Feb 22, 2023Ravie LakshmananOpen Source / Supply Chain Attack In what's a continuing assault on the open source ecosystem, over 15,000 spam packages have flooded the npm repository in an attempt to distribute phishing links. "The packages were created using automated processes, with project descriptions and auto-generated names that closely resembled one another," Checkmarx researcher Yehuda … [Read more...]
PayPal Bets on Chaos Labs, Co-Leads $20 Million Seed Funding for On-Chain Risk Optimiser
PayPal, which has been betting big on the crypto sector for a while now, continues to deepen its relationship with the digital assets industry. PayPal has recently participated in a seed funding round for Chaos Labs, which is an on-chain risk optimiser. PayPal has co-led the funding round with venture capital firm Galaxy in favour of this cloud-based platform. Both the firms have collectively … [Read more...]
Best Medical & Healthcare Web Design Inspirations from Agencies
Patients’ perception of healthcare and medical organizations is strongly influenced by the design of their websites. A well-designed website can not only inform and educate people about the services provided but also create a sense of trust and credibility. From the layout and navigation to the imagery and typography, every element of a healthcare website design should be carefully … [Read more...]
3 Steps to Automate Your Third-Party Risk Management Program
Feb 22, 2023The Hacker NewsCyber Risk Management If you Google "third-party data breaches" you will find many recent reports of data breaches that were either caused by an attack at a third party or sensitive information stored at a third-party location was exposed. Third-party data breaches don't discriminate by industry because almost every company is operating with some sort of vendor … [Read more...]
News in the fediverse
On a recent episode of You’re Wrong About, Sarah Marshall delivered a crisp summary of how the 24-hour news cycle came to be. This led me to realize that many among us do not remember when news was confined to time slots: the 7 o’clock news, the 11 o’clock news, the morning paper. I think it might be healthy to bring that back in some form. From the excitement I heard in their voices I gather that … [Read more...]
Avoiding vendor lock-in and the data gravity trap
In order to remain competitive, today’s businesses need to always be innovating. However, innovating remains a challenge for many organizations as they struggle to adopt the technologies they need to enable it. One of the primary reasons for this struggle is that these organizations are locked into a specific vendor’s technology. Customer lock-in happens when a customer is unable to migrate … [Read more...]
Hydrochasma: New Threat Actor Targets Shipping Companies and Medical Labs in Asia
Feb 22, 2023Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Cyber Attack Shipping companies and medical laboratories in Asia have been the subject of a suspected espionage campaign carried out by a never-before-seen threat actor dubbed Hydrochasma. The activity, which has been ongoing since October 2022, "relies exclusively on publicly available and living-off-the-land tools," Symantec, by Broadcom Software, … [Read more...]
A Simplified Overview to React Library.
WHAT IS REACT ?React is a javascript library and as a JavaScript library this means that react is a collection of prewritten code snippets, that can be used and reused to perform some javascript functions. Now React is a javascript library that allows you use components to build user interfaces. so we could freely say that react is mainly a declarative, component based, javascript library. With … [Read more...]
Samsung says users will be able to clone their voice to respond to calls
/ The feature is currently only available in Korean as part of the Bixby Text Call service, which lets you respond to voice calls silently using a text-to-speech function.a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 … [Read more...]
Cocaine Bear’s Absurdist Premise Points to Decent Box Office Estimate: Report
Cocaine Bear — releasing Friday in theatres — might not be in the same league as Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, but early estimates suggest it could pave the way for more promising mid-budget movies. As per Variety, the Elizabeth Banks-directed dark comedy film is expected to rake in $15 million (about Rs. 124 crore) to $17 million (about Rs. 141 crore) at the North American box … [Read more...]
