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SideCopy Broadens India Targeting to Academia With ReverseRAT Spear-Phishing
The threat actor known as SideCopy has been observed using spear-phishing lures to target academic institutions in India, expanding their strategic focus beyond government entitie…
Palantir, Goldman Sachs and One Peak alumni raise €5M pre-seed round to build a tech-native audit firm
For two decades, the standard way to modernize auditing has been to build software and sell it to auditors. Benford has decided to skip the middleman and become the auditor. Today…
One Hidden Meta Muse Setting Could Let Attackers Turn the AI Assistant Into a Backdoor
Malware already running on a Mac can quietly take over Meta's Muse assistant and use the broad access its owner granted the app, security researcher Patrick Wardle has shown in a …
WordPress Comment2Shell Flaw Can Turn Anonymous Comment XSS Into RCE via Admin Session
A new flaw in WordPress core let an anonymous visitor leave a comment that planted a hidden script on the page. If a logged-in administrator later opened that page, the script cou…
Morphotonics raises €40M to expand its display tech into data centers
Deeptech company Morphotonics raises €40M from investors including 3M Ventures, Innovation Industries, BOM, and Invest-NL.
Zyxel and Veeam Flaws Under Active Exploitation With Command and SYSTEM Access
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a now-patched security flaw impacting Zyxel GS1900 series switches to its Known Exploited Vulnerab…
Why it's important to unplug your PC during a power outage
Power outages can damage your tech, but the bigger risk happens when the electricity comes back on. Don't let your tech get fried.
Why is your laptop fan so loud?
Laptop fans do an important job, but sometimes they get annoyingly loud. Here's what it might mean and whether you should be concerned.
A cut cable disrupted hundreds of flights across the US
Hundreds of flights were cancelled or delayed on Monday after construction crews in New Jersey accidentally cut a Verizon fiber cable used for air traffic control. FAA Administrat…
The man who built Apple’s stores doesn’t buy Silicon Valley’s bet on AI shopping
Apple Store architect Ron Johnson says Apple's secret sauce has always been its people.
These drones could cover up to 98 percent of the world's oceans by 2028
New ocean-sensing drones are being built to withstand the deepest depths of the ocean.
Amazon wants to help the Colorado River, but we still don’t know how much water the company uses
Amazon plans to spend $20 million on water conservation projects along the Colorado River, a crucial but dwindling water supply for 40 million people in the Western US. The initia…
How to turn your old Windows PC into a Chromebook for free
Don't count your old Windows laptop out yet. Installing ChromeOS Flex is a great option to keep it usable, even if it's not as fast as it once was.
Wired vs. wireless keyboards: Is there really a difference in performance?
Wireless keyboards introduce convenience and portability, but they can't quite keep up with wired keyboards in some cases.
Muse, Meta's extraordinarily privileged AI assistant, has a serious 0-day
A simple ClickFix attack is only one way to completely hijack the new agent.
How to turn off your Google location history
Google Maps' Timeline feature is great for looking back at your past travels, but it's also discomforting to see all that history in one place.
Bungie leaders now say the studio's 'not done with Destiny'
It also promised players that Marathon will keep growing and improving.
BigCommerce alerts merchants of data breach linked to Ribon apps
Ecommerce platform BigCommerce has alerted multiple merchants to data breaches after attackers compromised credentials for third-party Ribon applications and used them to inject m…
Military milestone: Ukrainian naval drone sinks Russian kamikaze drone boat
Drone boat battle occurs as Ukraine and Russia target Black Sea ports and ships.
Saudi Arabia wants a car industry, launches Ceer with two EVs
The new carmaker is a joint venture between the Saudi PIF and Foxconn.
California tightens rules on AI data center energy and water use
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed seven bills designed to prevent AI data centers from passing utility costs onto residents, as reported earlier by the Los Angeles Times. Th…
OpenAI forms math advisory group as its AI resolves more than 100 open problems
The group won't be given leeway to slow down or redirect OpenAI's ongoing mathematical research.
CISA alerts of active exploitation of three Linux kernel flaws
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning that hackers are exploiting three Linux kernel vulnerabilities, one of them rated critical. [...]
Does your iPhone's Safari browser privacy features actually make you safer?
Safari on iPhone is more private than many other browsers by default, but it can't keep your information safe from everything.