Content: Follow Up, Security, AI, New Tech, Other Tech News & Goodbye Tech
Welcome to todays ‘What’s New’ in tech. A roundup of key subjects you should probably know about listed below for your ease of access. If you think we’ve missed a story please email us on queries@ringingtreeit.co.uk and we’ll endeavour to add it.
Sometimes the News releases updates to stories we’ve shared.
This section will appear when we spot them so you can keep appraised.
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“After Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber described a prototype mouse with upgrades you might pay for, the company says it’s not an actual product.“
“We have previously reported on the brand impersonation issue with Google ads: users who search for popular keywords are shown malicious ads that purport to be from an official vendor.“
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“Apple has released security updates for many of its products in order to patch several vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to steal sensitive information from a locked device.“
“A malicious campaign targeting Android devices worldwide utilizes thousands of Telegram bots to infect devices with SMS-stealing malware and steal one-time 2FA passwords (OTPs) for over 600 services.“
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“Scammers refer to their victims as pigs, whom they fatten up to be “butchered” – or conned, out of as much money as possible.“
“The breach took place in 2022 and included sensitive personal information including medical records and “how to gain entry to the homes of 890 people”.“
“Sonic Automotive filed a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday alongside the release of its quarterly financials, confirming that like its rivals, it too was materially affected by the incident at CDK.“
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“A lawsuit has accused a Florida data broker of carelessly failing to secure billions of records of people’s private information, which was subsequently stolen from the biz and sold on an online criminal marketplace.“
“Criminals are preying on Windows users yet again, this time in an effort to hit them with a keylogger that can also steal credentials and take screenshots.“
“Today, with a few decades of surveillance tech advancements and some clever feats of physics, all it would take to grab that password—as well as anything typed on the computer, or, for that matter, every word spoken in the room—would be a well-aimed infrared laser.“
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“Since the early 1990s, people have used doxing as a toxic way to strike digital revenge—stripping away someone’s anonymity by unmasking their identity online.“
“Black Hat A funny thing happened to security researchers at attack surface management company runZero when they were digging into the xz backdoor earlier this year: They found a whole bunch of vulnerabilities stemming from poorly secured or implemented SSH services.“
“Researchers say cybercriminals can have fun bypassing one of Microsoft’s anti-phishing measures in Outlook with some simple CSS tweaks.“
“Reading the press release, we’ve never seen the word “provisionally” appear so many times in such a short bit of copy, but the Information Commissioner’s Office’s (ICO) really sought to hammer home the fact that nothing is set in stone and the ultimate punishment will be decided after the vendor has had its say on the matter.“
“The software nasty, dubbed SharpRhino on account of its use of C#, is hidden in a fake version of the scanning tool posted to typo-squatted websites – which to the casual eye look legit but have slightly misspelled URLs to trick victims into running the code.“
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“Company says outage caused by single sensor error“
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“Santander is placing the videos, depicting its fraud lead Chris Ainsley and influencer Timi Merriman-Johnson – also known as @mrmoneyjar, on social media to help raise awareness.“
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“A new report by a watchdog group traces the ad exchanges profiting off low-quality obituaries riddled with disturbing errors.“
“This is according to vuln finders at Wiz, which responsibly disclosed details on the five previously unreported – and since patched – bugs within Core AI that it dubbed SAPwned.“
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“Parent company Yum! Brands has been testing its “Voice AI” technology at more than 100 Taco Bell drive-thru locations in the US, and now Yum!“
“Anaconda, the maker and distributor of data science tools, has unleashed a public beta of Anaconda Code that enables Python code to be run locally within Microsoft Excel.“
“The “cool paint” launched on Tuesday promises to reduce both external and internal car temperatures, offering a potential solution to the discomfort and energy consumption associated with overheated vehicles as summers get longer and hotter.“
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“Other wildlife destinations can also download and customize the tool for themselves.“
“The landmark decision on Monday is a major blow to Alphabet, Google’s parent company, and could reshape how technology giants do business.“
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“The UK’s £1.3 billion ($1.66 billion) plan for AI and tech investment that included an £800 million ($1 billion) exascale supercomputer at Edinburgh University has gone up in smoke.“
“After falling down in the estimations of major browser makers Google and Mozilla, Entrust faces a lengthy fight on its hands to regain industry trust and once more issue trusted TLS certificates.“
“The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has agreed to reserve the .internal top-level domain so it can become the equivalent to using the 10.0.0.0, 172.16.0.0 and 192.168.0.0 IPv4 address blocks for internal networks.“
“State-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, whose subsidiary China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) was the launch general contractor, deemed the launch of 18 satellites aboard a Long March-6 rocket “a complete success.”“
““In accordance with NTIA’s commitment to Internet stability and security, NTIA intends to renew its Agreement with Verisign,” said Alan Davidson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator, in an August 2, 2024 letter to Verisign CEO D. James Bidzos.“
“In a class action complaint filed in California on Monday, lawyers acting on behalf of 13-year-old girl named only as “AA” accused the social media giant of using compulsive design to keep minors scrolling despite knowing that it could harm their mental health.“
“Apple’s new Distraction Control feature will literally wipe out annoying ads from websites.“
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“After over a decade of selling the Chromecast, Google will replace it with the new Google TV Streamer.“
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“With the stable release of Chrome 127 on July 23, 2024, the full spectrum of Chrome users could see the warning. One user of the content-blocking add-on filed a GitHub Issue about the notification.“
