A recent Twitter user shared an AI-generated image portraying Tesla CEO Elon Musk as an infant. The post titled “BREAKING: Elon Musk’s anti-aging experiment spiraled out of control” has gained significant traction, accumulating over 2 million views and 35.4k likes to date. While the internet community is buzzing with excitement …

Researchers at firmware and hardware security company Eclypsium discovered that hundreds of motherboard models made by Taiwanese computer components giant Gigabyte include backdoor functionality that could pose a significant risk to organizations. The backdoor was discovered by Eclypsium based on behavior associated with the functionality, which triggered an alert in …

Meta-owned WhatsApp banned a record of over 7.4 million accounts in India in April 2023. This is the highest number of accounts banned by WhatsApp in a single month. The accounts were banned for violating WhatsApp’s terms of service, which include rules against spam, abuse, and hate speech. In addition …

Google is temporarily offering a triple reward to bug bounty hunters who report functional full-chain exploits that can escape the Chrome browser’s sandbox. The bonus is effective until December 1, 2023. A sandbox is a security feature that isolates code from the rest of the system, making it more difficult …

In his budget speech for the fiscal year 2023-24, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal announced the launch of a digital bank. He said that the bank would be established to expand and accelerate efforts at financial inclusion. A committee of Bangladesh Bank has been working on the establishment of the …

Bitdefender, a global cybersecurity leader, has unveiled GravityZone Security for Mobile, a comprehensive mobile security solution that protects Android, iOS, and Chromebook devices from a wide range of threats, including malware, phishing, and ransomware. GravityZone Security for Mobile leverages Bitdefender’s industry-leading antimalware and advanced threat intelligence solutions to provide real-time …

Amazon has agreed to pay nearly $31 million to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in order to resolve allegations related to its Alexa and Ring home security businesses. The larger portion of the settlement, amounting to $25 million, will address accusations that Amazon violated the US Children’s Online Privacy Protection …

Facebook and Google, two prominent social media and tech companies, have established data centers in Kolkata, West Bengal, benefiting internet users in India, particularly in that state. Users can now access Facebook and Google websites with relative speed and efficiency. Additionally, the imported bandwidth from these data centers is extending …

Misconfigured systems can spill data, which can be used by threat actors to breach a company’s systems and hijack communication channels. In one instance, a misconfiguration issue in Swiss real estate agency Neho’s website exposed sensitive credentials for AWS, email services, communication tools, and review platforms to the public. This …

Google CTF 2023 Capture the Flag (CTF) exercises have been around for several years and provide a great challenge and knowledge for ethical hackers and bug bounty hunters. Many companies conduct CTF competitions as part of their security enhancement efforts. Tech giants like Google, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft have vulnerability …