Day: October 29, 2024

Netherlands police lead takedown of Redline, META malware networks

An international law enforcement effort took down two prominent malware networks. A group led by the Dutch National Police said it dismantled the infrastructure behind the Redline and META info-stealing malware networks. According to authorities, at least two people were responsible for setting up and operating the malware network. It is estimated that at least […]

AI bug bounty program yields 34 flaws in open-source tools

Nearly three dozen flaws in open-source AI and machine learning (ML) tools were disclosed Tuesday as part of Protect AI’s huntr bug bounty program. The discoveries include three critical vulnerabilities: two in the Lunary AI developer toolkit and one in a graphical user interface (GUI) for ChatGPT called Chuanhu Chat. The October vulnerability report also […]

Intel and AMD chips still vulnerable to Spectre flaw

It’s back — and it may have never left. More than six years after the Spectre flaw affecting CPUs was first reported, researchers learned that that Intel and AMD processors are still vulnerable to speculative execution attacks. In a study posted by ETH Zurich, a public research university in Switzerland, the researchers said the attacks […]

Sparkle Launches Its Network as a Service (NaaS) Product Suite with Quantum-Safe over Internet

Rome/Dallas, 28 October 2024 Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and among the top global operators, announces the pre-order launch of its Quantum Safe over Internet (QSI) service, the first product in its Network as a Service (NaaS) suite which soon will include additional use cases. The announcement is made during the Global […]

IC Mobile Partners with Openmind Networks to Launch Advanced Messaging Platform

Dublin, Ireland, October 29, 2024 – Openmind Networks, a global leader in messaging platform solutions, is excited to announce a new partnership with IC Mobile, one of Canada’s top aggregator telecommunications companies. Openmind Networks has supplied its state-of-the-art messaging systems software and Short Message Service Center with Application Router ensuring all IC Mobile customers will […]

SBA Communications buys 7,000 Millicom sites for $975m 

News  The deal will make SBA Communications “the leading tower company across all of Central America”, according to CEO Brendan Cavanagh  Florida-based tower infrastructure company SBA communications has purchased 7,000 telecoms towers situated across South America from Millicom, in a deal worth $795 million.  The sites are located in Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, El Salvador, and […]

UK opens national quantum computing centre 

News   Backed by £93 million from UKRI funding, the National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) is envisaged as a centrepiece of the UK’s quantum strategy  The UK’s NQCC officially opened last week by Science Minister Lord Vallance. Located at the Harwell Campus in Oxfordshire, the 4,000-square-meter facility will house 12 quantum computers used for further research […]

Over 47K impacted in Texas county breach

Texas’ Wichita County had information from 47,784 residents compromised following a cyberattack in early May, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future. Investigation into the incident, which concluded in early September, revealed the breach of individuals’ names, Social Security numbers, government IDs, health insurance details, financial account information, and medical treatment data, […]

Data compromise confirmed by French telco Free

Investigation into the incident, which concluded in early September, revealed the breach of individuals’ names, Social Security numbers, government IDs, health insurance details, financial account information, and medical treatment data, according to county officials. Source link

Effectiv to be purchased by Socure for $136M

California-based real-time fraud and risk decisioning technology provider Effectiv is set to be acquired by Nevada-based digital identity verification and predictive analytics firm Socure in a $136 million deal that is poised to be finalized next month, according to SecurityWeek. Such a purchase would integrate the Effectiv team into Socure, which would be leveraging the former’s platform to […]