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Critical GitHub Vulnerability Exposes 4,000+ Repositories to Repojacking Attack 12/09/2023 at 15:01 By A new vulnerability disclosed in GitHub could have exposed thousands of repositories at risk of repojacking attacks, new findings show. The flaw “could allow an attacker to exploit a race condition within GitHub’s repository creation and username renaming operations,” Checkmarx security researcher […]

Friends don’t let friends use AI to chat 12/09/2023 at 14:18 By Katyanna Quach Science shocker: Real BFFs understand authenticity and sincerity can’t be machine-generated People feel less confident in their friendships if they discover that their buddies have been sending them messages written with the help of AI.… This article is an excerpt from

The future of the cloud sure looks like it’ll be paved in even more custom silicon 12/09/2023 at 13:47 By Tobias Mann You’re probably using cloud providers bespoke chips already and not even know it As cloud datacenters grow ever larger and complex, providers are increasingly developing their own chips to eke out performance, efficiency,

7 Steps to Kickstart Your SaaS Security Program 12/09/2023 at 13:46 By SaaS applications are the backbone of modern businesses, constituting a staggering 70% of total software usage. Applications like Box, Google Workplace, and Microsoft 365 are integral to daily operations. This widespread adoption has transformed them into potential breeding grounds for cyber threats. Each

Sophisticated Phishing Campaign Deploying Agent Tesla, OriginBotnet, and RedLine Clipper 12/09/2023 at 13:46 By A sophisticated phishing campaign is using a Microsoft Word document lure to distribute a trifecta of threats, namely Agent Tesla, OriginBotnet, and OriginBotnet, to gather a wide range of information from compromised Windows machines. “A phishing email delivers the Word document

Chinese Redfly Group Compromised a Nation’s Critical Grid in 6-Month ShadowPad Campaign 12/09/2023 at 13:46 By A threat actor called Redfly has been linked to a compromise of a national grid located in an unnamed Asian country for as long as six months earlier this year using a known malware referred to as ShadowPad. “The attackers managed to

Microsoft’s Surface Duo phone hangs up, drops out of support 12/09/2023 at 12:47 By Richard Speed Remember Microsoft’s first attempt at an Android foldable? Of course you don’t Microsoft has drawn a discreet veil over another of its attempts to become relevant in the mobile hardware space. The original Surface Duo has dropped out of

Lawyer’s Microsoft email snafu goes from $1.75M lawsuit to Ctrl+Alt+Settle 12/09/2023 at 12:17 By Jude Karabus Accused software giant of MFA error that rendered work address useless The New Jersey attorney who sued Microsoft for $1.75 million claiming verification gremlins had cut him off from his paid work email filed for voluntary dismissal on Friday.…

Automating cloud infrastructure: Do you want APIs with that? 12/09/2023 at 11:17 By Thomas Claburn Flipping the script to a control plane Interview  Cloud software automation generally begins with scripts, but at some point, according to Oren Teich, chief product officer of Upbound, that approach becomes unmanageable.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Microsoft Edge still forcing itself on users in Europe 12/09/2023 at 10:33 By Thomas Claburn Promised change to allow Windows system links open in the actual default browser not yet evident Last month, Microsoft said that for customers in Europe, its Insider build of Windows 11 now opens web links associated with Windows system components

Alibaba set to unleash AI that offers financial advice – do you feel lucky? 12/09/2023 at 10:02 By Laura Dobberstein Claims it’s already comparbale to finance industry pros and capable of recommending insurance plans Alibaba’s fintech arm, Ant Group, has unveiled a large language model and related applications for the financial services industry that it

Beware: MetaStealer Malware Targets Apple macOS in Recent Attacks 12/09/2023 at 10:01 By A new information stealer malware called MetaStealer has set its sights on Apple macOS, making the latest in a growing list of stealer families focused on the operating system after Stealer, Pureland, Atomic Stealer, and Realst. “Threat actors are proactively targeting macOS businesses by posing as

Arm’s lawyers want to check assembly expert’s book for trademark missteps 12/09/2023 at 09:46 By Tobias Mann IPO-hungry chip biz promises to donate copies to universities – may also demand a reprint Reverse-engineering expert Maria Markstedter, whose domain names were wrestled from her by Arm the other week for trademark reasons, has said the British

Google Rushes to Patch Critical Chrome Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild – Update Now 12/09/2023 at 09:02 By Google on Monday rolled out out-of-band security patches to address a critical security flaw in its Chrome web browser that it said has been exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2023-4863, the issue has been described as a

Billions of ‘custobots’ are coming online. Marketers may need to learn SEO for AI 12/09/2023 at 08:32 By Simon Sharwood You can’t take a machine to lunch or put it to sleep with PowerPoint, but you can try to shape its worldview Billions of new buyers of goods and services will emerge in coming years,

A Multinational Effort Takes Down the Qakbot Banking Trojan 12/09/2023 at 08:32 By In late August, the FBI took down and dismantled Quakbot, a banking Trojan that primarily spread through spam and phishing emails and has been active and continuously updated since 2008. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source

Infographic: What You Need to Know About Cyber Threats Targeting Hospitality 12/09/2023 at 07:47 By The Trustwave SpiderLabs team has completed an extensive investigation into the global cyber threats targeting the hospitality sector and a companion infographic that concisely explains their findings. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original Source

Mastering the first step in security management: Get your facts right 12/09/2023 at 07:16 By In part one of the Security Program Design series, J. Nicole McDargh, VP, Safety and Loss Prevention at Domino’s, gets down to security management basics. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Rising fraud is damaging consumer trust 12/09/2023 at 07:16 By Consumers reveal how rising fraud impacts their trust in organizations. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

OpenAI boss Sam Altman receives Indonesia’s first golden visa 12/09/2023 at 06:48 By Laura Dobberstein Open AI boss to get ‘red carpet’ at immigration OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been granted Indonesia’s first ever golden visa – entitling him to reside in the archipelagic nation for up to ten years – in recognition of his