Hackers using AI-produced audio to impersonate tax preparers, IRS

Artificial Intelligence has supercharged an array of tax-season scams this year, with fraudsters using deepfake audio and other techniques to trick taxpayers into sending them money and financial documents.

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Windows warning: Don’t delete that weird ‘inetpub’ folder. Already did? Here’s your fix

It may look empty, but that folder is tied to a new security patch – and it shouldn’t be removed.

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Threat Actor Allegedly Selling Fortinet Firewall Zero-Day Exploit

A threat actor claims to offer a zero-day exploit for an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in Fortinet firewalls.

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New ‘ResolverRAT’ Targeting Healthcare, Pharmaceutical Organizations

Organizations in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors have been targeted with ResolverRAT, a new malware family with advanced capabilities.

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7 RSAC 2025 Cloud Security Sessions You Don’t Want to Miss

Some of the brightest minds in the industry will discuss how to strengthen cloud security.

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AI Hallucinations Create a New Software Supply Chain Threat

Researchers uncover new software supply chain threat from LLM-generated package hallucinations.

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How DigitalOcean Moved Away From Manual Identity Management

DigitalOcean executives describe how they automated and streamlined many of the identity and access management functions which had been previously handled manually.

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How to Use LastPass Password Manager

Learn how to set up and use LastPass password manager. Start managing and storing your passwords with this step-by-step guide.

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TraderTraitor: The Kings of the Crypto Heist

Allegedly responsible for the theft of $1.5 billion in cryptocurrency from a single exchange, North Korea’s TraderTraitor is one of the most sophisticated cybercrime groups in the world.

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Malicious NPM Packages Target Cryptocurrency, PayPal Users

Threat actors are publishing malicious NPM packages to steal PayPal credentials and hijack cryptocurrency transfers.

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