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Salt Typhoon used custom malware JumbledPath to spy U.S. telecom providers Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2025 China-linked cyber espionage group Salt Typhoon uses custom malware JumbledPath to on spy U.S. telecom providers. Cisco Talos researchers reported that China-linked APT group Salt Typhoon uses a custom-built utility, dubbed JumbledPath, to spy on network traffic of U.S. telecommunication providers. China-linked APT group Salt Typhoon (also known as FamousSparrow and GhostEmperor) and has been active since at least 2019 and targeted government entities and telecom companies. The China-linked APT group is still targeting telecommunications providers worldwide, and according to a report recently published by Recorded Future’s Insikt Group, the threat…

With its built-in location services, your smartphone can point you to plenty of places. To the location of your vacation rental. To the quickest route around a traffic jam. And to a tasty burger. It’s a tremendous convenience. Yet, there’s a flip side. Your smartphone also tracks your location. Getting to know how your phone tracks you and how you can limit that tracking can make you far more private online. The basic privacy issue with location services is this: many companies use your activities and apps as a way of gathering info on you. They might collect that info…

Previously we discussed applying reinforcement learning to Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) by integrating ODEs within gymnasium. ODEs are a powerful tool that can describe a wide range of systems but are limited to a single variable. Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) are differential equations involving derivatives of multiple variables that can cover a far broader range and more complex systems. Often, ODEs are special cases or special assumptions applied to PDEs. PDEs include Maxwell’s Equations (governing electricity and magnetism), Navier-Stokes equations (governing fluid flow for aircraft, engines, blood, and other cases), and the Boltzman equation for thermodynamics. PDEs can describe systems…

In episode 35 of The AI Fix, our hosts learn who the 175th best programmer in the world is, the AI supervillains put on suits for President Trump, a “not imaginary” AI turns out to be imaginary, OpenAI releases Operator and teases o3-mini, and Anthropic predicts that superintelligence is only three years away. Graham considers giving his money, pets, and vital organs to a YouTuber with an AI, and Mark looks into Project Stargate and the geo-politics of AI. All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of “The AI Fix” podcast by Graham Cluley and Mark…

What is oversharing on social media? And how do you avoid it? Oversharing on social media takes on a couple different aspects. There’s one that’s personal, like what you share and how often you share it. Another revolves around your privacy and your security. Namely, how does what you share and how often you share it affect your privacy — and what further effect does that have on your security? Does it open you up to scams, identity theft, and other forms of cybercrime? A grasp on that can help you avoid oversharing and post on social media in a…

MercadoLibre’s fourth quarter results showed double-digit growth in unique active buyers and items sold across the company’s marketplace, along with momentum in its credit card business. The most recent earnings supplementals, released after the markets closed on Thursday (Feb. 20), detailed that during the fourth quarter, gross merchandise values (GMV) were up 8%, to $14.5 billion, items sold gathered 27% year over year to 525.5 million, and the total payments volumes soared 33% to $58.9 billion.     In a nod to eCommerce momentum, same-day and next-day shipments gained 21%, and the company disclosed that 49% of shipments were delivered in…

Creating your own lab can sound like a daunting task. By the end of this blog post, you will be able to deploy your own Active Directory (AD) environment in minutes! All you will need is a browser to access your lab environment so you can do your AD R&D (Research & Development) anytime, anywhere. Snap Labs Snap Labs1 is a platform that simplifies building and managing lab environments. It can be used to create cyber ranges for training or Research & Development (R&D). The Snap Labs platform is owned by Immersive Labs2 and is used by security training organizations…

Welcome to the “Life in the Swimlane” blog series. Here we will feature interviews with Swimlaners to learn more about their experience. This series will give you a preview of Swimlane, our culture, and the people who keep us going. Hello my name is Gabriella Lopez, I’m a 4th Generation Coloradan and Denver native. I attended the University of Colorado Denver majoring in Business Finance with a certificate in JP Morgan commodities trading. I’ve been in tech sales for the last 5 years selling various cybersecurity products along the way. And I’m a paw-rent to two rescue mutts and a…

In today’s ever-evolving threat landscape, cybersecurity is no longer just a technical concern—it’s a business imperative. Yet, new research from Cyber Defense Group (CDG) reveals a critical disconnect between executives and security teams when it comes to confidence in their organization’s resilience. While 92% of IT security professionals express confidence in their ability to manage threats, the frequency of breaches and the projected rise in 2025 security budgets indicate underlying vulnerabilities that remain unaddressed.  The 2025 Cybersecurity Strategy Insights Report, based on insights from 300 U.S. IT security professionals, sheds light on misalignments that undermine security strategies. As cyber threats…