According to a new, brow-raising WSJ report, Tesla’s board quietly began searching for Elon Musk’s potential successor about a month ago, approaching executive search firms as the carmaker faced protests, plummeting sales, and shrinking profits while Musk waded into Washington to slash government spending. Board members reportedly met with Musk to express concerns about his…
Month: April 2025
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Microsoft’s most capable new Phi 4 AI model rivals the performance of far larger systems
Microsoft launched several new “open” AI models on Wednesday, the most capable of which is competitive with OpenAI’s o3-mini on at least one benchmark. All of the new pemissively licensed models — Phi 4 mini reasoning, Phi 4 reasoning, and Phi 4 reasoning plus — are “reasoning” models, meaning they’re able to spend more time…
AI, Global Security News, sam altman, Startups, World
Sam Altman’s World unveils a mobile verification device
Tools for Humanity, the startup behind the World human verification project that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman co-founded, plans to unveil Wednesday a mobile device designed to help people determine the difference between a human and an AI agent. The company, which is debuting the device during its its “At Last” event in San Francisco, also…
AI, Apps, Fintech, Global Security News, World
World partners with Tinder, Visa to bring its ID-verifying tech to more places
World, the biometric ID company best known for its eyeball-scanning Orb devices, at an event late on Wednesday announced several partnerships aimed at driving sign-ups and demonstrating the applications of its tech. World is partnering with Match Group, the dating app conglomerate, to verify the IDs of Tinder users in Japan. Via collaborations with Kalshi…
AI, Global Security News, Meta
Meta forecasted it would make $1.4T in revenue from generative AI by 2035
Meta made a prediction last year its generative AI products would rake in $2 billion to $3 billion in revenue in 2025, and between $460 billion and $1.4 trillion by 2035, according to court documents unsealed Wednesday. The documents, submitted by attorneys for book authors suing Meta for what they claim is unauthorized training of…
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Epic Games just scored a win against Apple
Epic Games notched a win in an ongoing legal dispute with Apple. The result could be Fortnite returning to the U.S. iOS app store as early as next week. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said in a ruling Wednesday that Apple was in “willful violation” of a 2021 injunction that prohibited the company from anticompetitive pricing.…
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Unlocking GenAI: Real-World Use Cases & Innovations Across Industries
How Uber’s GenAI-powered invoice automation boosts efficiency, cutting manual effort by 70% and ensuring 90% data accuracy. Learn more! The post Unlocking GenAI: Real-World Use Cases & Innovations Across Industries appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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AI and GPUs Make Your Passwords Easier to Crack: A Study
How AI and GPUs are revolutionizing password cracking. Learn how to safeguard your passwords with effective strategies. Read more! The post AI and GPUs Make Your Passwords Easier to Crack: A Study appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Billbug Expands Cyber-Espionage Campaign in Southeast Asia
The China-linked cyber-operations group, better known as Lotus Panda, uses its own custom malware to focus on government agencies and private companies in Hong Kong, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
Asia Pacific, Global Security News, Security
Hackers abuse IPv6 networking feature to hijack software updates
A China-aligned APT threat actor named “TheWizards” abuses an IPv6 networking feature to launch adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks that hijack software updates to install Windows malware. […]
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Amazon launches Nova Premier, its most capable AI model yet
Amazon on Wednesday released what the company claims is the most capable AI model in its Nova family, Nova Premier. Nova Premier, which can process text, images, and videos (but not audio), is available in Amazon Bedrock, the company’s AI model development platform. Amazon says that Premier excels at “complex tasks” that “require deep understanding…
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Welcoming The Gambia National CSIRT to Have I Been Pwned
Today, we’re happy to welcome the Gambia National CSIRT to Have I Been Pwned as the 38th government to be onboarded with full and free access to their government domains. We’ve been offering this service for seven years now, and it enables national CSIRTs to gain greater visibility into the impact of data breaches on…
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Study accuses LM Arena of helping top AI labs game its benchmark
A new paper from AI lab Cohere, Stanford, MIT, and Ai2 accuses LM Arena, the organization behind the popular crowdsourced AI benchmark Chatbot Arena, of helping a select group of AI companies achieve better leaderboard scores at the expense of rivals. According to the authors, LM Arena allowed some industry-leading AI companies like Meta, OpenAI,…
Global Security News
Apple Violated Antitrust Ruling, Federal Judge Finds
A federal judge hammered Apple for violating a ruling in an antitrust case that required the company to loosen certain restrictions it imposes on software-makers in its App Store.
