May 13, 2024NewsroomSoftware Security / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have identified a malicious Python package that purports to be an offshoot of the popular requests library and has been found concealing a Golang-version of the Sliver command-and-control (C2) framework within a PNG image of the project’s logo. The package employing this steganographic trickery is requests-darwin-lite, which
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India will again delay caps on market share for a popular digital payments method, two sources told Reuters, benefiting Google Pay and Walmart-backed PhonePe as the authorities prioritise growth over concerns about market concentration. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the quasi-regulator, will extend by as much as two years a year-end deadline to
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May 10, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Cloud Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a novel attack that employs stolen cloud credentials to target cloud-hosted large language model (LLM) services with the goal of selling access to other threat actors. The attack technique has been codenamed LLMjacking by the Sysdig Threat Research Team. “Once initial access was obtained, they
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BEIJING, CHINA – DECEMBER 04: A logo hangs on the building of the Beijing branch of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) on December 4, 2020 in Beijing, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation on Friday warned of intense competition in the chip
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Malicious Android apps masquerading as Google, Instagram, Snapchat, WhatsApp, and X (formerly Twitter) have been observed to steal users’ credentials from compromised devices. “This malware uses famous Android app icons to mislead users and trick victims into installing the malicious app on their devices,” the SonicWall Capture Labs threat research team said in a recent
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Microsoft must pay patent owner IPA Technologies $242 million, a federal jury in Delaware said on Friday after determining that Microsoft’s Cortana virtual-assistant software infringed an IPA patent. The jury agreed with IPA after a week-long trial that Microsoft’s voice-recognition technology violates IPA’s patent rights in computer-communications software. IPA is a subsidiary of patent-licensing company
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Like clockwork, Motorola launched a new G series smartphone last month to take on the premium budget segment. I’m talking about the Moto G64 5G, which succeeds the Moto G54 from last year. The new smartphone is the world’s first to come with the MediaTek Dimensity 7025 SoC, however, it only offers minor improvements over
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A guide to finding the right endpoint detection and response (EDR) solution for your business’ unique needs. Cybersecurity has become an ongoing battle between hackers and small- and mid-sized businesses. Though perimeter security measures like antivirus and firewalls have traditionally served as the frontlines of defense, the battleground has shifted to endpoints. This is why
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May 10, 2024NewsroomBrowser Security / Vulnerability Google on Thursday released security updates to address a zero-day flaw in Chrome that it said has been actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2024-4671, the high-severity vulnerability has been described as a case of use-after-free in the Visuals component. It was reported by an anonymous researcher on
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