An In-Depth Look at Tesla’s Marketing Strategy
Prepare to be wowed by one of the most innovative and trailblazing car companies in the world – Tesla. With its game-changing electric vehicles and futuristic technology, it’s no surprise that Tesla has become a household name. Its sleek designs, advanced self-driving features, and impressive acceleration have captured the attention of car enthusiasts and tech geeks alike. In this blog … [Read more...]
Samsung's Bixby now supports text-to-speech in English calls
Last year, Samsung introduced a feature called "Text Call" for Bixby with One UI 5, which essentially transforms voice calls into written text and vice versa. It was initially available in Korean, but now the company has launched support for the feature in (US) English. The feature lets users answer calls by typing a message that Bixby will then read out loud to the caller. It can also transcribe … [Read more...]
Samsung Galaxy S23 FE Tipped to Feature Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC: Details
Samsung Galaxy S23, tipped to debut as an affordable version of the recently launched Galaxy S23 series of smartphones, could be equipped with a flagship chipset launched by Qualcomm last year. The South Korean conglomerate did not announce a successor to the Galaxy S21 FE that was launched last year, but recent reports suggest that the company could launch the Galaxy S23 FE in H2 2023. Samsung's … [Read more...]
Wednesday’s top tech news: Section 230 on trial
Yesterday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google, which is a case with potentially huge ramifications for Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (aka, “The Twenty-Six words that Created the Internet”). My colleague Adi Robertson has a great writeup of the day’s proceedings, which centers around whether YouTube’s video recommendation algorithm represents a form of … [Read more...]
Baidu to deploy conversational AI across search, in-car entertainment and more
Baidu today revealed more details about its much-anticipated intelligent Ernie Bot, widely seen as the search giant’s counterpart to ChatGPT. Ernie Bot is built atop Baidu’s large language model Erniethat released in 2019. In May last year, the third generation of Ernie launched. Here’s how Baidu plans to integrate Ernie Bot into its ecosystem of services, said the firm’s founder and CEO … [Read more...]
How to write Python extensions in Rust with PyO3
Every programming language has strengths and weaknesses. Python offers many convenient programming conventions but is computationally slow. Rust gives you machine-level speed and strong memory safety but is more complex than Python. The good news is, you can combine the two languages, wielding Python's ease of use to harness Rust's speed and power. The PyO3 project lets you leverage the best of … [Read more...]
WhatsApp is working on a private newsletter feature
/ Details for WhatsApp’s upcoming ‘Newsletter’ feature were discovered in the code of its latest beta update. a:hover]:text-black [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-e9 dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray-63 [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-13 dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63">It’s early days, but WhatsApp’s 2 billion active users … [Read more...]
Gran Turismo 7 VR hands-on: it might make you a PSVR 2 believer
/ PSVR 2 reviewers didn’t get to review Gran Turismo in VR — here’s why that’s a shame. Today, Sony is officially launching its PlayStation VR2 headset. It costs $550, and you can read our PSVR 2 review right here. But there are a few key experiences that Sony didn’t distribute to reviewers ahead of time — like a day-one patch for Gran Turismo 7 that makes almost the entire racing game playable in … [Read more...]
Twitter will now alert you if a tweet you interacted with gets a Community Note
Fake news can travel fast on Twitter when amplified by likes and retweets, but now you'll be alerted if you've been an accessory to one of those lies. Starting today, you'll be notified if a tweet you've liked, replied to or retweeted receives a Community Note showing possible misinformation, the company said in a tweet spotted by TechCrunch. "Starting today, you’ll get a heads up if a … [Read more...]
Honor Magic 5 With Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC Spotted on Geekbench Ahead of Launch: Report
Honor Magic 5 series has been confirmed to be unveiled on February 27 at the Mobile World Congress 2023 event in Barcelona. Along with the flagship smartphone series, the Chinese manufacturer has revealed the release of the foldable Honor Magic Vs on the same day. The Honor Magic 5 series is expected to consist of three models - the base Honor Magic 5, the Honor Magic 5 Pro, and the Honor Magic 5 … [Read more...]