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Phishing-as-a-Service Gets Smarter: Microsoft Sounds Alarm on Microsoft warns of an increase in attacks with adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing techniques, such as those deployed by Storm-1295 and other actors. These techniques rely on stealing session cookies instead of a signed-in page like traditional phishing. For example, attackers may use a technique called cirumventing MFA to gain…

Police won’t fine Elon Musk for illegally driving while livestreaming. When Elon Musk livestreamed a drive through Palo Alto, California on Friday afternoon, he was holding his phone, which is plainly and clearly illegal under state law. But the Palo Alto Police Department won’t be issuing him a fine because police didn’t witness the crime…

The Amazon CEO reportedly told remote employees that their job might not work out. According to a report from Business Insider, Jassy tells discouraged employees that returning to the office “It’s not going to work out for you.” This message is repeated in a meeting recorded by Insider. It comes after Jassy told workers in…

Microsoft Edge’s new feature is removing features The next version of Microsoft’s Edge web browser might end up with fewer features than before. The new Edge version 117, which is currently in beta and expected to turn stable on September 14th, has five features slated for removal, according to reports by Neowin and 9to5Google .Microsoft…

OpenAI releases enterprise-grade chatbot OpenAI finally released a version of ChatGPT that promises to protect business data as more companies start using the platform but worry about privacy and security. The company describes the new features in an email. It will be available in a ChatGPT Enterprise version for enterprises. Users will have control and…

Some Amazon users must now spend $35 to qualify for free shipping Once again, Amazon is testing a $35 minimum for non-Prime subscribers to qualify for free shipping. It previously had set at $25 since 2017. The company says that Prime subscribers who have a similar minimum order price for same-day shipping will continue to…

Poe’s new desktop app lets you use all the chatbots in one Poe, the chatbot platform created by Quora, has gotten an update that adds features such as support for Mac OS X and the ability to have multiple simultaneous conversations with the same AI bot. OpenAI also sits on the board of Poe’s parent…

Elon Musk demonstrates new FSD software with close call at red light and doxx Elon Musk is livestreaming a demo of Tesla’s self-driving software and violating the company’s rules for driver-assist technology. His car almost runs a red light while he livestreams it. He was also streaming the demo while in the driver’s seat, which…

Experts uncover how cybercriminals could exploit Microsoft Entra ID for elevated privilege A company called Secureworks discovered a case of privilege escalation associated with a Microsoft EntraID (formerly Azure Active Directory application by taking advantage of an abandoned reply URL. An attacker could leverage this abandoned URL to redirect authorization codes to themselves, exchanging the…

The best-paying Big Tech companies for engineers are Google and Meta. New data from Blind, an anonymous workplace for tech employees, shows that Google and Meta tend to pay their software engineers more than their peers in Big Tech, according to salary data from blind.com. Apple and Microsoft pay the least for entry-level engineers on…