The US has charged former Apple engineer Weibao Wang with trade secret theft and attempting to flee to China. Wang is accused of stealing Apple’s autonomous systems technology, including their self-driving car project, Project Titan. He had worked at Apple since 2016 but delayed informing the company about his resignation after accepting a job offer […]
OpenAI’s ChatGPT app has achieved remarkable success in a short period of time, surpassing over 500,000 downloads within just six days of its launch. This outstanding performance was revealed through an analysis conducted by data.ai, an app intelligence provider. During its initial U.S.-only launch phase, the ChatGPT app garnered 480,000 installs in the first five […]
It is commonly assumed that high-tech companies have an inherent advantage in security due to their younger, tech-savvy workforce and lack of legacy systems. However, recent breaches of SaaS applications used by high-tech companies, such as Slack and MailChimp, have highlighted the need for strong SaaS security configurations and threat detection measures. High-tech companies often […]
Last week, Dish informed the Maine Attorney General regarding a recent data breach and shared a copy of the notification letter sent to affected individuals. Dish disclosed to authorities that over 296,000 people were impacted by the incident. According to the notification letter, there is no evidence that customer databases were accessed by hackers. However, […]
Reworded: MSI suffered a significant security breach two months ago that resulted in the loss of sensitive data, including firmware source code for MSI motherboards. As a result of this breach, other companies, including Intel, have also been impacted. In particular, Intel has discovered a leak of its Boot Guard keys, which may render the […]
Google has revealed that it will soon make its dark web monitoring feature available to all Gmail users in the US, allowing them to find out if their email addresses have been found on the dark web. The feature will be rolled out over the coming weeks and will also be available in select international […]
Cloud migration is on the rise as businesses aim to streamline their digital transformations and capture and analyze large volumes of data. One strategy gaining popularity is cloud bursting, which involves an app bursting from a business’s private cloud to a public cloud once demand for computing capacity reaches a predetermined threshold. Cloud bursting can […]
Avast’s latest report indicates a significant surge in cyberattacks targeting popular technology brands, such as Microsoft and Adobe, during Q1 of 2023. The report shows that phishing and smishing attacks have increased by 40% from the previous year, with social engineering tactics being employed in two-thirds of all online threats. Cybercriminals are exploiting the trust […]
Former Uber CSO, Joe Sullivan, has been sentenced to probation and 200 hours of community service after being found guilty of obstructing an FTC investigation into a data breach that the company suffered in 2014, and for hiding a larger breach in 2016 that compromised the information of over 50 million Uber users and drivers. […]
Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has issued a warning about fraudulent ChatGPT accounts on its platform. The company has discovered that malware creators are taking advantage of the public’s interest in ChatGPT and using this to entice users into downloading harmful applications and browser extensions. Meta has likened the phenomenon to cryptocurrency scams, as both […]