Latest Alibaba AI model demos AI improvements
Just two months after the tech world was upended by the DeepSeek-R1 AI model, Alibaba Cloud has introduced QwQ-32B, an open source large language model…
Month: March 2025
US charges Garantex admins with money laundering, sanctions violations
The administrators of the Russian Garantex crypto-exchange have been charged in the United States with facilitating money laundering for criminal organizations and violating sanctions. 46-year-old…
Beware of Fake Tax Claims that Tricks Users to Steal Over $10,000 From Victims
Tax season has become a high-stakes battleground for cybercriminals, who leverage advanced technologies like deepfake audio and AI-generated phishing campaigns to steal over $10,000 from…
AI Cyber Attacks to intensify on organizations
AI-driven cyberattacks targeted more than 87% of organizations in 2024, according to a study conducted by SoSafe, a German cybersecurity platform that helps enhance employee…
FIN7, FIN8, and Others Use Ragnar Loader for Persistent Access and Ransomware Operations
Mar 07, 2025Ravie Lakshmanan Threat hunters have shed light on a “sophisticated and evolving malware toolkit” called Ragnar Loader that’s used by various cybercrime and…
February Saw Record Ransomware Attacks: Cyble
Ransomware attacks set a single-month record in February that was well above previous highs, according to a Cyble threat intelligence report. The Cyble report measured…
Linux Distro Tails 6.13 Released with Improved Wi-Fi Hardware Detection
The Tails Project announced the release of Tails 6.13 on March 6, 2025, marking a significant update to its privacy-centric Linux distribution. This iteration introduces…
Fake Tax Claims Scam Stealing Over $10,000 from Victims
Tax season has become a breeding ground for sophisticated AI-powered scams, with nearly half of Americans reporting fraudulent IRS-related communications, according to McAfee’s 2025 survey.…
Cloud security gains overshadowed by soaring storage fees
Storage fees in general (e.g., API calls, operations, data access) comprise 49% of an average user’s service bill, compared to the actual stored capacity, according…
Beware of Fake CAPTCHA Prompts That May Silently Install LummaStealer on Your Device
Cybersecurity researchers at G DATA have uncovered a sophisticated malware campaign using fake CAPTCHA prompts to deliver LummaStealer, a dangerous information-stealing malware. This emerging threat,…
Why SMEs Are The New Primary Target
Forbes Technology Council Member Aliasgar Dohadwala points out that for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), the consequences of ransomware can be catastrophic, with 60 percent of…
Microsoft Warns of Malvertising Campaign Infecting Over 1 Million Devices Worldwide
Mar 07, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalvertising / Open Source Microsoft has disclosed details of a large-scale malvertising campaign that’s estimated to have impacted over one million devices…