The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has sentenced a 31-year-old to 10 years in prison for laundering more than $4.5 million through business email compromise (BEC) schemes and romance scams. Malachi Mullings, 31, of Sandy Springs, Georgia pleaded guilty to the money laundering offenses in January 2023. According to court documents, Mullings is said to […]
Monthly Archives: May 2024
A recent study by Wing Security found that 63% of businesses may have former employees with access to organizational data, and that automating SaaS Security can help mitigate offboarding risks. Employee offboarding is typically seen as a routine administrative task, but it can pose substantial security risks, if not handled correctly. Failing to quickly and […]
A never-before-seen North Korean threat actor codenamed Moonstone Sleet has been attributed as behind cyber attacks targeting individuals and organizations in the software and information technology, education, and defense industrial base sectors with ransomware and bespoke malware previously associated with the infamous Lazarus Group. “Moonstone Sleet is observed to set up fake companies and
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24 startups from across EMEA have been selected for the second Google for Startups Growth Academy: AI for Health program.
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Embark on a virtual journey through the Polish region of legends and mysteries on Google Arts & Culture
For the second year running, Weather from Microsoft Start has been crowned the “overall most accurate weather forecast provider globally” by ForecastWatch. Traditionally, weather forecasting relied on supercomputers and complex simulations. Microsoft Start changed this process by integrating AI with vast weather datasets, large-scale computing models, topographical information, and even real-time user reports. This approach […]
The online criminal bazaar BreachForums has been resurrected merely two weeks after a U.S.-led coordinated law enforcement action dismantled and seized control of its infrastructure. Cybersecurity researchers and dark web trackers Brett Callow, Dark Web Informer, and FalconFeeds revealed the site’s online return at breachforums[.]st – one of the dismantled sites – by a user […]
Microsoft announced updates to improve the responsiveness of the user interface in Microsoft Edge. These updates make using the browser itself faster and smoother, regardless of the websites you visit. The first improvements, available in Edge version 122, focus on the Browser Essentials UI. This has elements like the address bar, tabs, and favorites. Users […]
Small business owners using Google Business Profiles are about to lose a communication channel. Google announced it will disable the chat and call history features within Business Profiles starting July 15th, 2024. Existing chats can continue until July 31st, after which the feature will be completely shut down. This move by Google comes as a […]
Jan Leike, previous head of the superalignment team who recently departed OpenAI, along with a co-founder, has joined competitor Anthropic, an AI startup backed by Google and Amazon. Leike’s move comes after his resignation from OpenAI earlier this month, following the disbanding of the superalignment group he co-led. This group, formed in 2023, focused on […]