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According to multiple reports, U.S. technology company and defense contractor L3Harris Technologies Inc. is in talks to acquire some or all of the controversial Israeli spyware maker NSO Group Ltd. The Guardian reported today that the negotiations involve L3Harris acquiring only NSO’s surveillance …
Rust Foundation announces recipients of first Community Grants Program
The Rust Foundation, a foundation set up to support the development of the increasingly popular open-source Rust programming language, today announced the first recipients of awards for its inaugural Community Grants Program. The Rust Foundation Community Grants Program is a mechanism to provide …
Trustwave’s new MDR service boosts threat visibility
Cybersecurity company Trustwave Holdings Inc., owned by Singtel Holdings Inc. since 2015, today announced a new managed detection and response offering built to improve threat visibility, rapidly detect and respond to threats, and boost the overall cybersecurity resilience of organizations. The new …
Gallium hacking group deploys difficult-to-detect remote access malware
Palo Alto Networks Inc.’s Unit 42 today identified new, difficult-to-detect remote-access malware used by the Gallium advanced persistent threat group. The Gallium APT group is believed to be a Chinese state-sponsored group and has a reputation for targeting telecommunications companies in Southeast Asia, Europe …
Health care provider Kaiser Permanente suffers data breach
Health care provider Kaiser Permanente has disclosed a data breach that compromised the information of some 70,000 patients at subsidiary Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington. In a June 3 notice to patients, Kaiser Permanente described the data breach as a “security incident” …
Microsoft Teams update promises improved sound quality in challenging situations
New machine learning and artificial intelligence features in Microsoft Corp.’s Teams promise to improve the sound quality of meetings and calls dramatically, even in challenging situations. The changes seek to address issues such as background noise, poor acoustics and quality when users …
Symbiote Linux malware uses sophisticated techniques to hide and steal credentials
A recently discovered form of malware that infects Linux systems uses sophisticated techniques to hide and steal credentials. As detailed today by researchers at BlackBerry Ltd., the previously undetectable “Symbiote” malware acts in a parasitic nature in that it needs to infect other …
TerraUSD company facing investigation in US and South Korea
Terraform Labs Pte. Ltd., the company behind the algorithmic stablecoin TerraUSD (UST), is now facing multiple investigations in two countries following the spectacular collapse of the coin in May. The Financial Times reported Wednesday that South Korean law enforcement agencies are investigating allegations …
Upgraded investigation into Telsa’s Autopilot system could result in a recall
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s investigation into Tesla Inc.’s Autopilot feature has been upgraded in a move that could potentially result in a recall. The NHTSA investigation into Telsa’s self-driving car feature was launched in August following 11 identified crashes …
Emotet malware detections surge 27-fold in first quarter
A new report today from artificial intelligence cybersecurity platform company Deep Instinct Ltd. details a rapid rise in Emotet malware this year, with new versions and campaigns emerging. Once described as “the world’s most dangerous malware,” Emotet has continued to reemerge since its …