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Apple must reveal how many users it has in the European Union App Store, following new Apple has revealed the number of active monthly users for its App Store in Europe in order to comply with the EU’s Digital Services Act. The iOS App Store has 101 million users, iPadOS has 23 million, macOS has…

Attention online shoppers: beware of Magecart! Magecart is a cybercrime group that uses online skimming techniques to steal personal data from websites, most commonly customer details and payment information. The latest iteration, observed by Malwarebytes on a Parisian travel accessory store, involves the injection of a skimmer called Kritec to intercept the checkout process and…

Tonto Team Uses Malware File to Launch Attacks on South Korean Institutions The Tonto Team, a threat actor with ties to China, is targeting South Korean institutions such as education, construction, diplomatic, and political institutions with new attacks. This attack sequence begins with a Microsoft Compiled HTML Help (.CHM) file that is used to side-load…

Meta is going to let you update Quest apps before it shuts down Meta’s v53 update for Quest devices adds a useful new feature that lets users download updates while the headset is shut down, allowing them to save time. It also includes improvements such as Advanced Camera Settings, a parental supervision tool for the…

Activision’s Microsoft deal is on life support because cloud gaming still has potential The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has blocked Microsoft’s $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, citing that it could alter the future of the fast-growing cloud gaming market, leading to reduced innovation and less choice for UK gamers over the years to…

Google Gets Court Order to Take Down CryptBot, Which Infected Over 670,000 Google obtained a court order to disrupt the distribution of CryptBot, an information-stealing malware that has infected over 670,000 computers. The malware is typically delivered via maliciously modified versions of legitimate software. The major distributors of CryptBot are suspected to be operating a…

A perceptual quality metric for video frame interpolation Advances in display technology have made viewing content more immersive and enjoyable. 4K 60FPS video offers a more satisfying experience than 1080P 30FPS, but it is more expensive in terms of data. Video frame interpolation is used to increase the resolution or frames within a video sequence,…

ChatGPT’s Conservative Alter Ego Elon Musk recently announced plans to create TruthGPT, a competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which he believes displays woke bias. David Rozado, a data scientist, has taken a language model and fine-tuned it to express more conservative viewpoints. He also plans to create more liberal and depolarizing language models, which will be…

Cybersecurity Director Advises Preparing for AI that Can Generate At the RSA security conference in San Francisco this week, the potential impact of generative AI on digital security and malicious hacking has been a hot topic. Rob Joyce, NSA cybersecurity director, gave his State of the Hack presentation where he discussed how attackers can use…

Microsoft Designer integrates with Edge to create AI-generated social content. Microsoft has rolled out new features for its AI-powered graphic design tool, Microsoft Designer, which can be used to create social media posts. The app is now accessible through the Edge web browser and has AI-powered creative tools, text-to-image features, and content suggestions. Additionally, Microsoft…