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Breaking down the numbers: Cybersecurity funding activity recap
2024-04-26 03:30

Here's a list of interesting cybersecurity companies that received funding so far in 2024. Alethea closed a $20 million Series B funding round led by GV, with participation from Ballistic Ventures, who led Alethea's Series A funding in 2022.

OpenAI’s GPT-4 Can Autonomously Exploit 87% of One-Day Vulnerabilities, Study Finds
2024-04-26 00:40

The GPT-4 large language model from OpenAI can exploit real-world vulnerabilities without human intervention, a new study by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers has found. How successful is GPT-4 at autonomously detecting and exploiting vulnerabilities? GPT-4 can autonomously exploit one-day vulnerabilities.

Cops cuff man for allegedly framing colleague with AI-generated hate speech clip
2024-04-25 21:43

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FBI warns against using unlicensed crypto transfer services
2024-04-25 21:16

The FBI has warned today that using unlicensed cryptocurrency transfer services can result in financial loss if law enforcement takes down these platforms. This announcement is aimed at crypto transfer platforms not registered as Money Services Businesses and non-compliant with anti-money laundering requirements as mandated by U.S. federal law.

Ring dinged for $5.6M after, among other claims, rogue insider spied on 'pretty girls'
2024-04-25 21:03

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LA County Health Services: Patients' data exposed in phishing attack
2024-04-25 19:55

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services disclosed a data breach after thousands of patients' personal and health information was exposed in a data breach resulting from a recent phishing attack impacting over two dozen employees. This integrated health system operates the public hospitals and clinics in L.A. County and is the second largest public health care system in the country after NYC Health + Hospitals.

LA County Health Services: Patients' data exposed in phishing attack
2024-04-25 19:55

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services disclosed a data breach after patients' personal and health information was exposed in a data breach resulting from a recent phishing attack impacting over two dozen employees. This integrated health system operates the public hospitals and clinics in L.A. County and is the second largest public health care system in the country after NYC Health + Hospitals.

Researchers sinkhole PlugX malware server with 2.5 million unique IPs
2024-04-25 19:20

Researchers have sinkholed a command and control server for a variant of the PlugX malware and observed in six months more than 2.5 million connections from unique IP addresses. Since September 2023, when Sekoia captured the unique IP address associated with the particular C2, it has logged over 2,495,297 unique IPs from 170 countries interacting with its sinkhole.

Net neutrality has been restored
2024-04-25 18:40

The Federal Communications Commission today voted to restore a national standard to ensure the internet is fast, open, and fair. Today's decision to reclassify broadband service as a Title II telecommunications service allows the FCC to protect consumers, defend national security, and advance public safety.

Reddit down in major outage blocking access to web, mobile apps
2024-04-25 17:26

Reddit is investigating a major outage blocking users worldwide from accessing the social network's websites and mobile apps. Mobile users also report seeing an "Error: Choose failed Missing field 'user id'" error or an outage icon with the Reddit alien logo on the mobile app.