Category Security Mastodon: Security flaw allows unauthorized access to posts Mastodon, the decentralized social network, is urging instance operators to update their server software immediately due to a high-risk security…
Category Tech EU 2024 Elections: How did big tech respond to misinformation As Europeans headed to the polls for the 2024 European Parliament elections, social media platforms faced increasing scrutiny over their…
Category Artificial Intelligence OpenAI seeks NYT source material for copyright defense In a high-stakes legal battle over using copyrighted materials to train artificial intelligence models, OpenAI is pushing the New York…
Category Artificial Intelligence China completely dominates Generative AI research China is currently at the forefront of the global race in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) patents, significantly outpacing other nations….
Category Tech Reddit has updated its robots.txt to block all web crawlers Reddit, one of the internet’s most popular social platforms, has updated its robots.txt file to block all web crawlers. This…
Category Security 7-Zip quietly fixes a buffer overflow vulnerability The developer behind the popular archiving software 7-Zip has addressed a buffer overflow vulnerability and an out-of-bounds read flaw without…
Category Security OVHcloud reports DDoS attacks by botnet of MikroTik core routers A recent analysis by OVHcloud reveals a new trend in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. The cloud provider’s security…
Category Privacy Avast banned from data sales, fined $16.5M by FTC To protect consumer privacy, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has finalized an order against Avast, banning the antivirus software provider…
Category Artificial Intelligence Cloudflare adds a new feature to help block AI data scrapers In an effort to safeguard internet content creators, Cloudflare has introduced a new “easy button” designed to block all AI…
Category Security OpenAI updates ChatGPT macOS app to encrypt conversations OpenAI has issued a patch for a security flaw in its ChatGPT macOS app, following the discovery that conversations were…
Category Security Europol shuts down Cobalt Strike servers used by hackers Europol has announced the successful takedown of nearly 600 servers running unlicensed versions of Cobalt Strike, a tool often misused…
Category Security Twilio security incident exposes SMS data via third-party carrier Twilio has disclosed a security incident involving one of its third-party carriers in a security alert sent to its users….
