General Cyber News via Ars Technica Risk Assessment

A single flip of a settings button enables a host of defenses against hacking.
Publish Date: 5/13/2025
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Sweeping provision would halt all local oversight of AI by US states.
Publish Date: 5/13/2025
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Malicious "context manipulation" technique causes bot to send payments to attacker's wallet.
Publish Date: 5/13/2025
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Pope Leo XIV warns AI could threaten workers as industrial revolution did in the 1800s.
Publish Date: 5/12/2025
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Carnegie Mellon "LegoGPT" system uses physics checks to ensure models don't collapse.
Publish Date: 5/9/2025
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New Duke study says workers judge others for AI use—and hide its use, fearing stigma.
Publish Date: 5/8/2025
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Simo will oversee business operations while Altman focuses on research and compute.
Publish Date: 5/8/2025
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The presence of credentials in leaked "stealer logs" indicates his device was infected.
Publish Date: 5/8/2025
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Officials call previous framework "unenforceable" as May 15 deadline looms.
Publish Date: 5/8/2025
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The weakness creates the possibility of an insider or hacker adding rogue members.
Publish Date: 5/7/2025
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Broadcom says it may audit VMware users.
Publish Date: 5/7/2025
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The verdict is a major victory for opponents of exploit sellers.
Publish Date: 5/7/2025
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Without renewables, it's nearly impossible to meet growing power demand from AI.
Publish Date: 5/6/2025
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Fake image-generating app allowed man to download 1.1TB of Disney-owned data.
Publish Date: 5/6/2025
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Mike Waltz needs to find a new app.
Publish Date: 5/5/2025
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The nonprofit board will retain control, but now investor billions hang in the balance.
Publish Date: 5/5/2025
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Attack that started in April and remains ongoing runs malicious code on visitors' devices.
Publish Date: 5/5/2025
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The move is part of an industry-wide push for users to adopt passkeys.
Publish Date: 5/2/2025
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New feature searches hundreds of sources to build a document—but is it accurate?
Publish Date: 5/2/2025
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Survey of 2023–2024 data finds that AI created more tasks for 8.4 percent of workers.
Publish Date: 5/1/2025
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