A security flaw in OpenAI’s ChatGPT application programming interface could be used to initiate a distributed denial-of-service attack on websites, according to a researcher. The discovery was made by Benjamin Flesch, a security researcher in Germany, who detailed the vulnerability and how it could be exploited on GitHub. According to Flesch, the flaw lies in the ...

Meta Platforms Inc. is reportedly developing Oakley-branded smart glasses for athletes and is also exploring new wearable devices. According to Mark Gurman at Bloomberg, along with Oakley-branded smart glasses, Meta’s devices group, Reality Labs, is also planning to release new high-end glasses with a built-in display late this year. Also on the development list are ...

Cloud incident response company Mitiga Security Inc. today announced that it has raised $30 million in new funding to drive growth, enhance its artificial intelligence-driven platform and forge strategic alliances. Founded in 2019, Mitiga offers a cloud software-as-a-service incident platform that performs continuous hunts for emerging attacks based on a cloud attack scenario library, a database dedicated ...

A new report out today from the Insikt Group, the research division of Recorded Future Inc., highlights the growing risk of fraud payments through 2024. It’s driven by the increasing sophistication of cybercriminal tactics, including digital e-skimming, scam e-commerce websites and surges in stolen payment data on dark web marketplaces. The Annual Payment Fraud Intelligence Report: ...

Researchers at cybersecurity software provider Qualys Inc. are warning of a new Mirai botnet variant that’s being used to target vulnerabilities in AVTECH Cameras and Huawei HG523 routers. The variant, dubbed “Murdoc_Botnet,” was first detected in July and has already been found to have affected at least 1,300 devices globally, especially in Malaysia, Thailand, Mexico and Indonesia. Like ...

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman is reportedly set to meet with U.S. government officials in Washington D.C. on Jan. 30 for a closed-door briefing on new technology, possibly “Ph.D.-level super-agents” that do complex human tasks. The latest claim comes from Axios, though details of the same meeting were reportedly shared a week ago with readers of ...

TikTok services were being restored to users in the U.S. Sunday afternoon following a promise from President-elect Trump after the service went dark Saturday. The Chinese-owned social media service had been late Saturday following the implementation of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. The ban, which extended to all apps owned by TikTok’s ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has ordered well-known web hosting provider GoDaddy Inc. to implement a robust information security program to settle charges that the company failed to secure its website-hosting service against attacks that could harm its customers. In a complaint filed Wednesday, the FTC alleged that since 2018, GoDaddy has failed to implement ...

Social trading and investment marketplace company eToro Group Ltd. has reportedly filed a confidential application with U.S. regulators ahead of a potential initial public offering later this year. First reported today by the Financial Times, the IPO could value the business at more than $5 billion. The confidential nature of the filing — typical in the ...

Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden signed a cybersecurity-related executive order today that’s aimed at strengthening national cybersecurity and making it easier to pursue foreign adversaries and hacking groups that try to undermine U.S. systems. The “Executive Order on Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity” covers a range of initiatives designed to address the ...