Newscan: U.S. issues ‘emergency directive’ ordering government agencies to address critical software flaw

An order that would set price controls on the Airwave TETRA network that would cost Motorola Solutions more than $1 billion is expected to take effect within the next two month, although Motorola Solutions has indicated that its appeals likely will delay the effective date until next year. Last month, the UK Competition and Markets […]

In July last year, BMW announced its intention to make heated seats an $18-per-month subscription service. A week later, a group of hackers called Easy Bimmer Coding claimed they were prepared to help any BMW owner to unlock the subscription-only feature. The majority of today’s cyber-threats are more like the one described above, relatively low-profile […]

Attackers can exploit ChatGPT’s penchant for returning false information to spread malicious code packages, researchers have found. This poses a significant risk for the software supply chain, as it can allow malicious code and trojans to slide into legitimate applications and code repositories like npm, PyPI, GitHub and others. By leveraging so-called “AI package hallucinations,” threat actors can create ChatGPT-recommended, […]

Amazon was recently fined more than $30 million for customer privacy breaches, demonstrating the rising need for cybersecurity and data protection at a time where smart devices are becoming increasingly common. While there is some legislation in place accommodating smart devices, the sheer volume of devices coming online is still proving an industry bottleneck, and a […]