spinner says crim’s claims ‘very significantly overstated’ UK broadband and TV provider TalkTalk says it’s currently investigating claims made on cybercrime forums alleging data from the company was up for grabs.… This article is an excerpt from The Register […]

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Bitwarden Upgrades Its Browser Extension With Multiple New Features

Bitwarden Upgrades Its Browser Extension With Multiple New Features 2025-01-25 at 11:34 View original post at Safety Detectives Bitwarden is updating its password manager browser extension with a range of new features aimed at better protecting its users and creating a more intuitive user interface. The first of the changes comes with Bitwarden’s UI. The […]

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Fitbit pinched for $12.25M after not immediately reporting known defect in recalled smartwatch

Fitbit pinched for $12.25M after not immediately reporting known defect in recalled smartwatch 2025-01-25 at 02:04 By Fox Business Fitbit recalled millions of Ionic smartwatches in 2022 after 78 Americans reported burn injuries. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

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AI chatbot startup founder, lawyer wife accused of ripping off investors in $60M fraud

AI chatbot startup founder, lawyer wife accused of ripping off investors in $60M fraud 2025-01-25 at 01:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo GameOn? It’s looking more like game over for that biz The co-founder and former CEO of AI startup GameOn is in a pickle. After exiting the top job last year under a cloud, he’s now […]

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Stargate, smargate. We’re spending $60B+ on AI this year, Meta’s Zuckerberg boasts

Stargate, smargate. We’re spending $60B+ on AI this year, Meta’s Zuckerberg boasts 2025-01-25 at 01:03 By Tobias Mann Can’t keep the drama Llama out of this race Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed plans on Friday to blow through as much as $60 to 65 billion in 2025 on plenty more AI resources for his social […]

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Fitbit pays Uncle Sam $12M, sprints away from claims of burning-hot smartwatches

Fitbit pays Uncle Sam $12M, sprints away from claims of burning-hot smartwatches 2025-01-25 at 00:20 By Brandon Vigliarolo Your workout warm-up instructions didn’t say anything about setting wrists on fire – allegedly! Years after recalling one of its smartwatches over overheating batteries that burned people, Fitbit has agreed to pay a $12.25 million civil penalty […]

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Exchange update refusenik? Consider yourself warned by Microsoft

Exchange update refusenik? Consider yourself warned by Microsoft 2025-01-24 at 23:49 By Richard Speed If you have a ‘significantly out of date’ Exchange Server, emergency mitigation might stop working Exchange Server administrators lagging on their cumulative and security updates be warned: Microsoft has stated that the Exchange Emergency Mitigation Service (EEMS) might stop working on […]

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