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Nearly half of businesses suffered deepfaked phone calls against staff

Tue, 2025-09-23 20:08
AI attacks on the rise

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.…

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SonicWall releases rootkit-busting firmware update following wave of attacks

Tue, 2025-09-23 19:37
Security vendor's no good, very bad week year

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.…

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AI coding hype overblown, Bain shrugs

Tue, 2025-09-23 18:31
Tried by two-thirds of firms, ignored by most devs, and productivity barely moved

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.…

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Third time's the charm? SolarWinds (again) patches critical Web Help Desk RCE

Tue, 2025-09-23 17:00
Or maybe 3 strikes, you're out?

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. …

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OnePlus leaves researchers on read over Android bug that exposes texts

Tue, 2025-09-23 16:21
Rapid7 warns flaw could let any app peek at your SMS, but smartphone vendor won't pick up

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.…

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MX Linux 25 reaches beta testing – complete with systemd

Tue, 2025-09-23 15:42
Fancy a taste? The version based on Debian 'Trixie' is nearly ready, but not all the changes may be entirely welcome

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.…

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SIM city: Feds say 100,000-card farms could have killed cell towers in NYC

Tue, 2025-09-23 15:12
Secret Service seizes 300-server network allegedly tied to nation-state hackers

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.…

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Kaspersky: RevengeHotels checks back in with AI-coded malware

Tue, 2025-09-23 14:53
Old hotel scam gets an AI facelift, leaving travellers’ card details even more at risk

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.…

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OpenSSF warns that open source infrastructure doesn't run on thoughts and prayers

Tue, 2025-09-23 14:07
Foundations say billions of downloads rely on registries running on fumes – and someone's gotta pay the bills

The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) has had enough of being the unpaid janitor of the world's software supply chain.…

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GitHub moves to tighten npm security amid phishing, malware plague

Tue, 2025-09-23 13:18
Hundreds of compromised packages pulled as registry shifts to 2FA and trusted publishing

GitHub, which owns the npm registry for JavaScript packages, says it is tightening security in response to recent attacks.…

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Oracle gets to store US users' TikTok data, says Trump

Tue, 2025-09-23 12:48
President to announce details on Big Red’s storage and security deal for Chinese social media phenomenon later this week

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.…

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