- — DeepSeek iOS app sends data unencrypted to ByteDance-controlled servers
- Apple's defenses that protect data from being sent in the clear are globally disabled.
- — Ransomware payments declined in 2024 despite massive. well-known hacks
- Amount paid by victims to hackers declined by hundreds of millions of dollars.
- — Ransomware payments declined in 2024 despite massive well-known hacks
- Amount paid by victims to hackers declined by hundreds of millions of dollars.
- — 7-Zip 0-day was exploited in Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine
- Vulnerability stripped MotW tag Windows uses to flag Internet-downloaded files.
- — Go Module Mirror served backdoor to devs for 3+ years
- Supply chain attack targets developers using the Go programming language.
- — 22-year-old math wiz indicted for alleged DeFI hack that stole $65M
- 22-year-old Andean Medjedovic of Canada could spend decades in prison if convicted.
- — Dell risks employee retention by forcing all teams back into offices full-time
- "Dell may be missing out on some great talent..."
- — Apple chips can be hacked to leak secrets from Gmail, iCloud, and more
- Side channel gives unauthenticated remote attackers access they should never have.
- — A long, costly road ahead for customers abandoning Broadcom’s VMware
- "We loved VMware, and then when Broadcom bought ‘em, we hated ‘em.”
- — Backdoor infecting VPNs used “magic packets” for stealth and security
- J-Magic backdoor infected organizations in a wide array of industries.
- — Data breach hitting PowerSchool looks very, very bad
- Schools are now notifying families their data has been stolen.
- — Researchers say new attack could take down the European power grid
- Power grid in Central Europe uses unencrypted radio signals to add and shed loads.
- — The Internet is (once again) awash with IoT botnets delivering record DDoSes
- Bigger, badder DDoSes are flooding the Internet. Dismal IoT security is largely to blame.
- — Cutting-edge Chinese “reasoning” model rivals OpenAI o1—and it’s free to download
- DeepSeek R1 is free to run locally and modify, and it matches OpenAI's o1 in several benchmarks.
- — Home Microsoft 365 plans use Copilot AI features as pretext for a price hike
- "Classic" plans without AI or price increases are only for current subscribers.
- — Microsoft patches Windows to eliminate Secure Boot bypass threat
- File that neutered Secure Boot passed Microsoft's internal review process.
- — US splits world into three tiers for AI chip access
- While close US allies get unrestricted AI chip access, the rest of the world has numerical limits.
- — 161 years ago, a New Zealand sheep farmer predicted AI doom
- Butler's "Darwin among the machines" warned of a future mechanical race that could subjugate humanity.
- — Microsoft sues service for creating illicit content with its AI platform
- Service used undocumented APIs and other tricks to bypass safety guardrails.
- — AI could create 78 million more jobs than it eliminates by 2030—report
- As AGI talk sparks job loss fears, new WEF report projects AI-driven net job growth by 2030.
- — Ongoing attacks on Ivanti VPNs install a ton of sneaky, well-written malware
- In-the-wild attacks tamper with built-in security tool providing infection warnings.
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