Google’s AI-Powered OSS-Fuzz Tool Finds 26 Vulnerabilities in Open-Source Projects

Nov 21, 2024Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Software Security Google has revealed that its AI-powered fuzzing tool, OSS-Fuzz, has been used to help identify 26 vulnerabilities in various open-source code repositories, including a medium-severity flaw in the OpenSSL cryptographic library. “These particular vulnerabilities represent a milestone for automated vulnerability finding: each was found with AI, using […]

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British regulators will soon announce competition remedies for the multibillion-pound cloud industry

Ofcom said it received evidence showing Microsoft makes it less attractive for customers to run its Office productivity apps on cloud infrastructure other than Microsoft Azure. Igor Golovniov | Sopa Images | Lightrocket via Getty Images LONDON — Britain’s competition regulator is preparing remedies aimed at solving competition issues in the multibillion-pound cloud computing industry. […]

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NodeStealer Malware Targets Facebook Ad Accounts, Harvesting Credit Card Data

Threat hunters are warning about an updated version of the Python-based NodeStealer that’s now equipped to extract more information from victims’ Facebook Ads Manager accounts and harvest credit card data stored in web browsers. “They collect budget details of Facebook Ads Manager accounts of their victims, which might be a gateway for Facebook malvertisement,” Netskope […]

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Snowflake shares pop 19% on earnings and revenue beat

Snowflake shares spiked 19% in extended trading on Wednesday after the data analytics software maker reported fiscal third-quarter earnings that beat estimates. Here’s how the company did, compared to LSEG analysts’ expectations: Earnings per share: 20 cents, adjusted vs. 15 cents expected Revenue: $942 million vs. $897 million expected Snowflake’s revenue rose 28% year over […]

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NASA Showcases New AI Tools That Can Help In Scientific Research

At the Supercomputing Conference or SC2024, NASA’s Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate, Nicola Fox, detailed new computational tools intended to advance space science. NASA plans to employ a large language model across its science divisions, bolstered by foundation models tailored to Earth science, heliophysics, astrophysics, planetary science, and biological and physical sciences. This […]

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Despite Finding No Evidence of UFO Sightings, US Govt Agency Raises Doubt

In a recent Senate testimony, Jon T. Kosloski, Director of the Pentagon’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), clarified the office’s stance on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and their ongoing investigations. Speaking to the U.S. Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities on November 19, Kosloski emphasised that AARO has yet to uncover verifiable […]

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Nvidia to report third-quarter earnings after the bell

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang arrives at the launch of the supercomputer Gefion, at the Vilhelm Lauritzen Terminal in Kastrup, Denmark, Oct. 23, 2024. Ritzau Scanpix | Mads Claus Rasmussen | Via Reuters Nvidia reports fiscal third-quarter earnings Wednesday after the market closes. Here’s what Wall Street is looking for, per LSEG consensus estimates: Revenue: $33.16 […]

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Ghost Tap: Hackers Exploiting NFCGate to Steal Funds via Mobile Payments

Nov 20, 2024Ravie LakshmananPayment Security / Cybercrime Threat actors are increasingly banking on a new technique that leverages near-field communication (NFC) to cash out victim’s funds at scale. The technique, codenamed Ghost Tap by ThreatFabric, enables cybercriminals to cash-out money from stolen credit cards linked to mobile payment services such as Google Pay or Apple […]

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Alphabet’s VC arm backs little-known SAP rival Odoo, boosting valuation to $5.3 billion

Fabien Pinckaers, CEO of Belgian-based enterprise software startup Odoo. Odoo Odoo, a startup taking on SAP in the realm of enterprise software, boosted its valuation to 5 billion euros ($5.3 billion) in a secondary share round led by Alphabet‘s venture fund and Sequoia Capital. The Belgium-based company develops open-source enterprise resource planning software, with over […]

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