At the start of the year, eagle-eyed reporters spotted references in iOS code to a new Apple app (or possibly a feature within another app). Referred to as “Apple Invites,” it appeared to be a…
Feb 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security As many as 768 vulnerabilities with designated CVE identifiers were reported as exploited in the wild in 2024, up from 639 CVEs in 2023, registering a 20% increase…
French startup Riot has raised a $30 million Series B round after reaching $10 million in annual revenue in 2024. Originally focused on educating employees about cybersecurity risks, the company now wants to go one…
Feb 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananOpen Source / Software Security The maintainers of the Python Package Index (PyPI) registry have announced a new feature that allows package developers to archive a project as part of efforts to…
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Feb 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Recap This week, our news radar shows that every new tech idea comes with its own challenges. A hot AI tool is under close watch, law enforcement is shutting down…
Feb 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananFinancial Security / Malware Brazilian Windows users are the target of a campaign that delivers a banking malware known as Coyote. “Once deployed, the Coyote Banking Trojan can carry out various malicious…
Despite ever-improving junk mail filters and more sophisticated defense measures, phishing is still one of the biggest threats to cyber security and they’re becoming increasingly difficult to recognize. Criminals are using Large Language Models (LLMs)…
There are things in this world that you simply wouldn’t expect, like an aircraft carrier with Windows XP, a nuclear weapon control system on floppy discs, or a Commodore 64 as a cash register system…
February tends to be a pretty slow month for official Apple releases. The big fourth quarter is over, and any new “Spring” hardware usually launches in March or April. There’s an outside chance that Apple…