AI, Artificial Intelligence, compute, data centers, Enterprise, Global Security News, Microsoft
Microsoft expects some AI capacity constraints this quarter
Microsoft customers could encounter service disruptions when using AI services due to demand outpacing the company’s ability to bring data centers online, an executive warned during the company’s earnings call Microsoft’s EVP and CFO Amy Hood said during the company’s fiscal 2025 third-quarter earnings call Wednesday the company may face AI capacity constraints as early…
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Smashing Security podcast #415: Hacking hijinks at the hospital, and WASPI scams
He’s not a pop star, but Jeffrey Bowie is alleged to have toured staff areas of a hospital in Oklahoma, hunting for computers he could install spyware on. We dive into the bizarre case of the man accused of hacking medical networks and then sharing how he did it on LinkedIn. Plus! Move over Nigerian…
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A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs
A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024.
Global Security News
Nvidia CEO Says All Companies Will Need ‘AI Factories,’ Touts Creation of American Jobs
Jensen Huang said data-center proliferation is essential for skilled jobs as his company pursues U.S. manufacturing plans.
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Google’s Gemini chatbot gets upgraded image creation tools
Google’s Gemini chatbot app now lets you modify both AI-generated images and images uploaded from your phone or computer, Google announced in a blog post Wednesday. Native image editing in Gemini will start rolling out gradually today, expanding to more people in over 45 languages and most countries in the coming weeks. The launch follows…
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F5 Extends Security Reach to Large Language Models
F5 has extended and added support for web application scanning that is capable of identifying vulnerabilities in large language models (LLMs) to its application delivery and security platform (ADSP). The post F5 Extends Security Reach to Large Language Models appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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North Korean operatives have infiltrated hundreds of Fortune 500 companies
SAN FRANCISCO — North Korean nationals have infiltrated the employee ranks at top global companies more so than previously thought, maintaining a pervasive and potentially widening threat against IT infrastructure and sensitive data. “There are hundreds of Fortune 500 organizations that have hired these North Korean IT workers,” Mandiant Consulting CTO Charles Carmakal said Tuesday…
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Homeland Secretary Noem Vows to Put CISA ‘Back to Focusing on its Core Mission’
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem vowed to refocus CISA, especially in defense of critical systems threats from China. The post Homeland Secretary Noem Vows to Put CISA ‘Back to Focusing on its Core Mission’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Amazon Plans to Invest $4 Billion by 2026 to Speed Up Deliveries in Rural America
The Seattle-based giant said the investment and expansion would create over 100,000 new jobs.
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Salt Security Embraces MCP to Improve Cybersecurity in the Age of AI
Salt Security this week at the 2025 RSA Conference made available an early preview of an ability to secure Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers that are emerging as a de facto standard for integrating artificial intelligence (AI) models and agents. The post Salt Security Embraces MCP to Improve Cybersecurity in the Age of AI appeared…
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Alleged ‘Scattered Spider’ Member Extradited to U.S.
A 23-year-old Scottish man thought to be a member of the prolific Scattered Spider cybercrime group was extradited last week from Spain to the United States, where he is facing charges of wire fraud, conspiracy and identity theft. U.S. prosecutors allege Tyler Robert Buchanan and co-conspirators hacked into dozens of companies in the United States…
Global Security News
Prolific RansomHub Operation Goes Dark
The chat infrastructure and data-leak site of the notorious ransomware-as-a-service group has been inactive since March 31, according to security vendors.
