Open source skills continue to be in high demand
80% of organizations increased their use of open source software over the last 12 months, according to Perforce Software and the Open Source Initiative. Four…
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Lords question ‘extensive’ government online safety powers
Safeguards will be written into the Online Safety Bill to ensure the secretary of state does not unduly interfere with the work or independence of…
SAP explores Qualtrics stake sale – Software – Cloud
SAP plans to cut 3000 jobs, or 2.5 percent of its global workforce, and explore the sale of its remaining stake in Qualtrics, as the…
New Mimic ransomware abuses ‘Everything’ Windows search tool
Security researchers discovered a new ransomware strain they named Mimic that leverages the APIs of the ‘Everything’ file search tool for Windows to look for…
“2.6 million DuoLingo account entries” up for sale
We take a look at claims of large amounts of DuoLingo user data up for sale, supposedly scraped from publicly available sources. Not a week…
Verizon Customer Data for Sale on Dark Web, New Data Breach Suspected
A BreachForums user under the alias IntelBroker claims to have posted the customer data of Verizon Communications on the forum. Verizon is yet to reply…
US lawsuit against Google could benefit Apple and others – Software
A landmark lawsuit by the US Justice Department against Google over its dominance of advertising technology could help rivals and websites that sell ad space,…
US offers $10M bounty for Hive ransomware links to foreign governments
The U.S. Department of State today offered up to $10 million for information that could help link the Hive ransomware group (or other threat actors) with…
PoC Exploit Released for Critical CryptoAPI Spoofing Vulnerability
Akamai researchers have made available a demonstration exploit code for a significant vulnerability in Windows CryptoAPI that was identified by the National Security Agency (NSA)…
BING will not get enhanced with Microsoft AI investment of $10 billion
As soon as Microsoft announced a $10 billion investment on AI firm OpenAI developed ChatGPT, trade analysts suggested that the investment will also boost the…
New infosec products of the week: January 27, 2023
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Perimeter 81, SpyCloud, ThreatConnect, Venafi, and Wallarm. SpyCloud Compass identifies…
WhatsApp hijackers take over your account while you sleep
There’s an easy way to protect yourself. Here’s how. Late last week, Twitter user Zuk (@ihackbanme) tweeted an issue about WhatsApp that has the potential…