Google has fixed two Google Pixel zero-days exploited by forensic firms to unlock phones without a PIN and gain access to the data stored within them. […]
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Microsoft Copilot is a powerful asset for companies, but with it comes an increased risk of data exposure. In this article, Varonis demonstrates prompt-hacking examples that can expose sensitive data. […]
Microsoft and Quantinuum today announced the creation of the world’s most reliable logical qubits. The breakthrough is achieved with Microsoft’s qubit-virtualization software and error-handling protocols, which when run on Quantinuum’s ion-trap quantum hardware, produced over 14,000 error-free experiments. This unprecedented dependability moves quantum computing from the “noisy” (NISQ) level era to Level 2 Resilient quantum […]
After introducing 3D video generation from 2D images last month, Stability AI announced Stable Audio 2.0 to take AI-generated audio to the next level. Stable Audio 2.0 builds upon Stable Audio 1.0 and allows users to generate songs, consisting of intro, development, outro, and stereo sound effects, up to three minutes in length. Apart from […]
While looking for an AI writing assistant, I stumbled onto a few platforms that made outrageous claims. Therefore, I decided to test them, starting with this Phrasly AI review. Phrasly claims to rephrase AI content from sources like ChatGPT and Google Gemini, making it indistinguishable from human writing. It also promises to make AI-generated content […]
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Roughly nine years ago, KrebsOnSecurity profiled a Pakistan-based cybercrime group called “The Manipulaters,” a sprawling web hosting network of phishing and spam delivery platforms. In January 2024, The Manipulaters pleaded with this author to unpublish previous stories about their work, claiming the group had turned over a new leaf and gone legitimate. But new research […]
Google on Tuesday said it’s piloting a new feature in Chrome called Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) to help protect users against session cookie theft by malware. The prototype – currently tested against “some” Google Account users running Chrome Beta – is built with an aim to make it an open web standard, the tech […]
Originally published by Abnormal Security.Written by Mick Leach.With threat actors lurking around every digital corner, it can sometimes make scrolling through an inbox feel like traversing a minefield. Employing various strategies to deceive their targets, attackers count on end-user oversight to convince the recipients of their malicious emails that the messages (and any included requests) […]
Opera today announced experimental support for 150 local large language models (LLMs) within its Opera One developer browser. With this support, users can now directly manage and access powerful AI models on their devices, offering enhanced privacy and speed compared to cloud-based AI. Expanded Choice and Privacy with Local LLMs Opera’s integration includes popular LLMs […]
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A new Linux vulnerability is found and a must-read ransomware case study. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. Following on the shattering discovery of a backdoor hidden in an open-source Linux compression utility comes news of a […]