Category Security

Jan 04, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / VPN Security Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware called PLAYFULGHOST that comes with a wide range of information-gathering features like keylogging, screen capture, audio capture, remote shell, and file transfer The backdoor, according to…

Five years of litigation and five months of negotiations has resulted in Apple agreeing to a $95m settlement of a Class Action lawsuit which claimed that Apple’s Siri assistant violated users’ privacy. While the settlement sum may be eyewatering, Settlement…

Web3 security incidents resulted in over $2.3bn worth of cryptocurrency in losses in 2024, a 31.6% increase in the value stolen compared to 2023, according to new figures from blockchain security firm Certik. These losses took place across 760 incidents,…

The US government has issued sanctions against a China-based cybersecurity company for its involvement in a large-scale botnet targeting American organizations, including critical infrastructure. Beijing-based Integrity Technology Group has been accused of playing a role in multiple computer intrusion incidents…

Atos Group has refuted a recent claim by ransomware group Space Bears that the firm’s database had been compromised by the threat actors. In a statement issued on January 3, the French IT giant said that the allegations made by…

The co-founder and former CEO of a cryptocurrency business has been extradited to the US to face fraud charges. South Korean national Do Hyeong Kwon, 33, appeared in a Manhattan court on Thursday after being extradited from Montenegro on Tuesday.…

Jan 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananMachine Learning / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new jailbreak technique that could be used to get past a large language model’s (LLM) safety guardrails and produce potentially harmful or malicious responses. The multi-turn…

Japan’s largest mobile operator has revealed that a DDoS attack on Thursday disrupted some services for nearly 12 hours. NTT Docomo has around 90 million subscribers in the East Asian country and boasts the fastest download speeds of any major provider…

Jan 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananDevOps / Software Development Microsoft has announced that it’s making an “unexpected change” to the way .NET installers and archives are distributed, requiring developers to update their production and DevOps infrastructure. “We expect that most users will…

The US has sanctioned a Russian state-affiliated entity for a sophisticated GenAI-based disinformation operation which targeted the 2024 US Presidential election. The Treasury department said Moscow-based Center for Geopolitical Expertise (CGE) used deepfakes and GenAI tools to sow discord and…