AI, Fintech, Global Security News, Mastercard, visa
Visa and Mastercard unveil AI-powered shopping
Artificial intelligence is not just infiltrating the startup world. Now, credit card giants Visa and Mastercard are getting into the AI game. Visa announced on Wednesday “Intelligent Commerce,” which it says enables AI “to find and buy.” AI agents will be able to shop and make purchases on behalf of consumers, based on preselected preferences.…
Global Security News
Former CISA Head Slams Trump Admin Over ‘Loyalty Mandate’
Jen Easterly, former director of CISA, discussed the first 100 days of the second Trump administration and criticized the president’s “mandate for loyalty” during a panel at RSAC 2025.
Apps, Global Security News, Meta, Social, Threads
Threads tops 350M monthly users after adding 30M in the quarter
Instagram Threads, Meta’s X competitor, has now grown to over 350 million monthly active users, CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed during the company’s Q1 2025 earnings call on Wednesday. That’s an increase of 30 million users since the prior quarter, where Meta reported that Threads had 320 million users. The new figure represents increased growth, as…
Global Security News, Security
WordPress plugin disguised as a security tool injects backdoor
A new malware campaign targeting WordPress sites employs a malicious plugin disguised as a security tool to trick users into installing and trusting it. […]
Global Security News
Adversaries Are Toying With US Networks & DC Is Short on Answers
While nation-state actors are demonstrating how easily they can infiltrate US networks, government officials don’t seem to have a clear vision for what comes next.
Exploits, Global Security News, Hacker Groups, Malware, Security
Russian APT28 hackers have redoubled efforts during Ukraine war, says French security agency
The war in Ukraine has prompted a resurgence in activity by the notorious Russian APT28/Fancy Bear group, the French ANSSI cybersecurity agency has said. According to a brief report published by the agency this week, Targeting and Compromise of French Entities Using the APT28 Intrusion Set, the group now aggressively targets the networks of government…
Global Security News
TheWizards APT Casts a Spell on Asian Gamblers With Novel Attack
A SLAAC-spoofing, adversary-in-the-middle campaign is hiding the WizardNet backdoor malware inside updates for legitimate software and popular applications.
Global Security News
Meta Posts $42 Billion in Sales, Points to Strong Growth
The tech giant’s outlook may allay investor concerns about the digital advertising market.
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Congressional officials wonder how CISA can carry out core mission in face of workforce cuts
SAN FRANCISCO – In her appearance at the RSAC 2025 Conference, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem spoke about getting CISA back to its “core mission” of protecting federal networks and critical infrastructure from cybersecurity threats. Other cyber policy experts wonder how that is going to unfold with such concentration on cutting CISA’s workforce. Congressional staffers…
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Pinterest launches new tools to fight AI slop
Pinterest says it’s finally going to do something about the AI slop that’s taken over its platform. After an increasing volume of complaints, the social networking and image pinboarding site announced Wednesday a plan to begin labeling AI-generated and AI-modified images. It will also introduce a new option that allows users to reduce the number…
AI, Amazon, AWS, chatbot, Enterprise, Global Security News, q business
Amazon updates Q Business to let companies build public-facing chatbots
Amazon wants companies to build public-facing chatbots using its Q Business assistant. On Wednesday, the company announced that Q Business, its AWS-hosted AI assistant that can answer questions, provide summaries, and complete tasks, now supports anonymous user access. This effectively means that AWS users can now create Q Business chatbots for websites, support portals, and…
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Tariffs could slow replacement of telecom networks, according to industry official
Tariff hikes will drive up prices and make it harder for telecommunications providers to replace networks more vulnerable to Chinese hacker intrusion, an industry official told lawmakers Wednesday. “Tariffs will only raise prices,” David Stehlin, CEO of the Telecommunications Industry Association, told Rep. Darren Soto, D-Fla. While it makes sense to find ways to bring…
