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March 13, 2025, The Hague, Cybernaise Sweep, The Netherlands Founded in 2024, Modat – a research-driven, AI-driven cybersecurity company created in Europe has announced the launch of its premier product, Modat Magnify. Designed by cybersecurity experts, the team behind the products aims to make the lives of these individuals easier and faster by providing access to the largest available internet “device DNA” dataset. “Device DNA” catalogs important attributes of each Internet-connected device to create a unique profile. fast. AI-powered for unparalleled speed. Continuously scans the entire internet and identify enemy infrastructure in real time. Smart. Research enhances the development of…
The issue of Europe’s ability to survive the storm is looming heavily amid geopolitical tensions and unstable markets, especially as President Trump appears to be intended to have his pound tariffs from the continent. However, the large new report argues that it will become an important pillar of Europe’s security, defense and future autonomy, particularly from the United States. DeepTech raised 15 billion euros ($16.3 billion) in venture investments in 2024, according to a 184-page report from venture companies Reikestar, Walden Catalyst, Dealroom and DeepTech Conference. The report also found that almost a third of all venture capital invested in…
Taiwan’s President Lai Qingte claims that China is deepening its “influence campaign” on the island.Taiwan’s President William Lai Qingte said China is deepening its spying and invasion campaign against the island, and his government will propose various measures to counter Beijing’s efforts to “absorb” Taiwan. Speaking to reporters after meeting with security officials on Thursday, Lai said Beijing was trying to nurture relations with members of Taiwanese society, including organized crime groups, media personalities and police officers. “They are [China] We are carrying out activities such as division, destruction, subversion from within us,” Lai said. He added that stricter measures…
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi said on Thursday that Android smartphones for sale in India will be pre-installed with the App Store of Indian fintech company PhonePe. Xiaomi Android smartphones usually come with Google’s Play Store and Chinese companies’ own GetApps pre-installed. Xiaomi said it has signed a multi-year agreement with Phonepe to replace GetApps with the latter Indus Appstore. This confirms TechCrunch’s report on the partnership last year. Google’s Play Store is still pre-installed on Xiaomi devices. The company did not specify whether the Indus Appstore will also be deployed to existing Xiaomi devices already on sale, or whether it…
The Home Minister says he can’t wait to “see” the behind-the-scenes content creators who posted the video with Marsupial.Australia is reviewing the visa status of American content creators who have posted videos of themselves taking baby wombats from their mothers. In the now-deleted video, Sam Jones picks up a marsupial and runs across the road as his mother follows from behind. “I caught a baby wombat,” Jones, who describes herself as an “outdoor enthusiast” and “hunter” on social media, says in the video. “Okay, mommy is right there and she’s mad. Let’s let him go,” Jones says. Then say before…
MANILA, Philippines – It has been almost eight years since the Sakurt and Juan Carlos brothers disappeared one morning in Quezon, a vast northern part of the Manila metropolitan area. Within a day it was discovered that their invigorating bodies were plagued by bullets. However, the pain of their brutal murder has continued to plague their mother, Llore Pasco, for the past few years. That morning in May 2017, Crisanto, a 34-year-old father of four, left the house early to pick up a license to work as a private security guard. Soon, part-time utility bill collector Juan Carlos, 31, kicked…
Russia last week ousted Ukrainian troops from most of the territory it controlled in the Russian region of Kursk, raising doubts about whether the week-long US intelligence cutoff effectively helped Russia’s counterattack. The US said it had restored intelligence news sharing and military aid to Ukraine on Tuesday night after Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire plan that was debated for nine and a half hours in Riyadh. Russia’s efforts to recapture Kursk on March 6, the day after the White House cut off military and intelligence news aid to Ukraine. According to Ukrainian general staff, Russian forces attacked 32 times…
March 13, 2025Ravi LakshmananOpen Source/Vulnerability Meta warns that security vulnerabilities affecting free-type open-source font rendering libraries may have been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability is assigned to the CVE identifier CVE-2025-27363, with a CVSS score of 8.1, indicating a high severity. It is described as an unbound writing flaw, which can be exploited to achieve remote code execution when parsing a specific font file. “When trying to parse the font subgallif structures associated with TrueType GX and variable font files, out-of-range writes exist under Freetype version 2.13.0,” the company said in its advisory. “The vulnerable code assigns a signed…
March 13, 2025Ravi LakshmananBrowser Security/Encryption Browser maker Mozilla is urging users to update their Firefox instances to the latest version to avoid facing the use of add-ons due to the imminent expiration date of the root certificate. “On March 14, 2025, the root certificate used to validate the signed content and add-ons for various Mozilla projects, including Firefox, will expire,” says Mozilla. “For ESR users including Windows 7/8/8.1 and MacOS 10.12-10.14 users, if you do not update to Firefox version 128 or later (or ESR 115.13+), this expiration date can cause serious issues with add-ons, content signing, and DRM-protected media…
A huge portion of online traffic comes from bots, both for the good and for the bad, but AI is driving the latter. From DDOS attacks to scraping, there is a new barrage of threats that businesses must deal with. According to cybersecurity entrepreneur Nikita Rosenberg, the impact of SMB is even more severe. “The main difference is that large companies can usually survive with it. Most of these threats can simply kill small businesses.” This led him to launch Blackwall, an Estonia-based startup previously known as Botguard. This focus also influenced the product roadmap. Recently, e-commerce websites have launched…