IN 2022, the world changed with the rise of the artificial intelligence (AI) tool, ChatGPT. Later, other AI tools like Gemini, Microsoft Copilot and DeepSeek followed suit. These powerful tools are now being used everywhere, from classrooms and offices to startups and global corporations. For students fresh out of SPM, ChatGPT is more than just a chatbot —...
SAN FRANCISCO: Signal, a popular messaging app, has come into the spotlight after reports that several senior Trump administration officials had used the tool to conduct war planning – inadvertently including a journalist in one message group and the wife, brother and personal lawyer of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in another. The app, which was started...
LOS ANGELES: The FBI and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are warning against a dangerous ransomware scheme. In an advisory posted earlier this week, government officials warned that a ransomware-as-a-service software called Medusa, which has launched ransomware attacks since 2021, has recently affected hundreds of people. Medusa uses phishing campaigns as its main method for...
Japan Airlines Co. said it has resumed ticket sales for international and domestic flights after resolving a system malfunction caused by a cyberattack on Thursday morning. Ticket sales are back up and running after being halted as a result of the incident, the airline said in a statement at 2:19pm Tokyo time. Systems have been restored...
PETALING JAYA: MyDigital ID Sdn Bhd says it implemented a yearly renewal policy to ensure the safety and integrity of the national digital identification system intended for authenticating users across government services. "Digital certificates have a one-year expiration period to improve cybersecurity and limit cyberattacks. This approach follows standard international practices," said MyDigital ID CEO Mohd Mirza...
L was having a tough time when Leena reached out. It was summer 2023. L, who's in her 30s, had relocated to another state from the Bay Area for a job that didn't work out. (The Chronicle is referring to her by her first initial under its confidential sources policy, since people who have been victims of scammers...
McDonald’s Corp’s account on Instagram was hacked Aug 21 in an apparent scam involving a cryptocurrency named after Grimace. Screenshots published by an X user showed a post on the chain’s Instagram leading to a “McDonald’s experiment” on the blockchain platform Solana. Another encouraged users to post whether they owned a coin named after Grimace, the...
When my husband bought the then-5-year-old a Nintendo Switch, I made a list articulating all my reservations about my child having a gaming console so young. I worried about the dopamine of it all, about my son becoming accustomed to getting the immediate gratification that comes from a game and how it would impact his...
PUTRAJAYA: Social media providers without a valid licence by Jan 1 next year may face fines or jail, warns Fahmi Fadzil. The Communications Minister stressed that the licensing only applies to social media platforms and was not aimed at regulating social media users or influencers. “For now, we have determined that action can be taken under Section...
As the world continues to recover from massive business and travel disruptions caused by a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, malicious actors are trying to exploit the situation for their own gain. Government cybersecurity agencies across the globe and CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz are warning businesses and individuals about new phishing schemes that involve...
