The threat actor known as Water Saci is actively evolving its tactics, switching to a sophisticated, highly layered infection chain that uses HTML Application (HTA) files and PDFs to propagate via WhatsApp a worm that…
India has backed away from its plan to force smartphone makers to preinstall a government app on all devices, following backlash and mounting concerns that the mandate would expand state access to users’ devices and…
WASHINGTON – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC), in collaboration with U.S. and international government partners, published Principles for the Secure Integration of Artificial…
Most people know the story of Paul Bunyan. A giant lumberjack, a trusted axe, and a challenge from a machine that promised to outpace him. Paul doubled down on his old way of working, swung…
Dec 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananMachine Learning / Vulnerability Three critical security flaws have been disclosed in an open-source utility called Picklescan that could allow malicious actors to execute arbitrary code by loading untrusted PyTorch models, effectively…
Dec 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Web3 Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious Rust package that’s capable of targeting Windows, macOS, and Linux systems, and features malicious functionality to stealthily execute on developer machines by…
In addition to buzz about Gemini on social media, Google is quickly catching up to ChatGPT in user numbers. ChatGPT has more than 800 million weekly users, according to OpenAI, while Google’s Gemini app has…
Dec 02, 2025Ravie LakshmananRegulatory Compliance / Online Safety India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued directions to app-based communication service providers to ensure that the platforms cannot be used without an active SIM card linked…
A cybersecurity incident at analytics provider Mixpanel announced just hours before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday weekend could set a new standard for how not to announce a data breach. To recap: In a bare bones…
AMD’s X3D series of Ryzen CPUs are a smash hit for PC gamers, so much so that they’re taking a massive bite of out of Intel’s dominance in the desktop market. And while AMD keeps…