Category: security
Only two weeks in and AI phenomenon DeepSeek is officially growing faster than ChatGPT
Similiarweb data claims DeepSeek’s usage doubled to 12 million people worldwide in the space of two days Release of DeepSeek’s R1 model has prompted panic in Western AI leaders worried about their bottom line ChatGPT continues to outperform DeepSeek in sheer page hits, but not in growth In the space…
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Global police operation takes down major cybercrime and hacking forums
German police and international partners complete Operation Talent The operation saw two forums seized, two individuals arrested, and plenty of money confiscated Cracked and Nulled were allegedly the go-to places for facilitating cybercrime An international law enforcement operation, spearheaded by German authorities and involving Europol, the FBI, and many other…
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Google says Gemini is being misused to launch major cyberattacks
Google publishes new report detailing how criminals are abusing Gemini Attackers from Iran, North Korea, Russia, and elsewhere, were mentioned Hackers are experimenting, but haven’t found “novel capabilities” just yet Dozens of cybercriminal organizations from all around the world are abusing Google’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) solution Gemini in their attacks,…
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North Korean Lazarus hackers launch large-scale cyberattack by cloning open source software
Lazarus was seen poisoning open source software with infostealers The campaign is dubbed Phantom Circuit, and targets mostly European software devs Multiple repositories were found poisoned with malware The notorious North Korean hackers Lazarus have been targeting software developers, particularly those in the Web3 industry, with infostealing malware, grabbing their…
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Wacom warns users their data may have been stolen in breach
Wacom has started notifying customers about a security incident Threat actors managed to steal payment information from an undisclosed number of people The attack has been addressed, Wacom says Design hardware firm Wacom has warned its customers that it may have lost their personal data, including payment information. A report…
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Travel data of almost 500,000 users exposed in Daytrip leak
Travel site Daytrip has fallen victim to a data leak The leak reportedly originated through a third party vendor Up to 470,000 customers could be at risk Travel company Daytrip has had 470,000 user records and 762,000 travel orders compromised online. The dataset, discovered by Cybernews researchers, was stored on…
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