General Cyber News via Ars Technica Risk Assessment

Thousands of hacked TP-Link routers used in years-long account takeover attacks

The botnet is being skillfully used to launch "highly evasive" password-spraying attacks.
Publish Date: 11/2/2024
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Colorado scrambles to change voting-system passwords after accidental leak

"The goal is to complete the password updates by this evening," government says.
Publish Date: 10/31/2024
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OpenAI launches ChatGPT with Search, taking Google head-on

As traditional web search falters, OpenAI offers an AI-based alternative.
Publish Date: 10/31/2024
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300 percent price hikes push disgruntled VMware customers toward Broadcom rivals

Ars speaks with users and partners unhappy with Broadcom's changes.
Publish Date: 10/31/2024
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Dropbox lays off 20% of staff, says it overinvested and underperformed

Dropbox also laid off 500 last year but still had "excess layers of management."
Publish Date: 10/30/2024
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Android Trojan that intercepts voice calls to banks just got more stealthy

FakeCall malware can reroute calls intended for banks to attacker-controlled numbers.
Publish Date: 10/30/2024
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Downey Jr. plans to fight AI re-creations from beyond the grave

In podcast interview, actor takes firm stance against digital recreations of his likeness.
Publish Date: 10/30/2024
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Google CEO says over 25% of new Google code is generated by AI

We've always used tools to build new tools, and developers are using AI to continue that tradition.
Publish Date: 10/30/2024
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Here’s the paper no one read before declaring the demise of modern cryptography

The advance was incremental at best. So why did so many think it was a breakthrough?
Publish Date: 10/30/2024
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Hospitals adopt error-prone AI transcription tools despite warnings

OpenAI’s Whisper tool may add fake text to medical transcripts, investigation finds.
Publish Date: 10/28/2024
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Kremlin-backed hackers have new Windows and Android malware to foist on Ukrainian foes

"Civil Defense" pushes hybrid espionage/influence campaign targeting recruits.
Publish Date: 10/28/2024
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Removal of Russian coders spurs debate about Linux kernel’s politics

Torvalds defends move, says "Russian troll factories" won't deter him.
Publish Date: 10/24/2024
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Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.

Unique IDs assigned to Android and iOS devices threaten your privacy. Who knew?
Publish Date: 10/23/2024
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At TED AI 2024, experts grapple with AI’s growing pains

A year later, a compelling group of TED speakers moves from "what's this?" to "what now?"
Publish Date: 10/23/2024
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FortiGate admins report active exploitation 0-day. Vendor isn’t talking.

Vulnerability allowing remote code execution has been discussed since at least 9 days ago.
Publish Date: 10/22/2024
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Basecamp-maker 37Signals says its “cloud exit” will save it $10M over 5 years

Co-founder thinks other companies should consider a "swim against the stream."
Publish Date: 10/21/2024
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OpenAI releases ChatGPT app for Windows

New Alt+Space shortcut puts OpenAI's assistant a key press away at all times.
Publish Date: 10/18/2024
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Finally upgrading from isc-dhcp-server to isc-kea for my homelab

Migrating didn’t hurt as much as I thought it would—and dynamic DNS still works!
Publish Date: 10/18/2024
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Cheap AI “video scraping” can now extract data from any screen recording

Researcher feeds screen recordings into Gemini to extract accurate information with ease.
Publish Date: 10/17/2024
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Two accused of DDoSing some of the world’s biggest tech companies

Hospitals, government agencies, and a large roster of tech companies all targeted.
Publish Date: 10/16/2024
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