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Arid Viper’s AridSpy Trojan Hits Android Users in Palestine, Egypt
/in General NewsAndroid users in Egypt and Palestine beware! Arid Viper is distributing malicious third-party apps hiding the AridSpy trojan! Learn how this malware steals your data and how to protect yourself.
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A Guide to RCS, Why Apple’s Adopting It, and How It Makes Texting Better
/in General NewsThe messaging standard promises better security and cooler features than plain old SMS. Android has had it for years, but now iPhones are getting it too.
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Grandoreiro Banking Trojan Hits Brazil as Smishing Scams Surge in Pakistan
/in General NewsPakistan has become the latest target of a threat actor called the Smishing Triad, marking the first expansion of its footprint beyond the E.U., Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E., and the U.S.
“The group’s latest tactic involves sending malicious messages on behalf of Pakistan Post to customers of mobile carriers via iMessage and SMS,” Resecurity said in a report published earlier this week. “The goal is
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Ukrainian Sailors Are Using Telegram to Avoid Being Tricked Into Smuggling Oil for Russia
/in General NewsContract seafarers in Ukraine are turning to online whisper networks to keep themselves from being hired into Russia’s sanctions-busting shadow fleet.
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Ransomware Attacks Are Getting Worse
/in General NewsPlus: US lawmakers have nothing to say about an Israeli influence campaign aimed at US voters, a former LA Dodgers owner wants to fix the internet, and more.
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Pakistani Hackers Use DISGOMOJI Malware in Indian Government Cyber Attacks
/in General NewsA suspected Pakistan-based threat actor has been linked to a cyber espionage campaign targeting Indian government entities in 2024.
Cybersecurity company Volexity is tracking the activity under the moniker UTA0137, noting the adversary’s exclusive use of a malware called DISGOMOJI that’s written in Golang and is designed to infect Linux systems.
“It is a modified version of the public project
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Meta Halts AI Training on EU User Data Amid Privacy Concerns
/in General NewsMeta on Friday said it’s delaying its efforts to train the company’s large language models (LLMs) using public content shared by adult users on Facebook and Instagram in the European Union following a request from the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC).
The company expressed disappointment at having to put its AI plans on pause, stating it had taken into account feedback from regulators and
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Vermont Governor Vetoes Data Privacy Bill, Saying State Would be Most Hostile to Businesses
/in General NewsRepublican Gov. Phil Scott said the legislation would have made Vermont “a national outlier and more hostile than any other state to many businesses and non-profits.”
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Nvidia’s ‘Nemotron-4 340B’ model redefines synthetic data generation, rivals GPT-4
/in General NewsNvidia’s Nemotron-4 340B revolutionizes synthetic data generation for training large language models, empowering businesses across industries to create powerful, domain-specific LLMs.Read More
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‘Sleepy Pickle’ Exploit Subtly Poisons ML Models
/in General NewsA model can be perfectly innocent, yet still dangerous if the means by which it’s packed and unpacked are tainted.
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