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The artificial intelligence arms race has a new disruptor—DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup that has quickly gained traction for its advanced language models.   Positioned as a low-cost alternative to industry giants like OpenAI and Meta, DeepSeek has drawn attention for its rapid growth, affordability, and potential to reshape the AI landscape.   But as the…

Chinese foreign direct investment should trigger American national security concerns, but much of it doesn’t. Elly Rostoum reveals why. Chinese foreign direct investment should trigger American national security concerns, but much of it doesn’t. In this ‘behind closed doors’ talk at LABScon 24, Elly Rostoum reveals why and what can be done to improve our…

Identity theft is a growing concern, and Data Privacy Week serves as an important reminder to safeguard your personal information. In today’s digital age, scammers have more tools than ever to steal your identity, often with just a few key details—like your Social Security number, bank account information, or home address. Unfortunately, identity theft claims…

We’re excited to announce the release of McAfee’s Personal Data Cleanup, a new feature that finds and removes your personal info from data brokers and people search sites. Now, you can feel more confident by removing personal info from data broker sites and keeping it from being collected, sold, and used to: advertise products to you, fill…

Officials seize two major hacking forums, zero-day bug found in multiple Apple products, and APTs abuse Gemini AI to bolster cyber operations. The Good | Officials Seize Hacking Forums & Sanction Attackers for Targeting Estonian Ministries A successful Operation Talent, led by Europol and German authorities, has culminated in the seizure of two major hacking…

Authored by Anuradha, Sakshi Jaiswal  In 2024, scams in India have continued to evolve, leveraging sophisticated methods and technology to exploit unsuspecting individuals. These fraudulent activities target people across demographics, causing financial losses and emotional distress. This blog highlights some of the most prevalent scams this year, how they operate, some real-world scenarios, tips to…

We’re excited to announce that DeepSeek R1, the open-source advanced reasoning model, is now available on DigitalOcean as a GPU Droplet 1-Click Model. You can now launch DeepSeek R1 directly on DigitalOcean GPU Droplets from the cloud console, streamlining the deployment process. What is DeepSeek R1? DeepSeek R1 is a cutting-edge open-source AI model optimized…

DigitalOcean has recently launched VPC peering GA, enabling private network connectivity between VPC Networks. This release unlocks some major customer requests including: Ability to connect VPCs within and across data centers VPC Native DigitalOcean Kubernetes VPC peering for DBaaS (MySQL, Postgres, Redis, MongoDB, Vector DB) In this technical deep dive, we’ll explore the architecture, implementation…

During the past several months there have been numerous malware campaigns that use a technique something referred to as “ClickFix”. It often consists of a fake CAPTCHA or similar traffic validation page where visitors are instructed to paste and execute code in order to proceed. We have started to see ClickFix attacks more and more…

It’s not often that we get to share good news, so we wanted to grab this opportunity and showcase some progress made by law enforcement actions against cybercrime with you. Europol notified us about the take-down of two of the largest cybercrime forums in the world. With over 10 million users, Nulled and Cracked serviced…