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Israel’s 77 Years Of Independence
Permalink The post Israel’s 77 Years Of Independence appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Global Security News, Security
WhatsApp unveils ‘Private Processing’ for cloud-based AI features
WhatsApp has announced the introduction of ‘Private Processing,’ a new technology that enables users to utilize advanced AI features by offloading tasks to privacy-preserving cloud servers. […]
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BSidesLV24 – Ground Truth – Hacking Things That Think
Author/Presenter: Matthew Canham Our sincere appreciation to BSidesLV, and the Presenters/Authors for publishing their erudite Security BSidesLV24 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Tuscany Suites & Casino; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post BSidesLV24 – Ground Truth – Hacking Things That Think appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Navigating the SaaS Attack Chain: Mitigating Risks with AppOmni
Join us as we discuss how AppOmni can help mitigate risks across each stage of this attack chain, empowering organizations to better defend their SaaS applications from end to end. The post Navigating the SaaS Attack Chain: Mitigating Risks with AppOmni appeared first on AppOmni. The post Navigating the SaaS Attack Chain: Mitigating Risks with…
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Rivian’s reportedly sitting on a stockpile of tariff-free batteries
Rivian built up a stockpile of batteries for its trucks, SUVs, and commercial vans before and after the election of Donald Trump, a strategy used to soften the blow of the president’s tariffs, according to Bloomberg News. The company apparently bought an undisclosed number of lithium iron phosphate batteries from Chinese firm Gotion before the…
AI, Global Security News, Meta, meta ray-bans
If you own Ray-Ban Meta glasses, you should double-check your privacy settings
Meta has updated the privacy policy for its AI glasses, Ray-Ban Meta, giving the tech giant more power over what data it can store and use to train its AI models. The company emailed Ray-Ban Meta owners on Tuesday with a notice that AI features will now be enabled on the glasses by default, according…
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Apple notifies new victims of spyware attacks across the world
Two alleged victims came forward claiming they received a spyware notification from Apple.
Global Security News, Politics, Technology
Trump’s Auto Tariff Relief “Helps Tesla a Lot” — Leaving Other Carmakers Behind
Donald Trump’s latest adjustment to automobile tariffs were billed as relief for the Big Three carmakers, but a leading analyst said Wednesday that Elon Musk’s Tesla will benefit most while others will be stuck “in quicksand” — potentially creating a slight advantage for a company whose CEO donated nearly $300 million to Trump and other…
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SonicWall: SMA100 VPN vulnerabilities now exploited in attacks
Cybersecurity company SonicWall has warned customers that several vulnerabilities impacting its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) appliances are now being actively exploited in attacks. […]
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Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Chess Position’
via the cosmic humor & dry-as-the-desert wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD Permalink The post Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Chess Position’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Gruve.ai promises software-like margins for AI tech consulting, disrupting decades-old Industry
Companies of all sizes are recognizing the game-changing possibilities of AI. Despite the excitement about the new technology, most of their pilot projects don’t make it into production. Gruve.ai, a startup founded by the team behind Rahi Systems aims to help enterprises get AI solutions out of testing phase and into real-world application by using…
Global Security News
Google CEO Criticizes DOJ’s ‘Extraordinary’ Proposal to Break Up Company
Sundar Pichai takes the stand during proceedings to determine how the search giant should be punished after monopoly ruling.
