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Cybercriminals are stealing Face ID scans to break into mobile banking accounts [Fri Feb 16 2024]

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Cybercriminals are stealing Face ID scans to break into mobile banking accounts

Deepfake-enabled attacks against Android and iOS users are netting criminals serious cash

 

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Microsoft 'retires' Azure IoT Central in platform rethink

After March, devs won’t be able to create new application resources, in 2027 the system will be shut down

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UK Cabinet Office hits pause on £9M Microsoft deal

Google Workspace hangout extended indefinitely

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Premium punters in the illustrious company of Hezbollah, Iranian militias, sanctioned Russian banks

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Apple Vision Pro units returned as folks just can't see themselves using it

Headaches, eyestrain, lack of killer apps cited as some seek refunds

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Pentagon launches nuke-spotting satellites amid Russian space bomb rumors

Dungeons and Dragons, high-waisted jeans, Cold War sabre rattling – the '80s are back, baby

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Out with the old, in with the new as 100 Starlink satellites take atmospheric exit

SpaceX doing some spring cleaning to deal with aging models before they fail

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Worried about the impending demise of Windows 10? Google wants you to give ChromeOS Flex a try

Hello, Mr. Frying Pan, meet Mr. Fire

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Cisco cuts 5% of workforce amid cautious enterprise spending

$800M charge facing network giant as customers work way through existing inventory

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HP CEO pay for 2023 = 270,315 printer cartridges

Reg metrics show Enrique Lores is worth a lot of ink

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WTF is 'deployment phasing'? One reason Cisco revenue just went backwards, is what

Splunk deal may close early, but AI is a way off turning into a money fountain. Meanwhile, Cisco waits for you to finish projects

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'Scandal-plagued' data broker tracked visits to '600 Planned Parenthood locations'

Anti-abortion group said to have used that monitoring to push ad campaign

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Quest Diagnostics pays $5M after mixing patient medical data with hazardous waste

Will cough up less than two days of annual profit in settlement – and California calls this a win

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Feds dismantle Russian GRU botnet built on 1,000-plus home, small biz routers

Beijing, now Moscow.… Who else is hiding in broadband gateways?

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Zoom stomps critical privilege escalation bug plus 6 other flaws

All desktop and mobile apps vulnerable to at least one of the vulnerabilities

Cybercriminals are stealing Face ID scans to break into mobile banking accounts

Deepfake-enabled attacks against Android and iOS users are netting criminals serious cash

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Miscreants turn to ad tech to measure malware metrics

Now that's what you call dual-use tech

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European Court of Human Rights declares backdoored encryption is illegal

Surprising third-act twist as Russian case means more freedom for all

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North Korea running malware-laden gambling websites as-a-service

$5k a month for the site. $3k for tech support. Infection with malware and funding a despot? Priceless

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Google debuts Gemini 1.5 Pro model in challenge to rivals

OpenAI meanwhile teases experimental text-to-vid system Sora

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Air Canada must pay damages after chatbot lies to grieving passenger about discount

Airline tried arguing virtual assistant was solely responsible for its own actions

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Microsoft warns Dev Drive daredevils to back up or beware after latest build

Rolling back will cause data loss, Windows Insiders told

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Broadcom moves to reassure VMware users as rivals smell an opportunity

'They want a closed shop,' claims service provider

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IT body proposes that AI pros get leashed and licensed to uphold ethics

Set up a register and strike them off for bad behavior

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Twilio reminds users that Authy Desktop apps die next month – not in August

'This is an excellent way to piss off thousands of developers'

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In pursuit of artificial general intelligence, Meta adds Broadcom boss Hock Tan to its board

Zuck needs silicon smarts – and the energy experience of a former Enron exec

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Slack adds AI to help users cope with chat overload

Summarizes threads you just can't keep up with and beefs up search

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Intuitive Machines IM-1 heading for Moon on SpaceX rocket

Taking Disaster Recovery as a Service to lunar extremes

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WATSON picks up slack on Mars for SHERLOC as Perseverance gadgets show age

The curious incident of the instrument cover on the Red Planet rover

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