Tag: financial

Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/hearing-on-the-federal-government-and-ai.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Hearing on the Federal Government and AI Feedly Summary: On Thursday I testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform at a hearing titled “The Federal Government in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” The other speakers mostly talked about how cool AI was—and sometimes about…

AWS News Blog: Now open – AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region

Jun 6, 2025

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Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-open-aws-asia-pacific-taipei-region/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: Now open – AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region Feedly Summary: Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that AWS Asia Pacific (Taipei) Region is generally available with three Availability Zones and Region code ap-east-2. The new Region brings AWS infrastructure and services closer to customers in Taiwan. Skyline…

Krebs on Security: Proxy Services Feast on Ukraine’s IP Address Exodus

Jun 5, 2025

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Source URL: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/06/proxy-services-feast-on-ukraines-ip-address-exodus/ Source: Krebs on Security Title: Proxy Services Feast on Ukraine’s IP Address Exodus Feedly Summary: Ukraine has seen nearly one-fifth of its Internet space come under Russian control or sold to Internet address brokers since February 2022, a new study finds. The analysis indicates large chunks of Ukrainian Internet address space are…

Slashdot: Fake IT Support Calls Hit 20 Orgs, End in Stolen Salesforce Data and Extortion, Google Warns

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Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/06/04/1654250/fake-it-support-calls-hit-20-orgs-end-in-stolen-salesforce-data-and-extortion-google-warns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Fake IT Support Calls Hit 20 Orgs, End in Stolen Salesforce Data and Extortion, Google Warns Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a cybersecurity incident involving a group of financially motivated scammers, known as UNC6040, who executed voice-phishing attacks to manipulate employees into installing…

The Register: Fake IT support calls hit 20 orgs, end in stolen Salesforce data and extortion, Google warns

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/04/fake_it_support_calls_hit/ Source: The Register Title: Fake IT support calls hit 20 orgs, end in stolen Salesforce data and extortion, Google warns Feedly Summary: Victims include hospitality, retail and education sectors A group of financially motivated cyberscammers who specialize in Scattered-Spider-like fake IT support phone calls managed to trick employees at about 20 organizations…

Cloud Blog: Hello, Operator? A Technical Analysis of Vishing Threats

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/technical-analysis-vishing-threats/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Hello, Operator? A Technical Analysis of Vishing Threats Feedly Summary: Written by: Nick Guttilla Introduction Organizations are increasingly relying on diverse digital communication channels for essential business operations. The way employees interact with colleagues, access corporate resources, and especially, receive information technology (IT) support is often conducted through…

Cloud Blog: The Cost of a Call: From Voice Phishing to Data Extortion

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/voice-phishing-data-extortion/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: The Cost of a Call: From Voice Phishing to Data Extortion Feedly Summary: Introduction Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) is tracking UNC6040, a financially motivated threat cluster that specializes in voice phishing (vishing) campaigns specifically designed to compromise organization’s Salesforce instances for large-scale data theft and subsequent extortion.…

Slashdot: Morgan Stanley Says Its AI Tool Processed 9 Million Lines of Legacy Code This Year And Saved 280,000 Developer Hours

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Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/06/04/1233253/morgan-stanley-says-its-ai-tool-processed-9-million-lines-of-legacy-code-this-year-and-saved-280000-developer-hours?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Morgan Stanley Says Its AI Tool Processed 9 Million Lines of Legacy Code This Year And Saved 280,000 Developer Hours Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Morgan Stanley’s deployment of its in-house AI tool, DevGen.AI, exemplifies significant advancements in the modernization of legacy code, especially within financial…

Wired: Deepfake Scams Are Distorting Reality Itself

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