Автор: Jai Vijayan, Contributing Writer

Concerns include everything from ransomware, malware, and phishing attacks on the game’s infrastructure to those targeting event sponsors and fans.

Malware writing is only one of several malicious activities for which the new, uncensored generative AI chatbot can be used.

The advanced persistent threat (APT) group is likely India-based and targeting individuals with connections to the country’s intelligence community.

It’s an especially brazen form of malvertising, researchers say, striking at the heart of Google’s business; the tech giant says it’s aware of the issue and is working quickly to address the problem.

Company has issued patches for an unprecedented 159 CVEs, including eight zero-days, three of which attackers are already exploiting.

The security vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-50603, which rates 10 out of 10 on the CVSS scale, enables unauthenticated remote code execution on affected systems, which cyberattackers are using to plant malware.

AI tools will enable significant productivity and efficiency benefits for organizations in the coming year, but they also will exacerbate privacy, governance, and security risks.

As organizations on the continent expand their use of digital technologies, they increasingly face many of the same threats that entities in other regions have had to deal with for years.

Seemingly innocent "white pages," including an elaborate Star Wars-themed site, are bypassing Google’s malvertising filters, showing up high in search results to lure users to second-stage phishing sites.