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PixPirate Android malware uses new tactic to hide on phones

PixPirate Android malware uses new tactic to hide on phones

Jennifer Bichara
March 15, 2024

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Tech News TL;DR

This week’s IT and tech news in 5-minutes-ish or less

Cyber-Security

Hackers exploit Windows SmartScreen flaw to drop DarkGate malware

Fortinet warns of critical RCE bug in endpoint management software

PixPirate Android malware uses new tactic to hide on phones

Tor’s new WebTunnel bridges mimic HTTPS traffic to evade censorship

Okta says data leaked on hacking forum not from its systems

Equilend warns employees their data was stolen by ransomware gang

Over 15,000 hacked Roku accounts sold for 50¢ each to buy hardware

Magnet Goblin hackers use 1-day flaws to drop custom Linux malware

Artificial Intelligence

What is Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot and how does it work?

Google DeepMind trains a video game-playing AI to be your co-op companion

Anti-AI sentiment gets big applause at SXSW 2024 as moviemaker dubs AI cheerleading as ‘terrifying bullsh**’

Google won’t let you use its Gemini AI to answer questions about an upcoming election in your country

Can AI shorten PC replacement cycles? Dell seems to think so

Generative AI and the wizardry of the wide-open ecosystem

New York Times: OpenAI’s claim we 'hacked' its products both 'irrelevant' and 'false'

Oracle AI buzz means Larry Ellison's worth $15B more today

Misc

House Passes Bill to Force TikTok Sale From Chinese Owner or Ban the App

Microsoft decides it's done with Azure egress ransoms

Network Rail steps back from geofencing over safety fears

PlanetScale ends free tier bid, sheds staff in profitability bid

The Cloud Outgrows Linux, And Sparks A New Operating System

The end of classic Outlook for Windows is coming. Are you ready?

Oh look, cracking down on Big Tech works. Brave, Firefox, Vivaldi surge on iOS

Meta sues ex infra VP for allegedly stealing top-secret datacenter blueprints

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