Month: June 2023

Jun 12, 2023Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Malware A fully undetectable (FUD) malware obfuscation engine named BatCloak is being used to deploy various malware strains since September 2022, while persistently evading antivirus detection. The samples grant “threat actors the ability to load numerous malware families and exploits with ease through highly obfuscated batch files,” Trend Micro
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Jun 12, 2023The Hacker NewsAttack Surface Management The term “attack surface management” (ASM) went from unknown to ubiquitous in the cybersecurity space over the past few years. Gartner and Forrester have both highlighted the importance of ASM recently, multiple solution providers have emerged in the space, and investment and acquisition activity have seen an uptick.
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Assassin’s Creed, Ubisoft’s wildly popular history-hopping series of open-world action games, has long been the jewel in publisher’s crown. From its humble, but promising beginnings and its glorious and genre-defining leap, to its eventual dismal decline, Assassins Creed’s 15-year run has seen the series — once known for its distinct narrative depth — spread wide and
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India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant on Monday said while artificial intelligence (AI) offers exciting new opportunities, such technologies also bring with them new risks, threats to personal privacy and concerns about fake news. He was speaking at the second G20-SAI Summit of the SAI20 Engagement Group. Kant said the world is interconnected today with technology.
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Jun 12, 2023Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Software Security researchers have warned about an “easily exploitable” flaw in the Microsoft Visual Studio installer that could be abused by a malicious actor to impersonate a legitimate publisher and distribute malicious extensions. “A threat actor could impersonate a popular publisher and issue a malicious extension to compromise a targeted
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iPhone 15 series is expected to be unveiled later this year as the successor to the current-generation iPhone 14 lineup. The company’s upcoming handsets are tipped to feature hardware upgrades such as a periscope camera for the top-of-the-line Pro model, as well as USB Type-C ports. According to a noted Wall Street analyst, Apple’s purported
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Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard has been given permission to intervene in Microsoft’s legal battle with Britain’s anti-trust regulator over its decision to block the $69 billion (nearly Rs. 5,71,730 crore) takeover. Microsoft is appealing against the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) decision to veto the deal, which it did in April on the
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Jun 12, 2023Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Tech News Apple is introducing major updates to Safari Private Browsing, offering users better protections against third-party trackers as they browse the web. “Advanced tracking and fingerprinting protections go even further to help prevent websites from using the latest techniques to track or identify a user’s device,” the iPhone maker
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