AI, Global Security News, JetBrains
JetBrains releases Mellum, an ‘open’ AI coding model
JetBrains, the company behind a range of popular app development tools, has released its first “open” AI model for coding. On Wednesday, JetBrains made Mellum, a code-generating model the company released for its various software development suites last year, openly available on the AI dev platform Hugging Face. Mellum, trained on more than 4 trillion…
Global Security News, Security
Commvault says recent breach didn’t impact customer backup data
Commvault, a leading provider of data protection solutions, says a nation-state threat actor who breached its Azure environment didn’t gain access to customer backup data. […]
Global Security News, Security
FBI shares massive list of 42,000 LabHost phishing domains
The FBI has shared 42,000 phishing domains tied to the LabHost cybercrime platform, one of the largest global phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platforms that was dismantled in April 2024. […]
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Orb, a new app by Ookla’s ex-CEO, offers a broader picture of your internet connection
Since it launched nearly 20 years ago, Speedtest.net has been one of the most popular tools used to measure internet speeds. However, Doug Suttles, the founder and former CEO of Ookla, the network testing company behind Speedtest, felt that just measuring speed was not enough to tell people all they wanted to know about their…
Global Security News
RansomHub Refines Extortion Strategy as RaaS Market Fractures
RansomHub refines extortion strategy amid RaaS market fractures, expanding affiliate recruitment
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Anthropic suggests tweaks to proposed U.S. AI chip export controls
Anthropic agrees with the U.S. government that implementing robust export controls on domestic-made AI chips will help the U.S. compete in the AI race against China. But the company is suggesting a few tweaks to the proposed restrictions. Anthropic released a blog post on Wednesday stating that the company “strongly supports” the U.S. Department of…
Apps, content creator, gig economy, Global Security News, Photography, Startups
Social Agent’s new app lets you book a photographer within 30 minutes
There’s an unspoken pressure nowadays to share all your special moments online, whether it be birthdays, graduations, or engagements. However, not everyone has the skills to take high-quality pictures, and often, people find themselves too distracted to snap the perfect shot. While hiring a professional photographer is an option, it may not always be feasible…
Global Security News
Phishers Take Advantage of Iberian Blackout Before It’s Even Over
Opportunistic threat actors targeted Portuguese and Spanish speakers by spoofing Portugal’s national airline in a campaign offering compensation for delayed or disrupted flights.
AI, Apps, duolingo, Global Security News
Duolingo launches 148 courses created with AI after sharing plans to replace contractors with AI
Duolingo is introducing 148 new language courses that were created with generative AI, the company announced on Wednesday. The launch comes as Duolingo has been facing backlash this week after sharing that it was going to replace contractors with AI and become an “AI-first” company. The company says the launch of the new courses doubles…
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BSidesLV24 – Ground Truth – Looking For Smoke Signals In Financial Statements, For Cyber
Author/Presenter: Brandon Pinzon Our sincere appreciation to BSidesLV, and the Presenters/Authors for publishing their erudite Security BSidesLV24 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Tuscany Suites & Casino; and via the organizations YouTube channel. Permalink The post BSidesLV24 – Ground Truth – Looking For Smoke Signals In Financial Statements, For Cyber appeared first…
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Cast your vote: Help shape the TechCrunch All Stage agenda
TechCrunch All Stage is just around the corner — and you get to help shape the agenda. From a competitive pool of applicants, two of the six visionary finalists are one step away from leading a roundtable session on July 15 at SoWa Power Station in Boston. Your vote determines who makes it. Audience Choice…
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Microsoft Expands Cloud, AI Footprint Across Europe
Microsoft has announced plans to expand cloud and AI infrastructure in the EU, increasing data center capacity by 40% by 2027
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Side Event submission deadline extended for TechCrunch Sessions: AI
Did you miss your chance to apply for a Side Event at “TechCrunch Sessions: AI Week?” Don’t worry – we’ve extended the deadline by three more days! You now have until May 2 at 11:59 p.m. PT to submit your proposal. This is your opportunity to connect with attendees of TC Sessions: AI and the…
Global Security News
DHS Boss Noem Vows to Get CISA Back ‘On Mission’
Secretary Noem asks the cybersecurity community to get in touch with CISA to help reshape the agency to focus on finding efficiencies.
