General Cyber News via Ars Technica Risk Assessment

Kernel access gives security software a lot of power, but not without problems.
Publish Date: 7/26/2024
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New system foreshadows a future where there are too many CCTV cameras for humans to physically watch.
Publish Date: 7/26/2024
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Join us as we talk about the next few years in AI & storage, and what to watch for.
Publish Date: 7/26/2024
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AlphaProof and AlphaGeometry 2 solve problems, with caveats on time and human assistance.
Publish Date: 7/25/2024
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New tool may solve a web-search problem partially caused by AI-generated junk online.
Publish Date: 7/25/2024
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Google says passwords and files will be deleted shortly after they are deep-scanned.
Publish Date: 7/25/2024
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Keys were labeled "DO NOT TRUST." Nearly 500 device models use them anyway.
Publish Date: 7/25/2024
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Gen-3 Alpha produces wild and whimsical results. Here's what it cooked up for us.
Publish Date: 7/24/2024
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Company says it's improving testing processes to avoid a repeat.
Publish Date: 7/24/2024
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One snag: xAI might not have the electrical power contracts to do it.
Publish Date: 7/24/2024
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The code was used to sabotage a heating utility in Lviv at the coldest point in the year.
Publish Date: 7/24/2024
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"Open source AI is the path forward," says Mark Zuckerberg, misusing the term.
Publish Date: 7/23/2024
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When reboots don't work, bootable USB sticks may help ease fixes for some PCs.
Publish Date: 7/22/2024
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Researchers use technique to quantify eyeball reflections that often reveal deepfake images.
Publish Date: 7/22/2024
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Admins can also restore backups or manually delete CrowdStrike's buggy driver.
Publish Date: 7/19/2024
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Nobody's sure who's at fault for each outage: Microsoft, CrowdStrike, or both.
Publish Date: 7/19/2024
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You can't see inside the firmware, but more open code can translate it for you.
Publish Date: 7/18/2024
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Lower-cost AI language model will be free for ChatGPT users.
Publish Date: 7/18/2024
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Yep, passwords for administrators can be changed, too.
Publish Date: 7/17/2024
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After repealing Biden's AI order, draft would create "Manhattan Projects" for military AI.
Publish Date: 7/17/2024
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