International

Another threat actor has unleashed a cyber attack on the UAE banking sector, hot on the heels of the DDoS attacks on First Abu Dhabi Bank and UAE Pass by Anonymous Sudan. Hacker group Mysterious Team Bangladesh has claimed responsibility for taking down the websites of the Abu Dhabi Commercial …

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) has become the first bank in the UAE to offer a convenient remote account opening service for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) using facial recognition technology. This new service allows businesses to open an account without having to visit a branch or submit physical documents. …

Samsung smartphone users have been warned by the vendor and the US Cyber security and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) about a vulnerability that is being actively exploited in attacks. The vulnerability, which is tracked as CVE-2023-21492, is a kernel pointer exposure issue related to log files. It can allow a …

In response to the increasing prevalence of ChatGPT and the associated risks of data leaks, ExtraHop has launched Reveal(x), a cutting-edge solution that offers organizations visibility into their network devices and users connecting to OpenAI domains. The popularity of ChatGPT has skyrocketed, with 1 billion customers reached in a mere …

Cloudflare on Thursday announced Secrets Store, a new solution designed to help developers and organizations securely store and manage secrets across the Cloudflare platform. Any variable that needs to be stored securely and accessed by authorized users only is considered a secret, including credentials, cryptographic keys, tokens, and more. Failure …

Apple on Thursday released security updates for its operating systems to patch dozens of vulnerabilities that could expose iPhones and Macs to hacker attacks, including three zero-days affecting the WebKit browser engine. Two of the actively exploited vulnerabilities, CVE-2023-28204 and CVE-2023-32373, have been reported to the tech giant by an …

The new feature, which will allow iPhone and iPad users to generate synthetic versions of their voices, is part of a larger update aimed at making sure people with disabilities get the most from their Apple devices. Personal Voice will allow users at risk of losing their ability to speak, …

Ransomware actors have been running rampant targeting every sector left, right, and center. In today’s edition, a technology provider fell prey to one, locking customers out of portals and websites. In other news, the threat actor linked to the Triada trojan infected millions of phones – thanks to a preinstalled …

Generative AI and conversational AI chatbots are growing in popularity. ChatGPT has shown just how powerful artificial intelligence-based chatbots can be right after they hit the market. And with the increasing popularity of ChatGPT, the career that is now being sought after is prompt engineering. Just last month, a job …

Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev, a 30-year-old Russian national, has been charged by the US Justice Department for his alleged role in numerous ransomware attacks, including ones targeting critical infrastructure.  Matveev — known online as Wazawaka, m1x, Boriselcin, and Uhodiransomwar — has been charged with conspiring to transmit ransom demands, conspiring to …