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UK retailer Co-op shuts down some IT systems after hack attempt
British supermarket chain Co-op Food has confirmed to BleepingComputer via a statement that it has suffered limited operational disruption as it responds to a cyberattack. […]
AI, Global Security News, Wikipedia
Wikipedia says it will use AI, but not to replace human volunteers
Wikipedia on Wednesday revealed its new AI strategy for the next three years — and it’s not replacing the Wikipedia community of editors and volunteers with artificial intelligence, thankfully. Instead, Wikipedia says it will use AI to build new features that “remove technical barriers,” allowing editors, moderators, and patrollers tools that allow them to accomplish what they need…
Global Security News, Javascript, malware, npm, Security Bloggers Network, vulnerabilities
Revived CryptoJS library is a crypto stealer in disguise
An illicit npm package called ‘crypto-encrypt-ts‘ may appear to revive the unmaintained but vastly popular CryptoJS library, but what it actually does is peek into your crypto wallet and exfiltrate your secrets to threat actors. The post Revived CryptoJS library is a crypto stealer in disguise appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Nuvo, a network for B2B trade, has nabbed $34M from Sequoia and Spark Capital
Nuvo, a company that has built a social-like platform to facilitate easier purchasing of physical goods between businesses, has raised a $34 million Series A from Sequoia Capital and Spark Capital, it tells TechCrunch exclusively. The San Francisco-based startup previously raised $11 million in an undisclosed seed round led by Founders Fund and Index Ventures…
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5 days left: $210 ticket discount and 50% off on the second for TechCrunch Sessions AI
You’ve got just 5 days to save up to $210 — plus 50% off your +1 — and get inside the minds of AI’s biggest voices at TechCrunch Sessions: AI. Imagine hearing firsthand from Anthropic’s Jared Kaplan, OpenAI’s startup team, and top voices from firms like Khosla Ventures — all in one day. June 5…
Global Security News
How AI Is Helping Job Seekers Pivot to New Careers
New AI tools at Salesforce, Google, LinkedIn and others give users insight on how skills in one field can transfer to a different one.
Global Security News
DARPA Highlights Critical Infrastructure Security Challenges
Leaders at federal research organizations DARPA, ARPA-I, and ARPA-H discussed the myriad obstacles in addressing critical infrastructure security at RSAC Conference 2025.
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UK retail giant Co-op warns of disruption as it battles cyberattack
The U.K. grocery and retail giant said the unspecified cyber incident is affecting its back office and call centers.
Global Security News
UK Retailer Co-op Confirms Hack, Reports “Small Impact” to Its Systems
The Co-op stores, quick commerce operations and funeral homes are trading as usual
Global Security News, Healthcare, North America, Security
Ascension discloses new data breach after third-party hacking incident
Ascension, one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, is notifying patients that their personal and health information was stolen in a December 2024 data theft attack, which affected a former business partner. […]
Enterprise, Global Security News, Intel
Intel’s chief commercial officer and sales lead, Christoph Schell, resigns
Christoph Schell, Intel’s EVP and chief commercial officer, is leaving the company after two years in the role, according to a filing with the SEC. Schell notified Intel of his decision to leave on Monday, and will resign on June 30 “in order to pursue another career opportunity,” per the filing. It isn’t clear who will replace…
AI, Enterprise, Fundraising, Global Security News, legaltech, Startups, supio
Supio, an AI-powered legal analysis platform, lands $60M
Supio, a startup that uses AI to automate data collection and analysis for legal teams, has raised $60 million in a funding round led by Sapphire Ventures with participation from Mayfield and Thomson Reuters Ventures. The new capital, which brings Supio’s total raised to $91 million, will be put toward growth, hiring, and go-to-market efforts,…
Global Security News
DHS Head Accuses CISA of Acting Like “the Ministry of Truth”
Kristi Noem said the Trump administration is introducing reforms to ensure CISA is focusing on the core security functions it was created for
Global Security News, Security, Zero Trust
HPE adds ‘digital circuit breaker’ to protect GreenLake customers
HPE has introduced new security features for its Aruba Networking and GreenLake platforms to enhance cloud and network security in hybrid IT environments. The updates, announced at the RSA 2025 conference, include an AI-driven policy engine for network access control, tighter integration between Aruba Central and HPE OpsRamp for unified visibility, and real-time threat response…
Global Security News
Nvidia’s AI Security Offering Protects From Software Landmines
Nvidia’s DOCA Argus prevents attacks before they compromise AI architectures.
