An AI-generated version of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seen in a still capture from a video generated by Sora 2. Credit: OpenAI Under the new agreement with Disney, Sora users will be able to generate…
Oracle’s Big Tech rivals such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Google have helped reassure investors about their large capital investments by posting strong earnings from their vast cloud units. But in the last quarter, Oracle’s cloud…
Dec 11, 2025Ravie Lakshmanan This week’s cyber stories show how fast the online world can turn risky. Hackers are sneaking malware into movie downloads, browser add-ons, and even software updates people trust. Tech giants and…
Messaging app Freedom Chat has fixed a pair of security flaws: one that allowed a security researcher to guess registered users’ phone numbers, and another that exposed user-set PINs to others on the app. Freedom…
Dec 11, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Windows Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new fully-featured Windows backdoor called NANOREMOTE that uses the Google Drive API for command-and-control (C2) purposes. According to a report…
Dec 11, 2025The Hacker NewsAutomation / Compliance As enterprises refine their strategies for handling Non-Human Identities (NHIs), Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has become a powerful tool for streamlining operations and enhancing security. However, since RPA…
Dec 11, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyberwarfare / Threat Intelligence An advanced persistent threat (APT) known as WIRTE has been attributed to attacks targeting government and diplomatic entities across the Middle East with a previously undocumented malware suite…
Dec 11, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Cloud Security A high-severity unpatched security vulnerability in Gogs has come under active exploitation, with more than 700 compromised instances accessible over the internet, according to new findings from Wiz.…
The news has been filled with reports of changes in Apple’s executive staff. How does that affect the company? That’s in this episode of the Macworld Podcast. This is episode 962 with Michael Simon, Jason Cross, and Roman…
Dec 11, 2025Ravie LakshmananZero-Day / Vulnerability Google on Wednesday shipped security updates for its Chrome browser to address three security flaws, including one it said has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability,…