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From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-28 12:15:17
Most criminal cryptocurrency is funneled through just 5 exchanges
A few big players are moving a “shocking” amount of currency in a tight market.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-27 19:39:35
#GermanyRIP. Kremlin-loyal hacktivists wage DDoSes to retaliate for tank aid
Killnet hacktivist group appears to have indirect ties to the Russian government.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-27 18:10:24
Pivot to ChatGPT? BuzzFeed preps for AI-written content while CNET fumbles
200 percent BuzzFeed stock rise might signal start of an AI media trend.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-26 21:39:01
Deepfakes for scrawl: With handwriting synthesis, no pen is necessary
Free neural network demo generates dynamic, downloadable handwriting on the fly.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-26 01:15:50
RSA’s demise from quantum attacks is very much exaggerated, expert says
Expert says the focus on quantum attacks may distract us from more immediate threats.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-24 20:31:58
With Nvidia Eye Contact, you’ll never look away from a camera again
Creepy AI-powered eyeballs maintain direct eye contact even if you avert your gaze.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-23 23:47:18
Fearing ChatGPT, Google enlists founders Brin and Page in AI fight
Threatened by upstart OpenAI, Google pledges to fast-track new AI projects.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-23 17:49:55
OpenAI and Microsoft announce extended, multi-billion-dollar partnership
Reported $10 billion outlay follows investments from Microsoft in 2019, 2021.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-23 17:40:08
Ransomware victims are refusing to pay, tanking attackers’ profits
The drying up of payouts is forcing attackers to hunt bigger game and re-extort.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-20 23:00:52
300+ models of MSI motherboards have Secure Boot turned off. Is yours affected?
The shortcoming has left users susceptible to malicious bootloaders for 18 months.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-20 00:20:03
Pioneering Apple Lisa goes “open source” thanks to Computer History Museum
Lisa OS 3.1's 1984 source Pascal code now available under a non-commercial license.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-20 00:00:29
Hacker group incorporates DNS hijacking into its malicious website campaign
The DNS hijacking threat can be especially high for people using public Wi-Fi.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-19 18:29:31
Amazon is discontinuing its AmazonSmile charity program next month
AmazonSmile has reportedly donated almost $450M to global charities since 2013.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-19 16:51:59
1923 cartoon predicts 2023’s AI art generators
H.T. Webster imagined a future world where a "cartoon dynamo" could generate art.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-18 21:55:14
Authorities dismantle crypto exchange Bitzlato, allege it was cybercrime “haven”
Criminal groups served allegedly include Conti, DarkSide, Phobos, and Hydra.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-18 18:09:27
Microsoft to lay off 10,000 workers, blames decelerated customer spending
“We will have to do more with less," CEO Satya Nadella says.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-18 01:31:05
More than 4,400 Sophos firewall servers remain vulnerable to critical exploits
Exploiting vulnerability with 9.8 severity rating isn't particularly hard.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-17 21:49:56
More malicious packages posted to online repository. This time it’s PyPI
It's not always easy to spot malicious impostors posing as legit downloads.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-16 23:36:00
Artists file class-action lawsuit against AI image generator companies
Suit seeks damages from Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-15 12:01:06
ChatGPT has investors drooling, but can it bring home the bacon?
As Microsoft eyes $10B investment, it's unclear what products can be built on the tech.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-14 11:50:19
An aviation expert explains how the FAA’s critical NOTAM safety system works
This is why planes can't fly when NOTAM goes down.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-13 23:28:05
Meta sues “scraping-for-hire” service that sells user data to law enforcement
Israeli firm says it uses AI to analyze “billions of ‘human pixels’ and signals.”