AI, Asia Pacific, deepseek, Global Security News
DeepSeek upgrades its math-focused AI model Prover
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has quietly updated Prover, its AI model that’s designed to solve math-related proofs and theorems. According to South China Morning Post, DeepSeek uploaded the latest version of Prover, V2, to AI dev platform, Hugging Face, late on Wednesday. It appears to be built on top of the startup’s V3 model, which…
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Cast AI raises $108M to get the max out of AI, Kubernetes and other workloads
The crush of traffic going into training and running AI has quickly turned into a major cost and resource headache for organisations. Today, Cast AI — a startup building tools to ease and optimise AI and other workloads with automation — is raising a major round of funding on the back of its strong growth…
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AI sales tax startup Kintsugi had doubled its valuation in 6 months
Kintsugi, a Silicon Valley-based startup that helps companies offload and automate their sales tax compliance, has raised $18 million in new funding led by global indirect tax technology solution provider Vertex. The startup plans to enable more small and medium businesses to use its AI-enabled capabilities for tax calculations and filings. The ongoing growth of…
Application Security, Zero-Day Vulnerabilities, Exploits, Global Security News
Kritische Zero-Day-Schwachstelle in SAP NetWeaver
width=”1888″ height=”1062″ sizes=”(max-width: 1888px) 100vw, 1888px”>Hacker könnten über eine Schwachstelle im NetWeaver auf SAP-Systeme zugreifen, Schadcode einschleusen und so die Kontrolle übernehmen. TenPixels – shutterstock.com Angreifer nutzen seit dem 21. April 2025 eine kritische Zero-Day-Schwachstelle in der Visual Composer-Komponente des SAP NetWeaver Application Server aus. SAP hat bereits einen Out-of-Band-Fix veröffentlicht, der über das Support-Portal…
Asia Pacific, Developer, Security, Global Security News
Cybercriminals intensify hunt for exposed Git secrets
Git configuration files exposed in public repositories are being aggressively dug up and looked into by threat actors to reveal sensitive secrets and authentication tokens unintentionally left behind in Git projects. A GreyNoise observation recorded a significant spike in search attempts for exposed Git configuration files between April 20 and April 21. “While the crawling…
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Syncro CEO on XMM, How the Channel is Changing & More
Syncro recently announced its new Extended Monitoring and Management (XMM) solution at Kaseya Connect. Channel Insider spoke with Syncro CEO Michael George to learn more about why Syncro views this as a new category in the market and how he views shifting channel dynamics. XMM combines traditional PSA/RMM with M365 cloud management The new offering…
Global Security News
[Free Webinar] Guide to Securing Your Entire Identity Lifecycle Against AI-Powered Threats
How Many Gaps Are Hiding in Your Identity System? It’s not just about logins anymore. Today’s attackers don’t need to “hack” in—they can trick their way in. Deepfakes, impersonation scams, and AI-powered social engineering are helping them bypass traditional defenses and slip through unnoticed. Once inside, they can take over accounts, move laterally, and cause…
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Chinese Hackers Abuse IPv6 SLAAC for AitM Attacks via Spellbinder Lateral Movement Tool
A China-aligned advanced persistent threat (APT) group called TheWizards has been linked to a lateral movement tool called Spellbinder that can facilitate adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks. “Spellbinder enables adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks, through IPv6 stateless address autoconfiguration (SLAAC) spoofing, to move laterally in the compromised network, intercepting packets and
Asia Pacific, Global Security News, Technology, Voices, World
U.S. Companies Honed Their Surveillance Tech in Israel. Now It’s Coming Home.
