Tag: security

spot_img

Hackers Are Finding New Ways to Hide Malware in DNS Records

Hackers are stashing malware in a place that’s largely out of the reach of most defenses—inside domain name system (DNS) records that map...

McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants’ Data to Hackers Using the Password ‘123456’

If you want a job at McDonald’s today, there’s a good chance you'll have to talk to Olivia. Olivia is not, in fact,...

AI Agents Are Getting Better at Writing Code—and Hacking It as Well

The latest artificial intelligence models are not only remarkably good at software engineering—new research shows they are getting ever-better at finding bugs in...

Apple Intelligence Is Gambling on Privacy as a Killer Feature

As Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote concluded on Monday, market watchers couldn't help but notice that the company's stock price was down, perhaps a...

The Rise of ‘Vibe Hacking’ Is the Next AI Nightmare

Google did not respond to a request for comment.In 2023, security researchers at Trend Micro got ChatGPT to generate malicious code by prompting...

Deepfake Scams Are Distorting Reality Itself

Imagine you meet someone new. Be it on a dating app or social media, you chance across each other online and get to...

Google’s Advanced Protection for Vulnerable Users Comes to Android

With the rise of mercenary spyware and other targeted threats, tech giants like Apple, Google, and Microsoft have spent the last few years...

Google Is Using On-Device AI to Spot Scam Texts and Investment Fraud

Digital scammers have never been so successful. Last year Americans lost $16.6 billion to online crimes, with almost 200,000 people reporting scams like...

NxtGen partners with Thales to deliver defence-grade security for India’s sovereign cloud

In a move that could reshape the way Indian enterprises think about data security, NxtGen Cloud Technologies has joined hands with global cybersecurity...

WhatsApp Is Walking a Tightrope Between AI Features and Privacy

Last year, Apple debuted a similar scheme, known as Private Cloud Compute, for its Apple Intelligence AI platform. And users can turn the...