General Cyber News via Ars Technica Risk Assessment

OpenELM mirrors efforts by Microsoft to make useful small AI language models that run locally.
Publish Date: 4/25/2024
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Ability of PlugX worm to live on presents a vexing dilemma: Delete it or leave it be.
Publish Date: 4/25/2024
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Police uncover plot to defame principal with AI-generated racist and antisemitic comments.
Publish Date: 4/25/2024
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Perimeter devices ought to prevent network hacks. Why are so many devices allowing attacks?
Publish Date: 4/24/2024
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Panel of eight judges confronts deep-faking AI tech that may undermine legal trials.
Publish Date: 4/24/2024
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eScan AV updates were delivered over HTTP for five years.
Publish Date: 4/23/2024
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Microsoft’s 3.8B parameter Phi-3 may rival GPT-3.5, signaling a new era of “small language models."
Publish Date: 4/23/2024
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Microsoft didn't disclose the in-the-wild exploits by Kremlin-backed group until now.
Publish Date: 4/22/2024
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YouTube videos of 6K celebrities helped train AI model to animate photos in real time.
Publish Date: 4/19/2024
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Zuckerberg says new AI model "was still learning" when Meta stopped training.
Publish Date: 4/18/2024
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Campaign used email, SMS, and voice calls to trick targets into divulging master passwords.
Publish Date: 4/18/2024
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How a group of friends found themselves at the center of a fierce debate about the future of art.
Publish Date: 4/18/2024
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To a lesser extent, China and Iran also peddle disinfo in hopes of influencing voters.
Publish Date: 4/17/2024
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Broadcom reportedly accused of changing VMware licensing and support conditions.
Publish Date: 4/17/2024
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One does not simply suggest changing a kernel line to help out a parsing tool.
Publish Date: 4/16/2024
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Attacks coming from nearly 4,000 IP addresses take aim at VPNs, SSH and web apps.
Publish Date: 4/16/2024
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Under new law, those who create the images would face a fine and possible jail time.
Publish Date: 4/16/2024
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Microsoft continues to get a free pass after series of cybersecurity failures.
Publish Date: 4/16/2024
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Indictment says man tricked cloud providers into giving him services he never paid for.
Publish Date: 4/15/2024
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New features, security updates, and Linux support are all on a long to-do list.
Publish Date: 4/15/2024
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