[ This week, WIRED reported that a group of prolific scammers known as the Yahoo Boys are openly operating on major platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, TikTok, and Telegram. Evading content moderation systems, the group organizes and engages in criminal activities that range from scams to sextortion schemes. On Wednesday, researchers published a paper detailing a … Read more
[ Microsoft Corp. expanded the team responsible for ensuring its artificial intelligence products are safe, boosting personnel from 350 to 400 last year. More than half of the group focuses on the task full-time, the company said Wednesday in its first annual AI transparency report, which outlines measures to ensure its services are rolled out … Read more
[ In 2023, Google prevented 2.28 million applications violating its security rules from getting into the Play Store. In addition, almost 200,000 app submissions were rejected or amended to ensure the correct use of sensitive permissions such as access to background location data or SMS messages. In the space of a year, 333,000 developer accounts … Read more
[ A Kaspersky report shows the significant cyberthreats faced by Malaysia, with the cybersecurity firm claiming that it blocked over 22 million local threats last year. Kaspersky’s security network infrastructure data indicates that offline media such as USB drives are a common attack vector, with worms and file viruses making up the majority of these … Read more
[ In March, Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo emphasised to Parliament the need for Malaysia to maintain a high level of expertise in cybersecurity to face future threats. To enhance the country’s cybersecurity capacity, he said the Digital Ministry is set to introduce several programmes to develop cybersecurity talents and attract experts to the country. … Read more
[ Shopee has warned customers to be vigilant with their personal information in light of the rise in scam messages claiming that parcels are being held due to incomplete delivery information. In a statement issued to LifestyleTech, the ecommerce company says it does not use messaging platforms to request user information to facilitate parcel collections. … Read more
[ One type of risk you’ve been very interested in for a long time is “biorisk.” What’s the worst thing that could possibly happen? Take us through that. I started out in public health before I worked in national security, working on infectious disease control—malaria and tuberculosis. In 2002, the first virus was synthesized from … Read more
[ Some file names gave away clues about the series and episode numbers. There were also files and projects the researchers could not identify—including a “bunch of files” with videos of horses and a Russian book on horses, Williams says. Sanctions placed upon the North Korean regime, for its ongoing human rights abuses and nuclear … Read more
[ When Mike Cypert got the call that utilities in remote Texas communities were being hacked, he raced across his office to unplug the computer that ran his city’s water system. Hale Center is a dusty, cotton-growing burg of 2,000 about five hours drive northwest of Dallas. After the alert from a software vendor in … Read more
[ The way we live, work, play, and communicate today is so tech dependent that it demands we always be on our devices as we go through our daily routines. Understanding why this is the case doesn’t take too much analysis. In the US alone, over 250 million adults own smartphones, with an average daily … Read more
