Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2023 20:30:00 +0000
Security researchers set up a remote machine and recorded every move cybercriminals made—including their login details.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2023 17:17:33 +0000
The vulnerability could allow attackers to take advantage of an information leak to steal sensitive details like private messages, passwords, and encryption keys.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2023 17:51:37 +0000
Since 2018, a dedicated team within Microsoft has attacked machine learning systems to make them safer. But with the public release of new generative AI tools, the field is already evolving.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0000
Cybercriminals are touting large language models that could help them with phishing or creating malware. But the AI chatbots could just be their own kind of scam.
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Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: A framework for encrypting social media, Russia-backed hacking through Microsoft Teams, and the Bitfinex Crypto Couple pleads guilty.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2023 19:57:43 +0000
Flaws in the Points.com platform, which is used to manage dozens of major travel rewards programs, exposed user data—and could have let an attacker snag some extra perks.
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Credit to Author: Will Knight| Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0000
Researchers found a simple way to make ChatGPT, Bard, and other chatbots misbehave, proving that AI is hard to tame.
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Credit to Author: Selena Larson| Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2023 11:00:00 +0000
After scammers duped a friend with a hacked Twitter account and a “deal” on a MacBook, I enlisted the help of a fellow threat researcher to trace the criminals’ offline identities.
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Credit to Author: Kim Zetter| Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +0000
A secret encryption cipher baked into radio systems used by critical infrastructure workers, police, and others around the world is finally seeing sunlight. Researchers say it isn’t pretty.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2023 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: Microsoft expands access to premium security features, AI child sexual abuse material is on the rise, and Netflix’s password crackdown has its intended effect.
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