Author: Robert Timlick

Google on Wednesday revealed that it suspended over 39.2 million advertiser accounts in 2024, with a majority of them identified and blocked by its systems before it could serve harmful ads to users.
In all, the tech giant said it stopped 5.1 billion bad ads, restricted 9.1 billion ads, and blocked or restricted ads on 1.3 billion pages last year. It also suspended over 5 million accounts for

Threat actors are leveraging an artificial intelligence (AI) powered presentation platform named Gamma in phishing attacks to direct unsuspecting users to spoofed Microsoft login pages.
“Attackers weaponize Gamma, a relatively new AI-based presentation tool, to deliver a link to a fraudulent Microsoft SharePoint login portal,” Abnormal Security researchers Hinman Baron and Piotr Wojtyla said in

Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a new controller component associated with a known backdoor called BPFDoor as part of cyber attacks targeting telecommunications, finance, and retail sectors in South Korea, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Egypt in 2024.
“The controller could open a reverse shell,” Trend Micro researcher Fernando Mercês said in a technical report published earlier in

Cheap Android smartphones manufactured by Chinese companies have been observed pre-installed with trojanized apps masquerading as WhatsApp and Telegram that contain cryptocurrency clipper functionality as part of a campaign since June 2024.
While using malware-laced apps to steal financial information is not a new phenomenon, the new findings from Russian antivirus vendor Doctor Web point to

The U.S. government funding for non-profit research giant MITRE to operate and maintain its Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program will expire Wednesday, an unprecedented development that could shake up one of the foundational pillars of the global cybersecurity ecosystem.
The 25-year-old CVE program is a valuable tool for vulnerability management, offering a de facto standard to

American City Business Journals and Morning Consult have partnered to launch the Metropolitan Consumer Sentiment Index, which will provide visibility into metro-level consumer confidence data each quarter.

New Second Cheapest Wine label breaks new ground for Grocery Outlet and Oregon wine.

THE GORGE — Last Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a budget blueprint already ratified by the Senate that all but guarantees significant cuts to Medicaid, which will not only impact low-income, disabled and other people who can’t afford…

The production was the highest-grossing for any show OBT has staged in the Newmark Theatre.

Portland startup Dayo is on a mission to help people use social media less through an app that rewards people with discounts for major brands like Nespresso, Yeti and Patagonia.