CISA Says China-based “Salt Typhoon” Hackers Are Still Embedded in US Telecoms – DTH
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Tuesday, the mobile device security firm iVerify published findings from a spyware detection feature called Mobile Threat Hunting that it launched back in May for iOS and Android. Of 2,500 device scans that the company's customers submitted for inspection, seven revealed infections by the NSO group malware known as Pegasus. iVerify has a paid app, but also offers scans through the $1 iVerify Basics app once a month.

iVerify requires an email address so the company has a way to contact somebody if a scan turns up spyware. The Washington, D.C. Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against Amazon, accusing the company of misleading Prime members about guaranteed delivery times. The suit alleges that Amazon doesn't actually provide same-day or two-day delivery in certain areas, including potentially majority-Black or low-income neighborhoods, but still charges for the service.

U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA said Tuesday that China-backed hackers known as Salt Typhoon are still embedded in major U.S. telecom networks. This is weeks after their spying campaign was first exposed. The hackers gained access to real-time calls, texts, and metadata, potentially targeting U.S. officials and presidential candidates. CISA said that the hackers were still embedded in major U.S. telecom networks.

CISA and the FBI both said on a call Tuesday that Americans should use encrypted messaging apps like Signal or WhatsApp to safeguard communications going forward. Telecom providers include AT&T, Verizon and Lumen, formerly CenturyLink. They've all been affected. T-Mobile said it was targeted but mostly prevented attacks.

On Wednesday, the journal Nature published an article about Google's DeepMind's new weather forecasting model that outperforms the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts system in 97.2% of tested metrics.

The model is called GenCast, uses machine learning to produce a range of potential outcomes instead of a single projection. It also covers extreme events like tropical cyclones and may better anticipate impacts from climate change. While the technology shows promise, experts say it won't replace human forecasters anytime soon. Probably a meteorologist said that.

Google also introduced Vio, a generative AI video tool that lets users create 1080p videos using natural language prompts lasting more than a minute with inputs for things like camera angles and lighting. Google plans to open a private preview for creators through VideoFX. The company is also rolling out Imogen3, an upgraded text-to-image model with improved photorealism and text rendering.

Well, a day after Apple Music did it, Spotify Wrapped 2024 introduced some new features, including an AI-powered podcast created with Google's Notebook LM tool, offering a personalized audio summary of a user's year in music, highlighting songs, artists, and genres in select countries.

Spotify also included Your Music Evolution tracking, changing musical tastes, and expanded its audiobooks catalog. Other updates include a new playlist generator for premium subscribers and special messages from artists and podcasters for top fans. Happy Rap Day to those who observe.

Intel announced a couple of budget desktop graphics cards on Tuesday. The $249 Arc B580 ships on December 13th. The 219 Arc B570 ships on January 16th. They both use the Z2 Battle Mage found in Lunar Lake laptop chips, but with double the graphics cores, up from 12 gigabytes of dedicated memory and up to 190 watts of power.

the b580 compares to and intel says outperforms nvidia's 299 rtx 4060 and amd's 269 rx 7600 this may be the last round of intel gpus ceo pat gelsinger indicated they might not continue developing the lion before he was discontinued as ceo himself

And finally, Ubisoft announced Tuesday it will shut down its free-to-play shooter, X-Defiant. Servers will stay up until June 3rd, 2025, though the game will no longer be offered for download and player registration will be closed. X-Defiant players will still get access to its third season content somewhere in the near future. Around 300 employees between San Francisco, Osaka, and Sydney office locations are set to be laid off, with others taking on new roles at Ubisoft.

X-Defiant players who purchased the $69.99 Ultimate Founders Pack are also set to get a full refund. X-Defiant was released back in May and had a lot of initial interest, but failed to reach the audience the company says it was looking for. For more analysis of the tech news of the day, subscribe to DailyTechNewsShow.com. That's where you can find show notes and links to all these headlines there as well. Thank you for listening. I'm Sarah Lane, and we will talk to you next time.

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