Hackers make millions of attempts to exploit WordPress plugin vulnerability
WP Automatic plugin patched, but release notes don't mention the critical fix.
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Zombie worm continues to infect millions of IPs years after it was left for dead
Ability of PlugX worm to live on presents a vexing dilemma: Delete it or leave it be.
read moreAlleged AI voice imitation leads to arrest in Baltimore school racism controversy
Police uncover plot to defame principal with AI-generated racist and antisemitic comments.
read moreDeepfakes in the courtroom: US judicial panel debates new AI evidence rules
Panel of eight judges confronts deep-faking AI tech that may undermine legal trials.
read moreNation-state hackers exploit Cisco firewall 0-days to backdoor government networks
Perimeter devices ought to prevent network hacks. Why are so many devices allowing attacks?
read moreHackers infect users of antivirus service that delivered updates over HTTP
eScan AV updates were delivered over HTTP for five years.
read moreWindows vulnerability reported by the NSA exploited to install Russian backdoor
Microsoft didn't disclose the in-the-wild exploits by Kremlin-backed group until now.
read moreLastPass users targeted in phishing attacks good enough to trick even the savvy
Campaign used email, SMS, and voice calls to trick targets into divulging master passwords.
read moreOpenAI winds down AI image generator that blew minds and forged friendships in 2022
How a group of friends found themselves at the center of a fierce debate about the future of art.
read moreKremlin-backed actors spread disinformation ahead of US elections
To a lesser extent, China and Iran also peddle disinfo in hopes of influencing voters.
read moreAttackers are pummeling networks around the world with millions of login attempts
Attacks coming from nearly 4,000 IP addresses take aim at VPNs, SSH and web apps.
read moreLinus Torvalds reiterates his tabs-versus-spaces stance with a kernel trap
One does not simply suggest changing a kernel line to help out a parsing tool.
read moreAlleged cryptojacking scheme consumed $3.5M of stolen computing to make just $1M
Indictment says man tricked cloud providers into giving him services he never paid for.
read moreWords are flowing out like endless rain: Recapping a busy week of LLM news
Gemini 1.5 Pro launch, new version of GPT-4 Turbo, new Mistral model, and more.
read moreNew AI music generator Udio synthesizes realistic music on demand
But it still needs trial and error to generate high-quality results.
read moreElon Musk: AI will be smarter than any human around the end of next year
While Musk says superintelligence is coming soon, one critic says prediction is "batsh*t crazy."
read moreCritical takeover vulnerabilities in 92,000 D-Link devices under active exploitation
D-Link won't be patching vulnerable NAS devices because they're no longer supported.
read moreThe Bulgarian Computer's Global Reach: On Victor Petrov's "Balkan Cyberia"
Alex Langstaff calls “Balkan Cyberia: Cold War Computing, Bulgarian Modernization, and the Information Age Behind the Iron Curtain” a must-read for anyone interested in how the Iron Curtain was circumvented in the digital age....
read moreFinovate Global Nigeria: Payments, Supply Chain Financing, and a Look at our African Alums
This week Finovate Global looks at recent fintech news from Africa’s most populous nation: Nigeria. Nigerian blockchain network Zone secures investment Last week in Finovate Global we noted the news that Nigerian blockchain network Zone had raised
read moreMinnesota real estate mogul Ralph Burnet dies at age 78
Burnet's companies, including Coldwell Banker Burnet, helped changed the way people buy and sell houses across the nation.
read moreFG to develop AI framework for national development
The Federal Government has disclosed plans to assemble 120 Nigerian researchers, startups, and stakeholders in Artificial Intelligence to formulate a cohesive framework for AI implementation throughout the nation. The Minister of Communications, Inno
read moreDIANA, NATO's innovation accelerator, doubles the size of its transatlantic network
On Thursday (14 March 2024), NATO's Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) announced a major expansion of its transatlantic network of accelerator sites and test centres.
read moreIndonesia hunts clues as study suggests Javan tiger may still exist
Indonesia is hunting for more clues that the extinct Javan tiger may still exist in the wild, a government official said Tuesday, after a new study suggested...
read moreZulily sues Amazon, alleging that price-fixing and supplier coercion sank its attempts to compete
Updated with Amazon statement. Less than a week after cutting hundreds of jobs and signaling its intent to go out of business, online retailer Zulily filed suit against Amazon on Monday — alleging that the e-commerce giant’s tactics made it i
read moreAmazon brings back ability to use Alexa to thank and tip delivery drivers during holiday rush
Next time an Amazon package hits your front step, don’t just shout thanks through the door or at the van driving off down your street — use Alexa. For a limited time, you’ll be spurring Amazon to also tip that driver $5. The company an
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