Google killer, killed: Neeva and the limits of privacy as a philosophy
Well, that was fast. Just under two years after splashing into the world with all sorts of provocative promises, a search startup that was set on convincing people to pay for a privacy-centric Google alternative is shutting its doors. Neeva, founded by a pair of former Google executives and the subject of intense fascination within […] more…Europe must lead in semiconductor manufacturing: EU Commissioner
Europe must manufacture its own cutting-edge chips or risk being left to build old-style chips, said EU Commissioner Thierry Breton during a keynote speech to semiconductor companies this week. Europe must refuse “any attempt of geographical segmentation where Europe would produce mature nodes, while Asia and the US would produce advanced nodes,” Breton said while speaking […] more…VirusTotal += Mandiant Permhash: Unearthing adversary infrastructure and toolkits by leveraging permissions similarity
Last Monday our colleagues over at Mandiant rolled out Permhash. In their own words, Permhash is an extensible framework to hash the declared permissions applied to Chromium-based browser extensions and APKs allowing for clustering, hunting, and pivoting similar to import hashing and rich header hashing. We are excited to announce that we have been working […] more…Survey: Most workers would welcome digital monitoring to boost productivity
Workers will accept digital tools that monitor them as long as the oversight helpd them be more productive, according to a new survey by research firm Gartner. A whopping 96% of “digital workers” indicated they would be willing to accept electronic monitoring of their online work in exchange for training opportunities or career development (34%); learning […] more…VT Code Insight: Updates and Q&A on Purpose, Challenges, and Evolution
Following the announcement of VirusTotal Code Insight at the RSA Conference 2023, we’ve been thrilled by the overwhelmingly positive response from the cybersecurity community. As enthusiasm grows, we’ve been flooded with inquiries from those keen to discover more about Code Insight. To address these questions, we’ve put together a Q&A covering popular topics, including news […] more…The most significant Google Pixel news no one’s noticing
Holy moly! We got absolutely smothered by a virtual avalanche of sloshy Google goodness this week. The company’s annual I/O event was exceptionally overflowing with huge news on Wednesday — ranging from a slew of incoming Android features around Android 14 to all the artificial intelligence insanity and, of course, the trio (yes, trio!) of […] more…Will Bing and Edge become the center of the Microsoft universe?
Microsoft has long failed in Internet search and browsing. The company has spent plenty of time, money, marketing and development resources to catch up — to no avail. In search, Google has a stranglehold with 85% of the worldwide search market share in the first quarter of 2023, compared to 9% for Bing. In browsing, […] more…Apple, platform security, and the next big war
When Apple CEO Tim Cook in 2016 warned of a cybersecurity war, he was specifically discussing the pressure Apple then faced to create back doors on its platforms so law enforcement could snoop on users. He was championing encryption and opposing the creation of designer vulnerabilities that can be exploited by any entity that […] more…Generative AI is about to destroy your company. Will you stop it?
As the debate rages about how much IT admins and CISOs should use generative AI — especially for coding — SailPoint CISO Rex Booth sees a wide range of obstacles before enterprises can see any benefits, especially given the industry’s less-than-stellar history of making the right security decisions. Google has already decided to publicly leverage generative AI in […] more…How to pick the best content services platform for your business
Enterprise content management (ECM), an umbrella term for the processes and tools that organizations use to capture, store, secure, retrieve, and manage business data in its many forms, is dead. So declared Gartner in 2017. Companies still needed to manage all that content, of course, but vendors were adopting a new approach that required new […] more…Janco: IT managers earn more than other top execs
IT executives and managers are among the most highly paid workers in US corporations, according to a new report based on the latest data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The BLS this week updated its Occupational Employment and Wages Summary for 2022; it showed computer and information research scientists earn on average […] more…IT staffers would help colleagues avoid monitoring software
The use of invasive monitoring software that tracks employee productivity is unlikely to be popular with workers — and it turns out IT staffers aren’t keen on deploying the technology either. In fact, many IT workers are apparently willing to defy company policy and help colleagues find workarounds to avoid being spied on by the […] more…Google adds data loss prevention, security features to Chrome
Google today rolled out several new features for enterprise users of its Chrome browser, including data loss prevention (DLP), protections against malware and phishing, and the ability to enable zero-trust access to the search engine. In all, Google highlighted six new features for Chrome – three of them specific to the browser’s existing DLP capabilities. A […] more…APT43: An investigation into the North Korean group’s cybercrime operations
Introduction As recently reported by our Mandiant’s colleagues, APT43 is a threat actor believed to be associated with North Korea. APT43’s main targets include governmental institutions, research groups, think tanks, business services, and the manufacturing sector, with most victims located in the United States and South Korea. The group uses a variety of techniques and […] more…NSO Group returns with triple iOS 15/16 zero-click spyware attack
No matter what US President Joseph R. Biden Jr. said, NSO Group is still around; the privatized spying service produced zero-click exploits against iOS 15 and iOS 16 last year, according to the latest report from Citizen Lab. It also suggests Lockdown Mode is effective against such attacks. A trio of exploits used in complex form […] more…Fed’s Zelle-like instant payment system to go live in July, hundreds now testing
The US Federal Reserve (Fed) is preparing to launch a new financial network that would eliminate any wait time for sending and receiving payments. The system is now being tested by more than 100 market participants. The FedNow Service, which has been in pilot since Jan. 2021, is planned to launch in July. “It’s a game […] more…More information
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