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Nearly half of businesses suffered deepfaked phone calls against staff
A survey of cybersecurity bosses has shown that 62 percent reported attacks on their staff using AI over the last year, either by the use of prompt injection attacks or faking out their systems using phony audio or video generated by AI.…
SonicWall releases rootkit-busting firmware update following wave of attacks
SonicWall on Monday released a firmware update that the security vendor says will remove rootkit malware deployed in recent attacks targeting Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 appliances.…
AI coding hype overblown, Bain shrugs
Software development was one of the first areas to adopt generative AI, but the promised revolution has so far delivered only modest productivity gains, and Bain says only a full rethink of the software lifecycle will shift the dial.…
Third time's the charm? SolarWinds (again) patches critical Web Help Desk RCE
SolarWinds on Tuesday released a hotfix - again - for a critical, 9.8-severity flaw in its Web Help Desk IT ticketing software that could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to run commands on a host machine. …
OnePlus leaves researchers on read over Android bug that exposes texts
Security researchers report that OnePlus smartphone users remain vulnerable to a critical bug that allows any application to read SMS and MMS data — a flaw that has persisted since late 2021.…
MX Linux 25 reaches beta testing – complete with systemd
The new Debian-13 version of MX Linux, version 25, is looking very close to ready for release. A big change may divide its audience, though.…
SIM city: Feds say 100,000-card farms could have killed cell towers in NYC
The US Secret Service has dismantled a network of SIM farms in and around New York City it claims was behind multiple incidents targeting senior government officials and had enough power to disrupt entire cellular networks.…
Kaspersky: RevengeHotels checks back in with AI-coded malware
Kaspersky has raised the alarm over the resurgence of hotel-hacking outfit "RevengeHotels," which it claims is now using artificial intelligence to supercharge its scams.…
OpenSSF warns that open source infrastructure doesn't run on thoughts and prayers
The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) has had enough of being the unpaid janitor of the world's software supply chain.…
GitHub moves to tighten npm security amid phishing, malware plague
GitHub, which owns the npm registry for JavaScript packages, says it is tightening security in response to recent attacks.…
Oracle gets to store US users' TikTok data, says Trump
The White House has promised that all US user data on TikTok will be stored on Oracle servers in the United States, according to a deal to be announced later this week.…