The chip stocks that will benefit the most if funding for Trump’s AI project Stargate comes through
These semiconductor manufacturers should reap the biggest rewards from President Donald Trump’s Stargate artificial intelligence initiative.
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DOGE Deposition Videos Taken Down After Judge Order and Widespread Mockery
A judge on Friday ordered the immediate removal of a series of depositions of members of DOGE, but not before clips of the depositions, including one in which a member was largely unable to define DEI, went viral and were covered widely, including by 404 Media. At the time of writing, the depositions are not…
UnitedHealth Ransomware Attack Exposes 190 Million Users’ Personal & Healthcare Data
The U.S. healthcare system, UnitedHealth Group, has confirmed that a February 2024 ransomware attack on its subsidiary, Change Healthcare, compromised the personal and healthcare data of approximately 190 million individuals.
Evil evolution: ClickFix and macOS infostealers
Across three recent campaigns, Sophos X-Ops notes shifts in both lures and malware capabilities, as threat actors leveraging ClickFix techniques increasingly target macOS users with infostealers Categories: Threat Research Tags: MacOS, infostealer, clickfix, MacSync, Social engineering
The Humane AI Pin: A $700 Brick of E-Waste
Roughly 10 months after it was released, the Humane AI Pin, a terribly executed and terrible product is now officially a $700 brick of e-waste after the company sold its software to HP and told its dozens of customers that they are now out of luck. Every Humane AI Pin ever created will stop functioning…
The High Cost of Low Trust: Our Commitment to Radical Transparency
Only 5% of organizations fully trust their cybersecurity providers. Let’s do better. Categories: Products & Services, Sophos Insights Tags: Trust, Trust Center, Privacy
November Patch Tuesday does its chores
A cleanup month brings 63 patches… wait, no, 68… how about 61?
How the buzz around Chinese AI model DeepSeek sparked a massive Nasdaq sell-off
DeepSeek’s emergence is shaking up investor confidence of the AI story that has been lifting the U.S. bull market in the past two years.
Former Heritage Foundation Staffer Orders Treasury Employees to Respond to Elon Musk’s Email
Workers around the federal government are scrambling to figure out how and if they should respond to an all-government email sent Saturday at the behest of Elon Musk asking them to list five things they did at work within the last week. During the confusion caused by Musk’s email, workers at the Treasury Department received…
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
An erotic roleplay chatbot and AI image creation platform called Secret Desires left millions of user-uploaded photos exposed and available to the public. The databases included nearly two million photos and videos, including many photos of completely random people with very little digital footprint. The exposed data shows how many people use AI roleplay apps…