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Millions of Vans, North Face customers confirmed hit in data breach
Millions of Vans, Supreme, and The North Face customers have had their data stolen following a cyberattack against parent company VF Corp, the company has confirmed. Late last year, VF Corp. filed a report with the SEC, claiming it spotted an attack on December 13 which encrypted “some IT systems”.…
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Tech spending forecast to boom in 2024 – and these are the areas set to see the most investment
New forecasts from Forrester have projected a healthy 5.3% growth in technology spend for 2024, a significant boost over the 3.5% measured in the previous year. As economic conditions show slow signs of improvement, two key factors are expected to fuel the growth moving forward – increased investments in software…
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Thousands of Android TV boxes hit by dangerous new malware-dropping botnet
A group of hackers has been secretly building a botnet of Android TV and eCos set-top boxes, and then monetizing the access to earn masses of wealth, researchers have warned. Cybersecurity experts from Qianxin Xlabs dubbed the operation “Bigpanzi”, and claim there are some 170,000 daily active bots. Given that…
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Microsoft warns of new spearphishing attack targeting workers at top companies
Iran hackers are trying hard to discover exactly what researchers and academia in the West are working on and discussing, especially about Palestine and Israel – so much so that they’ve launched a new, hard-to-detect phishing campaign against such individuals, aiming to install information-stealing malware. This is according to Microsoft,…
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The Samsung Galaxy S24 has some top AI features – but the cloud provider behind them might be a bit of a surprise
Samsung’s latest flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S24, has finally been unveiled, and we now know that it will come packed with artificial intelligence enhancements, but they’re not in-house developments. Instead, Samsung has revealed a “multi-year” partnership with Google Cloud to bring generative AI into its phones. Google’s Gemini Pro…
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IBM ends reward program for employee invention – and workers aren’t happy
In a move that has left a seriously bitter taste in some employees’ mouths, IBM has scrapped its long-standing Invention Achievement Award Plan, a program designed to reward inventors with cash bonuses. IBM workers who filed patents or published articles that served as defense against rival patents were awarded a…
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