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There’s a new ransomware player on the scene: the ‘BlackLock’ group has become one of the most prolific operators in the cyber crime industry – and researchers warn it’s only going to get worse for potential victims
The BlackLock ransomware group has become one of the most prolific operators in the Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) ecosystem, with experts warning it could accelerate its growth over the next year. Also known as El Dorado, BlackLock was ranked as the the seventh most active ransomware group based on the number of posts on its data leak site by…
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Millions of email users at risk — passwords could be exposed to hackers, experts warn
New research from security experts has revealed over 3 million mail servers are still using an aging protocol without encryption enabled, leaving millions of usernames and passwords vulnerable to hackers. This week the Shadowserver Foundation, a nonprofit security organization, pushed out an alert on X and that it found 3.3 million POP3 and IMAP servers are operating without transport layer…
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Experts warn to be cautious when decorating with snow spray — here’s how to protect your home from damage
There’s nothing like a touch of snow spray to bring festive vibes to your interior over the holiday season. It’s a festive way to decorate a tree, to create beautiful stencil patterns on windows and mirrors, and it can be lightly sprayed on wreaths and table centerpieces. Artificial snow spray can bring that extra joy to your festive decorations and…
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Spending Too Much Time in an App? Your Android Phone Will Warn You
Doomscrolling might be fun in the moment, but it isn’t healthy to do all the time. Now, Google has rolled out yet another tool to let you know how much time you’re wasting watching TikTok. Google has introduced a new feature called “Screen time reminders” to its Digital Wellbeing suite of wellness features on Pixel and other Android phones. This…
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AI isn’t really that smart yet, Apple researchers warn – Computerworld
Not-so-smart smart bots The research does show some strength in the models that are available today. For example, ChatGPT-4o still achieved a 94.9% accuracy rate in tests, though that rate dropped significantly when researchers made the problem more complex. That’s good so far as it goes, but the success rate nearly collapsed — down as much as 65.7% — when…
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US, UK warn of Russian APT29 hackers targeting Zimbra, TeamCity servers
U.S. and U.K. cyber agencies warned today that APT29 hackers linked to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) target vulnerable Zimbra and JetBrains TeamCity servers “at a mass scale.” A joint advisory issued by the NSA, the FBI, the U.S. Cyber Command’s Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF), and the U.K.’s NCSC warns network defenders to patch exposed servers to block these ongoing…
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Industry unprepared for AI agent security challenges, experts warn
AI Agents look to be the future of how organizations put large language models to work for their enterprise, but questions remain around the security of these autonomous systems and how their identities should be managed. There has been a flurry of activity around agentic AI in 2024: Google launched its Vertex AI Agents earlier in the year, Salesforce unveiled…
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Microsoft Edge Will Warn You About Slow Extensions
Microsoft has announced a new feature in testing for its Edge browser that will warn you when your installed browsing extensions start slowing things down. Extensions are handy but sometimes can rob your browser of precious CPU cycles, making pages longer to load and impacting browsing performance. In extreme examples, a resource-hogging extension can make the browser crawl to a…
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Facebook and Spotify warn Europe could lag in AI due to complex regulations – Computerworld
The Irish DPC’s move came after NOYB, a Vienna-based digital rights advocacy group, complained to DPAs (data protection authorities) in 11 countries including Austria, Belgium, Spain, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, and Norway, to “immediately stop Meta’s abuse of personal data for AI.” “Regulating against known harms is necessary, but pre-emptive regulation of theoretical harms for nascent technologies such as…
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