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Cybersecurity researchers at ThreatFabric have identified a new and more dangerous variant of the Octo banking malware, called “Octo2.” This evolved version of ExobotCompact is already targeting European financial institutions, with attacks reported in Italy, Poland, Moldova, and Hungary. Octo2 features improved remote access and advanced anti-detection methods, making it …

India’s Bharti Airtel has launched India’s first AI-powered solution that detects spam calls and messages, alerting customers in real-time. The free service automatically activates for all users, detecting millions of spam messages daily to improve customer security. Airtel announces a free tool that will automatically alert customers in real-time about …

OpenBAS is a platform that helps organizations to plan, schedule, and conduct crisis exercises, adversary simulations, and breach simulations. OpenBAS is a modern web application that follows ISO 22398 standards. It has a user-friendly interface and a RESTful API. The platform has different modules, such as scenarios, team management, simulations, …

Web-Check is a powerful tool that helps people understand and navigate websites. It is useful for developers, system administrators, security professionals, and anyone who wants to explore the intricacies of a website. Unveiling Web-Check’s Capabilities: Web-Check is a tool that efficiently investigates a URL to gather and organize a lot …

CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company, has released its analysis on the Falcon Sensor software update crash that affected millions of Windows devices worldwide. The “Channel File 291” incident was traced back to a content validation issue. This issue came up when a new Template Type was introduced. The purpose of this …

Microsoft Azure suffered an outage on July 30 due to a cyberattack known as a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. Users complained about not being able to access various Microsoft services yesterday, including Microsoft 365 products like Office, Outlook, and Azure. The incident—which lasted nearly 10 hours—took place less …

Microsoft is looking into a big problem that is preventing people from accessing certain Microsoft 365 and Azure services. “We’re currently investigating access issues and degraded performance with multiple Microsoft 365 services and features. More information can be found under MO842351 in the admin center,” Redmond said. Many users are …

Several fiber optic networks in France were sabotaged shortly after arson attacks disrupted high-speed train services during the Olympics opening ceremony. Cables for telecom operators in six areas of France were intentionally cut earlier today, according to the police. French authorities arrested an activist from an ultra-left-wing movement at an …

VPN usage in Bangladesh has surged due to violent protests and government-imposed internet restrictions. In Bangladesh, there was a conflict for quota in the government jobs taking place on July 15 and resulted in many students getting hurt and at least five people being killed. The police tried to stop …

OpenAI is testing a new search engine “SearchGPT” using generative artificial intelligence to challenge Google’s dominance in the online search market. SearchGPT will initially be available to a limited group of users and publishers. OpenAI plans to eventually integrate the search capabilities into ChatGPT instead of offering it as a …