SAN CARLOS, Calif., Jan. 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Check Point Research (CPR), the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a leading provider of cybersecurity solutions globally, has published its Brand Phishing Report for Q4 2022. The report highlights the brands that were most frequently imitated by cybercriminals in their attempts to steal individuals’ personal information or payment credentials during October, November and December of… Source link

Google Ads invites are being abused to deliver email messages promoting spam and sex websites to users who are otherwise not necessarily using Google advertising platforms. The Google Ads platform allows advertisers to create advertising campaigns on publisher partner’s web sites and in Google search results. The recently seen widespread campaign involves threat actors using the Google Ads admin interface to send bulk email invitations that, coming from Google, bypass recipient spam… Source link

Happy Monday! The Google Ads dashboard may be down for some users. We’re investigating reports of an issue with Google Ads. We will provide more information shortly. The affected users are unable to access Google Ads. Please see the dashboard for updates: https://t.co/0AqTKCl6Ts — AdsLiaison (@adsliaison) January 23, 2023 The Google Ads Status Dashboard. The Status Dashboard confirms the outage. You can check here for more updates.

Microsoft (MSFT) is making a multi-year, multi-billion dollar investment in OpenAI, the company behind the much discussed artificial intelligence-powered chatbot, ChatGPT. The move comes as Microsoft looks to add OpenAI’s capabilities to its own software offerings, giving it a potential edge over competitors ranging from Salesforce (CRM) to Google (GOOG, GOOGL). “We formed our partnership with OpenAI around a shared ambition to responsibly advance cutting-edge AI research and democratize… Source link

Google Optimize and Optimize 360 will no longer be available after September 30, 2023. Your experiments and personalizations can continue to run until that date.  Why we care. The discontinuation of Optimize may affect marketers ability to conduct A/B testing and optimize their website or app’s user experience. While Google Analytics 4 is gaining popularity, marketers still haven’t adopted it fully. But this sunset announcement is another… Source link

Already under siege from Wall Street analysts amid slowing growth, Salesforce execs have returned from schmoozing clients in the Swiss Alps at The World Economic Forum only to be greeted by one of the most feared activist investors in the game. Elliott Management has taken a multi-billion dollar position in Salesforce, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to Yahoo Finance, adding that the investment management behemoth may push for a board seat. “Salesforce is one of the preeminent… Source link

Google’s founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin have reportedly made a surprise return to approve plans to add chatbot features to the search engine. The New York Times states that Page and Brin were brought back to Google by Sundar Pichai, the company’s current CEO, after OpenAI’s ChatGPT raised a code red. Although ChatGPT has only been out for two months, it has quickly made a significant impact with its ability to simplify complex concepts and generate new ones. Google is on high… Source link

Google staff are overpaid and the tech giant must cut thousands more jobs, a British activist investor has said. Sir Chris Hohn, who previously donated to Extinction Rebellion, wrote in a letter dated January 20 that Google’s 12,000 layoffs did not cut deep enough to reduce bloat at the tech giant. The billionaire founder of The Children’s Investment Fund Management (TCI) , who holds a $6bn stake in Google-parent company Alphabet, wrote to chief executive… Source link

A Google engineer laid off after 16 years said the tech giant sees staff as “100% disposable.”Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images An engineering manager laid off by Google said the tech giant sees staff as “100% disposable.” Justin Moore said on LinkedIn that he was laid off through an automatic account deactivation. Moore was one of 12,000 people affected by the company’s mass layoff last week. A Google engineer laid off after over 16 and a half years at the firm said the tech giant views… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Monday, January 23, 2023 Today’s newsletter is by Brian Sozzi, an editor-at-large and anchor at Yahoo Finance. Follow Sozzi on Twitter @BrianSozzi and on LinkedIn. Read this and more market news on the go with the Yahoo Finance App. Last week in Davos, Elon Musk didn’t come up in one chat — on or off the record — among any of the 75+ business… Source link