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-13 16:23:27
Third-party Twitter clients are broken, whether by policy or glitch
Developers find their apps "Suspended" or unresponsive, lack Twitter contacts.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-13 00:56:17
Vulnerability with 9.8 severity in Control Web Panel is under active exploit
A patch was released in October, but not all servers have installed it.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-12 19:20:18
Fortinet says hackers exploited critical vulnerability to infect VPN customers
Remote code-execution bug was exploited to backdoor vulnerable servers.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-12 18:06:31
Indigenous tech group asks Apache Foundation to change its name
Identity as a "last tribe" is simplification and erasure, indigenous group says.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-12 16:41:59
FAA outage that grounded flights blamed on old tech and damaged database file
Notice to Air Missions outage puts spotlight on FAA's struggles with technology.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-11 21:16:59
Hundreds of SugarCRM servers infected with critical in-the-wild exploit
Attackers are using the exploit to infect on-premises servers with web shell backdoors.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-11 21:01:42
Microsoft 365 Basic gives you 100GB of OneDrive space (but no Office) for $2
Basic subscription tier will also remove ads from web and mobile Outlook apps.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-11 20:54:18
Chuck E. Cheese still uses floppy disks in 2023, but not for long
Employee TikTok reveals a floor show upgrade from floppy and DVD—possibly for the last time.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-11 19:41:27
A widespread logic controller flaw raises the specter of Stuxnet
Over 120 PLC models contain a serious vulnerability—and no fix is on the way.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-11 17:31:10
Hackers discover that vulnerabilities are rife in the auto industry
Connected car skeptics have a right to be concerned about the widespread problem.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-11 17:01:01
Big ambitions, tiny LEDs: Apple said to be developing Micro LED displays for 2024
Screens said to ship in Apple Watch first, with iPhone and others to follow.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-11 14:30:34
Iran to use facial recognition to identify women without hijabs
Iranian official says algorithms can identify anyone flouting dress codes.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-11 12:39:36
Flights grounded nationwide as FAA’s notice system suffers outage
The notices warn pilots of potential hazards along their routes.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-11 01:43:38
A fifth of passwords used by federal agency cracked in security audit
89 percent of the department's high-value assets had easy-to-crack passcodes.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-10 23:11:02
Controversy erupts over non-consensual AI mental health experiment
Koko let 4,000 people get therapeutic help from GPT-3 without telling them first.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-10 18:44:19
Report: Apple plans to use its own Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chip in future iPhones
End goal is said to be one chip that can handle Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and cellular.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-10 13:43:53
Messenger billed as better than Signal is riddled with vulnerabilities
Threema comes with unusually strong claims. They crumble under new research findings.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-09 22:15:19
Microsoft’s new AI can simulate anyone’s voice with 3 seconds of audio
Text-to-speech model can preserve speaker's emotional tone and acoustic environment.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-07 12:40:44
What Twitter’s 200 million email leak really means
Exposure of email addresses puts pseudonymous users of the social network at risk.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-06 22:05:06
ChatGPT is enabling script kiddies to write functional malware
For a beta, ChatGPT isn't all that bad at writing fairly decent malware.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-05 23:22:50
NYC schools block ChatGPT, fearing negative impact on learning
Network ban comes amid "concerns regarding the safety and accuracy of content."
