Technology

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a nascent artificial intelligence (AI) assisted ransomware family called FunkSec that sprang forth in late 2024, and has claimed more than 85 victims to date. “The group uses double extortion tactics, combining data theft with encryption to pressure victims into paying ransoms,” Check Point Research said in a new

Amazon Great Republic Day Sale 2025 is now live for Prime members. The Republic Day special sale will open up for everyone else from 12pm on January 13, 2025. Amazon Great Republic Day Sale promises excited discounts on a large selection of popular mobile phones, laptops, TVs, Amazon devices, and other electronics. During the sale,

Cybersecurity reporting is a critical yet often overlooked opportunity for service providers managing cybersecurity for their clients, and specifically for virtual Chief Information Security Officers (vCISOs). While reporting is seen as a requirement for tracking cybersecurity progress, it often becomes bogged down with technical jargon, complex data, and disconnected spreadsheets that fail to resonate with

Lava ProWatch V1 was launched in India on Friday. The smartwatch is powered by a Realtek 8773 chipset and a 2.5D GPU “animation engine.” It is equipped with a VC9213 PPG sensor, which is claimed to offer precise health and wellness monitoring including heart rate and stress level tracking. The watch comes with support for Assisted GPS and

Jan 11, 2025Ravie LakshmananFinancial Crime / Cryptocurrency The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday indicted three Russian nationals for their alleged involvement in operating the cryptocurrency mixing services Blender.io and Sinbad.io. Roman Vitalyevich Ostapenko and Alexander Evgenievich Oleynik were arrested on December 1, 2024, in coordination with the Netherlands’ Financial Intelligence and Investigative Service,

iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max could arrive with two camera upgrades, according to details shared by a tipster on Weibo, the Chinese microblogging platform. The company’s successors to the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max are not expected to arrive until later this year, but details of the handsets have

Jan 11, 2025Ravie LakshmananAI Security / Cybersecurity Microsoft has revealed that it’s pursuing legal action against a “foreign-based threat–actor group” for operating a hacking-as-a-service infrastructure to intentionally get around the safety controls of its generative artificial intelligence (AI) services and produce offensive and harmful content. The tech giant’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) said it has

It’s a brand new year and we’ve got brand new OnePlus number series phones. The OnePlus 13 and OnePlus 13R were launched in India earlier this week with the latest hardware and new design. OnePlus has managed to keep the pricing very competitive as well. Talking about being competitive, the underdog OnePlus 13R is once

Jan 10, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Android Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a now-patched security flaw impacting Monkey’s Audio (APE) decoder on Samsung smartphones that could lead to code execution. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-49415 (CVSS score: 8.1), affects Samsung devices running Android versions 12, 13, and 14. “Out-of-bounds write in libsaped.so prior to SMR Dec-2024

OpenAI might have added several new options to its Custom Instructions feature for ChatGPT on Thursday. Several users shared screenshots of these new options in custom instructions that allow users to further personalise the responses generated by ChatGPT. These new options include options to add the user’s nickname, profession, as well as personality traits. However,

Jan 09, 2025Ravie Lakshmanan Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new, stealthier version of a macOS-focused information-stealing malware called Banshee Stealer. “Once thought dormant after its source code leak in late 2024, this new iteration introduces advanced string encryption inspired by Apple’s XProtect,” Check Point Research said in a new analysis shared with The Hacker News.

Omi AI, a San Francisco-based AI firm, unveiled an artificial intelligence (AI) companion at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2025). Currently available for pre-order, the device can be worn in multiple ways. Once paired with a smartphone (it supports both Android and iOS), it continuously listens to the user and their surroundings. The company aims

Jan 09, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Endpoint Security Palo Alto Networks has released software patches to address several security flaws in its Expedition migration tool, including a high-severity bug that an authenticated attacker could exploit to access sensitive data. “Multiple vulnerabilities in the Palo Alto Networks Expedition migration tool enable an attacker to read Expedition database

TSMC has begun production of two processors for AMD and Apple at its Arizona plant, according to a report by Tim Culpan, a technology journalist based in Taiwan. The chips are being developed at TSMC’s Fab 21 facility, on its 4nm N4 and N4P process technologies — the chipmaker’s Phase 1 is expected to begin

Jan 09, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Privacy / GDPR The European General Court on Wednesday fined the European Commission, the primary executive arm of the European Union responsible for proposing and enforcing laws for member states, for violating the bloc’s own data privacy regulations. The development marks the first time the Commission has been held liable for

Samsung is all set to unveil its next generation of Galaxy S series at its upcoming Galaxy Unpacked on January 22. As we wait for the formal reveal, a reliable tipster has suggested key specifications of the purported Galaxy S25 Ultra model. It is tipped to be powered by the latest Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset.

Cybersecurity researchers have found that bad actors are continuing to have success by spoofing sender email addresses as part of various malspam campaigns. Faking the sender address of an email is widely seen as an attempt to make the digital missive more legitimate and get past security mechanisms that could otherwise flag it as malicious.

Nvidia launched Cosmos, a new artificial intelligence platform that contains multiple generative world foundation models (WFMs), on Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025. The platform does not only contain these AI models but also include advanced tokenisers, accelerated video processing pipeline, and guardrails that enable the platform to develop physical AI systems such

Jan 08, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added three flaws impacting Mitel MiCollab and Oracle WebLogic Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows – CVE-2024-41713 (CVSS score: 9.1) – A path traversal

Ultrahuman Rare was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025 in Las Vegas on Tuesday. The Bengaluru-based startup says it is a luxury smart ring crafted from hallmarked gold or silver with a variety of finishes available, depending on the model chosen. Ultrahuman Rare boasts features similar to other smart rings in the market,