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Dell mandates sales staff to return to office full-time
Dell is ordering its global sales staff to return to the office five days a week. It said it was needed to harness the “unique environment” of the company’s sales floor.
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X blocks links to hacked Trump campaign docs about JD Vance
An American journalist has finally published a document stolen from the Donald Trump campaign, part of a dossier about JD Vance, Trump’s running mate. However, X is blocking links to the posting.
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Youtuber MKBHD’s app leaking pricy wallpapers for free
“F***YourWallpapers” – internet users are scraping Marques Brownlee’s infamous Panels app, which is not only wildly expensive but also wildly unsafe.
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Did Justin Bieber really sing that song about Diddy?
Sean “Diddy” Combs has been charged, and an old single allegedly created by Justin Bieber referencing a “Diddy party” has gone viral. However, the song was most likely generated using artificial intelligence.
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Wi-Fi at major UK train stations hacked to display terror messages
Passengers logging on to public Wi-Fi at some of the biggest train stations in the UK, including London King’s Cross and Manchester Piccadilly, were met with messages about terror attacks in Europe.
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FTC cracks down on companies abusing AI hype
An AI lawyer doesn’t deliver, a fake reviews generator is used for deception, and AI-powered money-making machines do not earn money. These are some of the cases targeted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC’s message: AI can’t be used for tricking, misleading, or defrauding consumers.
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Shein accused of ‘greenwashing’ website and misleading consumers, regulators claim
Fast fashion clothing retailer Shein is being investigated for misleading consumers into thinking the bargain-basement priced e-commerce giant is more environmentally sustainable than it really is, Italy’s consumer watchdog agency said.
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No more RedTube and Tube8 in Alabama
Users of adult content sites have been notified about an impending loss of access as a new age verification law is enforced.
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Report: Trump campaign hack still ongoing
The Donald Trump presidential campaign has been aware of a hack since mid-August. But the penetration by malign foreign actors is apparently continuing.
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Major Russian pirate library Flibusta shuts down as founder battles terminal cancer
The free pirate library Flibusta, outlawed and blocked in Russia, has closed down as its creator fights an aggressive brain tumor.
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MoneyGram cyberattack leads to days-long outage, unprocessed payments
MoneyGram, a US financial payment services firm, announced on Tuesday that it is making some progress in restoring operations after a full-blown cyberattack incapacitated its networks over the weekend.
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'We are deeply sorry' CrowdStrike VP testifies to US lawmakers over outage
CrowdStrike’s Head of Intelligence apologized to a US House Homeland Security Committee in Washington on Tuesday, taking the blame for the company’s release of a faulty software update that led to the worldwide failure of millions of Microsoft Windows-run computers in July.
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Riot Games increases prices by up to 76%: which regions will be most affected?
Popular game developer Riot Games has announced changes in its virtual currency pricing. While many regions are affected, Ukraine is hit hardest with a 76% increase in prices across major games like League of Legends and Valorant.
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Russia, Iran, China use AI to boost online campaigns against Kamala Harris
Russia, Iran, and China are also participating in the US presidential election. American intelligence officials say they’re using AI tools to sway the population ahead of November’s vote.
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AI makes ethical hackers 40% more effective, twice as productive, EC-Council claims
Cyber Pros need to turbocharge their skills with AI if they want to stay competitive. A certification company says that AI doubles an ethical hacker’s productivity and increases their effectiveness by 40%.
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Crooks, beware: Telegram will now hand over your data to authorities if asked
Pavel Durov seems to have had enough trouble with the law. The Telegram CEO, who was detained in France in late August, has said that his platform will now provide authorities with some user data if they request it legally.
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Kaspersky users shocked by automatic antivirus replacement without explicit permission
Kaspersky users in the US woke up thinking that their system had been compromised, as they found UltraAV antivirus and UltraVPN automatically installed on their systems without warning.
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Ukraine sees shift in Russian hacking tactics: more widespread, less severe
After failing to induce the desired panic among civilians or achieve a battlefield impact, Russian threat actors in Ukraine have pivoted to targeting any systems related to war and politics and maintaining a low profile.
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After summer leak, Disney is doing away with Slack for good
It was to be expected that Disney would take action to secure its system after a hacktivist group stole over one terabyte of data from the company’s internal messaging channels. And the firm is doing just that by ditching Slack.
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New FTC report slams social media firms for harmful data use
YouTube, Amazon, Facebook, and other similar tech companies are failing to protect users from privacy intrusion and safeguard children and teens on their platforms, says the US Federal Trade Commission.
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