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APT Group Uses Double-Clean-App Technique to Target Gambling Industry An advanced persistent threat actor known as Dragon Breath has been observed adding new layers of complexity to its attacks by adopting a novel DLL side-loading mechanism. The latest campaigns add a twist in which a first-stage clean application ‘sides’ with a second clean application and…

Create Fashion Videos With the AI Framework “DreamPose” Fashion videos can be an invaluable resource for shoppers looking to make informed purchasing decisions. However, fashion videos are still very uncommon due to the fact that brands and retailers still rely on photography to showcase their products. This was the summary of DreamPose, a novel AI…

WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Exposes Millions of Sites to Cyberattacks The WordPress plugin for WordPress has a security flaw. Imperva warns that it may be time to update the plugin. This vulnerability allows attackers to to manipulation of a web application’s functions and the activation of malicious scripts. It also enables them to gain remote control…

How to sign into your Google account using a passkey Until now, the best way to keep your accounts secure was to partner a password with two-factor authorization (2FA). Finally, if you have a Google Workspace account through a school or employer, you won’t be able to set up a passkey for that account.(You can,…

Microsoft Teams is getting backgrounds for your meetings that are animated. In an update to the virtual backgrounds for Microsoft Teams, the company has introduced new animated versions of some of the images. These will be available in June. The company also refreshed the backgrounds for many of its own Teams sessions, including ones that…

New Android Malware ‘FluHorse’ Found Targeting East Asian Markets with In a report, Check Point details a new Android malware campaign that uses an old, previously undiscovered strain of the Flutter software development framework to create malicious applications. The malware infects millions of devices in East Asia and consists of several malicious Android applications that…

What Luddites Got Right About the AI WGA Strike Amanda Seyfried opens up on the red carpet at the Met Gala about writers’ strike. Earlier this week, she posed a tough question: What did she think about the then-impending Writers Guild of America strike? At midnight that night, the WGA declared that the strike, the…

Gary Marcus used to call AI stupid—now he calls it dangerous As a journalist, I appreciate that Gary Marcus always makes time for a chat. His résumé makes him an unusual, though not unqualified, candidate as a spokes-expert in AI. But Marcus didn’t stick around at Uber, and he later founded a robotics firm, Robust…

Garage door controls are finally coming to the Google Home app Controls for smart garage doors are coming to the Google Home app. Previously only available in the Android version of the app, the company has now added them to the iOS and Android versions. The company notes that this feature will arrive at Google…

New Web-Inject Toolkit DrIBAN Targets Italian Corporate Banking Clients The Italian banking clients are the target of an ongoing financial fraud campaign that has been leveraging a new web-inject toolkit called drIBANbjan since at least 2019.Over the years, the operators behind drIBan have gotten more savvy at avoiding detection and developing effective social engineering strategies,…