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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 13:00:00 +0000
Hidden code in hundreds of models of Gigabyte motherboards invisibly and insecurely downloads programs—a feature ripe for abuse, researchers say.
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Hundreds of tech industry leaders, academics, and others public figures signed an open letter warning that artificial intelligence (AI) evolution could lead to an extinction event and saying that controlling the tech should be a top global priority.
“Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war,” read the statement published by San Francisco-based Center for AI Safety.
The brief statement in the letter reads almost like a mea culpa for the technology about which its creators are now joining together to warn the world.
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 27 May 2023 13:00:00 +0000
TikTok user data is exposed to Chinese ByteDance employees, a screen recording app goes rogue in Google Play, and privacy groups want Slack to expand encryption.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 19:55:17 +0000
The coinventor of “bcrypt” is reflecting on the ubiquitous function’s 25 years and channeling cybersecurity’s core themes into electronic dance music.
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OpenAI shipped its ChatGPT app for iPads and iPhones just a week ago, but it has already become one of the most popular applications in the last two years, with over half a million downloads in the first six days. That’s a real achievement, but also a challenge — that’s half a million potential data vulnerabilities.
Not to rest on its laurels, this year’s favorite smart assistant (so far) is now also available in 41 additional nations. There’s little doubt that this has been one of the most successful software/service introductions of all time, but that doesn’t change the inherent risk of these technologies.
Credit to Author: John Snow| Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 11:09:19 +0000
How can you secure yourself against cyberthreats without sacrificing cybercomfort? Put together your personal threat landscape.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 06:00:00 +0000
Indirect prompt-injection attacks can leave people vulnerable to scams and data theft when they use the AI chatbots.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 22:27:46 +0000
Researchers say the state-sponsored espionage operation may also lay the groundwork for disruptive cyberattacks.
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