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Why the Dark Web’s Unknowns May Be Your Biggest Cybersecurity Threat Why the dark web is a threat to your organization The dark web was once a place filled with bad actors who only focused on stealing banking and financial information. But it’s getting more and more dangerous. That said, there’s something you can do…

LinkedIn Turns 20: What’s Next for the Career-Networking Site? A Big In 2009, LinkedIn introduces its new engineering chief, David Henke. Before joining LinkedIn, he had worked as an engineering boss at Yahoo. His experience had been mostly spent rebuilding outdated technology, but he wanted to significantly reduce the company downtime. He spends the next…

Meta Stops Malware Campaign That Used ChatGPT to Steal Accounts The development comes against the backdrop of fake ChatGPT web browser extensions being increasingly used to steal Facebook account credentials with the aim to run unauthorized ads. According to the company’s research, the stolen information then enables the threat actor to assess and then use…

Joe Biden Asks Hackers to Help Keep AI Chatbots In Check The White House AI intervention comes as appetite for regulating the technology is growing around the world, fueled by the hype and investment sparked by ChatGPT. In the parliament of the European Union, lawmakers are negotiating final updates to a sweeping AI Act that…

White House unveils plan to promote ethical AI The White House and the National Science Foundation announce new funding and policy guidance for developing artificial intelligence ahead of a Biden administration meeting with industry executives. Federal regulators and Congress have been focusing on AI for the past few weeks, and companies like Google, Microsoft, Nvidia,…

Bing chatbot gets smarter with restaurant bookings, image results, and more Microsoft is rolling out an update to its Bing Chat chatbot today that adds image and video answers, restaurant bookings, chat history, and more features. It also opens up Bing Chat to third parties with plug-in support. In addition, the company is expanding Bing…

Bing Chat AI is now open to everyone Microsoft today officially launches an update to Bing Chat with new features and plug-in support. It comes two months after the company experimented with removing the waitlist for its new Bing Chat feature. More features and enhancements are promised for the chat platform, including image and video…

Lobshot: A Stealthy, Financial Trojan and Info Stealer Delivered through In yet another example of how threat actors are using Google ads to serve malware, a threat actor has been observed leveraging the technique to deliver a new Windows-based financial trojan and information stealer called LoBSHOT. LOBSSHOT continues to collect victims while staying under the…

Apple and Google Join Forces to Stop Unauthorized Location-Tracking Apple and Google have teamed up to develop a specification for Bluetooth location-tracking devices. The goal is to standardize the alerting mechanisms and minimize opportunities for misuse across Bluetooth location tracking devices. In doing so, they will make devices that support the new technology compatible with…

Operation SpecTor: A Dark Web Drug Bust That Resulted In $53.4 The drug traffickers are confident that, by operating anonymously on the dark web, they can operate outside the bounds of the law. An international law enforcement operation dubbed Operation SpecTor has resulted in the arrest of 288 vendors and buyers who are believed to…