Category: Shorts

NSO Group Used 3 iPhone Exploits Against Human Rights Defenders NSO Group, a spyware maker, deployed at least three exploits against iPhones in 2022 to infiltrate Apple defenses and deploy Pegasus, a sophisticated cyber weapon used to extract sensitive information from a device. It is typically used for law enforcement but has been illegally used…

Remove Your Limits: This AI Approach Uses Diffusion Models to Enable Open-Voc Object segmentation is an important problem in computer vision, with applications in autonomous driving, surveillance and robotics. Recent advancements in deep learning have made it easier to solve, but challenging scenarios remain. ODISE is the first work to explore large-scale text-to-image diffusion models…

Elon Musk announces Tesla Cybertruck delivery event in third quarter of 2021 Tesla is set to deliver their long-awaited Cybertruck in the third quarter of 2023. Production is expected to begin this summer, but volume production won’t start until next year. Elon Musk noted that the Cybertruck is an incredible product due to its unique…

Voicemod, the real-time voice changing app, is now available on Voicemod, a voice changer and soundboard app, is now available on macOS. It is designed to give users the confidence to express themselves and create fun character impersonations with more than 100 voice options and enhancements. It also has a soundboard feature that allows users…

DFIR via XDR: How to expedite your investigations with a DFIR- In this article, we will explore the changes that have taken place in the realm of DFIR (digital forensics and incident response) over the last few years, with a particular focus on digital forensics and the role of XDR in this field. The traditional…

Iranian Hackers Use SimpleHelp Remote Support Software for Persistent Access MuddyWater, an Iranian threat actor, is using the legitimate remote support software SimpleHelp to commandeer targeted systems. The group has been active since 2017, with targets including Turkey, Pakistan, the U.A.E., Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the U.S., Azerbaijan, and Afghanistan. They use spear-phishing messages…

U.S. and U.K. Issue Warning of Russian Hackers Explo UK and US cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have reported that Russian nation-state actors have been exploiting now-patched flaws in Cisco networking equipment to perform reconnaissance and deploy malware against a small number of entities in Europe, US government institutions, and 250 Ukrainian targets. The threat actor…

Examining the Unknown Risks of SaaS Applications Recent data breaches across CircleCI, LastPass, and Okta have highlighted the risks associated with enterprise and niche SaaS applications. As employees seek to increase their productivity with tools of their choice, they often bypass IT, introducing potentially vulnerable endpoints into the ecosystem. SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) solutions…

What’s really going on with Drake’s ‘Ghostwriter’ and AI song? A mysterious AI-generated Drake song featuring The Weeknd went viral on TikTok and was removed from streaming services. It is unclear who created the song, but there are several possible suspects including Drake himself, Universal Music Group, or a crypto-adjacent mass-texting startup. The song has…

Stability AI announces new large language model that is open-source Stability AI has released a suite of open-source large language models (LLMs) collectively called StableLM. These models are designed to generate text and code efficiently, and are trained on a larger version of the open-source dataset known as the Pile. The models are available for…