The Tech That Safeguards the Conclave’s Secrecy
In 2005, cell phones were banned for the first time during the conclave, the process by which the Catholic Church elects its new pope. Twenty…
Month: April 2025
Google Cloud Composer Flaw Allows Attackers to Gain Elevated Privileges
Research disclosed a now-patched high-severity vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform’s (GCP) Cloud Composer service, dubbed ConfusedComposer. It could have allowed attackers to hijack cloud workflows and…
SWE-agent: Open-source tool uses LLMs to fix issues in GitHub repositories
By connecting powerful language models like GPT-4o and Claude Sonnet 3.5 to real-world tools, the open-source tool SWE-agent allows them to autonomously perform complex tasks:…
Google Drops Cookie Prompt in Chrome, Adds IP Protection to Incognito
Apr 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Artificial Intelligence Google on Tuesday revealed that it will no longer offer a standalone prompt for third-party cookies in its…
Cookie-Bite Attack Let Threat Actors Bypass MFA & Maintain Access
A sophisticated attack technique dubbed “Cookie-Bite” enables cybercriminals to silently bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) and maintain persistent access to cloud environments. Varonis Threat Labs revealed…
Moodle Core vulnerabilities Allow Attackers to Evade Security Measures
A recent security audit has uncovered critical vulnerabilities within Moodle, the widely used open-source learning management system (LMS). These vulnerabilities allow attackers to evade core…
The dark side of YouTube: Malicious links, phishing, and deepfakes
With billions of users, YouTube has become a tempting target for cybercriminals. They post malicious links in video descriptions and comments. Some send phishing emails…
Does News Consumption Destroy Creativity?
I don’t know a single truly creative mind who is a news junkie – not a writer, not a composer, mathematician, physician, scientist, musician, designer,…
Phishing emails delivering infostealers surge 84%
Cybercriminals continued to shift to stealthier tactics, with lower-profile credential theft spiking, while ransomware attacks on enterprises declined, according to IBM. Researchers observed an 84%…
How Google Uses Reputation Data to Improve Security Across Its Properties
Google researchers have combined a number of reputation techniques to create a system that is 99 percent successful in detecting and blocking malicious executables downloaded…
Verizon discovers spike in ransomware and exploited vulnerabilities
Cybercriminals and state-sponsored threat groups exploited vulnerabilities and initiated ransomware attacks with vigor last year, escalating the scope of their impact by hitting more victims…
Insurance Companies Make U.S. Healthcare Expensive
Because insurers are paid a fixed percentage of the claims they administer, they have no incentive to hold down costs. Worse than that, they have…