Meta Platforms Inc. today launched Threads, a microblogging and messaging app linked to Instagram that’s set to take on the increasingly troubled Elon Musk-owned Twitter Inc. Threads is being pitched as “Instagram’s text-based conversation app.” The Google Play listing claims that the app “is where communities come together to discuss everything from the topics you ...

The infamous Russian-linked ransomware gang LockBit has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Japanese port that has temporarily crippled operations. The ransomware attack targeted the Nagoya Port Unified Terminal System, the controlling body of the Port of Nagoya, Japan’s largest port, on the morning of July 4 local time. The port is a major hub ...

Application security company ImmuniWeb SA today released a new email security test as a part of its free Community Edition to address a surge in phishing and other email-based cyberattacks. The service seeks to counter the growing sophistication of email cyberthreats, with the financial implications of phishing attacks almost doubling over the past year. According to ImmuniWeb, based on its ...

OpenAI LP, the company behind the wildly successful ChatGPT, has suspended a browsing feature in the generative artificial intelligence chatbot that allowed paying users to obtain search results through Microsoft Corp.’s Bing search engine, ostensibly because the feature bypasses paywalls. Called “Browse with Bing,” the feature was launched for ChatGPT Plus customers in March and ...

Security researchers at Bishop Fox LLC Friday issued a warning that hundreds of thousands of Fortinet Inc. firewalls remain vulnerable to attack because they weren’t patched following the disclosure of a critical vulnerability in June. The vulnerability, designated as CVE-2023-27997, is a “heap overflow” issue found in FortiOS, the operating system that powers FortiGate firewalls. The ...

As ongoing issues at Twitter Inc. continued into today, rival social media company Meta Platforms Inc. looks set to launch an alternative service called “Threads” that could finally provide competition to Elon Musk’s increasingly troubled service. The latest tale of woe at Twitter began on Friday, when users started seeing messages such as “rate limit exceeded” ...

Ongoing issues over the last few days at Twitter Inc., including the introduction of usage limits, have been blamed by owner Elon Musk as a response to artificial intelligence data scraping. The latest issue at Twitter — there’s rarely a dull moment since Musk took over — emerged on Friday when users started seeing messages ...

A new report from cybersecurity company Inky Technology Corp. released today highlights the emerging threat of Quick Response code phishing and the novel techniques cybercriminals employ to bypass traditional security measures. QR codes were once considered a niche technology but, in part driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, have emerged as a popular tool in marketing, information ...

Researchers at VMware Inc. issued a warning Wednesday about a relatively unknown form of ransomware that has seen a massive spike in activity over the northern summer this year. First detected in March 2022, the 8Base ransomware group uses encryption and “name-and-shame” tactics to force victims to pay a ransom, with victims across multiple industries. Despite the relative ...

Israeli low-code/no-code and robotic process automation startup Nokod Security Ltd. announced today that it has raised $8 million in seed funding to support research and expand into the U.S. market. Founded earlier this year, Nokod offers a platform that enables organizations to secure their low-code/no-code custom applications and RPA by scanning them for security and ...