China’s first counter-sanction on US biotech industry marks a turning point in tech war
China’s Ministry of Commerce announced on Tuesday the inclusion of a major US biotech company on its “unreliable entity list” while stating that the firm’s…
Month: April 2025
Google fixes Android zero-days exploited in attacks, 60 other flaws
Google has released patches for 62 vulnerabilities in Android’s April 2025 security update, including two zero-days exploited in targeted attacks. One of the zero-days, a…
Apple appealing against UK ‘back door’ order
Apple is appealing against a British government order to create a “back door” to its encrypted cloud storage systems, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) has…
Made For AdSense (MFA) | Daniel Miessler
MFA stands for Made For AdSense. It refers to a blog whose content is farmed out to non-professional writers (or scripts). The goal of these…
Is Southeast Asia ready to embrace DeepSeek? Costs, security among concerns
Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s multilingual capabilities and open-source nature serve as an attractive alternative for users in Southeast Asia, but its true potential can only be…
Microsoft delays WSUS driver sync deprecation indefinitely
Microsoft announced today that, based on customer feedback, it will indefinitely delay removing driver synchronization in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). “Seeing how many of…
Sam Harris Says We Shouldn’t Call Ourselves Atheists
Sam Harris has come out with an interesting essay on religion. This time, rather than simply going after religion in his characteristic way he has…
DeepSeek warns of fake social media accounts as AI app’s popularity soars
DeepSeek is fighting a surge in fake social media accounts and websites pretending to be linked to the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up, as scammers…
Six arrested for AI-powered investment scams that stole $20 million
Spain’s police arrested six individuals behind a large-scale cryptocurrency investment scam that used AI tools to generate deepfake ads featuring popular public figures to lure…
The Real Reason Apple is So Popular Right Now
I was in CompUSA the the other day and noticed quite a few people in the Apple section. I realized that this was becoming increasingly…
Hongkongers lose HK$200 million to scams in a week, AI voice-cloning used
Online fraudsters scammed Hongkongers out of more than HK$200 million (US$25.7 million) in a week last month and used artificial intelligence (AI) to trick a…
Everest ransomware’s dark web leak site defaced, now offline
The dark web leak site of the Everest ransomware gang has apparently been hacked over the weekend by an unknown attacker and is now offline.…