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Releasing Windows 11 Builds 22621.3227 and 22631.3227 to the Release Preview Channel

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 11 Builds 22621.3227 and 22631.3227 (KB5034848) to Insiders in the Release Preview Channel on Windows 11, version 22H2 (Build 22621) and version 23H2 (Build 22631). Along with this update, we are also releasing a February Windows Configuration Update (KB5035349) for both Windows 11, version 22H2 and 23H2 that […]

Google finally catches up with OpenAI, announces general availability of Gemini 1.0 Pro and Gemini 1.0 Ultra

After several delays, in December last year, Google announced Gemini, its new AI model that delivers state-of-the-art performance across many leading benchmarks. Early this month, Google revealed details about its most capable model, the Gemini Ultra 1.0. Today, Google announced the general availability of Gemini 1.0 Pro and Gemini 1.0 Ultra models, which are equivalent […]

New ‘Gold Pickaxe’ Android, iOS malware steals your face for fraud

A new iOS and Android trojan named ‘GoldPickaxe’ employs a social engineering scheme to trick victims into scanning their faces and ID documents, which are believed to be used to generate deepfakes for unauthorized banking access. […] Source: ​BleepingComputer  |  Read More 

Google announces Gemini 1.5 model with dramatically enhanced performance

Hot on the heels of releasing Gemini Ultra model last week, Google today announced the launch of its newest model, Gemini 1.5. The Gemini 1.5 model will deliver dramatic improvements across a number of dimensions and Google claims that Gemini 1.5 model achieves comparable quality to 1.0 Ultra with much less compute capacity. In addition, […]

Russian Turla Hackers Target Polish NGOs with New TinyTurla-NG Backdoor

The Russia-linked threat actor known as Turla has been observed using a new backdoor called TinyTurla-NG as part of a three-month-long campaign targeting Polish non-governmental organizations in December 2023. “TinyTurla-NG, just like TinyTurla, is a small ‘last chance’ backdoor that is left behind to be used when all other unauthorized access/backdoor mechanisms have failed or been

Ivanti Pulse Secure Found Using 11-Year-Old Linux Version and Outdated Libraries

A reverse engineering of the firmware running on Ivanti Pulse Secure appliances has revealed numerous weaknesses, once again underscoring the challenge of securing software supply chains. Eclypsiusm, which acquired firmware version 9.1.18.2-24467.1 as part of the process, said the base operating system used by the Utah-based software company for the device is CentOS 6.4. “Pulse […]

How Nation-State Actors Target Your Business: New Research Exposes Major SaaS Vulnerabilities

With many of the highly publicized 2023 cyber attacks revolving around one or more SaaS applications, SaaS has become a cause for genuine concern in many boardroom discussions. More so than ever, considering that GenAI applications are, in fact, SaaS applications. Wing Security (Wing), a SaaS security company, conducted an analysis of 493 SaaS-using companies […]

Chinese Hackers Using Deepfakes in Advanced Mobile Banking Malware Attacks

A Chinese-speaking threat actor codenamed GoldFactory has been attributed to the development of highly sophisticated banking trojans, including a previously undocumented iOS malware called GoldPickaxe that’s capable of harvesting identity documents, facial recognition data, and intercepting SMS. “The GoldPickaxe family is available for both iOS and Android platforms,”