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-05 23:04:40
First LastPass, now Slack and CircleCI. The hacks go on (and will likely worsen)
Don't expect victims to be forthcoming. Their alerts conceal more than they reveal.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-04 20:12:21
Hundreds of WordPress sites infected by recently discovered backdoor
People who use WordPress should check their sites for unpatched plugins.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2023-01-04 00:23:29
Key Bitcoin developer calls on FBI to recover $3.6M in digital coin
So much for enthusiasts championing the decentralization of cryptocurrencies.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-28 11:55:11
“Please slow down”—The 7 biggest AI stories of 2022
Highlights from a year when generative AI went mainstream.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-23 15:50:02
Meta to pay $725 million to settle Cambridge Analytica lawsuit
Data harvested by Cambridge Analytica was used for political campaigns.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-22 22:43:39
LastPass says hackers have obtained vault data and a wealth of customer info
Password manager says breach it disclosed in August was much worse than thought.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-22 18:04:07
Compromised dispatch system helped move taxis to front of the line
Defendants allegedly conspired with Russians, drew as many as 1,000 daily trips.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-21 22:50:53
Okta says source code for Workforce Identity Cloud service was copied
Code stored on GitHub was copied after threat actor gained unauthorized access.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-21 17:12:11
Eufy publicly acknowledges some parts of its “No clouds” controversy
Eufy changed some cloud behavior, admitted it can do more, ignored some issues.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-20 22:54:41
Man simulates time travel thanks to Stable Diffusion image synthesis
Fictional travelogue shows man taking selfies in ancient Greece, Egypt, and more.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-20 22:03:02
Kremlin-backed hackers targeted a “large” petroleum refinery in a NATO nation
As Russia's invasion of Ukraine grinds on, the country's hackers expand their targets.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-20 21:34:03
Raspberry Pi 5 not arriving in 2023 as company hopes for a “recovery year”
To avoid cannibalizing supply for other Pi products, the next model must wait.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-20 00:35:43
Swatters used Ring cameras to livestream attacks, taunt police, prosecutors say
More than a dozen attacks allegedly logged in a single week.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-19 23:13:35
Make your noisy recording sound like pro audio with Adobe’s free AI tool
"Enhance Speech" uses AI to make poor-quality voice recordings sound professional.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-19 18:46:33
Critical Windows code-execution vulnerability went undetected until now
Microsoft elevates security rating for vulnerability resembling EternalBlue.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-19 18:04:31
Lobbyists have held up nation’s first right-to-repair bill in New York
Passed with bipartisan support, the bill could die on Gov. Hochul's desk.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-19 14:30:31
The risk of escalation from cyberattacks has never been greater
Cyberwarfare is getting real.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-16 21:50:40
Riffusion’s AI generates music from text using visual sonograms
Stable Diffusion-powered music generator processes sound in the visual space.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-15 22:42:10
Stability AI plans to let artists opt out of Stable Diffusion 3 image training
Artists must register and manually flag matched images in the LAION database.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-15 20:02:50
Microsoft discovers Windows/Linux botnet used in DDoS attacks
MCCrash is specially designed to take down Minecraft servers and performs other DDoSes.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-15 18:13:29
FuboTV goes kaput during World Cup semifinals, blames “criminal cyber attack”
Streaming service goes dark during one of the most anticipated sporting matches.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-15 18:08:01
ArtStation artists stage mass protest against AI-generated artwork
Users of popular portfolio site seek to castigate and disrupt AI-generated art.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-14 22:31:35
Prosecutors charge 6 people for allegedly waging massive DDoS attacks
48 Internet domains associated with the services have also been seized.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-14 21:54:51
Meet Ghostwriter, a haunted AI-powered typewriter that talks to you
Custom typewriter hack uses Arduino, Rapsberry Pi, and GPT-3 to dramatic effect.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-13 23:36:06
Lensa AI app causes a stir with sexy “Magic Avatar” images no one wanted
Early reports said the app unwantedly sexualized depictions of women using the app.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-13 22:44:51
Only iPhones that can’t run iOS 16 are getting new iOS 15 updates
iPhone 6S, iPhone 7, and the last iPod Touch shift to security-only update model.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-13 21:17:27
Microsoft digital certificates have once again been abused to sign malware
Code-signing is supposed to make people safer. In this case, it made them less so.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-12 23:44:44
Effective, fast, and unrecoverable: Wiper malware is popping up everywhere
Wiper malware from no fewer than 9 families has appeared this year. Now there are 2 more.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-12 22:44:03
China bans AI-generated media without watermarks
China regulates generative AI tech with rules that aim to spur growth and ban deception.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-09 19:10:11
AI image generation tech can now create life-wrecking deepfakes with ease
AI tech makes it trivial to generate harmful fake photos from a few social media pictures.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-08 18:43:57
North Korean hackers once again exploit Internet Explorer’s leftover bits
There are still lots of ways to exploit Internet Explorer through a Word doc.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-06 23:12:30
Adobe Stock begins selling AI-generated artwork
AI-wielding artist must assert ownership and label each piece as "Generative AI."
