Category: Cyber Threat News
Update, Feb.10, 2025: This story, first published on February 4, has been updated with insights from a security expert who compares the ease of executing these attacks to assembling flat-pack furniture. Furthermore, it includes new Gmail security recommendations from Google to help mitigate these threats. Gmail security has come under threat as cybercriminals employ artificial […]
DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) application, has come under intense scrutiny within the U.S. government due to significant data security concerns. The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the U.S. House of Representatives recently issued an advisory, warning congressional offices against using DeepSeek. The application is currently under review and remains unauthorized for official use, […]
On January 27, 2025, DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup that’s been making waves in the tech world, found itself under siege. The company reported facing “large-scale malicious attacks,” which threw a wrench in its registration process for new users. While details are scarce, experts suspect a classic Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack—imagine a digital […]