Month: January 2025

Jan 23, 2025Ravie LakshmananPhishing / Malware Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new malware campaign that leverages fake CAPTCHA verification checks to deliver the infamous Lumma information stealer. “The campaign is global, with Netskope Threat Labs tracking victims targeted in Argentina, Colombia, the United States, the Philippines, and other countries around the world,” Leandro
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Tata Electronics Pvt Ltd (TEPL) on Friday announced the acquisition of a controlling 60 per cent stake in Taiwanese contract manufacturer Pegatron’s India unit, cementing its position as a key player in the Indian electronics manufacturing sector. The financial details of the transactions were not disclosed. Pegatron India is a subsidiary of Taiwanese Pegatron Corporation,
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A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in Meta’s Llama large language model (LLM) framework that, if successfully exploited, could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the llama-stack inference server. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-50050, has been assigned a CVSS score of 6.3 out of 10.0. Supply chain security firm Snyk, on the
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In this article META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Instagram added a new short-form video feature to the image-focused platform in a direct challenge to TikTok. Chris Delmas | AFP | Getty Images Meta is offering deals to creators to promote Instagram on other short-form video apps, including TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube, CNBC has
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 Series Blackwell GPUs were announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2025 earlier this month but are yet to hit the market. The RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 models will be available for purchase on January 30. Ahead of their arrival, reviewers have reportedly revealed the synthetic benchmarks for the top-of-the-line GeForce
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Jan 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananBiometric / Mobile Security Google has launched a new feature called Identity Check for supported Android devices that locks sensitive settings behind biometric authentication when outside of trusted locations. “When you turn on Identity Check, your device will require explicit biometric authentication to access certain sensitive resources when you’re outside of trusted
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Microsoft held its Xbox Developer Direct 2025 showcase on Friday, sharing details about its upcoming first-party games and bringing some new announcements. Bethesda’s first-person shooter Doom: The Dark Ages finally received a release date, and so did Compulsion Games’ action-adventure title, South of Midnight. Both games also showed off new gameplay footage and shared pre-order details
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