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Cybercriminals Exploiting Microsoft’s Quick Assist Feature in Ransomware Attacks 2024-05-16 at 06:46 By The Microsoft Threat Intelligence team said it has observed a threat it tracks under the name Storm-1811 abusing the client management tool Quick Assist to target users in social engineering attacks. “Storm-1811 is a financially motivated cybercriminal group known to deploy Black Basta ransomware,” the company said in a […]

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Google Patches Yet Another Actively Exploited Chrome Zero-Day Vulnerability 2024-05-16 at 06:46 By Google has rolled out fixes to address a set of nine security issues in its Chrome browser, including a new zero-day that has been exploited in the wild. Assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2024-4947, the vulnerability relates to a type confusion bug in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly

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Apple on track for quarter of all iPhones to be made in India by 2028 2024-05-16 at 04:46 By Laura Dobberstein IT minister boasts of tech titan building network of local vendors Apple is expected to have a quarter of all iPhones made in India by 2028, according to the country’s IT minister.… This article

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FBI takes down BreachForums ransomware website and Telegram channel 2024-05-16 at 01:46 By Iain Thomson No more illicit gains, for a while at least The FBI, in combination with police around the world, have taken control of the website and Telegram channel of ransomware brokerage site BreachForums.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Crook brags about US Army and $75b defense biz pwnage 2024-05-16 at 01:46 By Jessica Lyons More government data allegedly stolen by prolific criminals An extortionist claims to have stolen files from the US Army Aviation and Missile Command in August 2023, and now claims they are selling access to a $75 billion aerospace and

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Tesla nearing shareholder vote to grant Musk $46B 2024-05-16 at 01:16 By Matthew Connatser Fundamentals are for losers: It’s a good time to head the worst performing stock in the S&P Owners of Tesla stock will vote on June 13 to determine whether the company’s CEO Elon Musk deserves a $46 billion payday.… This article

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US senators’ AI roadmap aims for $32b in R&D spending 2024-05-15 at 23:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo ‘Reads like it was written by Sam Altman and Big Tech lobbyists,’ say critics A quartet of US senators have released an AI legislation roadmap that calls for billions of dollars in research funding, but largely kicks the can

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Neuralink keeps losing the thread on brain implant wiring 2024-05-15 at 23:16 By Matthew Connatser Musk venture allegedly decided imperfect design was usable Elon Musk’s neurotech startup’s revelation that the tiny wires on its chip implants came loose from its first human patient’s brain might not have been a first.… This article is an excerpt

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Aghast iOS users report long-deleted photos back from the dead after update 2024-05-15 at 22:46 By Matthew Connatser Apple might be hanging on to nuked iPhone snaps for a while Some iPhone users are reportedly seeing photos they had previously deleted resurface on their devices ever since updating to the latest version of iOS.… This

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Senate AI roadmap’s piecemeal legislation is ideal, says former FTC tech chief 2024-05-15 at 22:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo Smaller bills mean more fine-grained control over vastly different AI products interview  The AI legislation roadmap published this week by a bipartisan group of US senators hasn’t pleased everyone, but the Federal Trade Commission’s former chief technologist

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FBI Seizes BreachForums Again, Urges Users to Report Criminal Activity 2024-05-15 at 22:01 By Law enforcement agencies have officially seized control of the notorious BreachForums platform, an online bazaar known for peddling stolen data, for the second time within a year. The website (“breachforums[.]st”) has been replaced by a seizure banner stating the clearnet cybercrime forum is

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Clean Air Act complaint paints smoggy picture at Tesla Fremont factory 2024-05-15 at 21:46 By Richard Speed The cars might be zero emission, but accusers claim the paint shops aren’t Tesla is facing a lawsuit brought under the US Clean Air Act by the Environmental Democracy Project (EDP) claiming pollution from its Fremont facility.… This

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Boeing might be criminally prosecuted for 737 MAX crashes after all, says DoJ 2024-05-15 at 21:16 By Brandon Vigliarolo Aviation firm has violated 2021 deferred prosecution agreement, claims DoJ, so criminal charges could come back Boeing avoided prosecution for a pair of 737 Max crashes thanks to a 2021 agreement with the Department of Justice,

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Meta is the second most spoofed brand for credential phishing 2024-05-15 at 21:16 By A sophisticated phishing campaign is bypassing multi-factor authentication in order to target Meta business accounts.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Google Launches AI-Powered Theft and Data Protection Features for Android Devices 2024-05-15 at 21:01 By Google has announced a slew of privacy and security features in Android, including a suite of advanced protection features to help secure users’ devices and data in the event of a theft. These features aim to help protect data before,

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Android 15 Rolls Out Advanced Features to Protect Users from Scams and Malicious Apps 2024-05-15 at 21:01 By Google is unveiling a set of new features in Android 15 to prevent malicious apps installed on the device from capturing sensitive data. This constitutes an update to the Play Integrity API that third-party app developers can take advantage

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Qualcomm warms bed for Linux on Arm PCs 2024-05-15 at 20:31 By Dan Robinson One eye on Windows, the other winking at penguins Qualcomm may be leading the push for Windows on Arm systems, but the company also has an eye on Linux support with a roadmap for updates to enable the OS to boot

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Biden cranks up the heat on China with wall of tech tariffs 2024-05-15 at 19:31 By Laura Dobberstein It’s not just EVs – semiconductors, batteries, and solar cells all hiked The Biden administration’s Chinese tariff hikes were formally announced on Tuesday including, among other items, a doubling on semiconductors and solar cells and a more

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Unveiling common ransomware attack methods to secure your organization 2024-05-15 at 19:16 By Instead of wondering whether or not they’ll be hit with a ransomware attack, leaders need to be building a strategy for what to do when an attack is attempted on their business. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s

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With Asmi 24.04, Ubuntu’s never looked so snappy (without the Snaps) 2024-05-15 at 19:01 By Liam Proven Distro formerly known as Zinc cuts the fat, rather than just replacing it The latest version of Teejeetech’s take on Ubuntu offers what many users wish Canonical did – natively packaged Firefox and the choice of whether to

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