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Cisco Small Business Switches Could Allow Remote Attacks with Critical Flaws Cisco updates address a set of nine security flaws in its Small Business Series Switches that could be exploited by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to run arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. Four of the flaws are rated 9.8 out of 10…

100 Drone Deliveries Made by Amazon Prime Air CNBC has learned that Amazon’s drones have made 100 deliveries in the two locations in California and Texas where the company is operating Prime Air. The company had projected in January it would send 10,000 deliveries to customers via its fleet of flying robots by the end…

Elon Musk’s lawyer accuses Microsoft of abusing its access to Twitter data to Elon Musk’s personal lawyer, Alex Spiro, accuses Microsoft of violating Twitter’s developer agreement, as reported by The New York Times. Twitter had previously used the free Twitter APIs to share information between its apps and websites, but Microsoft began pulling support for…

Meta is working on a new chip for artificial intelligence. Meta is building its first custom chip specifically for running AI models, the company announced on Thursday. The chip, called the MTIA chip, stands for Meta Training and Inference Accelerator, and it will be used to accelerate neural networks. As the company invests heavily in…

Carding kingpin pleads guilty to selling financial info of tens of thousands A U.S. national has pleaded guilty in a Missouri court to operating a darknet carding site and selling stolen financial information belonging to tens of thousands of victims. The defendant, Edward Mihalo, assembled the team that helped him sell this stolen stolen financial…

Gang exploits Oracle WebLogic flaw to hijack servers and mine cryptocurrency 8220 Gang, a member of the notorious cryptojacking group known as 8220 Gang has been spotted weaponizing a six-year-old security flaw in Oracle WebLogic servers to ensnare vulnerable instances into a botnet and distribute cryptocurrency mining malware. Earlier this year, SentinelOne detailed attacks mounted…

Chrome can now help you avoid mistakes in your web addresses This announcement brings a bunch of new features and improvements to Google products. Among them are the ability to quickly and easily reply to phone calls with text in real time and improved search results. Google Chrome will now automatically check for typos in…

Escalating tensions between China and Taiwan are fueling a surge in cyber attacks, according The rising tensions between China and Taiwan have caused an increase in cyber attacks on the island country. From malicious emails and URLs to malware, the strain between China’s claim of Taiwan as part of its territory and Taiwan’s maintained independence…

iOS 16.5 Adds New Sports Tab in Apple News This update also includes a new Pride Celebration wallpaper for the Lock Screen to honor the LGBTQ+ community and culture. It also fixes an issue where Spotlight may become unresponsiveAddresses an issue that Podcasts in CarPlay may not load contentFixes an issue when Screen Time settings…

Reducing Exposure on the Manufacturing Attack Surface In the past, ransomware attacks may have been espionage-driven. However, ransomware and attacks involving stolen credentials are becoming much more common. In 2022, manufacturing will be the most frequently targeted sector for ransomware attacks. Despite this, however, many manufacturing companies are not yet prepared to handle an attack.…