AI search engine Perplexity is using stealth bots and other tactics to evade websites’ no-crawl directives, an allegation that if […]
Tag: Security
Microsoft Recall is bad at filtering sensitive information
Whenever there are privacy concerns voiced about software, they are almost always downplayed. But fears about Microsoft Recall appear to […]
Microsoft catches Russian hackers targeting foreign embassies
Once behind the captive portal, the page initiates the Windows Test Connectivity Status Indicator, a legitimate service that determines whether […]
Blame the governor! Oklahoma’s “board meeting porn” scandal goes gonzo.
Finally, he claimed that the whole issue had already blown over because his name was “cleared” by investigators—so what are […]
Sudden Dropbox Passwords closure leaves users seeking alternatives
Dropbox has suddenly announced that it plans to discontinue its password manager, Dropbox Passwords. With the discontinuation coming at the […]
In search of riches, hackers plant 4G-enabled Raspberry Pi in bank network
“One of the most unusual elements of this case was the attacker’s use of physical access to install a Raspberry […]
St. Paul, MN was hacked so badly that the National Guard has been deployed
Hacking attacks—many using ransomware—now hit US cities every few days. They are expensive to mitigate and extremely disruptive. Abilene, Texas, […]
Flaw in Gemini CLI coding tool could allow hackers to run nasty commands
“At no stage is any subsequent element of the command string after the first ‘grep’ compared to a whitelist,” Cox […]
GregAI helps security teams fix real problems faster
Cybersecurity exposure management company Intruder has introduced GregAI, an AI-powered security analyst that, unlike generic AI assistants, has full visibility […]
Pro-Ukrainian hackers take credit for attack that snarls Russian flight travel
Russia’s biggest airline cancelled dozens of flights on Monday following a failure of the state-owned company’s IT systems and, according […]