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London, United Kingdom, March 5th, 2025, CyberNewsWire AI Soft has announced the upcoming public release of Alli AI, an advanced artificial intelligence-powered platform designed for content creation. Following the conclusion of a closed beta phase, the platform will soon be available with a free trial version, allowing users to explore its capabilities. Alli AI offers a range of tools for image enhancement, background modification, photo animation, video generation, and voice synthesis, catering to designers, photographers, marketers, and digital creators. Expanding AI Applications in Content Creation Alli AI functions as both an editor and a content generator, with applications spanning social…
Introduction Many generative AI use cases still revolve around Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), yet consistently fall short of user expectations. Despite the growing body of research on RAG improvements and even adding Agents into the process, many solutions still fail to return exhaustive results, miss information that is critical but infrequently mentioned in the documents, require multiple search iterations, and generally struggle to reconcile key themes across multiple documents. To top it all off, many implementations still rely on cramming as much “relevant” information as possible into the model’s context window alongside detailed system and user prompts. Reconciling all this…
Microsoft warns that Chinese cyber-espionage threat group ‘Silk Typhoon’ has shifted its tactics, now targeting remote management tools and cloud services in supply chain attacks that give them access to downstream customers. The tech giant has confirmed breaches across multiple industries, including government, IT services, healthcare, defense, education, NGOs, and energy. “They [Silk Typhoon] exploit unpatched applications that allow them to elevate their access in targeted organizations and conduct further malicious activities,” reads Microsoft’s report. “After successfully compromising a victim, Silk Typhoon uses the stolen keys and credentials to infiltrate customer networks where they can then abuse a variety of…
“The contractors and companies will hack more or less speculatively, motivated by profit to cast a wide net,” the DOJ official says. China, the official says, “is fostering reckless and indiscriminate targeting of vulnerable computers worldwide, even if it doesn’t task or obtain the fruits of those hacks. This leads to a less secure and more vulnerable environment.”Shanghai-based firm i-Soon, a contractor to China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) and Ministry of Public Security (MPS) that the DOJ says employed eight of the alleged hackers, charged its Chinese government customers in some cases based on how many email inboxes it…
Cybersecurity researchers at Microsoft Threat Intelligence have observed that Silk Typhoon aka HAFNIUM, a Chinese espionage group known for its technical skill, is now using common IT solutions as a gateway into networks. Instead of solely relying on highly critical security vulnerabilities in major systems, the group is turning its attention to everyday tools like remote management applications and cloud services. The shift in tactics aligns with changes adopted by other sophisticated espionage groups worldwide. This trend was first reported in May 2024, highlighting how Russian hackers are moving away from custom payloads in favour of readily available malware. A…
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What if Africa became the next hub for blockchain innovation? On March 5, 2025, COTI announced the Africa Tokenization Council, partnering with key players to drive AI and blockchain adoption across Africa and the Middle East. This effort brings together African officials and global blockchain leaders to spark investment and innovation in the region. COTI’s council includes Dr. Mansour Almalik, a Saudi expert with over two decades in government and academia, and Alaa Bishara, an entrepreneur blending real estate with crypto. They join COTI CEO Shahaf Bar-Geffen and Chief Ecosystems Officer Joshua Maddox to tap into a $5 trillion market…
Update: AT&T announced a cybersecurity breach on July 12th that exposed call records and text data for a significant portion of its customer base. This includes customers on mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) that use AT&T’s network, like Cricket, Boost Mobile, and Consumer Cellular. The compromised data covers a period between May 1, 2022, and October 31, 2022, with a small number of records from January 2, 2023, also affected. According to AT&T, hackers gained access through a third-party cloud platform account, similar to breaches at Ticketmaster and Santander Bank. What Information Was Exposed? The stolen data reveals the phone…
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