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AMD is reportedly working with Microsoft to expand into AI chips According to reports citing unnamed sources, Microsoft and AMD are working together to develop artificial intelligence processors. The report says that AMD is helping Microsoft develop its own in-house AI chips, codenamed Athena, and that both companies are helping each other develop new GPUs…

Third-party Scripts: The Challenge of Protecting Websites from Lack of Vis This article explores the challenges of protecting modern websites from third-party scripts and the security risks associated with a lack of visibility over these scripts. It uses examples to illustrate how web-monitoring solutions like Reflectiz can significantly enhance online visibility and provide clear mitigation…

N. Korean Hackers Using New Recon Tool ReconShark in Latest Cyberattacks The North Korean state-sponsored threat actor known as Kimsuky has been discovered using a new reconnaissance tool called ReconShark. The latest intrusion leverages geopolitical themes related to North Korea’s nuclear proliferation. SentinelOne reports that the findings add to growing evidence that the threat actor…

OpenAI’s regulatory troubles Regulatory troubles for OpenAI The Italian Data Protection Authority accuses OpenAI of violating EU data protection rules, and the company agrees to restrict access to the service in Italy while it tries to fix the problem. Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, Canada is evaluating privacy concerns under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic…

Packagist repository hacked: Dozens of PHP packages with 500 million compromised In a bug report, Packagist reveals that an attacker gained access to four inactive accounts on the platform to hijack over a dozen packages. The attacker forked each of the packages and replaced the composer’s description in composer.json with their own message, but did…

Android Malware Found on Google Play Store This is not the first time subscription malware has been found on the Google Play Store. Earlier this year, Kaspersky discovered and reported on a new Android app called Fleckpe. According to the anti-virus firm, this was the most downloaded malware ever on the Play Storeand it had…

Apple Shows a Slumping Mac and Soaring Services in Latest Earnings Apple beats Wall Street’s expectations and says it has reached an all-time high in services revenue and set a new March quarter record for iPhone revenue in its earnings report on Thursday. The numbers show continued demand for the iPhone 14 lineup even as…

Dream First, Learn Later: A New AI Approach Uses LLMs for Training Reinforcement Reinforcement learning is a popular approach to training autonomous agents that can learn to perform complex tasks by interacting with their environment. In order to help these agents learn, large language models (LLMs) have been used. The question though, whether we should…

How Telecoms Can Improve SaaS Security These changes, coupled with the need for stronger collaboration with third-party vendors, have led enterprises to adopt SaaS applications to handle their CRM. The advertisers are given access to the telecom’s Ss apps, where they can mine for data and develop powerful marketing and advertising campaigns. While the SSO…

BouldSpy: Iranian Government’s Alleged Tool for Spying on Minority Groups Lookout has discovered a new Android spyware that can spy on over 300 people belonging to minority groups. The malware, dubbed BouldSpy, is reportedly associated with the Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FARAJA) and it can even run on older devices.…