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-05 22:45:41
No Linux? No problem. Just get AI to hallucinate it for you
ChatGPT-generated command line can create virtual files, execute code, play games.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-05 21:54:14
Syntax errors are the doom of us all, including botnet authors
A command typo might have dismantled most of an advanced malware's network.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-03 12:01:00
Darknet markets generate millions in revenue selling stolen personal data
A handful of markets were responsible for trafficking most of the data.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-02 22:27:03
Apple slices its AI image synthesis times in half with new Stable Diffusion fix
Creating AI-generated images on Macs, iPhones, and iPads just got a lot faster.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-02 20:57:15
Never-before-seen malware is nuking data in Russia’s courts and mayors’ offices
CryWiper masquerades as ransomware, but its real purpose is to permanently destroy data.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-01 21:22:50
OpenAI invites everyone to test new AI-powered chatbot—with amusing results
ChatGPT aims to produce accurate and harmless talk—but it's a work in progress.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-01 20:20:38
Hive Social turns off servers after researchers warn hackers can access all data
Site officials say site will be down for a couple of days.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-01 12:00:53
My secret life as an 11-year-old BBS sysop
Revisiting the wonder and betrayal of online life circa 1992.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-12-01 00:20:21
Google ties Spanish IT firm to 0-days exploiting Chrome, Defender, and Firefox
Variston IT fingerprints found in source code for advanced Chrome exploit.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-11-30 23:13:19
Disney’s new neural network can change an actor’s age with ease
"Production ready" neural net makes actors younger or older for film or TV.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-11-30 20:07:49
Play app with 100K downloads booted for forwarding texts to developer server
Texts were used to provide verification codes for fraudulent accounts.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-11-29 22:49:07
OpenAI upgrades GPT-3, stunning with rhyming poetry and lyrics
Refinement to AI language model generates rhyming compositions in various styles.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-11-29 22:05:19
How secure a Twitter replacement is Mastodon? Let us count the ways
The demise of Twitter's security and privacy teams has people looking for alternatives.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-11-29 18:03:00
Used thin client PCs are an unsexy, readily available Raspberry Pi alternative
Turn yesterday's corporate computer into today's Pi-like system—with some work.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-11-28 22:13:45
Nvidia wins award for AI that can play Minecraft on command
NeurIPS 2022 honors MineDojo for playing Minecraft when instructed by written prompts.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-11-23 20:59:00
European Parliament DDoSed after declaring Russia a sponsor of terrorism
Pro-Kremlin group called Killnet takes credit.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-11-23 18:34:41
Apple iPhone factory workers clash with police in China
Violence erupts at Foxconn plant in Zhengzhou as COVID cases rise across country.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-11-22 23:32:55
Meta researchers create AI that masters Diplomacy, tricking human players
Meta's Cicero can negotiate or persuade with natural language—just like a human.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-11-22 20:51:52
Thinking about taking your computer to the repair shop? Be very afraid
Not surprisingly, female customers bear the brunt of the privacy violations.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-11-21 17:56:15
Nvidia’s Magic3D creates 3D models from written descriptions, thanks to AI
New AI aims to democratize 3D content creation, no modeling skills required.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-11-18 23:30:45
New Meta AI demo writes racist and inaccurate scientific literature, gets pulled
Galactica language model generated convincing text about fact and nonsense alike.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-11-16 22:24:59
Nvidia and Microsoft team up to build massive AI cloud computer
AI supercomputer will use "tens of thousands" of Nvidia A100 and H100 GPUs.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-11-16 21:16:38
Amazon begins layoffs of up to 10,000 jobs, blames “uncertain” economy
Amazon confirms Devices & Services layoffs; warehouse jobs apparently safe.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-11-16 12:00:01
ISP deploys fiber service with a wrinkle—the users themselves own each network
Despite costly Silicon Valley project, CEO says this isn't just for wealthy areas.
From Biz & IT – Ars Technica at 2022-11-15 20:51:52
State-sponsored hackers in China compromise certificate authority
Active in dozens of advanced hacks since 2009, Billbug is still going strong.