Illustration: The Intercept In partnership with Rita Murad, a 21-year-old Palestinian citizen of Israel and student at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, was arrested by Israeli authorities in November 2023 after sharing three Instagram stories on the morning of October 7. The images included a picture of a bulldozer breaking through the border fence in Gaza…
Global Security News
US House Approves Bill to Assess Security Threats Posed by Foreign-Made Routers
The legislation mandates a probe into foreign-made routers to identify risks for US national security
Global Security News, Microsoft
Microsoft: Windows 11 24H2 updates fail with 0x80240069 errors
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 24H2 feature updates via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) are being blocked after installing the April 2025 security updates. […]
Global Security News
Customer Account Takeovers: The Multi-Billion Dollar Problem You Don’t Know About
Everyone has cybersecurity stories involving family members. Here’s a relatively common one. The conversation usually goes something like this: “The strangest thing happened to my streaming account. I got locked out of my account, so I had to change my password. When I logged back in, all my shows were gone. Everything was in Spanish…
Global Security News
Nebulous Mantis Targets NATO-Linked Entities with Multi-Stage Malware Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a Russian-speaking cyber espionage group called Nebulous Mantis that has deployed a remote access trojan called RomCom RAT since mid-2022. RomCom “employs advanced evasion techniques, including living-off-the-land (LOTL) tactics and encrypted command and control (C2) communications, while continuously evolving its infrastructure – leveraging
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
RansomHub Went Dark April 1; Affiliates Fled to Qilin, DragonForce Claimed Control
Cybersecurity researchers have revealed that RansomHub’s online infrastructure has “inexplicably” gone offline as of April 1, 2025, prompting concerns among affiliates of the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation. Singaporean cybersecurity company Group-IB said that this may have caused affiliates to migrate to Qilin, given that “disclosures on its DLS [data leak site] have doubled since
Asia Pacific, Global Security News
Alibaba Rolls Out ‘Instant Commerce’ Feature as China Delivery Battle Heats Up
Alibaba Group has added a new rapid-delivery feature to its shopping platform, the e-commerce giant’s latest attempt to grab a slice of China’s on-demand delivery market from rivals like JD.com and Meituan.
Global Security News
I Recorded Everything I Said for Three Months. AI Has Replaced My Memory.
The Bee, Limitless and Plaud wearables record everything you say and use AI to provide summaries, to-do’s—and a slightly terrifying glimpse of the future.
Global Security News
JPMorgan CISO Urges SaaS Security Reset
JPMorgan’s CISO has argued that SaaS apps represent a growing risk to businesses, “quietly enabling cyber attackers”
Global Security News
Microsoft Touts New European Data Centers Amid Clamor for EU Tech Sovereignty
Microsoft plans to expand its data-center capacity within the EU over the next two years, with a view to having cloud operations in more than 200 data centers across the region.
Global Security News, Uncategorized
Link11 brings three brands together on one platform with new branding
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 30th April 2025, CyberNewsWire The post Link11 brings three brands together on one platform with new branding appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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Enhancing Security and Compliance With AI-Powered Monitoring in Billing Systems
AI-powered monitoring provides a proactive, intelligent and scalable way to secure modern billing systems, especially for any company leveraging a billing platform for subscription pricing model. The post Enhancing Security and Compliance With AI-Powered Monitoring in Billing Systems appeared first on Security Boulevard.
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France Slams Russia’s APT28 for Four-Year Cyber-Espionage Campaign
The French government has criticized Russia’s APT28 group for attacking 12 entities in a long-running espionage campaign