Researchers say easy-to-exploit security bugs in ConnectWise remote-access software now under mass attack
Security researchers say a pair of easy-to-exploit flaws in a popular remote-access tool used by more than a million companies around the world are now being mass exploited, with hackers abusing the vulnerabilities to deploy ransomware and steal sensitive data. Cybersecurity giant Mandiant said in a post on Friday that
Read MoreMeta drops lawsuit against web scraping firm Bright Data that sold millions of Instagram records
Meta has dropped its lawsuit against an Israeli web scraping company Bright Data, after losing a key claim in its case a few weeks ago. The social networking giant has a history of waging war against companies that scrape data from its websites and apps, and Bright Data was among
Read MoreWhoopi Goldberg-backed BLKFAM launches with 1,000+ hours of kids’ programming
BLKFAM is a free, ad-supported, Black-focused family streaming service launching today to give Black Americans access to more than 1,000 hours of new kid-friendly animation titles, as well as content for the entire family, including sitcoms and reality shows, fitness and wellness series, news, music-driven content and more. Whoopi Goldberg
Read MoreEven LLMs need education—quality data makes LLMs overperform
If you’re building experimental GenAI features that haven’t proven their product market fit, you don’t want to commit to a model that runs up costs without a return on that investment.
Read MoreMeet BeScene, a Tinder-style networking app for the film industry
Networking app BeScene launches today to bring filmmakers and other creatives (actors/actresses, animators, cinematographers, costume designers, directors, editors, producers, production assistants, script coordinators, writers and so forth) a Tinder-like experience to help build connections within the entertainment industry. Breaking into the film and media sector has always been challenging, and
Read MoreDeterminant of an infinite matrix
What does the infinite determinant mean and when does it converge? The determinant D above is the limit of the determinants Dn defined by If all the a‘s are 1 and all the b‘s are −1 then this post shows that Dn = Fn, the nth Fibonacci number. The Fibonacci
Read MoreLockBit claims it’s back, blames failure to patch vulnerability for police attack
The LockBit ransomware gang says it’s back in business, with a person posting a message admitting his “personal negligence and irresponsibility” for not updating an application was likely used by law enforcement last week to dismantle much of the operation’s IT infrastructure. This explanation is included in an English and
Read MoreLoanDepot says about 17 million customers had personal data and Social Security numbers stolen during cyberattack
Almost 17 million LoanDepot customers had sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers, stolen in a January ransomware attack, the company has confirmed. The loan and mortgage giant company said in a data breach notice filed with Maine’s attorney general’s office that the stolen LoanDepot customer data includes names, dates
Read MoreXiaomi’s latest robot dog does backflips off skateboards, costs $3,000
When it was first unveiled in the summer of 2021, Xiaomi’s CyberDog designed was best described as a more nightmarish version of Boston Dynamics’ Spot. I had to comb through dozens of versions of the same Black Mirror joke on my timeline that day. Announced this past summer, CyberDog 2
Read MoreHashtag Trending Feb.26-Cybersecurity firm selling your data? AT&T outage; Microsoft’s updates may no longer force you to reboot your computer
A cybersecurity firm selling your data? AT&T says a flawed network update caused last week’s major outage. Self checkout may be watching you more closely using AI. And Microsoft has announced that updates may no longer force you to reboot your computer. All this and more on the “ah,
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