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Europe Selects Sites for Seven AI Factories
Europe has selected the sites for seven “AI factories” — specialised research and development centres using the region’s most powerful supercomputers. The factories will be based in Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain, and Sweden. The interconnected network of factories will drive advancements in AI applications across various sectors in the E.U., including health, manufacturing, energy, climate, and finance. It…
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Europol just took down 27 DDoS-for-hire sites
With the festive period traditionally a time for hackers to mount Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks, Europol has moved to preempt them with a sweeping takedown campaign. The agency has seized 27 of the most popular platforms, known as booter and stresser websites, used to carry out these attacks. These include zdstresser.net, orbitalstress.net, and starkstresser.net. Three administrators have been arrested in…
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WPForms bug allows Stripe refunds on millions of WordPress sites
A vulnerability in WPForms, a WordPress plugin used in over 6 million websites, could allow subscriber-level users to issue arbitrary Stripe refunds or cancel subscriptions. Tracked under CVE-2024-11205, the flaw was categorized as a high-severity problem due to the authentication prerequisite. However, given that membership systems are available on most sites, exploitation may be fairly easy in most cases. The…
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AWS opens physical sites for fast data uploads – but it could cost you up to $500 an hour
Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers will soon be able to book time slots at physical locations to connect their storage devices and upload data to the cloud. Data can be uploaded to any AWS endpoint, including Amazon S3, Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS), or others, using a high throughput connection of up to up to 400Gbps. Each AWS Data…
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Chrome’s New Update Broke Text Highlighting on Some Sites
A recent update to Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers introduced a bug with highlighting text. Many websites and web apps are affected, and will have to be updated to fix the new behavior. Chrome 131 changed how browsers handle text selection styles, specifically impacting the inheritance behavior of selection properties. This means you might not see highlighted text when you…
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Security plugin flaw in millions of WordPress sites gives admin access
A critical authentication bypass vulnerability has been discovered impacting the WordPress plugin ‘Really Simple Security’ (formerly ‘Really Simple SSL’), including both free and Pro versions. Really Simple Security is a security plugin for the WordPress platform, offering SSL configuration, login protection, a two-factor authentication layer, and real-time vulnerability detection. Its free version alone is used in over four million websites. Wordfence,…
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Fraud network uses 4,700 fake shopping sites to steal credit cards
A financially motivated Chinese threat actor dubbed “SilkSpecter” is using thousands of fake online stores to steal the payment card details of online shoppers in the U.S. and Europe. The fraud campaign started in October 2024, offering steep discounts for the upcoming Black Friday shopping period that usually sees elevated shopping activity. EclecticIQ threat researcher Arda Buyukkaya, who discovered the…
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Delete Your Information From People-Search Sites
There are a couple of benefits to going through the data removal process yourself. For starters, it’s free, though some sites may require you to mail in requests (which would require purchasing envelopes, stamps, and the cost to order printouts if you don’t already have the means to print at home). You can also ensure a more thorough scrubbing than…
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FIN7 hackers launch deepfake nude “generator” sites to spread malware
Image: Midjourney The notorious APT hacking group known as FIN7 has launched a network of fake AI-powered deepnude generator sites to infect visitors with information-stealing malware. FIN7 is believed to be a Russian hacking group that has been conducting financial fraud and cybercrime since 2013, with ties to ransomware gangs, such as DarkSide, BlackMatter, and BlackCat, who recently conducted an exit scam after stealing…
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8 photo sites that let you showcase and discuss your work
Instagram is a popular place to show off your latest photos, but if you’re a real photography enthusiast, it may not be enough. You may want a better-looking portfolio — not to mention feedback and suggestions from other photographers. One way to get that is to exhibit your work on a site specifically geared toward the visual arts. What follows…
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