General Cyber News via Ars Technica Risk Assessment

Ransomware kingpin “Stern” apparently IDed by German law enforcement

BSA names Vi­ta­ly Ni­ko­lae­vich Kovalev is "Stern," the leader of Trickbot.
Publish Date: 5/31/2025
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AI video just took a startling leap in realism. Are we doomed?

Google's Veo 3 delivers AI videos of realistic people with sound and music. We put it to the test.
Publish Date: 5/29/2025
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Thousands of Asus routers are being hit with stealthy, persistent backdoors

Backdoor giving full administrative control can survive reboots and firmware updates.
Publish Date: 5/28/2025
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Where hyperscale hardware goes to retire: Ars visits a very big ITAD site

Watching memory DIMMs get sorted like Wonka children inside SK TES' facility.
Publish Date: 5/26/2025
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Feds charge 16 Russians allegedly tied to botnets used in cyberattacks and spying

An example of how a single malware operation can enable both criminal and state-sponsored hacking.
Publish Date: 5/23/2025
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Researchers cause GitLab AI developer assistant to turn safe code malicious

AI assistants can't be trusted to produce safe code.
Publish Date: 5/23/2025
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Google’s Will Smith double is better at eating AI spaghetti … but it’s crunchy?

Veo 3 is a major leap in AI video synthesis, but the sound effects need more cooking time.
Publish Date: 5/23/2025
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Destructive malware available in NPM repo went unnoticed for 2 years

Payloads were set to spontaneously detonate on specific dates with no warning.
Publish Date: 5/22/2025
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Report calls for regulation of “legally and ethically flawed” VMware

"Broadcom is unlikely to make any voluntary changes to its new commercial terms."
Publish Date: 5/22/2025
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New Claude 4 AI model refactored code for 7 hours straight

Anthropic says Claude 4 beats Gemini on coding benchmarks; works autonomously for hours.
Publish Date: 5/22/2025
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Authorities carry out global takedown of infostealer used by cybercriminals

Authorities, along with tech companies including Microsoft and Cloudflare, say they’ve disrupted Lumma.
Publish Date: 5/22/2025
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“Microsoft has simply given us no other option,” Signal says as it blocks Windows Recall

Even after its refurbishing, Recall provides few ways to exclude specific apps.
Publish Date: 5/21/2025
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Apple legend Jony Ive takes control of OpenAI’s design future

$6.5B acquisition of Ive's firm puts him in charge of moving OpenAI "beyond screens."
Publish Date: 5/21/2025
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Windows 11’s most important new feature is post-quantum cryptography. Here’s why.

For the first time, new quantum-safe algorithms can be invoked using standard Windows APIs.
Publish Date: 5/20/2025
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Chicago Sun-Times prints summer reading list full of fake books

Reading list in advertorial supplement contains 66% made up books with real author names.
Publish Date: 5/20/2025
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The empire strikes back with F-bombs: AI Darth Vader goes rogue with profanity, slurs

Fortnite AI voice trained on James Earl Jones spoke curse words and insults before patch.
Publish Date: 5/16/2025
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Spies hack high-value mail servers using an exploit from yesteryear

Attacks spilled contacts and emails from targeted accounts.
Publish Date: 5/15/2025
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OpenAI adds GPT-4.1 to ChatGPT amid complaints over confusing model lineup

Two new AI models join 7 others, leaving some paid users wondering which one is best.
Publish Date: 5/14/2025
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Google introduces Advanced Protection mode for its most at-risk Android users

A single flip of a settings button enables a host of defenses against hacking.
Publish Date: 5/13/2025
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GOP sneaks decade-long AI regulation ban into spending bill

Sweeping provision would halt all local oversight of AI by US states.
Publish Date: 5/13/2025
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